the aged mother
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- A long time ago there was a poor farmer and aged mother who lived at the foot of the mountain, in a country called “Shinano” ________ living there means they have to follow mandates of the despotic leader.
- people should abandon the aged people at the summit of Obatsayuma _______ the mountain of the “abandoning of age”
- The farmer who heard the governor’s decree felt sorrow in his heart. They cannot disobey, ______ that’s a mandate.
- After my work I will prepare food and water so my mother won't get hungry to our journey.
- Just as his labor ended, he prepared food from a portion of unwhitened rice, covered it in a square cloth ________ knotted it in his neck along with a gourd filled with cool, sweet water.
- He then began trekking towards the summit of Obatsayuma, or the mountain of the "abandoning of the aged.” During their way to the summit, the mother noticed the dangerous path, ________ she reached for twigs and snapped them to pieces and quietly dropped them until they reached the summit.
- This is a dangerous path. I will leave pieces of snap twigs so he will not get lost on his way home.
- The road is full of dangers so I left a trace of broken twigs to guide you on your way home. They will guide you to the familiar path farther down.
- I’m not leaving you here anymore mother. I love you and I don’t want you to die here alone. Let’s go home.
- They reach the summit. The heartsick farmer gently released his old mother. He's about to go _________ his mother spoke before bidding farewell.
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