The Lady Beaming Bright dedicated to Charlotte Chew, who support story-nory on Patreon.

Hello, this is Johnner.

And I'm here with a fairy tale from Japan.

It's about a poor couple who adopt a magical being.

But who is their beautiful and charming new daughter?

Listen on to find out.

There was once an old woodcutter called Taki Tori.

He was an honest old man, very poor and hardworking.

And he lived with his good old wife in a cottage on the hills.

Taki Tori rose early once some morning and went out to cut bamboo.

He climbed a steep hill and when he reached the bamboo grove, he was quite worn out.

He took out his towel called the Tenigui and wiped the sweat of his forehead.

Where fear?

He said with a sigh that I'm not as young as I once was.

And then he set to work cutting sticks.

Soon he saw a bright light shining among the green stems of the bamboo.

What is this? Ask Taki Tori?

For the most part it was dim and shady inside the bamboo grove.

Is it the sun?

No, that cannot be.

See? For it comes from the ground.

Very soon he pushed his way through the bamboo stems to see where the bright light came from.

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