"My footprint has left all over the world" "Seeing the children's smiling face is the happiest thing for me" "The children who attract me have some common grounds" "They are independent" "They won't demand for the adult's approval and praise" "Sekino Yoshiharu" "October 1999 Mongolia" "(Sekino Yoshiharu)" "Don't take photo,don't come closer" "Translator: xiongzaiK7" "She is still angry" "(The next day I visit the yurt where the girl lives)" "Hello" "Hello" "Something terrible happened to us" "3 months already" "(Grandmother" " Suren,68 years old) 39 horses had been stolen" "How can we live without them?" "When did it happened?" "June 10th,at night" "And then the horses never came back 3 months already" "There are horse-thieves here?" "Yes,there are" "Will they be caught?" "they are seldom caught" "They stole the horses at night,and disappeared in the early morning" "What's her name?" "Puujee" "And full name?" "Plusiga(Meaning: the blessed girl who was born in Thursday)" "How old is she?" "6 years-old,she may go to school next year" "(Puujee's work is to herd the animals and let them eat grass)" "(They have 700 sheep and sheep,7 cows,20 horses)" "(Cousin" " Baasa,2 years old)" "Baasa,don't come here,grandma calls you" "too terrible" "The ordinary horses and the riding horses were all disappeared" "Whose horses?" "Nasha" "the family which has a bike" "Many things had happened there" "Something also happened at home?" "If you want to shoot,get a little farther,or the horse would rush out" "She is so excellent" "I hope that my daughter can see her" "(Puujee's mother go out for searching the stolen horses)" "(Grandfather" " Sharavdor,80 years old)" "(Puujee's father went to work at Ulaanbaatar)" "(Never came back)" "(Puujee and her grandparents,her cousin live together)" "Baasa,come here" "See?" "Here you are,come here" "What's wrong with your hand?" "Let me see" "What's wrong?" "You didn't hurt,go to find grandmma" "If I didn't overwatch these animals for 1 minute, they will tread all the vegetables" "And I will get a big trouble" "Be a shepherd is unpromising" "I even didn't know what the school is teaching" "Mom also agrees that I go to school what do you want to learn?" "purely go to school" "What do you want to do after graduation?" "Teacher" "Why?" "I want to read books for all of you" "I need to herd the horses back" "They need to drink" "(After searching the horses mother came back)" "(Mother" " Erdenechimeg, 32 years old) how long have you been searching the horses?" "1 month" "The furthermost I reach was Arkhangai Province" "Is it very far?" "Puujee,mom was back,what's your feeling?" "feeling happy?" "You feel lonely before?" "She's shy" "If we could find the horses back,that will be great" "I will find them again" "your favourite horse was stolen too?" "Yes" "What a pity" "Puujee,bring the bowls here" "Come on" "Thanks very much" "Drink please" "Sometimes I slept in suburbs,sometimes lodged at others' homes" "I often slept in the open air,because I needed to find the horses" "Is it very cold outside?" "Yes,very cold" "But what else can I do?" "You brought a blanket?" "No,just overcoat" "You slept with it?" "Of course,but it's still very cold" "And the shepherds would help you?" "Yes,they helped me to find the horses" "Puujee will go to school in spring next year" "If you became a teacher, you won't ride a horse anymore,what should you do?" "It doesn't matter" "If I became a teacher,I needn't ride a horse anymore" "Certainly,She will be interested in many things" "(It's in the middle of October now)" "(Cattle should be herded to the winter pasture)" "(However,the Puujee family couldn't find their horses,and they can't move out)" "How can I cover it?" "Nobody at home,what should I do?" "If the sheep lie down,it would be warmer" "so hot so hot" "I'm changing the batteries" "Although the new batteries had been changed, we can only listen for several hours" "Baasa,don't move" "Hope that it can be fixed" "Perhaps,the components were broken" "No sound" "Baasa,you grabbed a big one" "your beeth are too small to bite" "It's too big" "What a big bite!" "Your teeth would hurt" "To me?" "It's also too big for me" "Baasa,come and see" "Baasa,come closer" "Are you scary?" "(4 day ago Puujee had been angry with Yoshiharu)" "(He asks her to take photo again) Baasa,stand still" "Puujee" "Mom,cheese" "Puujee,it's time to knead the dough,come and help" "This