and it's a vietnamese love story about if you look really hard enough that the shadows of the moon looks like a woman with long, flowing hair. at the same day of the year she would come down looking for the one that she loved. but ultimately, she was trapped on the moon to watch over him. keith morrison: folklore is the kind of reality that is like armor for a child, it protects in a time of terror. michael was 11 when his mother learned she had breast cancer, but she did not tell him. she protected him from the worst of it, both he and his 14-year-old sister, michelle. and so when the cancer finally took her life-- it came as a shock. she died december 1, 1999. and we had just seen her for thanksgiving maybe about a week ago. keith morrison: now alone, michael and michelle were taken in by krystine's family. she told me a story about how after her mom passed away