Inamura no Hi (Fire in the Haystacks) H

In the mean time, Gohei was looking down at the village from his house and waiting for the people to quickly come up the hill. It was not long before the party of young people arrived. They said, "We have come to put out the fire !" But Gohei stopped them, and said in a commanding loud voice, "Let it burn ! There is something dangerous happening. I want everybody in the village to come here as quick as possible !" The young people were at a loss, and looked at each other with perplexed faces.
Others arrived one after another and Gohei counted the number of people gathering at the spot. The people looked puzzlingly from the blazing fire to Gohei's face.

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