Michiko was 11 years old on August 6th 1945.
She was the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Kobayashi.
They lived in a small house outside of Hiroshima.
Michiko had polio and her leg was always painful.
She was given the job of cleaning school.
Inside the classroom was a little boy waiting for his
parents to pick him up.
As Michiko looked out the window she saw a cloud forming.
It was a bomb called “Little Boy”
She covered her eyes and hid under the desks and
tried to protect the little boy.
“Kowai Kowai” the boy kept repeating .
The sound was deafening.
After a short time she prayed the Lord’s prayer.
“Ten ni orareru watashi-tachi no Chichi yo,
minna ga sei tosaremasu yo ni.”
She forgot the pain in her leg, laid down and prayed.
“Why did you save me God. I am just a girl”.
All over America in school playgrounds the kids had a skipping song:
“Bobby oppy made a bomb,
Blew Japan to kingdom come,
Did it all with unranium,
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.”