Oiso Bay was a celebrated place in a kingdom. A knight whose name was Takadai Jiro came to this place.
Takadai Jiro had become ill in the town of Kamakura and he had been advised to rest in the Oiso bay.
After getting permission, Takadai Jiro came to an inn and settled in a room which faced the sea.
Takadai Jiro enjoyed himself by looking at the sea day and night.
Takadai was a good swimmer and once after he had rested well, he plunged into the sea.
However, at that time, Takadai was seized with a violent cramp, and he began to sink in the waters.
At that time a fishing boat with a man and a diving girl happened to see him.
They tried to rescue him and by this time, Takadai had sunk for the third time.
The diving girl was O Kinu, and she was the diving girl. She jumped overboard and swam to the spot where Takadai had disappeared. She dived deep and brought him to the surface and held him there until the boat came up.
She and her father, who had been on the boat, brought Takadai on the boat.
Subconsciously, Takadai realized that the soft arm that clung around his neck was that of a woman.
He was conscious by the time they had reached shore.
Once on land, Takadai saw the beautiful diving girl who was not more than seventeen years of age.
Having seen her, Takadai was in love.
Determined to repay the kindness of the diving girl, Takadai helped to haul the boat back and he carried their fish and nets to their thatched little cottage.
He thanked O Kinu for the noble and gallant act of saving him and congratulated her father for having such a brave daughter. After that, he returned to his inn, which was a few hundred yards away.
From that day Takadai knew no peace. There was no sleep for him and he saw nothing other than the beautiful face of O Kinu.
Adapted from Japanese Folk-lore
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