# E1445 - There's an Alligator in the Tomoe River / Mom's High Heels
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXNZ12/theres-an-alligator-in-the-tomoe-river--moms-high-heels)
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
**[00:00] MARUKO**
Hi everyone, gather around!
**[00:02] MARUKO**
Chibi Maruko-chan is about to start!
**[00:11] MARUKO**
Let's go, everyone!
***SIGN*** Chibi Maruko-chan
**[01:27] NARRATOR/I**
Let it begin!
***SIGN*** Ice cream
***SIGN*** There's an Alligator in the Tomoe River?!
**[01:29] [SONG] SIGN**
Sweets Shoppe Mitsuya
***SIGN*** Oden
**[01:30] MARUKO**
"There's an Alligator in the Tomoe River?!"
***SIGN*** Africa - The Nile
**[01:36] TV REPORTER/I**
*Nile crocodiles have sharp teeth.*
**[01:39] TV REPORTER/I**
*Big ones can reach up to six meters long.*
**[01:42] MARUKO**
They're six meters long?
**[01:42] [SONG] SIGN**
Sato Sake Shop
**[01:44] MARUKO**
So big.
**[01:46] TV REPORTER/I**
*And its bite force is over one ton.*
**[01:49] TV REPORTER/I**
*Which equals something that weighs one ton.*
**[01:54] MARUKO**
One ton? I wonder how heavy it is.
**[01:57] MARUKO**
How many of you would it be?
**[02:00] SUMIRE/I**
Why are you using me as an example?
**[02:03] TOMOZOU**
Anyhow, one bite by something like
that, and you're dead as a doornail.
**[02:08] MARUKO**
You're right. It's terrifying.
**[02:11] MARUKO**
Oh, but I read a book with an
alligator in it the other day.
**[02:15] SAKIKO**
You did?
**[02:16] MARUKO**
Yeah.
**[02:18] MARUKO**
It was a story called
"An Alligator and a Bird."
**[02:22] MARUKO**
When an alligator yawns, a bird flies
by and perches inside its mouth.
**[02:27] TOMOZOU**
What?!
**[02:28] TOMOZOU**
Then the bird is going to get eaten!
**[02:28] [SONG] SIGN**
Sato Sake Shop
**[02:31] MARUKO**
You'd think that, right?
**[02:33] MARUKO**
But the gator keeps its mouth open.
**[02:35] TOMOZOU**
Huh? Why?
**[02:38] MARUKO**
Turns out, the bird is eating the
food stuck in the gator's teeth.
**[02:43] MARUKO**
The gator is letting the bird
clean its mouth, you see?
**[02:47] TOMOZOU**
I see, so that's how it was.
**[02:50] SAKIKO**
That changes my impression of an alligator.
**[02:53] TV REPORTER/I**
* The Egyptian plovers are also*
* known as the crocodile birds.*
**[02:57] [SONG] SIGN**
Sato Sake Shop
**[02:57] SAKIKO**
Maybe the bird you read about is this one.
**[03:00] MARUKO**
It might be.
**[03:01] TV REPORTER/I**
* It is said that Egyptian plovers*
* go into the crocodile's mouth*
**[03:04] TV REPORTER/I**
*and remove the food stuck between its teeth.*
**[03:08] MARUKO**
So they actually do that.
**[03:10] MARUKO**
I'm jealous that the gators
don't have to brush their teeth.
**[03:13] MARUKO**
I wish they did mine too.
**[03:20] SUMIRE**
Jeez, how lazy is this child?
**[03:24] [SONG] SIGN**
Sato Sake Shop
**[03:25] TV REPORTER/I**
However, such behavior has
not been observed in reality.
**[03:30] MARUKO**
O-Okay, I see.
***SIGN*** Sakura
**[03:32] SAKIKO**
I guess it is what it is.
***SIGN*** Shimizu City Library
**[03:36] NARRATOR/I**
The next day...
**[03:38] MARUKO**
It's hot again today.
**[03:40] MARUKO**
Tama-chan, why don't we cool
down at the library for a bit?
**[03:43] TAMAE**
Good idea, let's do that.
**[03:46] MARUO**
Oh, if it isn't Sakura-san and Honami-san.
