19 - Sakura and Akiho's Lullaby

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[01:31] Sakura
    "This hand... Here. Put this
    human hand through the door,
[01:36] Sakura
    and say, 'Please give me
    mittens that fit this hand.'
[01:41] Sakura
    Understand? You must not offer this hand,"
[01:47] Sakura
    the mother fox told her son.
[01:52] Sakura
    "Why not?" asked the little fox.
[01:57] Sakura
    "When humans realize they're
    speaking to a fox,
[02:02] Sakura
    they won't sell you mittens.
[02:05] Sakura
    In fact, they'll catch you
    and put you in a cage."
SIGN    Sakura and Akiho's Lullaby
[02:18] Sakura
    How was that?
[02:19] Kero
    Ya didn't stutter at all.
     I heard everything perfectly.
[02:22] Kero
    Sounds good!
[02:23] Sakura
    Really?
[02:24] Kero
    Yep!
[02:25] Kero
    I can tell ya got up early
    every morning to practice.
SIGN    Buying Mittens By Niimi Nankichi
[02:30] Sakura
    Since Rika-chan lent me this picture book,
[02:33] Sakura
    I hope I can read it well.
[02:35] Kero
    You'll be reading with Yukibunny, right?
[02:38] Sakura
    Yeah! Yukito-san volunteers to read
    to people at lots of places.
[02:43] Kero
    Just the two of you?
[02:45] Sakura
    That was the plan...
[02:48] Sakura
    But I'm thinking of inviting one more.
[02:52] Akiho
    Reading... to others?
[02:55] Sakura
    You've never heard of it?
[02:58] Akiho
    No, I'm sorry.
[02:59] Sakura
    You take things like picture
    books, and... um...
[03:03] Syaoran
    It's like story time.
[03:05] Syaoran
    Like reading stories to children,
     you might call it.
[03:08] Akiho
    Oh, I understand!
[03:11] Akiho
    So you read books?
[03:12] Sakura
    Yeah! I'm reading to kids at the
    pediatrics ward this time.
[03:16] Akiho
    That's amazing, Sakura-san!
[03:18] Sakura
    It really isn't...
[03:20] Sakura
    Hey, want to join me?
[03:23] Sakura
    You too, Syaoran-kun!
[03:26] Sakura
    I thought it'd be nice
    if we did it together.
[03:28] Sakura
    Then we could all act out different parts!
[03:30] Akiho
    B-But my Japanese isn't that good...
[03:34] Tomoyo
    You'll be just fine.
[03:35] Tomoyo
    When you read "Ten Nights of
    Dreams" in Japanese class before,
[03:38] Tomoyo
    it sounded lovely.
[03:40] Syaoran
    I can't do it.
[03:42] Syaoran
    I was awful in our elementary school plays.
[03:45] Tomoyo
    Your portrayal of a princess
    was very... unique,
[03:49] Tomoyo
    but as a prince, you were wonderful!
[03:51] Akiho
    You really were.
[03:53] Syaoran
    How do you know?
[03:56] Syaoran
    Anyway, I can't.
[04:01] Sakura
    The piano, then!
[04:04] Sakura
    How about you play the piano
    to accompany the story?
[04:07] Syaoran
    Well, Daidouji is better at piano than me...
[04:10] Tomoyo
    I have to shoot the video.
[04:25] Akiho
    His face is all red...
[04:28] Tomoyo
    Sakura-chan's attack
    reduced his HP to zero.
[04:33] Syaoran
    F-Fine! I can do just the accompaniment!
[04:37] Sakura
    Thanks!
[04:38] Syaoran
    S-Sure...
[04:43] Sakura
    Akiho-chan?
[04:44] Akiho
    I-If I wouldn't be in your way...
[04:47] Sakura
    Thanks!
[04:50] Akiho
    S-Sure...
[04:51] Tomoyo
    Akiho-chan's HP just dropped to zero, too.
[04:56] Wei
    Well, now! You'll be playing
    the accompaniment?
[04:59] Syaoran
    That's how it turned out, for some reason.
[05:02] Wei
    What sort of story is it?
[05:04] Syaoran
    It's about a fox that goes to buy mittens.
[05:09] Wei
    Why?
SIGN    Syaoran
[05:10] Syaoran
    Because it's cold.
[05:12] Wei
    But doesn't he have his own fur?
