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Swap Due Date - April 9th
Signup/withdraw date - Feb 29th
Number of Cards - 5 for 5
Number of participants - 25 Max
Bamboo Cutter Daughter's 5 Impossible Tasks
In the ancient Japanese folk story "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," he finds a daughter 3 inches tall in a stalk of bamboo. She grows into an incomparable beauty, and all the men of the realm wish to catch a glimpse of her, and the bold among them want her hand in marriage. Unfortunately for them, Kaguya-hime (the daughter) has no interest in marriage. And yet, 5 suitors continue to express their ardor for months, even years and beseech the bamboo cutter to speak with his daughter. In response, she assigns each suitor a task. If any of them accomplish this task then she will marry the one that succeeds. These are the tasks she assigns (each suitor is assigned a different task):
1. To obtain from India the stone begging-bowl of the Buddha
2. To fetch a branch of a tree that grows on the mountain in the eastern sea. It's roots are silver, the trunk is gold and the fruits are pearls.
3. To bring a robe made from the fur of Chinese fire-rats
4. To fetch the jewel that shines five colors found in a dragon's neck
5. to present to me a swallow's easy-delivery charm.
When informed of these tasks the nobles and princes exclaimed, "Why doesn't she simply say, 'Stay away from my house!'?" They then left in disgust. Yet each prince attempted (and failed) to achieve their task.
The swap? To create 5 cards- each card to represent the items to be obtained by the suitors. (So your first card would be the Buddha's bowl, the 2nd would be the tree branch, etc...) And what, pray tell, is the swallow's easy-delivery charm? Well, that remains unknown, though it has to do with laying eggs. All Middle Counsellor Isonokami got for his troubles was a handful of bird droppings and a broken back. This should make for some creative cards...
Here are the players
Red = received
Dark Orchid (purple) = complete
* - I know you made it to the new site
*1 jklee - withdrew
*2scampersue
*3 Corrie04
*Gretchen/ Egod
*5 dhawktx
*6 stormarela
*7 mynameisjenn
*8 fingers
*9 coffeelatte
*codesmom
*11 cmarois
*12 pumpkincoach
*13 sallyann
*14 marla412
*15 tiaragoth - withdrew
*16 fuzzynoodle - withdrew
*17 LavenderLizard
*18 yatsu
*19 syanne Bleu/jenniferm - withdrew
20 kaypendragon - received
*21 jitterbug/ jlb
*22 insanebrainpain
23 krzykitty
*24 dragonflygal987
*25 SweetOne
Signup/withdraw date - Feb 29th
Number of Cards - 5 for 5
Number of participants - 25 Max
Bamboo Cutter Daughter's 5 Impossible Tasks
In the ancient Japanese folk story "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," he finds a daughter 3 inches tall in a stalk of bamboo. She grows into an incomparable beauty, and all the men of the realm wish to catch a glimpse of her, and the bold among them want her hand in marriage. Unfortunately for them, Kaguya-hime (the daughter) has no interest in marriage. And yet, 5 suitors continue to express their ardor for months, even years and beseech the bamboo cutter to speak with his daughter. In response, she assigns each suitor a task. If any of them accomplish this task then she will marry the one that succeeds. These are the tasks she assigns (each suitor is assigned a different task):
1. To obtain from India the stone begging-bowl of the Buddha
2. To fetch a branch of a tree that grows on the mountain in the eastern sea. It's roots are silver, the trunk is gold and the fruits are pearls.
3. To bring a robe made from the fur of Chinese fire-rats
4. To fetch the jewel that shines five colors found in a dragon's neck
5. to present to me a swallow's easy-delivery charm.
When informed of these tasks the nobles and princes exclaimed, "Why doesn't she simply say, 'Stay away from my house!'?" They then left in disgust. Yet each prince attempted (and failed) to achieve their task.
The swap? To create 5 cards- each card to represent the items to be obtained by the suitors. (So your first card would be the Buddha's bowl, the 2nd would be the tree branch, etc...) And what, pray tell, is the swallow's easy-delivery charm? Well, that remains unknown, though it has to do with laying eggs. All Middle Counsellor Isonokami got for his troubles was a handful of bird droppings and a broken back. This should make for some creative cards...
Here are the players
Red = received
Dark Orchid (purple) = complete
* - I know you made it to the new site
*1 jklee - withdrew
*2scampersue
*3 Corrie04
*Gretchen/ Egod
*5 dhawktx
*6 stormarela
*7 mynameisjenn
*8 fingers
*9 coffeelatte
*codesmom
*11 cmarois
*12 pumpkincoach
*13 sallyann
*14 marla412
*15 tiaragoth - withdrew
*16 fuzzynoodle - withdrew
*17 LavenderLizard
*18 yatsu
*19 syanne Bleu/jenniferm - withdrew
20 kaypendragon - received
*21 jitterbug/ jlb
*22 insanebrainpain
23 krzykitty
*24 dragonflygal987
*25 SweetOne
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