**[03:48] MARUKO**
Maruo-kun.
**[03:50] MARUO**
How rare it is to meet you at
a place like this, Sakura-san.
**[03:54] MARUO**
I didn't know you read books.
**[03:56] MARUKO**
How rude. I do read books sometimes.
**[04:00] MARUKO**
I did come here for some
cool air today though.
**[04:03] MARUKO**
Oh, Fujiki.
**[04:05] FUJIKI**
Hey.
**[04:06] MARUKO**
What's the matter?
**[04:07] MARUKO**
You kind of look depressed.
**[04:10] FUJIKI**
Right. I just happen to overhear
the boys from the next class.
**[04:15] MARUKO**
What? Tell us.
**[04:17] FUJIKI**
Apparently, there's an
alligator in the Tomoe river.
**[04:20] MARUKO/TAMAE/MARUO**
What?!
**[04:22] MARUKO**
Is that true?
**[04:24] FUJIKI**
I only overheard it.
**[04:26] FUJIKI**
They mentioned someone saw
it, or didn't see it...
**[04:29] MARUKO**
Did they see it?
**[04:30] TAMAE**
Or didn't they?
**[04:32] MARUO**
Indeed, which one is it?
**[04:34] FUJIKI**
I-It's not like I saw it!
**[04:38] MARUKO**
I thought alligators were in
rivers in other countries.
**[04:41] TAMAE**
Right. I don't think they live in Japan.
**[04:44] MARUO**
Yes, indeed! There's no way there's
an alligator in the Tomoe river.
**[04:49] MARUO**
However, it is true that there
is such a rumor, correct?
**[04:52] FUJIKI**
Yes, I guess...
**[04:53] MARUO**
That means, there must be
people who are worried.
**[04:58] MARUO**
As a class representative,
I cannot overlook this matter!
***SIGN*** Class
Representative
**[05:02] TAMAE**
What?! Then what will you do?
**[05:05] MARUO**
I will reassure people by proving that
there is no alligator in the Tomoe river.
**[05:11] MARUKO**
Oh yeah? I think that's great.
**[05:13] MARUKO**
Good luck.
**[05:14] MARUO**
Huh?
**[05:15] TAMAE**
Yeah.
**[05:15] FUJIKI**
We're counting on you.
**[05:17] MARUO**
P-Please wait for a moment!
**[05:19] MARUKO/TAMAE/FUJIKI**
Huh?
**[05:20] MARUO**
You're not going to help me?
**[05:23] MARUKO**
Why should we?
**[05:25] MARUO**
Please don't say that.
**[05:27] MARUO**
Let us go together.
**[05:29] MARUO**
If, although unlikely, there is an alligator
and I get attacked, what will you do?!
**[05:36] MARUO**
Please help me!
**[05:40] TAMAE**
Maru-chan, maybe we can go with him.
**[05:46] FUJIKI**
I'm curious too.
**[05:48] FUJIKI**
Let's go check it out.
**[05:50] MARUKO**
Okay, let's do that.
**[05:53] MARUO**
Wow, that's reassuring!
**[05:55] MARUO**
Well then! Let us form an investigation team!
**[05:59] MARUKO/TAMAE/FUJIKI**
Investigation team?
**[06:00] MARUO**
Indeed. Let's take "su" from Sueo,
"ta" from Tamae, "mo" from Momoko,
**[06:06] MARUO**
and "shi" from Shigeru, and let's
call it Sutamoshi investigation team!
***SIGN*** Sutamoshi Investigation Team
***SIGN*** Sutamoshi Investigation Team
**[06:15] MARUO**
Well then, let us commence the investigation
of Sutamoshi investigation team, indeed!
***SIGN*** Sutamoshi Investigation Team
***SIGN*** Sutamoshi Investigation Team
***SIGN*** Sutamoshi Investigation Team
**[06:20] MARUO**
Oh, I came here to return my books.
**[06:25] MARUO**
We should do some research on alligators
prior to our investigation.
**[06:29] MARUO**
Let's see, "Alligators live in tropical and
subtropical rivers, lakes, and marshes."
**[06:36] MARUO**
Which means they can't be in the Tomoe river.
