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narrator: The princess spoke, and her voice was more beautiful than that of any bird. "It is I, Suzume-San, the sparrow with the broken wing whom you saved from the fields/' The old man rises, listening in amazement to her words. narrator: "I was turned into a sparrow by the spell of a wicked witch, who declared that the spell could only be broken by an act of complete and unselfish kindness. It was your kindness, old man, that freed me." "But—but—your tongue!" cried the old man. The Princess laughed. "You cannot tongue-cut a sparrow that does not exist, can you? Your shrew of a wife was taking her vengeance on empty air, as usual. Now come. Sit and eat, and I will dance for you." |
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