--- title: Opening, part 5 — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 5, «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Of course, the fame of so lovely a Princess spread far and wide, and many were the suitors who sought to win her hand. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / Opening, part 5 # Opening, part 5 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/) **2** The task of the fourth knight was to find the dragon whose right eye was a many-colored stone, but instead of seeking it himself he called several of his retainers together, and ordered them to search through China and Japan, and not to return unless they brought it with them.[47](../../47/ "tree and pragmatics") But they, having no idea of obeying what they considered to be an impossible order, merely used this as an excuse for taking a pleasant holiday.[48](../../48/ "tree and pragmatics") The knight waited a year and no word came to him, so he decided to go himself.[49](../../49/ "tree and pragmatics") Taking five servants with him, he hired a ship, and started for China.[50](../../50/ "tree and pragmatics") When but a few days out they ran into a fearful storm, and before this abated, the ship was driven on shore.[51](../../51/ "tree and pragmatics") The knight now blamed the Princess for the disaster, and his love turned to anger.[52](../../52/ "tree and pragmatics") It seemed to him that she had sent him on a mission of great danger, knowing it to be impossible to accomplish the task which she had set him.[53](../../53/ "tree and pragmatics") So he determined to give up all thought of winning the Princess Moonlight.[54](../../54/ "tree and pragmatics") The fifth knight was no more successful than was the fourth, so he, too, gave up the attempt.[55](../../55/ "tree and pragmatics") Reports of the wondrous beauty of the Princess Moonlight had reached the Emperor, so he sent a messenger to her, summoning her to the royal palace.[56](../../56/ "tree and pragmatics") But the messenger was no more successful in seeing her than the five knights had been, in spite of the fact that it was the Emperor’s order.[57](../../57/ "tree and pragmatics") The Princess told the bamboo-cutter that she would vanish from the earth rather than go to the palace.[58](../../58/ "tree and pragmatics") So the messenger at last returned, and when the Emperor heard that she would disappear from sight in preference to obeying his order, he made up his mind to go and see her himself.[59](../../59/ "tree and pragmatics") He therefore sent word to the bamboo-cutter of his intention, forbidding him to say anything about his visit to his foster-daughter.[60](../../60/ "tree and pragmatics") The next day he set out with his retinue, which he left at a certain spot, and rode on alone.[61](../../61/ "tree and pragmatics") He reached the house and the bamboo-cutter opened the door for him.[62](../../62/ "tree and pragmatics") The Emperor went straight to the apartment of the Princess, and never had he even imagined such wondrous beauty as he saw when his eyes beheld the Moon Daughter.[63](../../63/ "tree and pragmatics") He at once fell madly in love with her, and begged her to come to the Court, and share his throne.[64](../../64/ "tree and pragmatics") But she refused, and said that if he attempted to force her to go to the Palace, she would turn into a shadow, and this she did, even as he looked at her.[65](../../65/ "tree and pragmatics") This filled him with fear, and he promised to leave her free if she would resume her former shape, to which she then returned.[66](../../66/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Emperor left, but night and day he thought only of the beautiful Princess Moonlight.[67](../../67/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon after this the bamboo-cutter and his wife noticed that the Princess would sit on her balcony and gaze ardently at the moon, after which she would burst into tears.[68](../../68/ "tree and pragmatics") They asked her the reason for this, and she told them that she did not belong to this world, but came from the moon.[69](../../69/ "tree and pragmatics") And on the fifteenth day of this very month her real parents would send for her and she would have to go.[70](../../70/ "tree and pragmatics") It was the thought of leaving her kind foster-parents, and the home in which she had been so happy, that made her weep.[71](../../71/ "tree and pragmatics") This made the old people and the Princess’s attendants very sad, for they all loved her, and the thought of losing her was a great blow to them.