human
Our messenger has tarried in the lower world. Whom shall we send to inquire the cause of this? Then the gods commanded a faithful pheasant hen:
gpt
Go to Ame-waka, and say, 'The Heavenly Deities sent you to the Central Land of Reed-Plains to subdue and pacify the deities of that land. For eight years you have been silent. What is the cause?' The pheasant flew swiftly to earth, and perched on the branches of a wide-spreading cassia tree which stood at the gate of the Prince's palace. She spoke every word of her message, but no reply came. Again she repeated the words of the gods, again there was no answer. Now Ama-no-sagu, the Heavenly Spying-Woman, heard the call of the pheasant; she went to the Young Prince, and said,
human
The cry of this bird bodes ill. Take thy bow and arrows and kill it.