:04:05
Father!
:04:08
Father, please stop!
:04:40
A button came off...
:04:57
Going out was postponed, of course. My cheek was swollen and smarted
for a long time, even though I tried cooling it with a towel.
:05:06
It was difficult falling asleep that night, thinking things like,
``why do these things always happen only to me? I must be an adopted
child. Yes, that must be why.''
:05:17
And so I sobbed in my futon bed.
:05:21
Was that the first time you were slapped by your dad?
:05:24
Uh-huh. The first and last time. Only once.
:05:29
Hmmm....in my case though, sometimes, but not TOO often, it happens a
lot.
:05:36
``Sometimes'' might be better than once, I think. If it's only the one
time, then you'll wonder why that time in particular.
:05:46
But I can't believe Taeko 'ne-chan was so selfish as a kid.
:05:53
Oh, I was selfish. So onion wasn't the only thing I didn't like.