The town of Tsumago, Nagano Prefecture, is one of several places in the Kiso Valley that practices the craft of magemono, making round objects of bent cypress wood.
长野县妻笼镇是实践曲物（magemono） 工艺、将弯曲的桧木制造出圆形物体的的地方之一。
2
This is when a bone is bent and breaks along only 1 side, like a young stick of wood.
当骨头弯曲，且就一侧边折断，如同一根青嫩的枝条。
3
So the old Fox hid behind the wood-pile, and as soon as she bent down to get a stick, into the house he slipped, and scurried behind the door.