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reminded of  their love for her and                                                                                          Similarly, the next two princes also



            started on their journey.                                                                                                    tried to trick Kaguya-hime with




            One by one, the princes came back                                                                                            fake gifts. The second prince hired



            from their journeys and presented                                                                                            jewelers to make a jeweled branch



            their gifts to Kaguya-hime. The first                                                                                        from scratch, and the third prince




            prince was afraid to travel such a                                                                                           purchased the skin of  an ordinary



            distance to India in search of  the                                                                                          rat. Kaguya-hime saw through



            bowl of  Buddha. He decided instead                                                                                          both of  their lies, and the second




            to purchase an ordinary bowl and                                                                                             and third prince returned home in



            present it as the bowl of  Buddha to                                                                                         despair.




            Kaguya-hime. However, Kaguya-



            hime quickly saw through his lie,




            because the bowl did not shine with



            holy light. The first prince had failed.
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