Giovanni's Island Page #2

- Hideo! Oh, this sake is good! No, I'm staying. I have a duty as the island's

defense force commander. Face up to reality, Brother! Japan lost! The island's been

occupied by the Red Army! We should just pack up

and leave! If you want to run,

I'm not stopping you. Man, what am I gonna

do with you? Come on, Pops!

Say something! A fisherman who can't fish might

as well be dead! Am I right? The Soviet patrol boats won't

be out in a storm like this. This is the perfect chance

to get off the island. The storm is just as

dangerous for us, son. Do you have any other way to avoid

those patrol boats?! Damn it! They say the boat

washed up this morning. And the Noguchis had

a little kid, too... That's terrible. Noguchi's family fled the island

in the storm last night. They were lost at sea. Pray silently. Be seated. I had planned to spend first period

today on Japanese history, but the study of Japanese history has

been prohibited for the time being. What do we study, then? Today, we will be moving a few desks

into the classroom next door. That's the lower graders' room! The families of the Soviet soldiers

will be coming to the island. We must vacate

this classroom. Are the Russkie kids

gonna study Japanese? Or are we gonna have

to learn Russian? What's that? - It's electricity!

- Wow! The island's getting electricity? Fly! Junpei, look at it go! Awesome! Fly all the way to the sky! Who's she? Excuse me, who are you?

What brings you to our house? That book! That's Dad's book! Give it back!

Give back our book! Hey! Open the door!

Open the door! Open the door! - Kanta, stop!

- Open up! Hey! Over here! The Russkies claimed the main house.

Starting today, we're living here. Thanks for having us, Hana! No way! Why us?! Why is this

happening to us?! Try some of your uncle's

special burnt rice. It's good stuff! - We'll run out of rice soon, though.

- Where's Mitchan? She fled the island with the rest

of the workers. - I hope she's okay.

- Oh. - Mitchan's not coming back?

- I guess not. I brought you something amazing.

This is round two! Pretty cool, huh? Amazing, huh?

And you have Uncle Hideo to thank. For round three, we'll make

it move with batteries! - Really?

- Oh, wow! Thanks, Uncle! Actually, Junpei, I have

a favour to ask you. At 1 0pm tomorrow, can you make sure

there's no Russkie boats around? If there aren't, can you light a

bonfire at the top of the cape? Don't let the Russkies

find out what you're doing. I can't do that! Sure you can.

You're a man, aren't you? But I... We'll run out of rice if we don't do

something. We'll starve, you know? Look! This was left behind by

the Takashimas when they fled. It's like they're asking us to

put it to good use, don't you think? Better to use the proceeds to buy rice

than let the Russkies have it, right? No one will miss it, right? This will let our own

family survive. Here! Special treat! I'm home. Look at you, the war is over,

but you're busier than ever! I bid you good day, young men! Toil hard

with grand ambitions in your hearts! I'm counting on you! Later! "Tickets, please." "Thank you, sir." - "Here!"

- "Thank you, sir." "Is... this all right?" "Did you bring this from

the third dimension, sir?" "I'm not really sure." "Your ticket is in order. We will

arrive at the Southern Cross at around the third

hour tomorrow." "Wow, would you look at this! You could even go to the

real Heaven with this ticket! And not just Heaven! This is

a free pass to go anywhere! With this ticket, I bet you

could go wherever you wanted aboard this imperfect, imaginary,

fourth dimensional galactic railroad. You're one lucky fella!" I was dreaming? Dad? Oh, no! - Junpei!

- Ow! What are you doing

out here? Don't sneak up on me like that!

I burned myself! Beat it, kid! - You're a kid, too!

- You wet the bed! All right, fine...

Here. Don't tell Dad

about this, okay? Okay. Red dragonfly in sunset sky I saw it one day from nanny's back

so long ago now. Picking mulberries

in mountain fields, put 'em in our little basket,

was that all but a dream? Just fifteen,

nanny went away to marry... Hey, that's our organ! Red dragonfly in sunset sky ...about her true love,

whose letters she was keeping . Picking mulberries

in mountain fields, ...about her true love,

whose letters she was keeping. - Red dragonfly in sunset sky...

- Apple and pear trees were blooming... - ...resting at the top of a thin pole...

- Katyusha set out on the banks... We're home! Uncle! I went ahead and laid out the tracks.

It's just about finished. Will it work, Uncle? It would be a lot simpler if those

Russkies would wire up the house. Okay, all done! Okay, you two.

The train drivers sit here. Let's see, when is

the next one? Junpei, my next run

is next week! Make sure the coast

is clear, boy! - How do we work this?

- What do we do? It's simple! It'll move when

Junpei twists that dial! - This makes it move?

- Wow! And now, I must away! Don't try to stop me! It's moving! Look! It's the same kind of track! - Should we?

- Yeah! We are about to depart! All aboard! Look, it's got a ribbon on it! "The fine little train went on

through the fields of heavenly marsh grass

waving in the breeze, on through the faint blue light

of the triangular beacons, on by the water

of the great river..." "The fields outside looked like

a magic lantern. Triangular beacons -- a hundred,

no, a thousand..." "Campanella still whistled

lonesomely to himself, and the little girl looked off in

the same direction as Giovanni..." "And they saw that on the

shimmering edge of the Milky Way, heavenly fields of marsh grass

were glistening silver and murmuring wavelike

in the wind." May 28, 1 946 So, what shall we

sing today? - "The Village Blacksmith"!

- "We Are Children of the Sea"! I want to sing

"The Monkey's Palanquin"! Let's do math today. Katyusha set out on the banks, on the steep and lofty bank. Katyusha set out on the banks, on the steep and lofty bank. She was walking, singing a song about a grey steppe eagle, about her true love, whose letters she was keeping. About her true love, whose letters she was keeping. Red dragonfly in sunset sky I saw it one day from nanny's back

so long ago now. Picking mulberries

in mountain fields, put 'em in our little basket,

was that all but a dream? Got you! Oh, crap! Try and catch me! Sorry! Playing with you guys was fun. "Ice" Tanya. Tanya? Yes, Tanya. Tanya! - What are your names?

- Us? Giovanni. Giovanni? She wouldn't understand

our names in Japanese, anyway. Capanella! Campanella? Da, da! - Giovanni!

- Campanella! - Hey! Get off my cart!

- Sorry! Please come in. Wow... Kanta, quiet! What's this? This is huge! This is Grandpa and Dad's room! And this is our room! Look at what they've

done to it... This one is my room. All of our things are gone... I came from here. From here... to here. This is our island?

It's so small... Sure you came from

a long way away. I've moved from one place

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