Retelling
In short: A new telling of a tale for another language, medium or audience.
Term
How does it work in the tale?
Ozaki presents the bamboo cutter in an English collection. The teller chooses how to order the inherited events and which details to include.
What choices can you see in a retelling?
Ellen C. Babbitt gives the monkey and the crocodile two encounters. First the monkey claims to have left his heart in the tree. Later he recognises the crocodile hiding on a rock by its voice. A shortened version that drops the second encounter also loses the moment when the monkey spots danger on his own. Comparing the text with its source makes that choice visible.