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TI: So let's go back. Earlier you were talking, it was that delightful story of your older brother with a pitchfork, salmon fishing. What are some other memories of growing up in Bellevue?

TW: Living in Bellevue?

TI: Yeah, yeah, as a kid.

TW: Well, I think I told you the story about trying to hit the ball over the red barn?

TI: So go ahead and tell me the full story.

TW: Kats was standing next to me and I hit him on the back of the head. He had a big swelling in the in the back. It's a wonder he... and then we had the wood, about the wood stove, and Grandma would say, "Go get some wood from the barn." And okay, we'd go to the barn to get the wood, and I'm the one pushing the wheelbarrow and my brother's standing behind me telling me, "Okay, get going."

TI: So how would you characterize your relationship with your brothers? I mean, it sounds playful, or was he actually making you do all the work and he was watching?

TW: Well, you know, it's strange because of the war. Okay, I was eleven, and then when we came out of the war, I guess I was thirteen. And I went on my own, went to live and work as a...

TI: Schoolgirl?

TW: Schoolgirl, as many Japanese my age did. And my brother also did that. So there was a period there when we each went our own way.

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