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RIKI
What has happened, Aoyagi?
AOYAGI
Did you send the message to Obaa-San?
RIKI
Yes.
AOYAGI
Did you go down the path?
RIKI
Yes.
AOYAGI
Did you pa.s.s a stranger on the way?
RIKI
No.
AOYAGI
A stranger just came by.--He came up the mountain path.
RIKI
I crossed the stream.
AOYAGI (_She takes a deep breath_)
You crossed the stream.
RIKI
Aoyagi--little sweetheart--I cannot understand.--What do you mean?
AOYAGI
Oh, Riki, Riki, I am so alone. Tell me what--why--why--
RIKI
Aoyagi, was I gone too long? Has some demon come to you?
AOYAGI
No demon came. You were gone too long.
RIKI
I went down the path and crossed the stream to take a shorter way. I met a stranger--
AOYAGI
Singing?
RIKI
Yes--I think she was singing.
AOYAGI
_She_ was singing.
RIKI
What do you mean, Aoyagi?
AOYAGI
Who was she?
RIKI
I do not know.--She said she would pa.s.s Is.h.i.+yama.
AOYAGI
Where did you see her?
RIKI
Beyond the stream--in a little glade.
AOYAGI
Did she sing your song?
RIKI
My song? No.
