The cold wind is like a knife, using the earth as a chopping board, and seeing all living beings as fish and meat. Flying snow in thousands of miles, turning the sky into an oven, melting all things into silver. The winter that year was very cold. I still remember that it was the 12th year of Taisho. I was born in an ordinary farmer's family in Akita Prefecture. I thought I would be like my brothers and sisters, without I spent my whole life carefree, but unexpectedly, the arrival of an uninvited guest changed the trajectory of my life - I was going to be sent to a professor's house in Qingshan, I don't know what kind of person the owner was. ? I didn't have time to think about it before embarking on the journey. It was a long journey from Akita to Qingshan. I was packed in a small box. During the long wait, I fell asleep...
first sight
The first time I saw the professor, he had a kind face, elegant demeanor, and polite gestures. He was completely different from the owner of my previous family. His daughter also made me feel very cordial. Everything is so worth looking forward to. Soon after, I had names - Hachiko (はち), Hachiko, which I heard was a registered name with love, and it meant extending to the sky and then to the earth
The professor's daughter is married, and I read a hint of loneliness in his eyes, but when he looked at me, he seemed to be more tender than before. Maybe he was looking for some spiritual sustenance, right? But the professor's wife doesn't seem to like me very much. Is she afraid that I will take away the professor's love? Hey, human emotions are really complicated.
That morning, I was so hungry that I couldn't take it anymore, the nasty tail wouldn't give me food, he teased me, he wanted me to turn around three times, I didn't, but I was so hungry that I couldn't take it anymore, and I didn't want to compromise. When the professor came, he sternly reprimanded Tail-shaped: I didn't raise a dog to let the dog play tricks, think about it from the dog's position! My heart warmed, it turned out to be the feeling of being cared for. I heard him say to his wife: Just as people have rights, so do dogs. That day, he hugged me and asked me with a big smile: Hachiko, do you want to be our dog? I said nothing, licked his cheek in agreement. I think we should be friends.
friend
The holidays started, the professor liked to take a walk, and we walked all over the town together. I remember that there was a merchant on the side of the street who also kept dogs. Every time I passed by his house, I would taste the food for the dogs. I remember that every time I took a walk, the professor would choose that ancient temple. I liked that time the most, because the professor would untie the chain and let me play by myself. It feels so good to have someone with you!
The professor started work, and as his friend, I felt obliged to take him to the station and welcome him back. Winter comes and summer comes, rain or shine. Sometimes I think: If only I could do this for the rest of my life. But there is no if in this world, if I can choose again: I would rather I have been living in the home of an ordinary farmer in Akita Prefecture.
respectively
That day seemed to be no different from usual. The professor is going to work, but I was restless all morning. I always felt that something bad was going to happen. I didn't want the professor to go to work, but I couldn't stop him. After parting from him at the station, I turned back home, and on the way I became more and more flustered, and I ran as fast as I could. When I got home, I started ranting and I hoped they would help me to see how the professor was doing. But they ignored me. Who would understand the barking of a dog?
I didn't wait for the professor that evening. I had an ominous premonition in my heart. When I got home, I saw them covering their faces and crying. Could it be that the professor just left? At that moment, I felt like something important in my life was being taken away, and I couldn't help but start whimpering. The day the professor's hearse left, I broke free from the chains and chased after me desperately, thinking that if I ran fast enough, I could catch up with the professor.
persist in
After the professor left, a lot of things changed. I was sent to a house far away, I didn't like the new owner, I often walked a long way back to the professor's house, which had been changed to another house, and the owner there didn't like me, he even chased me with stones go. The owner of my new home didn't like me either, he said I had no personality, didn't respond to anything, just turned around and whined. But there is one thing I have always insisted on. I still go to the station every day to wait for the professor.
While waiting, I will think of the past, for example, on that sunny afternoon, you helped me catch the lice, one by one; for example, on that stormy night, you sent me into the house, drying and drenching me. wet body.
Day by day, I seem to have become a stray dog, with sparse hair, bony, frail body, and erratic eyes. I'm getting older and weaker and I'm almost going with you. I always want someone to wait for me somewhere, and you always want someone to wait for you somewhere.
On that night, with the snow falling and the wind howling, I came to the train station again, here it is. In a trance, I seem to see you running towards me from the train station, and I seem to see myself running towards you from that beautiful cherry blossom forest.
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