horse..." "This white horse..." "This white horse is for you" "Hold the rein tight" "Are you sure?" "This horse is a meek one?" "It's a meek horse,don't worry" "How?" "Excellent" "He is good at riding horses" "(Erdenechimeg wants to give the horse to Yoshiharu as a gift)" "this is my gift for you please accept" "I can't take it back to Japan" "I understand your kindness accept it,you can ride it in spring next year" "Could you help me to feed it?" "Here?" "No problem" "But many of your horses had been stolen" "We still have so many horses" "You are good at riding horses,why not ride to Africa?" "(The horse given to Yoshiharu belonged to Puujee originally)" "Is this your horse..." "It doesn't matter?" "There are many horses anyway" "Puujee,what do you want the most?" "Next time I will bring the gift for you in return" "comput..." "What?" "What do you want?" "I want to bring the gift to return your thanks computer..." "Pardon?" "You want a computer?" "what do you do with it?" "Play games" "So you want to play games?" "What about a Nintendo gameboy?" "(Although they couldn't find the stolen horses,)" "(They still decide to move to the winter pasture)" "pull it down" "thanks.It's so heavy.That's OK" "May I put it down?" "Put aside" "Here's the door this is the door of a yurt" "Everyone should walks through this door" "That's good give it to them" "Being educated is very important" "Without education,she will have a hard time in the future life" "And it will be meaningless at last" "Nobody knows whether Mongolia will only depend on animal husbandry" "Being educated is better than being a shepherd for a living" "The population of shepherds is less and less" "Puujee had better go to school" "Otherwise,She will have a hard living like me" "Only study can lead to a good future" "What I only can to is going to pick up the wood for the fire" "The kid is so young,she can find a better way to live" "This is what I always think" "I am very old now" "drink some tea" "No,thanks" "You should drink.They are shooting,and they can't drink now" "We have some better tea" "They can't have tea for a test now" "When you suddenly saw the foreigners,you felt astonished?" "I did't see foreigners before,but now I get used to" "I'm very happy.And I regard you as my own children" "Come here next year,OK?" "We will came back in spring next year" "Spring is the season of lambs' birth" "We will go to the north that time" "Maybe,we will not move out yet" "All in all,this is the season of lambs' birth" "I bet that we won't move out that time" "I have to say goodbye to you now" "Why so soon?" "If you are in hurry,I have no clue" "Before I came back,could you help me to take care of the horse?" "No problem" "I will let Puujee take charge of" "Sometimes I should ride on it, or the horse will be fat" "We will take good care of it" "Puujee,he is to go now" "Goodbye" "Goodbye" "March 2000,Ulaanbaatar" "(Under communism)" "(The population of Ulaanbaatar is 420 thousand)" "(After practicing market economy)" "(people poured into the city for job hunting)" "(And the population has doubled,is 790 thousand)" "(1/3 of the Mongolian population is concentrate in Ulaanbaatar)" "(In order to adapt the rapid increase of population)" "(The yurt community has been enlarging)" "Hello" "Are there anybody living in these yurts?" "He" "Which is cozier?" "House or yurt?" "Yurt" "Where you live?" "Up there?" "Are there any yurts here?" "My home is a yurt" "Hey you" "You like riding a horse?" "Have you rode a horse before?" "When I was a kid" "Can you show it to me?" "Made in China?" "(Yoshiharu promised to give a gameboy to Puujee)" "(He thinks that Nintendo will do harm to Puujee)" "(So he decides to buy a ordinary gameboy in Ulaanbaatar)" "One may lost himself in gameboy" "I think that gameboy is harmful to her" "But I had promised to her a gameboy" "I personally disagreed" "(Puujee's mother send Yoshiharu a new-year postcard)" "How are you?" "Everything goes well Have you returned to Japan safely?" "We had a wonderful winter this year, although the weather was cold" "Your black-white horse stays safe and sound" "We haven't found out our stolen horses And Puujee will go to school this year" "She is missing you so much" "It is a new year Wish you,your relatives and friends good health and happiness" "Please find someone to translate into Japanese See you next time Best wishes" "Erdenechimeg" "Where are your