There are three primary characters in this story: Tsuru - The Crane Maiden, Tochiro-the old man, and Lan-his wife. In this story, the wife weaves without prompting from the husband. My parents used to tell this folktale many time in my childhood. Witty, magical, and romantic, The Crane Wife is a story of passion and sacrifice, that resonates on the level of dream and myth. 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. The Crane Wife is a Japanese folk tale. Short Story Discussion Group: The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser With: Debbie Maynard Fri., Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. The woman made only 3 rolls of cloth and after the third one she left. The Japanese Story Collection The Crane Wife. Wolf. George is a divorced, lonely man who wakes up one night to find a wounded crane in his back garden. It is a novel that celebrates the creative imagination, and the disruptive power of love. The crane sacrificed her feathers and her life. George removes the arrow embedded in the crane's wing and the crane flies away. In The Bird Wife, it is an injured wild goose the man saves. 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. And all the stars were crashing round As I laid eyes on what I'd found. The version I know is that a man finds an injured crane at his doorstep and nurses it back to health. 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 is loosely based on a Japanese myth and is written as a story within a story. 12,789 reads. View all » About the author (2013) Patrick Ness is the author of seven novels and a short story collection. 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