Theme 54- Health and Healing
100 words
Mari sighed… how the hell could her three year old son run so fast… especially in a Hakama that he'd never worn in his life?
Luckily, she caught up with Keima, who had fallen and was being helped up by two small girls in Kimonos.
"Are you alright?" the one girl asked.
"He dropped his candy, Ayumi…" the second girl piped up, "he can't be alright without candy."
"Ouch," Keima hissed. He'd scraped his palms.
The two girls quickly spoke amongst themselves and gave him two things.
A band-aid and half a Chitose-ame…
Mari chuckled... they were like mini doctors…
Yep, that's what Chihiro and Ayumi are... cute, kinda ineffective doctors. But they're three years old, so who can blame them.
Though this scene is referencing a Japanese custom... namely Shichi-go-san, which is celebrated on the 15th of November for kids who are 3, 5 or 7 years old to celebrate growth and good health.
It's mostly a shrine visit in formal clothes... so girls would wear Kimonos and boys would wear a Haori and a Hakama (think Inuyasha's outfit, if you want to imagine it). While they're there, they'd get Chitose-ame (longevity candy)... I imagine Chihiro would be most excited about the last thing.
So there... we have both 'health' and 'healing', and I'm just hoping Mari took a picture of those three.
Ja ne
