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TY: [Jpn.] By the way, in 1935, two years later, Betty, the third child, was born.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Then where was she born?

MK: [Jpn.] At home.

TY: [Jpn.] At home in Sunnydale?

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] There was no problem?

MK: [Jpn.] No. Nothing.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then within three years, within three years since Lilly was born, three children were born.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, in addition to the baby, you had a one year old and a two year old. You had the toddlers and the baby.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] What did you do with the work? When you had one child, you told us earlier how you did...

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] You made sure the baby wouldn't move away.

MK: [Jpn.] Then...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Then older children take care of younger ones.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] They take care of a little one.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] So that's a great help.

TY: [Jpn.] Then Lilly who was just three or four took care of younger brothers...

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. But when we work in the greenhouse...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] When she comes home from school, she takes care of younger ones.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] The older one. That's how we did. They took turns. Everybody in the U.S. did it that way. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] So an older brother or sister takes care of younger children.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That's right. Of course if there was a grandmother, it would be different.

TY: [Jpn.] Of course.

MK: [Jpn.] If there was a grandmother. But I don't think there were any grandmothers. In those days. People of similar age came here. Everybody was of similar age.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

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