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In today’s story, we learn about the bamboo cutter and the moon child. It’s an old tale of the childless couple and a special child sent from the gods. They have trouble when the moon child is ready for marriage. Can the princely brothers complete her tasks? Will anyone marry princess Moonbeam?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales COMPILED BY by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 秋の七草 Семь осенних цветов Seven Autumn Flowers

Sound Effects: Long Frogs by Dustin Steichmann

Shoutout: Montreal, Julie, and my amazing wife HY (happy anniversary love)

Picture Credit: Received back into Moon Palace (Gekkyū no mukae) 『月宮迎』（月岡芳年『月百姿』）　かぐや姫が帰る様子を描いている。by Yoshitoshi