Dreams by Akra Kurosawa

II: The Peach Orchards

    The girl that the little boy thought that he saw was a messenger. She was a tree spirit, but she had a message to deliver for the other Peach Orchard tree spirits to the little boy and his family. Because it was "doll day", to celebrate the Peach Orchards. But, since they had been chopped down by the little boys family, they sent the messenger to his house. After much thought, they allowed him to see them in bloom again. They danced, made music, and sung. As a way of the trees being made, in a quicker pace. All of which hypnotized the little boy. But then, he went up into them, after seeing the girl again. All of a sudden, the trees disappear, and you only see the stumps. The dolls, inside the house, and the spirits were on different levels, just as a tree is. He then saw a small, little tree in bloom, which represented the little girl. Because she was a younger generation of the spirits, but still one, she was on the level of what she would eventually become, as a new, sprouting tree, showing hope. The little boy hadn't wanted his family to cut down the orchard in the first place, but ended up not being heard because in the Japanese culture, young children do not defy their elders.


    I'm sorry if my review is a bit mixed up, and/or all over the place but, I got everything done and it's good!


    So, until next time--