Well, the actual last words for this were something like, And the Old Man and Old Woman lived happily together for the rest of their days with the money they had received from the Swan-Woman’s brocade. They didn’t get to remain with the young woman, but the story says they were happy.

I prefer more open ended endings. I tried to be true to the story with the imagery in the final, while leaving it the final ending up to the reader. I hope I achieved that.