Chapter 32 Summary

As the air raid siren sounds, Morio wakes up H and tells him the raid will be on Kobe. Morio tells H to look after Toshiko as he puts on his helmet and heads out to the fire station. H fills a bucket with water and takes it upstairs while Toshiko is filling up pots with water in the kitchen. The two barrels on the laundry platform are full of water, but he leaves the bucket also. H remembers that his father has told him that water is the best thing for a fire, but if the flames rise higher than his head, the best thing to do is get out.

H wants to protect the books he has been given by Ishizuka's father in case H's house is destroyed in the raid. He hears the sound of an approaching B29 as he...