A drenched monster,
out in the rain.
Totoro.
I give you my fathers umbrella.
And watch you,
dance,
playfully in the rain.

A roar escapes your large mouth,
you stomp the ground.
Lights shining over head.
The bus was late,
here it is.
No.
Cat bus, you take
Totoro.
Away.

Cat bus,
runs off,
eyes glowing bright as fire.
We saw him,
the troll.
Totoro.

Mei and Satsuki,
we hop and skip,
puddles splash,
father has returned.
The umbrella is gone.
Forever.
Stolen by the troll.
Totoro.