More portmanteau plays . once again thatyou love me.— Ill You know — I have always loved you.— Whenyou were a song in my heart, I loved you so IAnd now — AOYAGI Oh, RIkl, can we ever forget the blow I struck? RIKI That was yesterday — see, this is today: thedawn has spread across the sky. What shallwe do? Look back upon the bitterness of yes-terday, or try to see the fears of tomorrow, orlive in the gladness of today? AOYAGI The Gaki of Kokoru Is here at the tree. Hewill not let us live In happiness. He let me gowith you because he meant to feed upon themisery of poor Obaa-San. RI
More portmanteau plays . once again thatyou love me.— Ill You know — I have always loved you.— Whenyou were a song in my heart, I loved you so IAnd now — AOYAGI Oh, RIkl, can we ever forget the blow I struck? RIKI That was yesterday — see, this is today: thedawn has spread across the sky. What shallwe do? Look back upon the bitterness of yes-terday, or try to see the fears of tomorrow, orlive in the gladness of today? AOYAGI The Gaki of Kokoru Is here at the tree. Hewill not let us live In happiness. He let me gowith you because he meant to feed upon themisery of poor Obaa-San. RIKI He has not come upon us yet. We are strug-gling against tomorrow. This is the dawningof today. AOYAGI Then shall we live — today.\_Obaa-San enters from the house. OBAA-SAN Come, Aoyagi; come, Riki. We have foundhappiness at our door. Within there is riceand tea. Come. [^They go into the house. The Gaki enters,THE GAKI There Is love! — Now what shall I do for mis-ery? Old Obaa-San remembers happiness. 62. M Pi o o I—I Oh w H o Q< w h WEEPING WILLOW TREE She has taught 0-Katsu and 0-Sode to remem-ber happiness. The lovers are reunited; —now they understand.— And I — I, ah, I mustdie in this dread shape and stay in this hellthrough all the eternities unless I bring newmisery to them. What can I do? {He turnsto see the tree) Ah — I shall kill the tree —slowly— slowly — and Ill feed upon them is bound to the tree as one is bound tohis body in a dream.— Ill kill the tree.\^He draws his short sword and smites the is a cry from the house and Aoyagi en-ters quickly^ followed by Riki, Obaa-San,0-Katsu-San, and 0-Sode-San. Aoyagi holdsher Aoyagi! {She droops in his arms. Obaa-Sanlays her hand upon her dear childs understands^ The Gaki in tri-umph smiles again. Aoyagi cries out and shud-ders as she clings to Riki) Oh, whatever powergave strength to me and led me to my love, giveme the chance to save my
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