sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Do you like folktales? Why do you like the song?It's about the same story as your song. An old Japanese folktale. The story of the crane wife. The Story of a Crane Wife(Tsuru no On-gaeShi)Once upon a time, there lived an honest young man in the countryside of Japan. One day, while he was tilling a paddy field, a crane suddenly came flapping down from the sky. It was a white crane with truly beautiful feathers. The bird was apparently wounded, and did not fly away, but came reeling towards the man and weakly fell to the ground. Wondering, the man checked the crane’s feathers and found an arrow stuck in the base of the wings. “Poor crane! That’s why you can’t fly!” So saying, the young man pulled the arrow out and washed the wound clean. The crane soon recovered and showed its delight by flapping its wings. “Now,” the man said to the bird, “be careful never to be spotted by a hunter again”. Thereupon, the crane circled over his head three times as if to express it’s thanks and then disappeared high into the sky after uttering a shrill cry. The young man resumed his work, deeply contented that he had done a good thing. At nightfall when the stars began to appear, he returned to his home. To his great surprise, however, he found a beautiful young woman, whom he never seen before standing at the entrance. She greeted him, saying, “Thank you for your day’s hard work”. Startled, he wondered if he was entering the wrong house, but the woman said with a smile, “This is your home and I’m your bride,” “I don’t believe it,” the man shouted. “I’m so poor no woman will ever agree to marry me. Besides, I have only enough rice to feed a single person!” “Don’t worry,” the woman replied. “I have brought rice.” So saying, she took rice out of a small bag and began to fix supper. The man finally consented saying, “How strange that you should force me to marry you! Well, do what you like!” and thus the woman came to live with the poor young man. Oddly enough, the small bag the woman had brought always provided the amount of rice they wanted, enabling the couple to lead a happy life. Time went by and one day, the woman asked her husband to set up a workshop for weaving. He borrowed money and had a special room built. Thereupon, the woman entered the room, saying, “Please never look in here for seven days”. And for exactly seven days after that, only the sound of a loom was heard from within day in and day out. The man felt as if he were waiting for as long as one or two years, but remembering her request, he did not peep into the workshop. The seven days passed and the woman came out somewhat haggard. Held in her hands was a roll of resplendently beautiful cloth such a he had never hoped to see. “Now,” she said to him, “I have woven a roll of cloth. Please take this to the town market. It will sell for 100 “ryo” (a big sum in terms of ancient Japanese coinage).” The next day, the man went to town and the cloth brought a surprisingly high price just as his wife had said. Startled and delighted, he hurried home. Upon reaching home, he found his wife already closeted in the workshop, and only the sound of the loom was heard. He wondered how she could weave such beautiful cloth apparently without treads. Soon he could no longer contain his ardent desire to see her, and stealthily peeped into the workshop, breaking his promise never to do so. To his great surprise, he could not find is comely wife there. Only a crane was weaving cloth with white feathers plucked from is body. Promptly realizing that the man was looking in, the crane stopped weaving, staggered towards him and said: “Well, my dear husband, you have seen everything. Now that you have found out what I really am, I can no longer stay here, to my great regret. I am the crane who was saved by you. To repay your kindness, I have so far served you in the shape of a woman. But from now on, please regard this half finished cloth as myself and keep it dearly.” The crane then flew up with her remaining wings and vanished into the sky, never to return to the man. It's easy to listen to. That's certainly.. interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Edit: do you prefer happy or sad endings to stories, in general? Would you try red bean pastries?Maybe Edited January 20, 2016 by shinpichu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Favourite mythical story? Do you like folktales? It's easy to listen to. That's certainly.. interesting. I love them. They have a tragic romanticism that inspires deep emotion. That is why they get retold instead of lost to history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 v this Edit: do you prefer happy or sad endings to stories, in general? Happy, but not without sad things happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Edit: do you like Monty Python? Favourite mythical story?I don't really have one. Don't have much interest in myths. Edited January 20, 2016 by shinpichu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What does the below say about me and where I will end up? v this Happy, but not without sad things happening I prefer sad endings in general. My favourite stories all have sad endings. Some exceptions apply (Looking at you, CLANNAD). There is nothing more essential to the human spirit than tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What's the coldest temperature you can withstand? Edit: do you like Monty Python? Idk them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) do you enjoy seeing ships that compete with your own getting sunk? What does the below say about me and where I will end up?beats me Edited January 20, 2016 by shinpichu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Favorite donut? do you enjoy seeing ships that compete with your own getting sunk? Very much so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Most disliked ship(s)? Favorite donut?Regular glazed Edited January 20, 2016 by shinpichu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Why ask questions if you don't like thinking of answers? What's the coldest temperature you can withstand? Depends on the time frame. Indefinitely? Maybe 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Edited January 20, 2016 by Makaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If you could pick one language to become dominant in the world, what would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Have you tried tempura? Most disliked ship(s)? I don't think I want to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 favorite fish? Have you tried tempura?nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) What job would you least like to do? If you could pick one language to become dominant in the world, what would it be? JavaScript. Serious answer, English. It's selfish, but I already know English and it's flexible. In reality, I'd prefer if language kept evolving forever to get better and better. Edited January 20, 2016 by Makaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If you could become fluent in one non-English language overnight, what would it be? What job would you least like to do?anything involving food preparation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ercdouken Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Favorite thing to snack on? Would you be interested in playing a 2600 one day? Maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Favorite hair color? Favorite thing to snack on?Chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Who are you? If you could become fluent in one non-English language overnight, what would it be? anything involving food preparation. Either Spanish or Chinese. Utility wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What country/culture has the best comedy, in your opinion? Who are you?im Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What is Robert? What country/culture has the best comedy, in your opinion? im Robert That's a tough question, but if I had to pick a comedy medium, I'd pick anime. Situational and languistic comedy. It's more my speed than most live action or standup comedy I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What are you? favorite fish? Either trout or tilapia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What do you think of puns? What is Robert?A Germanic given name, derived from the Old High German Hrodebert, which means "bright with glory." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What are you? A heartlessly anarchic poet. What do you think of puns? A Germanic given name, derived from the Old High German Hrodebert, which means "bright with glory." Is that a euphemism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stewart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 What feature from another language would you like to see incorporated into English? Is that a euphemism? I don't think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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