The Long Excuse Page #4

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A taxi's faster.

Nisseki!

Hiro-o Hospital!

Sachio, could you stay with him?

Of course!

Will you wait?

Be right back.

Too much?

No.

My father never did any cooking.

He didn't think.

I never thought about allergies before, either.

I've never had a child.

Hello?

Yeah...

Good!

She's OK.

Yeah, OK.

It's Dad.

I just talk?

Hello?

Hello?

Yes...

So does your dad cook now?

Yes, a little.

Is it good?

Yeah, I guess so.

But not like Mom's...

No.

What did she make?

Your favorite...

Croquettes...

Gyoza...

Those are hard to make.

What else?

Spring rolls...

I love them! With bean sprouts?

Yeah. And chives.

Chives! We have those, too.

My wife made really good spring rolls, too.

Natsuko?

Yes.

The 3-dimensional figure is cut away at point M.

The base line EF and its parallel GH form a level surface.

Answer the following.

Here you are.

'La Salle Academy'...

This is Grade 6 math?

You can solve these?

Let's see...

Yes.

Wow!

What middle school are you trying for?

Kaisei? Azabu? Hibiya?

No, that's a high school.

So where?

Somewhere closer?

Here in the prefecture?

Probably nowhere.

Then what'll you do?

Nothing.

Then why are you going to this cram school?

I'm not going any more.

I'm not applying.

Is that all right with you?

What does your father say?

'I'm sorry'.

'Mommy'

It struck him then that he had never heard...

...the breathing of a sleeping child at night.

Sachio! I'm sorry!

What, Shinpei's asleep?

Mr Omiya...

Shall I come over?

You just need someone twice a week, right?

We're on the same train line.

With a laptop and a notebook,

I can work anywhere.

Mr Omiya, he hasn't given up, you know.

And I think that's good.

I said that.

How else is he going to get over losing his mother?

Without something to stand on, he can't get over it.

Right?

You've only just met him.

Did he tell you that?

Take care.

Telephone! Shinpei! Quick!

Hello?

Yes...

Yes...

I see you!

He's here.

He's here.

Chicken-and-egg bowl.

What time do I meet you at the bus stop?

About 9:
25.

I'll phone if I'm going to be late.

Then what time?

About 9:
40.

So 9:
40's the one after 9:25?

I'm going, then.

You are? Off you go, then.

Study hard.

Say 'off you go'.

Shinpei's going.

Off you go!

He's gone.

Is it good?

Do you like that?

Rolly!

'Splish splash splish splash Rolly

'Splish splash splish splash Charlie

What's that?

'Splish Splash Rolly'.

That's cute. It's an anime?

You like that?

What's it about? A fish?

What kind of fish?

I'm kind of tired.

What's your problem?

Stop complaining!

I've been swimming all day.

I'm hungry.

I can't search any more.

We can't stop looking now.

Think of how scared Octo must be!

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