One day, however, Doji nicked a customer's face with his razor, and after hurriedly wiping away the blood with his finger, he tried to clean that finger by licking off the blood, only to find the taste of blood addictive; thereafter, he began deliberately cutting the customers' faces and licking up the resulting blood.
ところがある日、童子はかみそりで客の顔を傷つけてしまい、あわてて指で血をぬぐったものの、指をきれいにしようと血をなめるとその味が癖になってしまい、以後わざと客の顔を傷つけては血をすするようになった。