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DH: And did you socialize very much with other... you didn't live in the Port Blakely community as some Japanese did.

KN: No, never.

DH: So did you socialize very much with them? What did you do for social activities when you weren't doing farm work?

KN: We really -- I don't think we really had much social life. We just made our own fun time. If we had time, a bunch of kids would come over and we'd play kick-the-can or hide-and-seek or climb up on the house or climb the tree. Oh, I have to tell you about the tree bit. We went over to one of our neighbors to pick some fruit. I don't know what it was, cherries or apples, and my brother and his friend climbed way up. And I'm a tomboy. I'm going to follow them so I start climbing. In those days we didn't wear slacks. I had my dress on and they were way up there, and I was part ways up and my foot slipped, and I turned over and my legs hung. I was hanging upside down on the limb with my skirt over my head, and the guys were up there laughing. I don't know how I ever came down. If they helped me or if I fell off, I don't know. So we had funny times.

DH: Do you remember your childhood as being pretty pleasant there then, on the island? A lot of hard work?

KN: It was okay. It was fun. Whenever we played, we had fun. Played with the boys, you know, tomboys.

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