A magical stall, warm cry countless people

An unremarkable takoyaki stall is not far from the kindergarten in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Tools and materials, all in a van. This makes people can not help but wonder, is not three no flow of small stalls, the police come to clean up the convenient soft run away? What's more, the stall owner looks fierce. Although the stall is placed in the middle of primary schools and kindergartens, the children not only dare not buy it but fear speeding up their pace.

Until one day, the media exposed the uncle's "ulterior motives". Kojima Mizuno sells his takoyaki only to young children, with the price getting cheaper at younger ages: high school students 100 yen, middle school students 50 yen, and elementary school students 10 yen. What concept does takoyaki of 60 cents have? In Japan, a serving of eight takoyaki costs an average of 800 yen . Sixty cents is free!

So many parents, when they hear that their children need 60 cents of pocket money to buy takoyaki, think that their children have been cheated. Hurried past to ask for a statement, but saw this scene: each child payment, all the money in the first, the whole hand into a written "fist bone box" in the box, and then let go. No matter how much, the coins did not make any noise because of the thick towels at the bottom of the box. Afraid that lower grade children do not understand, there are also gentle landmarks of hiragana.

In other words, if a child from a poor family is too hungry, he can shake his empty fist and get a free takoyaki, and no one will know. This is in the fun of the game, protecting the child's small self-esteem, steaming takoyaki, is also the uncle steaming love.

Now no one malicious speculation uncle: although long fierce, the heart of the uncle, is a warm angel ah! The children liked him better and called him "Uncle Fist Bone". The mysterious takoyaki stall, however, only appears every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30. Because the fist bone uncle's own day, is not to sell takoyaki, but Kurto City road rest station.

Mizuno lost his biological father when he was a child. The mother, who was a housewife, had to do odd jobs to subsidize the family, and the mother and son lived a poor life of hunger and satiety. At that time, small Mizuno, often watched the students eat takoyaki, the wood and fish flower bite squeaky, full of happiness.

But with empty pockets and an empty stomach, he could not afford good takoyaki, so he had to shrink to a corner and eat a dry rice ball. Mizuno thought how wonderful it would be if he could afford takoyaki for 10 yen. Later, Mizuno relies on hard work to make a good life for himself and his mother. But to see those barbecue stalls, looking at the children who can not afford to buy, his heart tingling, as if to see their childhood.

Once, Mizuno happened to find that someone had opened a "children's canteen", where children from poor families could eat for free. Water's wild heart was deeply touched, he thought, if he can also open such a canteen, can let the family circumstances of the children, childhood a little more comfort. So he had an idea, rented a van as a mobile site, applied for a "food hygiene permit", and opened a caring takoyaki stall, which seemed easy to do.

Very few children patronize at the beginning, but the children who have patronized, are pleasantly surprised to tell this "secret" friends. And now we have a steady stream of little customers.

Water wild and the children about two chapters: first, if you want to eat on the way from school, you must go home to tell mom and dad; Second, although the octopus meatballs are not for sale to adults, you can share them with adults you love. So many parents, also eat this love takoyaki. A small food, also let the children learn to be grateful.

Mizuno is like an unsung hero who, with his own little effort, has sent a little help to the starving children around him. Such people exist, letting a person feel that the world is so gentle.