**[06:40] MARUKO**
I know, right?
**[06:42] MARUKO**
Maybe it ran away from the zoo?
**[06:45] TAMAE**
If that's the case, it would all over the TV.
**[06:49] MARUKO**
You're right.
**[06:50] FUJIKI**
I saw someone keeping an
alligator as a pet on TV.
**[06:54] FUJIKI**
Would it be possible that
a pet alligator escaped?
**[06:58] MARUO**
That is a possibility.
**[07:02] MARUO**
It seems it would be wise to be prepared.
**[07:06] MARUKO**
It says so right here that their
biting strength is one ton.
**[07:10] MARUO**
H-H-Holy moly! One ton, you said?!
**[07:13] FUJIKI**
But check this out.
**[07:15] FUJIKI**
The opening force of an alligator's mouth
***SIGN*** Gator Note
***SIGN*** The opening force of an
alligator's mouth is weaker than a
human hand grabbing something!
**[07:17] FUJIKI**
is weaker than a human
hand grabbing something.
**[07:20] TAMAE**
I didn't know that.
**[07:22] MARUO**
Indeed, we have found the
alligator's weakness.
**[07:27] MARUO**
If we can bind its mouth
with a rope or something
**[07:31] MARUO**
before it has a chance to
open it, we'll be safe.
**[07:34] MARUKO**
You might be right, but who's gonna do it?
**[07:38] MARUO**
Th-That's...
**[07:41] FUJIKI**
I-I'm not going to do it!
**[07:44] FUJIKI**
I don't know if it'll be helpful,
**[07:46] FUJIKI**
but do you want to pick up my fishing
net from my house before heading there?
**[07:50] MARUO**
All right, then.
**[07:52] MARUO**
Let us find the alligator first.
**[08:03] MARUO**
May I ask you a question?
**[08:05] MARUO**
Have you heard a rumor that an alligator
has been sighted around here?
**[08:09] CHILD 1**
An alligator?
**[08:10] CHILD 1**
I haven't heard anything.
**[08:11] CHILD 2**
Me neither.
**[08:12] MARUO**
Is that so?
**[08:14] MARUKO**
I guess it's not here.
**[08:16] TAMAE**
Right.
**[08:18] CHILD 3**
I've seen an alligator.
**[08:20] MARUKO/TAMAE/MARUO/FUJIKI**
What?!
**[08:21] MARUKO**
Is that true?
**[08:22] CHILD 3**
There's a zoo with alligators.
**[08:25] MARUKO**
A zoo with alligators?
**[08:27] FUJIKI**
Oh yeah, I think there's a zoo with lots
of alligators is in the Izu area.
**[08:33] TAMAE**
Is that so?
**[08:35] MARUKO**
A zoo full of alligators is a bit scary.
**[08:39] MARUO**
It might be possible due to
the warm climate of Shizuoka.
**[08:43] MARUO**
Which means...
**[08:45] MARUO**
it's not too crazy to assume that an
alligator has settled down in Tomoe river.
**[08:51] MARUKO**
What?
**[08:58] MARUKO**
Alligator!
**[09:02] MARUO**
Y-You said an alligator?!
**[09:08] MARUO**
M-M-My glasses!
**[09:12] TAMAE**
Maruo-kun, are you okay?!
**[09:15] MARUO**
M-My glasses, where are my glasses?
**[09:17] MARUKO**
Maruo-kun, the alligator!
**[09:19] MARUO**
G-Gator! Gator! Gator! Where is it?!
**[09:20] MARUKO**
Maruo-kun, calm down!
**[09:23] MARUO**
Gator! Gator! Gator! Where is it?!
**[09:24] TAMAE**
Look at that!
**[09:26] TAMAE**
Is that... a log?
**[09:29] FUJIKI**
Jeez, it's not an alligator.
**[09:32] MARUO**
Gator, gator, gator, gator!
**[09:34] MARUKO**
Maruo-kun, Maruo-kun!
**[09:39] MARUO**
So it was just a log.
**[09:41] MARUKO**
I knew it. There's no alligator here.
**[09:44] FUJIKI**
You're right.
**[09:46] MARUKO**
Fujiki, you tried to run to
safety by yourself, didn't you?
