:26:03
How nice!
:26:27
``Oh, the crows are returning home. First one...''
:26:35
Oh my, at last I could say that in a real village!
:26:42
It was my dialogue in a school play when I was in the fifth grade.
:26:47
My role was ``village child #1'' in ``Kobutori Jii-san''.
:26:51
Oh, is that it? I get it--I only got parts as an extra, too.
:26:58
How about you, Naoko-chan?
:27:00
Umm, well, I usually only got important parts because there were only
a few people involved.
:27:06
I guess that when our generation was born, the amount of immigration
to the city for jobs had boomed. In other words, the population
drifted from the country to the city and the amount of younger people
has dwindled here.
:27:18
I see. So then you must have had many interesting experiences, haven't
you?
:27:24
Not really. I prefer sports meets. I may not look it, but I'm a fast
runner.
:27:32
That's good. In my case, I was always in the middle, like I was
``village child #1'' in the school play, for example.
:27:40
But the dialogue I said was something I will never forget, not for the
rest of my life. Because of that dialogue, I could have become a
star.
:27:51
A star?
:27:52
Yes.
:27:53
A star, how...?
:27:54
Because of ``village child #1''?
:27:57
Yes.
:27:59
Not because of ``Ojii-san'' or ``Oni''?