The following is a condensed version of a Japanese Noh play titled Hagoromo (羽衣) (The Robe of Feathers):
A poor fisherman lived all alone on a tiny island. The morning after a terrible storm, he found a wonderful shining robe made of multi-colored feathers hanging from a pine branch. Believing that it didn’t belong to anyone, he took it, marveling at its beauty. As he walked away with the robe of feathers, a woman called out and said that the robe belonged to her. She said that she was a fairy and that the robe was really her wings. They had become soaked in the storm, so she had hung them on the branch to dry. Without them, she wept, she would never be able to fly back to heaven. The fisherman, kneeling before her, immediately handed her the robe. As a reward, she danced the fairy’s dance for him as she ascended back to heaven, accompanied by celestial music as the entire island became wrapped with rainbows. The fisherman treasured the memory of the beautiful dance for the rest of his days and was never lonely or poor again.