**[09:52] TAMAE**
If that's true, that's a bit cowardly of you.
**[09:55] FUJIKI**
P-Please, I only took a small step back.
**[10:01] MARUO**
We must not let our guard down.
**[10:03] MARUO**
Let us continue our patrol.
**[10:18] CHILD 4**
I just saw an alligator.
**[10:20] MARUKO/TAMAE/MARUO/FUJIKI**
What?!
**[10:21] MARUKO**
Wh-Where did you see it?
**[10:24] CHILD 4**
Over there.
**[10:29] CHILD 4**
Right there.
***SIGN*** It's DANGEROUS after the rain!!
**[10:33] MARUKO**
It's... a sign?
**[10:37] MARUO**
It says, "It's dangerous after the rain."
**[10:42] TAMAE**
It warns us about the higher
water level of the river.
**[10:45] KAWADA**
Hello.
**[10:48] KAWADA**
The river can be dangerous after the
rain since the current is strong.
***SIGN*** It's DANGEROUS after the rain!!
**[10:52] KAWADA**
So I made this sign.
**[10:54] MARUKO**
You drew this alligator too, Kawada-san?
**[10:57] KAWADA**
Y-Yes, but I couldn't really draw well.
**[11:01] TAMAE**
Maybe the kids who saw this talked about
an alligator, and the rumor spread?
***SIGN*** It's DANGEROUS after the rain!!
**[11:07] FUJIKI**
This alligator is pretty scary.
**[11:10] KAWADA**
If that's the case, I kind of feel bad.
**[11:20] TAMAE**
L-Lizard!
**[11:25] NARRATOR/I**
And the case was closed on
the whole alligator business.
**[11:29] NARRATOR/I**
Sutamoshi investigation team was disbanded.
***SIGN*** Ice cream
***SIGN*** Oden
***SIGN*** Mom's High Heels
**[11:40] [SONG] SIGN (black and white)**
Sweets Shoppe Mitsuya
**[11:41] MARUKO**
"Mom's High Heels."
***SIGN*** Sakura
**[11:51] MOM**
I bought these.
**[11:53] MOM**
I'm going to wear them to the
reunion that's coming up.
**[11:56] MOM**
What do you think?
**[11:59] MOM**
The shop staff said that high
heels could make you look slim.
**[12:06] MARUKO**
She fell for the smooth
talk by the shop staff.
**[12:10] MARUKO/TOMOZOU**
I-I mean...
**[12:12] TOMOZOU**
Yumi Kaoru!
***SIGN*** Yumi
Kaoru
**[12:14] TOMOZOU**
You look just like Yumi Kaoru, Mom!
***SIGN*** Sakura
Sumire
**[12:21] TOMOZOU**
Right, Maruko?
**[12:23] MARUKO**
Oh yeah, totally.
**[12:25] SUMIRE**
Oh please, you flatter me.
**[12:28] TOMOZOU**
Oh no, the shop staff was right!
**[12:31] TOMOZOU**
Right, Maruko?!
**[12:32] MARUKO**
Yes, totally.
**[12:35] SUMIRE**
Flattery isn't gonna get you anywhere.
**[12:41] MARUKO**
Wow, we've got yokan bean jelly, Grandpa.
**[12:45] TOMOZOU**
Yes, thanks to Yumi Kaoru, perhaps?
**[12:48] MARUKO**
It doesn't hurt to try
out a compliment or two.
**[12:53] NARRATOR/I**
The day before the reunion...
***SIGN*** Sakura
**[12:59] MARUKO**
Are you going out, Mom?
**[13:02] SUMIRE**
Yes. I'm going to the hair salon,
so watch the house, will you?
**[13:10] SUMIRE**
Okay, I'm off.
**[13:12] MARUKO**
Okay. Bye!
**[13:22] MARUKO**
Wow...
**[13:25] MARUKO**
So pretty.
**[13:31] MARUKO**
It feels like I'm taller now.
**[13:37] TOMOZOU**
Maruko.
**[13:38] MARUKO**
It's just you, Grandpa.
**[13:40] MARUKO**
Don't scare me like that.
**[13:41] TOMOZOU**
Oh no!
