By Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
This enticing sequence of formative years reminiscences tells approximately an amazing institution in Tokyo in the course of global battle II that mixed studying with enjoyable, freedom, and love. This strange college had previous railroad automobiles for school rooms, and it used to be run by way of a rare man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi-who was once an organization believer in freedom of expression and task.
In genuine lifestyles, the Totto-chan of the publication has turn into considered one of Japan's hottest tv personalities-Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her luck in lifestyles to this excellent university and its headmaster.
The attraction of this account has received the hearts of hundreds of thousands of individuals of every age and made this e-book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with revenues hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first 12 months.
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The headmaster may have made up the song because he had lost some of his teeth, but he was always telling the children to ear slowly and take plenty of time over meals while enjoying pleasant conversation, so it is more likely he made up this song to remind them of that. " For a while the Assembly Hall was quiet. School Walks After lunch Totto-chan played in the school grounds with the others before returning to the classroom, where the teacher was waiting for them. " Before Totto-chan could even begin to think about what she wanted to do, there was a unanimous shout.
The Assembly Hall was at the top of the stone steps Totto-chan had come up earlier. When they got there, they found the children noisily moving desks and chairs about, arranging them in a circle. " "This is all there are," he replied. " Totto-chan couldn't believe it. There were as many children as this in just one grade at the other school. " "That's all," said the headmaster. Everything about this school was different from the other one, thought Totto-chan. When everyone was seated, the headmaster asked the pupils if they had all brought something from the ocean and something from the hills.
It was a challenging topic. There was a momentary hush. "Maybe it will come along the Oimachi Line tracks and then branch off this way at that level crossing," someone suggested. "Then it would have to derail," said someone else. "Maybe they'll just bring it on a cart," said another. "There wouldn't be a cart big enough to hold one of those cars," someone pointed out immediately. ” Ideas petered out. The children realized a railroad car certainly wouldn't fit on a cart or even a truck. " said Totto-chan after much thought.