parents?" "Grandmma?" "She went to herd the sheep with my uncle" "You are alone at home?" "Yes" "Run,run farther" "What are you doing?" "Here" "Here!" "Hurry up" "Puujee,give me a hand" "herd them here" "not there,don't run away" "I shouldn't herd them in" "Puujee,May I herd the sheep in?" "Baasa has already herd them out" "The sheep are all out" "Is it your father?" "Hello" "I'm Yoshiharu.I am from Japan" "I am the son of the family" "Puujee's mother is your wife?" "No,she's my elder sister" "So Puujee is your niece?" "that's right" "(Uncle" " Serchin 30 years old)" "Where's her own father?" "He is in Töv Province" "Töv Province?" "Is it Ulaanbaatar?" "It's near Ulaanbaatar" " He works there?" " Yes" "What about Puujee's mother?" "She went to the city" "Will she go home today?" "Maybe tonight" "Hello" "Puujee's mother went to the city?" "She died,she passed away" "It's our tradition that we can't talk about the deceased,sorry" "She fell from the horse,and then passed away" "Here is the portrait of her" "She's dead" "Incredible" "And the grandfather has passed away too?" "Yes,he also passed away" "Incredible" "She rode on a bad-tempered horse" "Did you remember the boy who helped to find the horses?" "His mother was ill,and she paid a visit to her" "Perhaps,she shouldn't go out after sunset" "She herself rode a horse,and took the other" "The horse slipped down on the ice,and she fell from the horse" "And the other horse had stamped on her" "When she came back,she said that she had a backache" "But it looks not so serious" "And then her brothers come back for lunar's new year" "They needed to pay new-year visit to the relatives" "Before leaving,she said that she had to herd the sheep into the fence" "At that time,she still worried about these things" "And then the backache started killing her" "We hurried to call the ambulance" "At a result,the ambulance didn't come on the first and second day" "On the third day,we call the ambulance again" "But the ambulance didn't come all along" "(Then they decided to call the ambulance again)" "(And this was the twelfth day when she had fallen from the horse)" "(At last the hospital refuse healing her)" "(Because she had no insurance)" "(After the transformation to market economy)" "(medical care is no more free)" "(The shepherd seldom has cash income)" "(It is too hard to pay the medical bill)" "(Being refused by the hospital,Erdenechimeg passed away on that day)" "(She was 33 years old)" "Mother has passed away.And how is Puujee?" "Very poor.She cried everyday" "She didn't want to leave without me" "She had cried for 10 days.When uncle was back,it became better" "Uncle accompanied her,and she felt a bit better" "Puujee and her mother got along with each other very well?" "Of course" "It was her mother who teached her ride a horse they always stuck together" "She played with her daughter.And she was good-tempered" "She was absolutely a good mother" "That's good" "Thanks.You bring it from a long distance" "Here is the grandfather," "Puujee, and mother" "Did you remember this photo?" "(The photo which Puujee took)" "The suburb of Ulaanbaatar,Beyanchaamay" "(March 29th 2000)" "(Puujee's first schoolday)" "(She lodges in the relatives' in the city)" "(She goes to school everyday)" "(Beyanchaamay Elementary School)" "All the children will be divided into 2 classes" "(School term opens in September)" "(Before the term's opening there is a 3-week-preparation class)" "Children!" "Get inside the classroom!" "There are various jobs in the society" "If you study well,you can do what you want" "So everyone should study hard" "Understand?" "What's your name?" "Puujee" "And you?" "Baden,and you?" "Adorchin" " And you?" " Namay" "(At first,the teacher teach the children writing and etiquette)" "Pay attention!" "Look at the blackboard!" "Is it far or near from here to here?" "Far" "And this?" "Small" " And this?" " Near" " And this?" " Far" "And this?" "Far" "I want to give these things to Puujee" "These?" "Alright" "(Uncle Serchin give Puujee some candy for the celebration of going to school)" "(He was too glad to wait after school)" "(The school term opening day is also the the date of death of Puujee's mother)" "Puujee" "Puujee,listen to me,don't mess up" "No way,no way" "Get on the car" "I won't" "You should behave yourself" "Give me the sutra in the bag Get out" "What did you say?" "Get out,get out,get out" "You won't let her