**[13:43] TOMOZOU**
Your mom is going to yell at you.
**[13:46] MARUKO**
I know, I just wanted to try them out.
**[13:50] TOMOZOU**
Oh no, don't do it!
**[13:51] TOMOZOU**
If your mom finds out, and
you'll be in big trouble!
**[13:55] SUMIRE**
Maruko!
**[13:58] TOMOZOU**
My heart is going to explode just
imagining you getting yelled at!
**[14:10] MARUKO**
I won't do it again.
**[14:11] TOMOZOU**
You promise?
**[14:13] MARUKO**
Yes.
**[14:14] TOMOZOU**
Then pinky swear me.
**[14:17] MARUKO/TOMOZOU**
Cross my heart and hope to
die, stick a needle in my eye!
**[14:27] TOMOZOU**
I'm going to the post office.
**[14:29] TOMOZOU**
I'll be right back.
**[14:31] MARUKO**
Okay, see you!
**[14:40] MARUKO**
I'm Cinderella.
**[14:43] MARUKO**
I have to go to the ball at the castle.
**[14:47] MARUKO**
Where's my pumpkin carriage?
**[14:49] MARUKO**
I'll be right there, my prince!
**[14:57] MARUKO**
Kitty cat.
**[14:59] MARUKO**
Meow, meow, meow.
**[15:04] MARUKO**
Kitty cat...
**[15:06] MARUKO**
Meow!
**[15:10] MARUKO**
Hey, wait up!
**[15:20] MARUKO**
Wh... What do I do?
**[15:24] MARUKO**
Where's the glue? Glue?
**[15:29] MARUKO**
There it is!
**[15:37] MARUKO**
It's for arts and crafts, so I'm
not sure this is strong enough.
**[15:41] MARUKO**
But it's all or nothing.
**[15:45] MARUKO/I**
Please, stick together!
**[15:53] SUMIRE**
I'm home.
**[15:55] MARUKO**
Oh, welcome home.
**[15:57] SUMIRE**
What are you doing?
**[15:58] MARUKO**
Oh, I'm hot!
**[16:00] MARUKO**
It's nice and cool here.
**[16:03] SUMIRE**
I'll make dinner right away.
**[16:05] MARUKO**
Okay...
**[16:18] MARUKO**
Wh... What do I do?
**[16:31] MARUKO/I**
Okay, now's the chance to come clean.
**[16:34] MARUKO**
Hey, Mom.
**[16:35] SUMIRE**
Hm?
**[16:37] MARUKO**
You know, about your high heels.
**[16:40] SUMIRE**
What about them?
**[16:42] MARUKO**
Ah, well...
**[16:46] SUMIRE**
You didn't do something
funny with them, did you?
**[16:50] MARUKO**
O-Of course not!
**[16:52] MARUKO**
I'd never do that.
**[16:55] SUMIRE**
Then what were you going to say?
**[16:56] MARUKO**
W-Well, you see...
**[17:00] MARUKO**
I'm sorry I said you fell for the
smooth talk of the shop staff.
**[17:04] MARUKO**
The high heels looked good on you.
**[17:07] SUMIRE**
Oh. You think so?
**[17:12] NARRATOR/I**
Unable to take it anymore, Maruko wanted
to run away from home right then and there.
**[17:21] MARUKO**
This is a dream.
**[17:23] MARUKO**
The high heels aren't actually broken.
**[17:39] SAKIKO**
I'm home!
**[17:42] SAKIKO**
What are you doing?
**[17:44] MARUKO**
N-Nothing.
**[17:48] SAKIKO**
Maruko?
**[17:54] MARUKO/I**
I'll stay here until the sun sets so
that Mom'll be worried sick about me.
**[17:58] MARUKO/I**
That way, she'll be...
**[18:01] SUMIRE**
Maruko!
**[18:03] SUMIRE**
Maruko!
**[18:07] SUMIRE**
I'm so glad you're safe!
**[18:08] SUMIRE**
You were so late coming
home, I was really worried!
**[18:11] MARUKO**
But your high heels...
**[18:14] SUMIRE**
They don't matter, as long as you are safe!
**[18:21] NARRATOR/I**
What an appalling delusion.
**[18:37] MARUKO**
Jeez, stop it.