[05:15] Syaoran
    Even with fur, it's still cold in winter.
[05:18] Wei
    Does the story have a happy ending?
[05:21] Syaoran
    Yeah, I guess so...
[05:24] Wei
    Well, then, as you requested,
[05:27] Wei
    I will email you a score appropriate to
    such a story in the next thirty minutes.
[05:34] Syaoran
    I appreciate it.
SIGN    Tell him to switch to a video call
[05:39] Wei
    Other than that, is everything going well?
[05:44] Wei
    You don't call me very often.
SIGN    Buying Mittens By Niimi Nankichi
[05:49] Syaoran
    Meiling filled you in, didn't she?
[05:51] Wei
    She did.
[05:53] Wei
    She told me how much she enjoyed
    being in Japan again,
[05:57] Wei
    and how happy she was to see her friends.
[06:00] Wei
    She also told me that you seemed
    to have made a serious decision.
[06:09] Wei
    I know that from the day you came home
    to the day you returned to Japan,
[06:14] Wei
    your mother gave you truly
    rigorous training.
[06:21] Wei
    And I know that you grew much stronger.
[06:26] Wei
    But I am still worried.
[06:29] Wei
    After all, my only wish is to protect you,
    Syaoran-sama, no matter what happens.
SIGN    Syaoran
[06:37] Syaoran
    Thanks.
[06:39] Wei
    So please...
[06:41] Wei
    Turn on video mode so that
    I can see your face.
[06:46] Syaoran
    My sisters are there, aren't they?
[06:48] Girls
    Gulp!
[06:48] Syaoran
    I know you're there.
[06:50] Syaoran
    Perfect timing.
[06:51] Syaoran
    Please stop sending me pictures of food
    and large videos through messages.
[06:57] SisA
    But doesn't seeing delicious food and
    your beautiful sisters make you happy?
[07:01] Syaoran
    You send too many.
[07:02] Girls
    What?!
SIGN    Syaoran
[07:08] Syaoran
    Wei, I'll be watching for the piano score.
[07:10] Wei
    Understood.
[07:14] SisA
    In that case, we'll just have
    to send him a longer video.
[07:18] Girls
    Agreed!
SIGN    Rumble
[07:26] Wei
    You are so kind.
[07:28] Wei
    That is why I worry about you.
[07:34] Akiho
    The little fox walked beneath
    his mother's belly,
[07:35] [Messenger] Text
    Onomatopoeia and Phenomimes
[07:39] Akiho
    blinking his round eyes and looking
    all around as they went on.
SIGN    Buying Mittens By Niimi Nankichi
[07:47] Akiho
    Eventually, their... pass?
[07:50] Kaito
    Do you mean "their path"?
[07:54] Akiho
    Yes, that's it.
[07:58] Kaito
    What is that?
[07:59] Akiho
    I'm writing down the parts I need to
    be careful on or made mistakes with.
[08:05] Kaito
    You're not writing them in the book itself?
[08:08] Akiho
    I can't write in this book!
[08:11] Akiho
    Its author worked so hard to write it.
[08:17] Kaito
    You truly do like books, don't you?
[08:21] Akiho
    It's "love"!
[08:24] Akiho
    F-For books, I mean...
[08:27] Kaito
    All this practice must
    be making you thirsty.
[08:31] [Messenger] Text
    Onomatopoeia and Phenomimes
[08:31] Momo
    There was no need to correct
    that statement, Akiho.
[08:33] Kaito
    How about some tea?
[08:35] Akiho
    Y-Yes, please.
[08:37] Akiho
    It's black tea with honey today?
[08:39] Kaito
    Yes, since honey is good for the throat.
[08:44] Kaito
    Have some chocolates, too.
[08:47] Akiho
    Thank you.
[08:51] Akiho
    This seems like a lot for
    just the two of us.
[08:54] Kaito
    Don't worry. It'll be just enough.
[08:59] Momo
    To fill my beautiful body, that is.
SIGN    Public Reading
[09:07] [SONG] Text
    Night on the Galactic Railroad
    Buying Mittens
[09:09] Yukito
    With so many things on his mind,
[09:14] Yukito
    Giovanni turned away from the
    professor without a word.
SIGN    Night on the Galactic Railroad
[09:17] Yukito
    Thinking that he had to hurry home
    to bring his mother the milk
[09:20] Yukito
    and tell her that his
    father was coming home,
[09:24] Yukito
    he ran along the river bank toward
    town as fast as he could.
