1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: Welcome sleep tight stories the boy of the red twilight sky. 2 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Long ago there dwelt on the shores of the Great 3 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Water in the west, a young man and his younger wife. 4 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: They had no children, and they lived all by themselves, 5 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: far from other people, on an island not far from 6 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: the coast. The man spent his time in catching the 7 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: deep sea fish far out on the ocean, or in 8 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: spearing salmon in the distant rivers. Often he was gone 9 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: for many days, and his wife was very lonely when 10 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: he was gone. She was not afraid, for she had 11 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: a strong spirit. But it was very dismal in the 12 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: evenings to look only at the gray sky and to 13 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: hear only the sound of the surf as it beat 14 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: upon the beach. So day after day she said to herself, 15 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: I wish we had children. They would be good company 16 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: for me when I am alone and my husband is 17 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: far away. One evening, at twilight, when she was alone 18 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: because of her husband's absence on the ocean catching the 19 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: deep sea fish, she sat on the sand beach, looking 20 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: out across the water. The sky in the west was 21 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: pale gray. It was always dull and gray in that country, 22 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: and when the sun had gone down. There was no 23 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: soft light in her loneliness. The woman said to herself, 24 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: I wish we had children to keep me company. A 25 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: kingfisher with his children was diving for minnows not far away, 26 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: and the woman said, oh, sea bird with the white collar, 27 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: I wish we had children like you. And the kingfisher said, 28 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: look in the sea shells, look in the sea shells, 29 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: and flew away. The next evening, the woman sat again 30 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: upon the beach, looking westward at the dull, gray sky. 31 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: Not far away, a white sea gull was riding on 32 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: the waves in the midst of all her little ones, 33 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: and the woman said, oh, white sea bird, I wish 34 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: we had children like you to keep us company. And 35 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: the seagull said, look in the seashells, Look in the seashells, 36 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: and flew away. The woman wondered greatly at the words 37 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: of the kingfisher and the seagull. As she sat there 38 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: in thought, she heard a strange cry coming from the 39 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: sand dunes behind her. She went closer to the sound 40 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: and found that the cry came from a large seashell 41 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: lying on the sand. She picked up the shell, and 42 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: inside of it was a tiny boy crying as hard 43 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: as he could. She was well pleased with her discovery, 44 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: and she carried the baby to her home and cared 45 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: for him. When her husband came home from the sea, 46 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: he too was very happy to find the baby there, 47 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: for he knew that they would be lonely no more. 48 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: The baby grew very rapidly, and soon he was able 49 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: to walk and move about where he pleased. One day, 50 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: the woman was wearing a copper bracelet on her arm, 51 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: and the child said to her, I must have a 52 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: bow made from the copper on your arm. So to 53 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: please him, she made him a tiny bow from the 54 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: bracelet and two tiny arrows at once. He set out 55 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,799 Speaker 1: to hunt game, and day after day he came home 56 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: bearing the products of his hunt. He brought home geese 57 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: and ducks and other small sea birds and gave them 58 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: to his mother for food. As he grew older, the 59 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: man and his his wife noticed that his face took 60 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: on a golden, bright color, color brighter than the color 61 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: of his copper bow. Wherever he went there was a 62 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: strange light. When he sat on the beach looking to 63 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: the west, the weather was always calm, and there were 64 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: strange bright gleams upon the water, and his foster parents 65 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: wondered greatly at this unusual power, but the boy would 66 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: not talk about it. When they spoke of it, he 67 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: was always silent. It happened once that the winds blew 68 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: hard over the great water, and the man could not 69 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: go out to catch fish because of the turbulent sea. 70 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: For many days he stayed on shore, for the ocean, 71 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: which was usually at peace, lashed into a great fury, 72 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: and the waves were very high on the beach. Soon 73 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: the people were in need of fish for food, and 74 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: the boy said, I will go out with you, for 75 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: I can overcome the storm spirit. The man did not 76 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: want to go, but at last he listened to the 77 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: boy's requests, and together they sat out for the fishing grounds, 78 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: far across the tossing sea. They had not gone far 79 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: when they met the spirit of the storm, coming madly 80 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: from the southwest, where the great winds dwelt. He tried 81 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: hard to upset their boat, but over them he had 82 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: no power. For the boy guided their craft across the water, 83 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: and all around them the sea was calm and still. 