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A Women and the Bell of the Miidera
In the ancient
monastery of Miidera there was a great bronze bell. It rang out every morning
and evening, a clear, rich note, and its surface shone like sparkling dew. The
priests would not allow any woman to strike it, because they thought that such
an action would pollute and dull the metal, as well as bring calamity upon
them.
When a certain pretty woman who lived in Kyoto heard this, she grew extremely inquisitive, and at last, unable to restrain her curiosity, she said: "I will go and see this wonderful bell of Miidera. I will make it send forth a soft note, and in its shining surface, bigger and brighter than a thousand mirrors, I will paint and powder my face and dress my hair."
When a certain pretty woman who lived in Kyoto heard this, she grew extremely inquisitive, and at last, unable to restrain her curiosity, she said: "I will go and see this wonderful bell of Miidera. I will make it send forth a soft note, and in its shining surface, bigger and brighter than a thousand mirrors, I will paint and powder my face and dress my hair."
At length this
vain and irreverent woman reached the belfry in which the great bell was
suspended, at a time when all were absorbed in their sacred duties. She looked
into the gleaming bell and saw her pretty eyes, flushed cheeks, and laughing
dimples. Presently she stretched forth her little fingers, lightly touched the
shining metal, and prayed that she might have as great and splendid a mirror
for her own. When the bell felt this woman's fingers, the bronze that she
touched shrank, leaving a little hollow, and losing at the same time all its
exquisite polish.
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