[09:30] Yukito
    The end.
[09:34] Yukito
    Thank you.
[09:35] Girl
    That was really good!
[09:37] Girl
    Where is "Heaven"?
[09:38] Yukito
    Well...
[09:40] Syaoran
    He is good.
[09:41] Tomoyo
    Yes.
[09:42] Sakura
    Yukito-san was amazing!
[09:45] Sakura
    But, but... C-Can I really do this?
[09:48] Akiho
    I-I'm getting nervous, too.
[09:51] Syaoran
    It'll be fine.
[09:54] Syaoran
    You both practiced so much.
[09:56] Sakura
    Yeah...
[09:57] Akiho
    Right.
[09:59] Tomoyo
    Here. Wear these.
[10:21] Sakura
    A cold winter came from the north
[10:25] Sakura
    to the forest where a mother
    fox lived with her son.
[10:29] Sakura
    One morning, the little fox tried
    to step outside their den,
[10:33] Kero
    I figured you'd have outfits ready.
[10:35] Sakura
    but with a cry of "Ah!" he tumbled back
    down to his mother, covering his eyes.
[10:36] Tomoyo
    They're very simple, though.
[10:38] Kero
    But he refused to wear one.
[10:42] Tomoyo
    It's best that he can play
    the piano comfortably,
[10:45] Tomoyo
    so I gave up on him this time.
[10:47] Tomoyo
    This time.
[10:50] Akiho
    She didn't want her sweet
    baby to develop frostbite,
[10:55] Akiho
    so she decided to go into town that night
[11:00] Akiho
    and buy woolen mittens that
    would fit his little paws.
[11:04] Akiho
    The dark, dark night came,
    wrapping the forests and fields
[11:09] Akiho
    in its shadows like a great blanket,
[11:13] Akiho
    but no matter how it tried,
     the snow was such a bright white
[11:17] Akiho
    that it shone through the shadows.
[11:21] Akiho
    After some time, their path brought
    them in view of a single light.
[11:26] Akiho
    When the little fox saw it, he said,
[11:30] Akiho
    "Mom, look how low that star has fallen!"
[11:37] Sakura
    "That's not a star," his mother
    said as her feet froze in place.
[11:47] Sakura
    "It's the light of the town."
[11:50] Sakura
    Seeing the town's light
[11:52] Sakura
    reminded the mother fox of the time she
    and her friend had gone into town
[11:57] Sakura
    and had a terrible experience.
[12:01] Sakura
    Her friend had ignored her pleas to stop
[12:04] Sakura
    and tried to steal a duck from a farmhouse.
[12:09] Sakura
    The farmer had spotted them and
    chased them, and they fled,
[12:13] Sakura
    barely escaping with their lives.
[12:17] Akiho
    With no other choice, she decided
    to send her son into town alone.
[12:25] Sakura
    "My son, hold out one paw..."
[12:28] Akiho
    Said the mother fox.
[12:32] Akiho
    She held his paw in her own for a time,
[12:37] Akiho
    and turned it into an adorable
    human child's hand.
[12:41] Boy
    Wow!
[12:44] Yukito
    Isn't that amazing?
[12:46] Sakura
    "It's a human hand.
[12:49] Sakura
    Listen to me, son.
[12:51] Sakura
    When you go into town,
     you'll see many human homes.
[12:56] Sakura
    You must find the one that has a
    sign with a rounded hat on it.
[13:02] Sakura
    When you find it, knock on
    the door and say, 'Hello!'
[13:10] Sakura
    When you do that, a human will open
    the door a tiny bit from the inside.
[13:16] Sakura
    Then, you must put this hand...
[13:20] Sakura
    Here. Put this human hand through the door,
[13:24] Sakura
    and say, 'Please give me
    mittens that fit this hand.'
[13:29] Sakura
    Understand?
[13:31] Sakura
    you must not offer this hand,"
[13:34] Sakura
    the mother fox told her son.
[13:40] Akiho
    He saw signs with bicycles, glasses,
    and many other things on them,
[13:46] Akiho
    some newly drawn with fresh paint,
     and others peeling like an old wall.
[13:54] Akiho
    But he had no idea what any of them meant,
[13:58] Akiho
    as he had never been to town before.
[14:03] Akiho
    Finally, he found the hat shop.
