:54:12
Is there going to be a festival here?
:54:14
Yep, the riverbank'll be full of people.
:54:32
Agriculture's still in trouble, isn't it, with fields being reduced to
make way for markets, and such.
:54:37
Sure, already there's a lot of trouble, and if it goes on, Japanese
agriculture'll be ruined. Just some day, suddenly ``poof,'' and it's
gone.
:54:47
But y'know, even with all this trouble or not, if you're trying your
best, it still doesn't come easy. The work in the big city must be
the same, right?
:54:59
Sure...but the people who think work is everything are becoming fewer
in number.
:55:06
How 'bout you, Taeko-san [Taeko]?
:55:08
Huh? Me?
:55:13
I don't think I'm obsessed...with work, but I don't hate it, either.
:55:23
As for me, well, I think I can do my best in agriculture, 'cause its
so interesting to raise living things.
:55:31
You...raise livestock?
:55:33
Huh?
:55:36
No, that's not what I meant. I do have cows and chickens, but I don't
mean livestock. Hey, look there...rice, as well as apples and
cherries, they're all living things.
:55:49
Ohh.
:55:50
Yep. If I take care of them the best I can, I feel like they respond
to me by trying to grow up their best.