 Other kitsune use their magic for the benefit of their companion or hosts as long as the human beings treat them with respect . As yōkai , however , kitsune do not share human morality , and a kitsune who has adopted a house in this manner may , for example , bring its host money or items that it has stolen from the neighbors . Accordingly , common households thought to harbor kitsune are treated with suspicion . Oddly , samurai families were often reputed to share similar arrangements with kitsune , but these foxes were considered zenko and the use of their magic a sign of prestige . Abandoned homes were common haunts for kitsune . One 12th @-@ century story tells of a minister moving into an old mansion only to discover a family of foxes living there . They first try to scare him away , then claim that the house " has been ours for many years , and ... we wish to register a vigorous protest . " The man refuses , and the foxes resign themselves to moving to an abandoned lot nearby . 
 Other kitsune use their magic for the benefit of their companion or hosts as long as the human beings treat them with respect . As <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>yōkai</mark></a> , however , kitsune do not share human morality , and a kitsune <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> adopted a house in this manner may , for example , bring its host money or items that it <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> stolen from the neighbors . Accordingly , common households thought to harbor kitsune are treated with suspicion . Oddly , samurai families <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> often reputed to share similar arrangements with kitsune , but these foxes <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> considered zenko and the use of their magic a sign of prestige . Abandoned homes <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> common haunts for kitsune . One 12th @-@ century story <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>tells</mark></a> of a minister moving into an old mansion only to discover a family of foxes living there . They first try to scare him away , then claim that the house " <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>has</mark></a> been ours for many years , and ... we wish to register a vigorous protest . " The man <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>refuses</mark></a> , and the foxes resign themselves to moving to an abandoned lot nearby . 
Other kitsune use their magic fir da benefit of their companion or hosts as long as the human beings treat them with respect . As no yōkai , however , kitsune do not share human morality , and a kitsune done adopted a house in this manner may , fir example , bring its host money or items dat it done stolen from tdaneighbors . Accordingly , common households thought to harbor kitsune are treated with suspicion . Oddly , samurai families was often reputed to share similar arrangements w kitsune , but these foxes was considered zenko and thdase of their magic a sign of prestige . Abandoned homes was common haunts fir kitsune . One 12th @-@ century story tell of a minister moving into an old mansion only to discover a fam of foxes livin dere . They first try to scare him away , then claim tdatthe house " have been ours fir many yrs , and ... we wish to register a vigorous protest . " The man refuse , and the foxes resign theyself to movin to an abandoned lot nearby .