The Japanese Story Collection The Crane Wife. The wife is not looked in on by the husband like in The Crane Wife; instead like in Crane's Return of a Favor the pheasant wife leaves as soon as the favor is returned. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The Crane Wife is a Japanese folk tale. The Crane wife is loosely based on a Japanese myth and is written as a story within a story. In this story, the wife weaves without prompting from the husband. George removes the arrow embedded in the crane's wing and the crane flies away. Actually I dropped a lot of part of the story to make it short but it is really good. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story. The crane sacrificed her feathers and her life. And all the stars were crashing round As I laid eyes on what I'd found. Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a hymn to the creative imagination and a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love"--Provided by publisher. George is a divorced, lonely man who wakes up one night to find a wounded crane in his back garden. In The Bird Wife, it is an injured wild goose the man saves. The woman made only 3 rolls of cloth and after the third one she left. It is an interesting story in Japanese folklore and the best unexpected twist ending folktale you would ever read in your life. 12,789 reads. Witty, magical, and romantic, The Crane Wife is a story of passion and sacrifice, that resonates on the level of dream and myth. Wolf. Once upon the time, in old Japan, there lived a poor but honest and gentle wood cutter. It is a novel that celebrates the creative imagination, and the disruptive power of love. View all » About the author (2013) Patrick Ness is the author of seven novels and a short story collection. My parents used to tell this folktale many time in my childhood. This story is most appropriate for use with grades three through six, however, its appeal is very broad. The Crane Wife was selected from more than eight hundred entries. Short Story Discussion Group: The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser With: Debbie Maynard Fri., Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. Tsuru no Ongaeshi (The Grateful Crane/The Crane’s Return of Favor) is one of the most popular Japanese folktales. But the cloth was really beautiful and could be sold with high price, the old man and woman could live with the money rest of their lives. The Crane Wife book. There are three primary characters in this story: Tsuru - The Crane Maiden, Tochiro-the old man, and Lan-his wife. The version I know is that a man finds an injured crane at his doorstep and nurses it back to health. The Crane Wife Patrick Ness No preview available - 2013. In the Crane Maiden, Tochiro-the old man, and Lan-his Wife Sept.! 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