1. Keiko Sasaki
6 years old in 1945
She (Grandmother) heard from a man who escaped from
Hiroshima that the city was completely destroyed by the
bomb. When she heard that, she went to Hiroshima right
away. Whenshe came back after a week, I asked "Where's
Mother?" "I brought her on my back" was the answer.
I was very happy and shouted, "Mummy!" But when I looked
closely, I saw she was only carrying a rucksack. I was
disappointed. My sister and our neighbors began to cry. I
couldn't understand why. Then my grandmother put the
rucksack down and took some bones out of it and showed
them to everybody. There were my mother's gold tooth and a
piece of her elbow bone. I still didn't understand.
Children of Hiroshima by
Arata Osada