Notes
gaze 　(熱心にじっと)見つめる、熟視する;
robe 　ローブ、長いワンピースの婦人服;

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Long ago in Japan, a bamboo cutter found a tiny, glowing princess inside a bamboo stalk. He and his wife raised her as their own. Named Kaguya, she grew into a beautiful woman. Many princes came to marry her, but she set impossible tasks for them. Kaguya was sad often, gazing at the moon. One night, she told her parents she was from the Moon and must return. When moon messengers came, Kaguya sadly left her parents, giving them a robe to remember her. As she left, she looked back at Earth, her heart full of love and sadness. Her parents missed her greatly, remembering the joy she brought them. (An English version of “竹取物語”)
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Notes
dusty – ほこりっぽい;
whoosh – フッ;
Jinni – 魔神;
flash – 瞬間;
seal- 封じる;

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a poor fisherman. Every day, he went to the sea, hoping to catch enough fish to feed his family. But for many days, he caught nothing.

One day, his net felt heavy. “Finally, a big catch!” he thought. But instead of fish, he pulled up an old, dusty jar. He opened it, and whoosh! A huge, scary Jinni appeared. The Jinni was angry for being trapped for so long and said, “I will grant you a wish, but after that, I must take your life.”

The fisherman was clever. He said, “I don’t believe such a big Jinni was in this tiny jar. Show me how you fit!”

The proud Jinni, wanting to prove himself, shrank and went back into the jar. Quick as a flash, the fisherman sealed the jar shut.
– A story from “One Thousand and One Nights”
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