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[Translated from Japanese]

TY: By the way, you created a picture book as part of your eighty-eighth birthday celebration. To tell your story to your grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

YI: Yeah. My little story.

TY: Yes. I have borrowed that book.

YI: Where did you get this?

TY: I borrowed it from Etsuko.

YI: Oh, you borrowed it.

TY: Yes. This is first ...

YI: Uh-huh. This is my first memory.

TY: You already talked about this. You wrote about it.

YI: In my days we didn't have any toys to speak of. The children played with sticks or leaves. We made mud balls.

TY: Here in this book, you got married, came over to the U.S. and had children... your family must have been very pleased that you created a book about your life.

YI: Yes. Etsuko gave the book to the grandchildren.

TY: Yes.

YI: She told them that they could learn about their grandma in the future.

TY: So the text was written by Etsuko...

YI: She made many copies and distributed them among the grandchildren.

TY: The book also describes your camp experiences. The story ends when you returned to Seattle.

YI: Yes. When I was being interviewed like now, Shinya's eldest son wanted to know more about me. He wrote funny things in a letter.

TY: Yes. I hope this interview is also valuable to your family.

YI: I guess young people want to hear more about the past.

TY: I think so. You remember so well. [Laughs]

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