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URiki, utatomkhulu kaWeed kunye noyise kaGin, wazalwa ebaleka. Wazala nguShiro waza wakhuliswa nguYamabuki. Shiros owner, Gohei, pays no attention to Riki when he comes to pick a pup from the litter. Instead, Riki is never rehomed and becomes close to his mother. Unfortunately, Yamabuki
umnini wokwenyani, owayekhe wagula, wayesempilweni ngokwaneleyo ukuba ambuyisele. Yena akazanget feel she could handle two dogs, and decided that he would not take Riki in. Riki severely missed his mother, and one day set out to meet her. On his way, he is attacked by a pack of dogs. Hopelessly outnumbered, Riki tries to escape and falls into a river. Waking up, he learns that his father, Shiro, has rescued him. