Njengoba ehlulekile ukuhlolwa kwakhe kokungena ekolishi, u-Ao Toruno ugcina esehlala yedwa futhi efunda esikoleni se-cram.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ehlangana nowesifazane oneminyaka ephakathi, osagqoke isudi yakhe yasehhovisi, edakwe edakiwe.
phansi kwezitebhisi zendlu yakhe. Naphezu kokungazi ukuthi ungubani, u-Ao unikeza indlu yakhe njengendawo yokuphumula.
Yonke into ibonakala ijwayelekile engxenyeni enkulu—kodwa lapho kushintshwa khona izinto, izinto ziba seduze
ezimbili, futhi u-Ao uzithola ebambelele phakathi kokugxila ezifundweni zakhe nokuzama
ukubekezelela intuthuko ye-"onee-san" engenagama.
