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The following afternoon, Shigematsu went to inspect the hatchery ponds. The aiko were coming along well, and in a shallow corner of the larger pond some water weed was growing. Shokichi had probably planted it there; he must have got it from the Benten pond at Shiroyama. Its oval, shiny green leaves dotted the surface of the water, and from their midst rose a slender stalk on which a small, dark purple flower was in bloom.
Shigematsu looked up. "If a rainbow appears over those hills now, a miracle will happen," he prophesied to himself. "Let a rainbow appear - not a white one, but one of many hues - and Yasuko will be cured."
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