A long long time ago, there were an old man and an old woman. One day the old man went to a clump of bamboo. Then he heard a baby crying. He looked toward the baby. The baby was in the bamboo. He cut the bamboo immediately, then he found a cute girl. He said, "What a cute girl!" So, he decided to take the baby to his house.
He explained about this happening to his wife. They didn't have any children, so they decided to bring up this baby, and they named the baby "Kaguyahime."
About three years later, the baby became a beautiful woman. She was the pride of the old man and the old woman. Then, some men heard about this beautiful woman, and they wanted to see her.
One day, five men could meet Kaguyahime. All of the guys said, "What a beautiful woman, and they wanted to see her.
One day, five men could meet Kaguyahime. All of the guys said, "What a beautiful woman she is!" and all of the guys wanted to marry her. But Kaguyahime didn't want to marry any man, so she gave a difficult question to them. If anyone could answer the question, that man could marry her. All of the guys worked hard but they couldn't answer thee question. Kaguyahime already knew that would happen.
Kaguyahime had to say goodbye to her parents, because the time was drawing near that she had to go back to the moon. Her parents were sad to hear that.
At last Kaguyahime left these words: "I'll never forget your kindness." And she parted from her parents.
1996
-Makiko Kato
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