Bill!,
Quite an exercise!
The story gave me a huge wave of deja vu. I am reminded of the story from
China about the milk-maid and the herds-boy. Something went wrong for them,
too, and they can only meet once a year, and this is a big Summer festival time
in China. The herds-boy and milk-maid are the stars we know as Vega, and
Altair, near each other and prominent in our northern Summer sky, but on
opposite sides of the River. The river is the Milky Way.
I'll find out the date of the festival, and next time it rolls around again,
I'll celebrate with the couple, and a billion Chinese. I've been neglecting
this!
Xie-xie, Bill!(!)
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> There were two young people, and young man and young woman. They lived on
> opposite sides of a large river. Once a year the two peoples got together on
> one side or the other for a festival. At one of these festivals the two young
> people fell in love and promised to marry each other.
>
> Before they could marry the two peoples became hostile to each other and not
> only stopped the annual festival but did not permit any contact with the
> other group. The two young people were shocked and desperate, but through an
> intermediary, a ferry boat captain, they stayed in constant communication and
> planned their marriage. They decided the girl would sneak out and take the
> ferry over to the boy's side of the river.
>
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