[72](../../72/ "tree and pragmatics") The news soon reached the Emperor, who at once made plans to keep the Princess Moonlight on earth.[73](../../73/ "tree and pragmatics") When the fifteenth day of the month came, he had a guard of many thousands of warriors stationed all around the house, and also on the roof, for it was his intention to make prisoners of the envoys of the moon, and to prevent the taking away of the Princess, whom the bamboo-cutter and his wife had hidden in an inner room.[74](../../74/ "tree and pragmatics") Orders were given that no one should sleep, and the strictest watch was to be kept.[75](../../75/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Princess said that all of these measures were useless, for nothing could prevent her people from carrying out their purpose.[76](../../76/ "tree and pragmatics") She told the bamboo-cutter and his wife how very sorry she would be to leave them, and that it was not her wish to leave them.[77](../../77/ "tree and pragmatics") It made her sad to think that she would not be able to make a return for all the love and kindness they had shown her.[78](../../78/ "tree and pragmatics") The harvest moon arose, and flooded the earth with her beautiful golden light, and still nothing happened.[79](../../79/ "tree and pragmatics") The darkness of night had begun to make way for the gray dawn, and hope came to the anxious watchers; hope that the Princess would not be taken away after all.[80](../../80/ "tree and pragmatics") Then suddenly a dark cloud seemed to leave the moon, and soon the sky was entirely obscured.[81](../../81/ "tree and pragmatics") It kept on its downward course until it reached within a few feet of the roof, and then stopped.[82](../../82/ "tree and pragmatics") Then did the watchers see a brilliant chariot, in which were beings who radiated light, as did the Princess.[83](../../83/ "tree and pragmatics") From the chariot stepped one who had the look of a king, and who trod the air as easily and as gracefully as though he were on hard ground.[84](../../84/ "tree and pragmatics") In a voice so clear that it was distinctly heard by every one of the awed watchers, he said:[85](../../85/ "tree and pragmatics") “Princess Moonlight, many moons ago you committed a grave fault, and for punishment were sent down to earth to live for a time.[86](../../86/ "tree and pragmatics") The bamboo-cutter and his wife have taken good care of you, and to them we have given wealth.[87](../../87/ "tree and pragmatics") The time has come for you to return to your own people, so come at once from this lowly dwelling.”[88](../../88/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, through the walls of the house was the Princess seen, shining, bright and of wonderful beauty.[89](../../89/ "tree and pragmatics") She kissed the old man and his wife, and spoke words of comfort to them, saying that her heart was full of love for them, and that she was leaving them against her own will.[90](../../90/ "tree and pragmatics") The Emperor also she bade good-by.[91](../../91/ "tree and pragmatics") Then she was transported through the air to the chariot, which mounted, swiftly towards the moon.[92](../../92/ "tree and pragmatics") And now came the morning light, and no trace of the moon-chariot was left to those who gazed upwards with tearful eyes, and with a full heart the Emperor ordered his warriors to return.[93](../../93/ "tree and pragmatics") Sorrowful as were the old bamboo-cutter and his wife, yet were they full of gratitude for having known the love of a daughter, who, while not with them in the body, would always dwell with them in spirit.[94](../../94/ "tree and pragmatics") THE FOX AND THE CRAFTY CRAB[95](../../95/ "tree and pragmatics") A fox was one day walking along the bank of a river when he met a Crab.[96](../../96/ "tree and pragmatics") “Good morning, Mr. Crab,” said he.[97](../../97/ "tree and pragmatics") “Don’t you ever get tired of creeping over the ground?”[98](../../98/ "tree and pragmatics") “No,” replied the Crab, “because it is as natural for me to crawl as it is for you to run; and I can cover the ground very quickly, too, when it is necessary.”[99](../../99/ "tree and pragmatics") The Fox laughed at him, and said, sneeringly: “I think you are very slow and very stupid.[100](../../100/ "tree and pragmatics") I have only four legs, while you have twice as many, and yet I can run ten times as fast and as far as you can.”[101](../../101/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/) - next →: [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/)