All five knights who went on a journey to fetch something for the Princess Moonlight cheated in completing their task.Was this the right thing to do in the circumstances? Travel with me to Japan this week and listen to the story of The Wood Cutter and the Moon Child from the book Japanese Fairy Tales compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. When the Court lady arrived, in spite of her fathers entreaties, Princess Moonlight refused to see her. Then the Princess answered that she felt sure that she was not as beautiful as perhaps report made her out to be, and that even if she consented to marry any one of them, not really knowing her before, his heart might change afterwards. Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. She said that if she were forced to go to the Palace she would turn at once into a shadow, and even as she spoke she began to lose her form. The soft sounds of Japanese flutes, and calming nature sounds compliment the story to help you fall asleep fast. The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child From Japanese Fairy Tales Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo went towards the light. Every morning he went forth into the woods and hills wherever the bamboo reared its lithe green plumes against the sky. Then she added with tears that she was very, very sorry to leave him and his wife, whom she had learned to love as her parents, that if she could do as she liked she would stay with them in their old age, and try to make some return for all the love and kindness they had showered upon her during all her earthly life. I haven't watched a J-drama in some years so my knowledge of who's who is rather limited (and old haha). Story Reads: 16,277. It is necessary and right that you should see these five suitors and choose one of them., Oh, why, said the Princess in distress, must I do this? That same evening the suitors arrived and began to play their flutes in turn, and to sing their self-composed songs telling of their great and tireless love. Why did they name her Princess Moonlight? I do not call these five men who have waited on you for months, light-hearted. Suddenly the green grove of bamboos was flooded with a bright soft light, as if the full moon had risen over the spot. Pages PUBLISHER. November 1, 2014. http://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Japanese_folktale_15.html, Once Upon a Time in Japan. NHK World. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. The snow and frost and the cold winds gradually gave place to the gentle warmth of spring.

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