:20:03
Taeko-san, you go skiing, don't you?
:20:06
Oh, a couple of times, with my co-workers.
:20:10
Well, then why don't we go skiing this Winter, then. I'll help you
learn.
:20:15
Are you a good skier, Toshio-san?
:20:18
Nah, not so great, but I work here each Winter as an instructor,
so...
:20:24
Oh, an instructor? Then you must be a good skier.
:20:28
Actually, a whole bunch of my friends are such instructors!
:20:57
Oh, now this is the country I was expecting. It's the real thing. Not
like Zaoh.
:21:06
Well....
:21:08
The ``country''.....
:21:10
Oh, I'm sorry. I keep saying the ``country''.
:21:13
No, it's an important point, y'know.
:21:17
Oh?
:21:19
Uh-huh. You see, when people from big cities see the forests, the
woods, or the flowing water, they quickly accept such things as
natural.
:21:28
However, except in the highest reaches of the mountains, all the sites
that are called the ``country'' are actually made by people.
:21:34
People?
:21:37
Yes, farmers.
:21:44
That forest too?
:21:46
Yep.
:21:47
That wood, too?
:21:49
Yep.
:21:50
This stream, too?
:21:51
Yep.
:21:53
It's not only rice paddies or fields. Every place has its own
history-
:21:59
-say, from someone's great grandfather who had been planting or
cultivating, or had been gathering kindling or mushrooms, since long
ago.