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Tonight, we'll read The Mirror of Matsuyama, a story found in Japanese fairy tales.

Ayee Yodora Wazaki in 1908.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

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Long years ago, in Old Japan, there lived in a very remote part of Japan, even in these days,

a man and his wife.

When this story begins, they had been married for some years and were blessed with one little daughter.

She was the joy and pride of both their lives, and in her they stored an endless source of happiness for their old age.

What golden letter days in their memory were these that had marked her growing up from babyhood.

The visit to the temple when she was just 30 days old.

Her proud mother carrying her robed and ceremonial kimono to be put under the patronage of the family's household god.

Then, her first dolls festival.

When her parents gave her a set of dolls in their miniature belongings to be added to as year, succeeded year.

And perhaps the most important occasion of all.

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