At the very beginning of her time on Earth, Kaguyahime was seen by everyone as different as night is to day. When her adoptive father found her in the bamboo stock he cut down, she was no bigger than the size of his hand. Kaguya’s adoptive mother was able to breastfeed her when she couldn’t before when Kaguya was done her size changed into the size of a normal size baby her parents marveled at this. As a meager amount of time had passed Kaguya grew into the size of a three year old. The village children called her ‘little bamboo’ because she grew so quickly.
After the old couple has adopted Kaguya, her adoptive father Okina finds gold and silk in the bamboo stocks. Thinking this was a sign from Heaven he quickly goes to the capital with the