[14:06] Akiho
    There hung the sign with
    the large, black silk hat
[14:13] Akiho
    that his mother had directed him to,
     illuminated by a blue light.
[14:18] Akiho
    The little fox knocked on the door
    as his mother had instructed.
[14:24] Akiho
    "Hello!"
[14:26] Sakura
    Then he heard the sound
    of movement inside,
[14:32] Sakura
    and the door opened just a few inches,
[14:35] Sakura
    making a ribbon of light stretch out
    over the white snow on the road.
[14:41] Sakura
    The little fox was so startled
    by the bright light
[14:45] Sakura
    that he put the wrong
    hand through the door,
[14:49] Sakura
    the one his mother had told him
    he mustn't let the humans see!
[14:57] Kid
    No! He can't do that!
[14:59] Girl
    Yeah! That's bad!
[15:01] Boy
    He'll get chased, like the other foxes!
[15:03] Kid
    He'll get caught!
[15:04] Kero
    Oh, boy...
[15:07] Akiho
    Wh-What should we do?
[15:28] Akiho
    "Please give me mittens
    that fit this hand!"
[15:32] Sakura
    The hat maker thought, "What's this, now?
[15:38] Sakura
    That's a fox's paw. A fox's paw
    is asking me for mittens.
[15:44] Sakura
    He must be planning to
    buy them with leaves."
[15:50] Sakura
    So he said, "Give me money first."
[15:56] Sakura
    The little fox obediently
    handed the hat maker
[16:00] Sakura
    the two silver coins he'd been holding.
[16:04] Sakura
    The hat maker held each coin
    between a thumb and forefinger,
[16:08] Sakura
    and tapped them together.
[16:10] Sakura
    When he did, they made
    a fine clinking noise,
[16:13] Sakura
    so he knew that they were
    real coins and not leaves.
[16:19] Sakura
    So he took a pair of children's
    woolen mittens from a shelf
[16:23] Sakura
    and handed them to the little fox.
[16:27] Sakura
    The little fox thanked the hat maker
    and turned back the way he'd come.
[16:33] Akiho
    "Mom said humans were scary,
    but that wasn't scary at all.
[16:40] Akiho
    He saw my paw, but he didn't
    do anything to me!"
[16:45] Sakura
    Thought the little fox.
[16:47] Sakura
    Then, as he passed beneath a window,
    he heard a human's voice inside.
[16:53] Sakura
    It was a such a gentle, such a beautiful,
[16:58] Sakura
    such a calming voice.
[17:04] Akiho
    Go to sleep, go to sleep,
[17:10] Akiho
    here on Mama's breast.
[17:16] Akiho
    Go to sleep, go to sleep,
[17:22] Akiho
    here in Mama's arms.
[17:29] Sakura
    The little fox knew without a doubt that
    the voice belonged to a human mother.
[17:37] Sakura
    After all, his own mother
     sang in such a gentle voice
[17:42] Sakura
    when she rocked him to sleep, too.
[17:47] Sakura
    Hearing this made him miss his mother,
[17:53] Sakura
    so he went running back to
    where the mother fox waited.
[17:58] Akiho
    The mother fox had been trembling with worry
[18:04] Akiho
    as she waited for her son to return.
[18:08] Akiho
    When he did, she held him to her warm
    chest and felt like weeping with joy.
[18:15] Sakura
    The two foxes returned to the forest.
[18:20] Sakura
    The moonlight made their coats shine silver
[18:25] Sakura
    and cobalt shadows stretch from their feet.
[18:29] Akiho
    "Humans aren't scary at all!"
[18:33] Sakura
    "Why do you say that?"
[18:34] Akiho
    "Well, I put my real paw
    through the door by mistake.
[18:39] Akiho
    But the hat maker didn't try to catch me.
[18:43] Akiho
    He just gave me these nice mittens."
[18:47] Sakura
    And then he clapped his
    mittened paws together.
[18:54] Sakura
    Shocked, his mother gasped, "Oh, my!"
[18:58] Sakura
    And then she murmured, "I wonder
    if humans really are good.
[19:02] Sakura
    I wonder if humans really are good..."
[19:15] Kid
    The fox finished his errand!
[19:17] Kid
    The hat maker was so nice!
[19:18] Girl
    You're so cool!
[19:20] Girl
    Play a song from TV!
[19:21] Boy
    You're a really good singer!
