Ito, the Beggar Boy (S)

Little Ito and his mother are wanderers without home or friends. Lady Wistaria and her husband, Lord Idzu, are without children, and the Lady prays that the gods may bless her with offspring. While she is thus praying, the poor wanderers come to the gate of Lord Idzu's garden, and the mother falls exhausted. She is carried into the house, but in her weakened and emaciated condition she succumbs and dies, leaving little Ito an orphan. Lady Wistaria begs her husband to allow her to adopt the boy, and, with his consent, the child becomes an inmate of the beautiful home of Idzu. One year later the stork visits the house of Idzu, and a child is born to bless my Lord and Lady.