VOSHN 265

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="248"><tr><td class="etesti">248</td><td class="edate">August 10<sup>th</sup>, 1945.  At night</td><td class="eage">16 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>Although insects were alive, Masako-chan died.</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>We found my twin sister, Masako, or Masako-chan to my family, at last.  When I touched her body, it was still warm, so we didn't think she was dead and cried loudly, "Masako-chan!"</p><br><p>There were three black dots on her lips, which were, I thought, due to bleeding.  Her sleeping face looked so calm that we thought she might have been still alive, and we called her name many times.</p><br><p>A woman, who was still alive, sitting behind Japanese cedars, talked to us, "Luckily for you, you've found her."I answered,"No, she's dead."She said,"Just some time ago she called, 'Setsuko-chan!  Mother!' "</p><br><p>There was a crescent on that night.  I could see it in the sky between Japanese cedars.  Some insects (crickets etc.) were singing, which made me sad.  Although insects were alive, why Masako-chan died?  "We wish she had been an insect,"we talked to each other. (sobs) "I'm sorry for my sobbing."(sobs)</p></div></body>