Mozuku, Walking! 3

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Title: Chapter 3 [Mother]

SFX: tap / tap / tap / tap
Mozuku: Drinking water makes me feel so alive. // To be alive is to be thirsty.
SFX: gulp / gulp / gulp / gulp / gulp / gulp

SFX: soft / soft
Mozuku: !?

SFX: tap / tap / tap / tap

SFX: tap / tap / tap / tap

SFX: soft / soft
Sachi: Mom!

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Sachi: You're wiping your feet on Mozuku again!

Mother: Ah, Sachi! Good morning! // We'll have the leftover curry from yesterday as breakfast.
Sachi: Curry!? // Yeey!

Sachi: That's not the issue! // Stop using Mozuku as a door mat!
Mother: Mozuku? // I was just gently stroking him. // With my foot.

Sachi: ......!? // He smells like hand soap.

Sachi: You wiped your hands on him too!!
Mother: Hehehe... // You got me? // He also smells like shampoo, right?

Sachi: ............you're right.

Sachi: EEH!?
Mother: That was a nice shower.
SFX: rub / rub
Mother: You used him to dry your hair!?

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Mother: Of course not. // I tried to use him as a pillow.
Sachi: That scared me. // Because Mozuku isn't a "multi-purpose toy".

Mother: ............ // But sachi, // think about it.

Mother: Now Mozuku's smell is // the same as my smell, // right?

SFX: smile

Mozuku: !? ...somehow, // she made it sound like a "good story"!!

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Mother: Now, // take Mozuku out for a walk before we have breakfast.
Sachi: Yes!

Sachi: Mozuku, // today's weather is really nice, huh?

Sachi: It's nice to take a walk in the morning. // Morning walks are nicer than evening walks. // It's light, // and you can bask in the sun.
Mozuku: So, "Walk in the Light While There is Light"......?

T/N: "Walk in the Light While There is Light" = a short story by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy

Box: A dog's life is shorter than a human's. // Our lives end while we still circle around in the same place.

Box: We die when we've consumed all possibilities // that "something could happen tomorrow". // But // it's the same for most people. // The only difference is their longer lifespan. // I'm sure their life is nothing more than "a process of losing possibilities" too. // Every time they walk the same route at the same time of day, // that's what they think about.

Sachi: Look, Mozuku! // That cloud looks weird!
Box: But even though all days look the same // the scenery changes a little every day.

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Box: That's why I like // to go for a walk every day.

SFX: wag / wag / wag / wag / wag
Sachi: Mozuku really loves to take walks, huh?

Sachi: We're home!
Mother: Welcome back!

Mother: The curry is ready. // I was about to wake up // you father and Isao.
Sachi: Yes!
SFX: trot / trot

SFX: pet / pet

SFX: pet / pet

SFX: pet / pet

Sachi: Hm.

Sachi: Ah! // He smells like curry!

Sachi: You used him to wipe the curry of your hands!
Mother: Hehehe......

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Sachi: Don't use Mozuku as a towel!
SFX: angry / angry
Mother: Now, now. // Listen to me, Sachi.

Mother: Now Mozuku smells // like me and like curry. // In short......

Mother: Mozuku's smell is // the same as my //Indian-style smell, // right?

Sachi: That doesn't make it okay!
Mozuku: Somehow, // I don't care anymore.