come with?" "Why?" "children can't go to worship in the graveyard in 3 years" "This is our tradition 3 years later,when she's in grade 3,she can worship here" "Is it the mongolian tradition?" "Yes,it is" "How should I explain?" "My parents tell me that the deceased can't pass through the netherworld" "I don't know it's true or not" "The crying tears of the children will become a tear-sea" "And the soul can't leave from the world" "I am waiting for you,let's go" "Others won't come" "It's awful" "What are you doing?" "You can't come with" "You said that I can come with you" "No,you can't" "Someone lets me come" "Nonsense,nobody lets you come" "Please take care of this child" "Puujee,go home" "Only Baasa himself is looking after the house" "Unfair!" "Please eat!" "Share a bit with the birds" "Hope that she can reincarnate" "(Yoshiharu went to Mongolia in the middle of March)" "(The local snowstorm wreaked havoc)" "(Plateau area suffered a serious damage)" "(There aren't enough grass for the hibernation)" "(The lack of food lead to the deaths of the cattle in succession)" "(The commune for storage of hay no longer exists)" "(Because of the market economy)" "(Shepherds feed too many high-price cattle)" "(They feed them near the city,)" "(near the center of market economy)" "(And the ecological balance of the Plateau had been devastated)" "It can't stand by itself" "The hay for rescue is too expensive for us to afford" "Isn't the hay free?" "Why should pay money?" "(Towards to Gobi Desert)" "(The hazard of the snowstorm has spread to the non-snowfall zone)" "(The hungry cattle even eat the fur of the corpses)" "Is it goat or sheep?" "It's a horse" "Crow will come to eat the corpses up" "They will eat them up" "(From 1999 to 2000)" "(5.75 million cattle died from hunger and cold)" "(This number occupied 1/10 of the mongolian cattle)" "May 2000,Sino-Mongolian Border" "(Yoshiharu has crossed the whole Mongolia)" "It's still alive" "It's not dead" "Finally I reached the Chinese border" "I came back yesterday" "Excellent" "Excellent" "(After crossing the Gobi Desert)" "(Yoshiharu came back to Puujee's yurt again)" "Many goats and sheep were born?" "So many.Maybe 10 more will be born" "not that one,this one" "Which one?" "That one,can't you see?" "The red-brown one,chase it" "That one" "Not that one.The one whose fur is blowned back" "Remember to feed the grey one" "(There are 30 sheep more this year)" "(8 twins included)" "This is your mum" "It's so tired,cousin" "It's too hard to catch.I can't chase it any more" "(Yoshiharu will return to Japan)" "(The master decides to cook a sheep for him to eat)" "I don't know how the Japanese cook chickens" "(He uses his index finger and middle finger)" "(to cut off the aorta near the heart)" "(Every single blood mustn't be dript on the ground)" "(Mother Earth mustn't be tainted)" "(The wisdom of the ancestor teaches them)" "(not to waste a single blood)" "How to divert the blood inside?" "Divert some water" "Everybody,sit down" "It's delicious" "Puujee,come and see" "This is a photo of you and your mother" "This photo is so good" "Little Brother Toka is so cute in the photo" "He looks so naughty" "What's up?" "Mother,grandmma and Puujee are all together" "This photo is particularly good" "What a pity that these beautiful flowers will be eaten" "Are they eaten by the sheep?" "Yes,the flowers make the sheep stronger" "They will be stronger after eating these flowers?" "Yes" "I heard that you changed your mind" "What do you want to do in the future?" "I want to learn Japanese" "What for?" "I want to be an interpreter" "When you mastered Japanese,you can come to Japan" "Thank you" "You can eat this meat on the way trip" "Thank you" "I have to go now" "Take care" "It's time to say goodbye" "Take care" "(Puujee's dream is beyond the Mongolian Plateau)" "(to Japan)" "(She will realize the dream of her grandmother - leaving from Mongolia)" "(Since July 2000)" "(Yoshiharu completed his journey and reached Africa in 4 years)" "(And then he had the chance return to Mongolia)" "July 2004" "(The grown-up Baasa welcomed Yoshiharu)" "(Suren's smile no longer existed)" "(Puujee had passed away)" "(She had a terrible traffic accident when she went back home)" "(And the next day was graduation-examination)" "(At that time she still dreamt to be a Japanese interpreter)" "(It is too late for the 12-year-old Puujee to graduate from school)"