10th-Century Japan
A poor farmer was going through the bamboo forests when he heard a baby cry. By the bamboo, he found the child with a moon-shaped birthmark on the side of her neck. He didn't know what it was, but he knew that the baby needed to be raised by a family. So he decided to take her home back in the Shinobe Village.
Behind him, 3 onis snook up on them. They tried to take the baby, but the baby's crying scared them off. One of the onis also left behind their scar on the cutter's eye.
As he arrived at the village, the villagers saw the bamboo cutter holding the baby and his injury.
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Back home, he was greeted by his family. His wife, Sena, who was a plus-sized woman, shouted, "Hey, look, kids! Papa is back!"
Their kids consisted of eldest Tomoyoshi at 10, 2nd child Moriie at 8, and female twins Hinu and Ine at 6.
"Papa!" shouted Tomoyoshi. "Did you bring home any bamboo?"
"I did, Tomo Tomo," he answered.
Sena saw her scar. "What happened to you, dear?" she asked.
"A couple onis tried to take me, but they only got my eye," the man answered. "And look what their trying to get near what I found." He showed the baby to the family.
"A baby?" Moriie asked. "I found her like that by a pile of bamboo."
"Nagatane," Sena replied, "I don't know ho to tell you this, but we can't afford to feed 5 mouths."
"I know," Nagatane replied. "But we'll find something."
"Papa," Hinu asked, "are you sure we can-"
"-raise the baby?" Ine finished.
"Of course, kids," Nagatane replied to the twins. "We'll be able to take care of her."
Tomoyoshi decided to practice his Koto skills. Moriie started singing.
The baby was delighted by Moriie's singing, which made the family impressed by her love for music. "We'll call her..." Sena answered. "...Kaguya. Kaguya-hime."
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Outside the house, a fox watched the family playing with their new adoptive sibling. The fox had the same marking as the baby's birthmark and decided to watch over the family until the girl was grown up.
The same onis that attacked Nagatane came to the house. "We're going to take the baby and bring her back to our master," he said.
But the fox whipped them off with her tails and said, "You'll never take the baby. And tell your master that he's never going to find her, ever. 'Cause if you do tell him where he is, you're going to hear it from my teeth."
The onis ran off, vowing to never tell their master of where the baby is.
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The next day, Nagatane was in the forest, getting ready to cut some bamboo. After one cut, he saw that a bunch of gold came out of the bamboo. He'd figured that if he sold bamboo like this, his family would be rich in no time.
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Over the years, Kaguya learned how to play the koto, the kugo, the shinobue, the taiko, and the horagai. She caught on in a flash. She'd even helped Hinu and Ine with their dancing skills for when they perform as geishas.
First, we had one, then two, then three, then four
But when it became 5, it was no more.
You are a song in our hearts
For we will never be apart
You are a song in our hearts
From the end to the very start
We see you play in the days
Frollick in the night
It will be a vision of a music sight
You are the notes to our songs
Without you, every inch of love will be gone.
You are a song that is special
You are a dong that's three-dimensional.