Giovanni's Island Page #2

they're never coming home. The defense of the island

rests with you now. Company, stop! They're in your hands now. Company, march! Surrender your valuables! What's this garbage?!

Your valuables! Hurry up! There's nothing left for you to take!

You people keep coming and coming! Go away!

Go away, I said! First I can't fish, and now look at

what they did to the house. - Grandpa!

- Here, take good care of this. You can come out! Mitchan! - What's so funny?

- Your face is all black! But I had to pretend

to be a man! Oops! Sorry! Hey! - Uncle Hideo!

- Uncle! You're back! Uncle! Look at you! I go away for a

while, and you grow up on me! Where were you? Off fighting, of course! I come back, and Japan's nothing

but ashes. Burned to the ground. And when I'm finally home,

what do I find? Russians, no less! What's this country coming to? It's good to have you home, Hideo.

Let's celebrate with a drink. Oh, by the way.

I have a souvenir for you two. Really? And what have we here?

Ta-dah! - It's the latest train engine!

- You've never seen the real thing. - Where's mine?

- Play with it together. You have that locomotive that

Dad bought you, remember? I'm amazed you got your hands

on something like that. There are empty houses all over.

I found it in one of those. - You mean... you stole it?

- Welcome home, sir. W-Welcome home! Good, you're all fine. - Long time no see, Big Brother!

- Hideo, you're alive... - You bet! Alive and kicking!

- I'm glad to hear it. The devil's children

have the devil's luck! - This man isn't dying for his country!

- Hideo! Oh, this sake is good! No, I'm staying. I have a duty as the island's

defense force commander. Face up to reality, Brother! Japan lost! The island's been

occupied by the Red Army! We should just pack up

and leave! If you want to run,

I'm not stopping you. Man, what am I gonna

do with you? Come on, Pops!

Say something! A fisherman who can't fish might

as well be dead! Am I right? The Soviet patrol boats won't

be out in a storm like this. This is the perfect chance

to get off the island. The storm is just as

dangerous for us, son. Do you have any other way to avoid

those patrol boats?! Damn it! They say the boat

washed up this morning. And the Noguchis had

a little kid, too... That's terrible. Noguchi's family fled the island

in the storm last night. They were lost at sea. Pray silently. Be seated. I had planned to spend first period

today on Japanese history, but the study of Japanese history has

been prohibited for the time being. What do we study, then? Today, we will be moving a few desks

into the classroom next door. That's the lower graders' room! The families of the Soviet soldiers

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