[19:23] Akiho
    Thank you...
[19:25] Girl
    Why do you sound so nervous?
[19:26] Kid
    Hey, when will you come read to us again?
[19:29] Akiho
    Well, um...
[19:33] Sakura
    Let's practice together again.
[19:35] Akiho
    Okay!
[19:40] Kero
    Ya really did a good job today.
[19:43] Sakura
    Thanks.
[19:44] Sakura
    It got a little crazy in the
    middle, but I had fun.
[19:47] Sakura
    I think I'd like to be in the
    audience next time, though.
[19:51] Sakura
    If ya wanna see today's,
    Tomoyo got it on video.
[19:54] Sakura
    Release!
[19:57] Sakura
    Record!
[20:03] Sakura
    I used it before we started.
[20:05] Kero
    When'd ya do that?
[20:07] Sakura
    Show me what you've recorded!
[20:23] Sakura
    It's Tomoyo-chan!
[20:25] Kero
    That means I'll be there, too!
[20:29] Kero
    Who's that old dude?!
[20:32] Sakura
    Akiho-chan?
[20:38] Sakura
    Syaoran-kun?
[20:42] Sakura
    None of them are here...
[20:47] Sakura
    This isn't... today's reading.
[20:52] Sakura
    I guess I did it wrong...
[21:01] Sakura
    Kero-chan?
[21:02] Kero
    I just got an email from Yue.
[21:05] Kero
    He said he's got a ton of
    sweets that expire today,
[21:08] Kero
    so I can have 'em. I'm headin' over there!
[21:11] Sakura
    Huh? Now?
[21:13] Sakura
    But it's late!
[21:15] Kero
    Expiration date!
[21:17] Sakura
    I'm pretty sure you'd be fine even if
    they were a week past their date.
[21:23] Kero
    How rude!
[21:27] Yue
    This is it?
[21:28] Kero
    These were in the recording Sakura
    played with the Record card.
[21:34] Kero
    These uniforms were used
    over thirty years ago.
[21:38] Kero
    They don't match the ones the
    nurses at today's reading wore.
[21:42] Kero
    Which means...
[21:44] Yue
    The card recorded footage from the past.
[21:54] Kero
    Yeah.
[21:55] Kero
    Sakura doesn't seem to have a clue, though.
[21:59] Kero
    The only magicians I've met who were powerful
     enough to show the past are Clow and...
[22:07] Kero
    only three others.
[22:10] Yue
    She inherited the cards from
    a descendant of Clow,
[22:14] Yue
    then transformed them into her own cards.
[22:18] Yue
    And now, she's still...
[22:20] Kero
    I knew her magic had
    gotten stronger, but this strong?
[22:27] Kero
    Sakura's magic has grown strong.
[22:30] Kero
    Immensely strong.
[22:34] Kero
    We need to contact Eriol.
[22:36] Yue
    No matter what it takes.
[24:10] Kero
    Hidey-howdy-ho!
SIGN    Leave It to Kero-chan!
SIGN    Bear Cat
SIGN    K
[24:13] Kero
    Time for another energetic
    "Leave It to Kero-chan!"
[24:15] Kero
    Today we're introducin' Akiho's
    stuffed bunny, Momo!
[24:18] Kero
    Her blue muffler adds a colorful
    touch to her white body,
[24:20] Kero
    and she wears a fancy accessory
    on her left ear.
[24:22] Kero
    Her bent right ear and beauty mark below
    her right eye give her character.
[24:26] Kero
    I thought she seemed like
    a sophisticated plushie,
[24:28] Kero
    but shock and surprise outta
    the blue... she's alive!
SIGN    Closed Open
SIGN    Bear Cat
SIGN    K
[24:31] Kero
    Looks like the full cast is here now!
    Can't wait to see what happens next!
[24:34] Kero
    I'm so excited, I'm gettin' hungry!
     I want some homemade chocolates, too!
[24:38] Kero
    Ta-ta!
SIGN    Next Episode Preview
[24:41] Sakura
    Syaoran-kun and I are going to visit
    my great-grandfather at his villa.
[24:45] Sakura
    What is it he wants to give me?
[24:48] Sakura
    Next time, "Sakura, Rainbows, and Grandpa."
SIGN    Sakura, Rainbows, and Grandpa
[24:51] Sakura
    Say it with me: "Release!"
SIGN    End