Unce upon a time, there was an old bamboocrafter. One day he found a
glimmering bamboo in a mountain. When he cut the bamboo, a small girl baby came out. He
brought the baby, named Kaguya and brought up with his wife.
Kaguya grew at a surprising speed, and became a
beautiful girl of 4 feet tall in several months. Her beauty attracted many noble princes.
Five princes proposed marriage to her. But she requested each of the candidate to bring an
legendary treasure, such as an orb of dragon, skin of fire-mouse, etc., in return for
marriage with her. One lost his life in his quest. One faked the treasure, but was exposed
soon. Others simply failed. So no one could marry with her. After that, the emperor
proposed marriege. But she rejected, to.
Several years past. The bamboosmith noticed that Kaguya seemed
melancholy when she saw the moon. He asked her about it . At first she rejected to
answer, but at last told him, "I'm a child of the lunar king, and he will came here
to bring me back to the moon soon on the next full moon night." He was surprised, and
decided to keep her from the lunar. The emperor send an army to guard her house.
On the full moon night, a carriage descended from the moon to her
house. The army tried to shoot it down but they could not. The soldiers were incapaciated
by strange forces. The lunar king came to Kaguya, and told her to ride the carriage with
him back to the moon. Then she cried, saying thanks and good-bye to the bamboocrafter and
his wife, she returned to the moon.
