Yamato Shipwreck Novels & Stories

Then addressing the sea she said: "I will take the place of His Augustness, Yamato Take. I will now cast myself into your outraged depths, giving my life for his. Therefore hear me and bring him safely to the shore of Kadzusa." With these words she leaped quickly into the boisterous sea, and the waves soon whirled her away and she was lost to sight. Strange to say, the storm ceased at once, and the sea became as calm and smooth as the matting on which the astonished onlookers were sitting. The gods of the sea were now appeased, and the weather cleared and the sun shone as on a summer's day. Yamato Take soon reached the opposite shore and landed safely, even as his wife Ototachibana had praye

Sa pangunguna ng matanda, hindi nagtagal ay nakita nila ang isang maliit na cargo ship—na naka-angkla malapit sa mga pantalan—na may logo ng pamilya Yamashita. Bago pa man sila makarating sa barko, isang lalaki ang tumakbo palapit sa kanila bago sinabing, “Third Elder! Tulad ng hiniling mo, naghanda kami ng sapat na langis sa cargo ship para pabalik-balik ka mula Japan patungong Yanam nang hanggang tatlong beses!” “Good job,” sagot ng matanda habang tinatapik siya sa balikat.