**[18:47] MARUKO**
Oh, come on!
**[18:54] MARUKO/I**
* I hope that heel's gonna*
* stick on its own by accident.*
**[18:59] NARRATOR/I**
What kind of accident would that be?
**[19:01] MARUKO/I**
*Aha! How about telekinesis?*
**[19:05] MARUKO**
Stick together, stick together...
**[19:08] MARUKO**
Stick together!
**[19:19] SUMIRE**
Welcome home, Maruko.
**[19:21] SUMIRE**
Where have you been?
**[19:22] SUMIRE**
You're awfully late.
**[19:24] MARUKO**
R-Right...
**[19:30] MARUKO/I**
*It's stuck together.*
**[19:32] SUMIRE**
Go wash your hands.
**[19:34] SUMIRE**
Dinner will be ready soon.
**[19:41] MARUKO**
What's going on?
**[19:43] MARUKO**
Why is that heel fixed?
**[19:45] MARUKO**
I know!
**[19:47] MARUKO**
Grandpa!
**[19:48] TOMOZOU**
Oh, Maruko. You're home.
**[19:51] MARUKO**
Grandpa, thank you!
**[19:53] TOMOZOU**
Huh? Did I do something good?
**[19:56] MARUKO**
You know, what you did with the high heel.
**[19:59] TOMOZOU**
What I did with the high heel?
**[20:01] TOMOZOU**
What did I do?
**[20:03] MARUKO/I**
*Huh? It wasn't him?*
**[20:06] TOMOZOU**
Maruko?
**[20:07] MARUKO**
O-Oh, never mind.
**[20:15] MARUKO/I**
*Don't tell me telekinesis actually worked...*
**[20:21] SUMIRE**
Maruko, you're awfully quiet.
**[20:23] SUMIRE**
What's wrong?
**[20:25] MARUKO**
N-Nothing.
**[20:27] SAKIKO**
Thank you for the food.
**[20:29] SUMIRE**
Oh. You're done already?
**[20:31] SAKIKO**
Yeah...
**[20:33] SUMIRE**
Big Sis, you don't need to worry about it.
**[20:36] SAKIKO**
But...
**[20:38] MARUKO**
What's wrong, Big Sis?
**[20:39] SAKIKO**
I broke Mom's high heels!
**[20:44] SAKIKO**
I tried to take my sandals out of the
shoe rack, and it caught the shoe box...
**[20:51] SAKIKO**
When I opened the box, the heel was...
**[20:54] SAKIKO**
I'm so sorry!
**[20:56] SUMIRE**
It's fine.
**[20:58] SUMIRE**
If that was all it took to break,
those shoes were cheaply made.
**[21:02] SUMIRE**
You bought the glue with
your own money and fixed it.
**[21:07] SUMIRE**
You've done enough.
**[21:12] MARUKO/I**
* I guess I'll have Big Sis*
* to take the blame here.*
**[21:19] MARUKO**
Cheer up, Big Sis.
**[21:35] SUMIRE**
Now that I'm looking at it closely,
why is it so dirty and scratched?
**[21:44] SUMIRE**
Oh!
**[21:54] SUMIRE**
I see how it is...
***SIGN*** Sakura
**[21:57] SUMIRE**
Maruko!
**[22:00] NARRATOR/I**
You should have apologized like Big Sis...
**[22:04] NARRATOR/I**
It was too late to be sorry for Maruko.
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[22:15] MARUKO**
Grandpa has a new grandchild!
**[22:18] MARUKO**
Her name is Emiko.
**[22:20] MARUKO**
We'll teach Big Sis the
power of younger siblings
**[22:23] MARUKO**
because Big Sis is bossing us
around just because she's older.
**[22:26] Maruko**
Next time on Chibi Maruko-chan:
**[22:27] Maruko**
"Big Sis Learns How the Younger Ones Feel,"
***SIGN*** Big Sis Learns How the Younger Ones Feel
**[22:30] Maruko**
and "Noguchi-san Becomes the
Grandchild of the Sakura Family?!"
***SIGN*** Noguchi-san Becomes the Grandchild of the Sakura Family?!
**[22:33] Maruko**
Look forward to it!