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We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we continue where we left off from a Japanese folk story called The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child. It is taken from a book originally published in 1908 by Yei Theodora Ozaki, from Tokyo.\xa0The author\u2019s story was inspired by the Japanese classic, "Taketari Monogatari.\u201d In the story, the father, the bamboo-cutter, beseeches his beautiful and magical moon-princess adopted daughter to pick one of five gallant knights as her husband. She has demanded further trials to vie for her love.\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices