Well, once upon a time there was a beautiful woman named Orihime, the Weaving Princess, who - like her name suggested - wove equally as beautiful cloth by the bank of the Amanogawa, which is a river of stars to the gods but just the regular Milky Way to us. Her father adored the cloth she wove, and she worked hard every day for his sake. However, because she worked so hard, she could never meet a man and fall in love with him. Her father, the King of the Sky, loved her so dearly that he decided to arrange a meeting between him and a young man named Hikoboshi, a cow herder who lived on the other side of the river.
The two fell in love as soon as they laid eyes on each other, and married not long after. However, after they wed, they forgot all about their daily tasks, and so Orihime never wove her beautiful cloth for her father and Hikoboshi's cows wandered all over Heaven. Furious, the king sent Hikoboshi back to his own side of the river and forbade them two ever meet again. Orihime was understandably saddened by the separation - as was Hikoboshi - and she pled to her father to let them meet once more. He loved his daughter so much that, his anger forgotten, he agreed to give them one day - the seventh day of the seventh month - to meet -- as long as Orihime worked hard and finished her weaving.
However, it was almost not meant to be. When the day came, and Orihime and Hikoboshi stood at each bank of the Amanogawa, they found the water too treacherous to wade through. Orihime began to cry, and her tears summoned a flock of magpies, who then promised to help form a bridge with their wings so that she could cross the river from then on and meet her husband. However, the magpies can't come down to make the river if it's raining, which means that Orihime and Hikoboshi can't meet, and wishes made on the day won't get granted because neither lover will be happy.
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Well, once upon a time there was a beautiful woman named Orihime, the Weaving Princess, who - like her name suggested - wove equally as beautiful cloth by the bank of the Amanogawa, which is a river of stars to the gods but just the regular Milky Way to us. Her father adored the cloth she wove, and she worked hard every day for his sake. However, because she worked so hard, she could never meet a man and fall in love with him. Her father, the King of the Sky, loved her so dearly that he decided to arrange a meeting between him and a young man named Hikoboshi, a cow herder who lived on the other side of the river.
The two fell in love as soon as they laid eyes on each other, and married not long after. However, after they wed, they forgot all about their daily tasks, and so Orihime never wove her beautiful cloth for her father and Hikoboshi's cows wandered all over Heaven. Furious, the king sent Hikoboshi back to his own side of the river and forbade them two ever meet again. Orihime was understandably saddened by the separation - as was Hikoboshi - and she pled to her father to let them meet once more. He loved his daughter so much that, his anger forgotten, he agreed to give them one day - the seventh day of the seventh month - to meet -- as long as Orihime worked hard and finished her weaving.
However, it was almost not meant to be. When the day came, and Orihime and Hikoboshi stood at each bank of the Amanogawa, they found the water too treacherous to wade through. Orihime began to cry, and her tears summoned a flock of magpies, who then promised to help form a bridge with their wings so that she could cross the river from then on and meet her husband. However, the magpies can't come down to make the river if it's raining, which means that Orihime and Hikoboshi can't meet, and wishes made on the day won't get granted because neither lover will be happy.