Oshin Page #2

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Oh, shut up. I'll call the police!

Wash the diapers!

Come on, move it!

Mama...

Who are you?

Don't worry. You'll be fine.

How did I end up here...?

Oh, she looks OK now.

It's raccoon stew. It's hot so be careful.

It stinks, doesn't it? But it's tasty.

It'll make you strong.

Yum!

I can do it myself.

Where do you live, little girl?

What were you doing out there?

He found you in the snow

and piggybacked you here.

You were frozen like ice.

I didn't think you'd make it.

But he took care of you.

He stayed up all night,

keeping you warm like this.

That 50 sen...?

I took it.

I needed to pay someone to run an errand.

What have we done...!

The snow's stopped.

We'll take you down the mountain.

Can you find your home once we're in town?

I have no place to go!

I was a live-in servant and I ran away.

So I can't go back home.

But you can't stay here with us.

It's OK. You can stay.

Shunsaku, wait!

You don't understand!

You're on the run.

You can't afford to help others.

She's on the run too. I can't abandon her.

Shunsaku...

Old Matsu, I'm a fugitive

and you're helping me.

Let me help! Tell me what to do.

I'll do anything. I can cook rice!

Was the work hard?

So tough you had to run?

I didn't run because it was tough.

I didn't steal!

But they said that I was a wicked thief.

I see.

Do you believe me?

What's your name?

Oshin.

Oshin. Nice name.

Your name means to trust.

It also means truth.

And endurance. Or it could be god.

You were given a great name.

You'd better live up to it.

Did you shoot it?

You're a good shot!

That's amazing!

Please don't die...

Shunsaku.

Shunsaku?

Poor boy, he's all sweaty!

How he suffers!

He still has a bullet lodged in his body...

...so he gets sick when he pushes himself.

A bullet! Why?

He fought in the war.

Thousands of people died.

It left him traumatized.

Shunsaku!

Oh, I fell asleep!

His fever's gone.

Shunsaku!

Hey, there. You're going to make it.

Oshin has been up all night keeping you cool.

You're okay!

That's good.

What are you sewing?

You're wasting your time again!

For all we know Oshin could be dead.

Oshin, do you like books?

Oh, you do...

Alright.

Come here.

I'll read this for you.

"I Am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume.

"I am a cat. As yet I have no name."

"I have no idea where I was born."

"To"

Oshin, let's learn some "N" words now.

"N" for "Napa spinach."

"N" for "Name."

"N" for "No-good wimp!"

"O... My... Brother, You Must Not..."

Welcome back.

"O my young brother"

"For thee I weep"

"O Brother... you must..."

"...not... die"

Maybe you're too young to understand that.

What's it about?

We call it poetry.

Poetry?

A poet called Akiko Yosano lamented...

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