84 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: Then the storm spirit called his nephew Black Cloud, to 85 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: help him, and away in the southeast they saw him 86 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: hurrying to his uncle's help. But the boy said to 87 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: the man, be not afraid, for I am more than 88 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: a match for him. So the two met, But when 89 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: Black Cloud saw the boy, he quickly disappeared. Then the 90 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: spirit of the storm called Mist of the Sea to 91 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: come and cover the water, for he thought the boy 92 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: would be lost if he hid the land from the 93 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: man and the boy. When the man saw Mist of 94 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: the Sea coming like a great vapor across the water, 95 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: he was very frightened. For all his enemies on the ocean, 96 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: he feared this one most. But the boy said, he 97 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: cannot harm you when I am with you. And sure enough, 98 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: when Mist of the Sea saw the boy sitting smiling 99 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: in the boat, he disappeared as quickly as he had come. 100 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: And the storm spirit, in great anger, hurried away to 101 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: other parts, And that day there was no more danger 102 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: on the sea near the fishing grounds. The boy and 103 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: the man soon reached the fishing grounds in safety, and 104 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: the boy taught his father a magic song with which 105 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: he was able to lure fish to his nets. Before 106 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: evening came, the boat was filled with good, fat fish, 107 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: and they set out for their home. The man said, 108 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: tell me the secret of your power, But the boy said, 109 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: it is not time yet. The next day the boy 110 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: hunted many birds, he skinned them and dried their skins. 111 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: He then dressed himself in the skin of the plover, 112 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: and rose into the air and flew above the sea, 113 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: and the sea under him was gray like his wings. 114 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: Then he came down and dressed himself in the skin 115 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: of a blue jay, and soared away again, and the 116 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: sea over which he was flying was at once changed 117 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: to blue, like the blue of his wings. When he 118 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: came back to the beach, he put on the skin 119 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: of a robin, with the breast of a golden hue 120 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: like his face. Then he flew high, and at once 121 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: the waves under him reflected a color as of fire, 122 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: and bright gleams of light appeared upon the ocean, and 123 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: the sky in the west was gold and red. The 124 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: boy flew back to the beach, and he said to 125 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: his foster parents, now it is time for me to 126 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: leave you. I am the offspring of the sun. Yesterday 127 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: my power was tested and it was not found wanting. 128 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: So now I must go away, and I shall see 129 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: you no more. But at evening I shall appear to 130 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: you often in the twilight sky in the west. And 131 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: when the sky and the sea look at evening like 132 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: the color of my face, you will know that there 133 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: will be no wind nor storm, and that on the 134 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: next day the weather will be fair. But although I 135 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: go away, I shall leave you a strange power, And always, 136 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: when you need me, let me know your desires by 137 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: making white offerings to me, so that I may see 138 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: them from my home far in the west. Then he 139 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: gave to his foster mother a wonderful robe. He said 140 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: good bye to his parents and soared away to the west, 141 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: leaving them in sadness. But the woman still keeps a 142 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: part of the power he gave her. And when she 143 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: sits on the island in a crevice in the dunes 144 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: and loosens her wonderful robe, the wind hurries down from 145 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: the land, and the sea is ruffled with storm. And 146 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: the more she loosens the garment, the greater is the storm. 147 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: But in the late autumn, when the cold mists come 148 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: in from the sea, and the evenings are chill, and 149 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: the sky is dull and gray, she remembers the promise 150 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: of the boy, and she makes to him an offering 151 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: of tiny white feathers plucked from the breasts of birds. 152 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: She throws them into the air, and they appear as 153 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: flakes of snow and rise thickly into the wood, and 154 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: they hurry westward to tell the boy that the world 155 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: is gray and dreary as it yearns for the sight 156 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: of his golden face. Then he appears to the people 157 00:12:55,240 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: of earth. He comes at evening and lingers after the 158 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: sun has gone, until the twilight sky is red and 159 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: the ocean in the west has gleams of golden light. 160 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: And the people then know that there will be no wind, 161 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: and that on the next day the weather will be fair, 162 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: as he promised them long ago.