Chapters 4 - 6 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 4, Tomiko misses her sisters, and is determined to find them once more. She discovers a small valley full of caves, around which are dead Japanese soldiers. She discovers a little girl and some people in the cave, none of which are her sister. They are sealing the cave to blow themselves up with a bomb. Tomiko flees the cave in horror, and behind her, the explosion can be heard. At one cave, a Japanese soldier threatens to kill Tomiko, and tries to, chasing her to the edge of a cliff. There, the rocks on which Tomiko stands, crumble, and she falls down and loses consciousness.

When she wakes up, Tomiko realizes she has been saved by a tree growing halfway out of the cliff. Her work pants have snared on the tree, saving her. She now knows...