Chibi: A True Story
from Japan
by Barbara Brenner and Julia Takaya
| a street, sometimes wide or bordered with trees | |
| young ducks | |
| a structure built by birds as a place in which to lay their eggs | |
| a small pond; small body of still water | |
| to cause water to fly about so as to wet or soil | |
| the season between winter and summer | |
| brooded | sat on eggs in order for them to hatch |
| commotion | a violent movement; confusion; disturbance |
| dori | Japanese word meaning "street or avenue" |
| proceeded | went on after having stopped |
| traffic | people, automobiles, trucks, airplanes, ships, or the like coming and going along a way of travel |