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I searched for him every day, but I never found him. I started to thinkthat he had died in the river. As his memorial, I had tried to find at least hislunch box, which he took with him on that day, until Bon, the days of theBuddhist festival of the dead. But it was also in vain.There was an old lady, who was about 90 years old, living on the top ofMt. Koi. I heard it was possible to meet the dead through her. So, I wentthere and begged her, “Please let me see my son through you.” Then, shestarted to talk as if she were my son. “Mom, I got into the river because Ithought I could save my life. But I couldn’t move my arms and legs in thewater, and then I started to sink. I could float once and shouted ‘Long live theEmperor!’ Those were my last words. Then, I sank again. I didn’t suffer indeath.”People might say it is unbelievable, but I believe that he died in the river,and that’s what I had thought. Thinking that way, I became relieved.Today, as usual, the first thing I did in the morning was to go to the riverand pray for him.(Summer, 1989)Mr. Hajime Kawai, a first grader in the machinery courseSpeaker ; Ms. Yoriko Kawai, Hajime’s motherListener ; Ms. Mizue Tamaki