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When they finally reached the kitchen, Mitsuko was exhausted but proud of herself for persevering. Obaachan smiled and gave her a hug. "I'm proud of you, Mitsuko," she said. "You're learning to appreciate the value of hard work and the beauty of simplicity."

He returns to the crumbling farmhouse. Mitsuko is lying on a futon, her eyes clouded with cataracts, but her hearing is sharp. She smiles for the first time in his memory. Mother-s Lesson - Mitsuko

The ultimate lesson here is a warning: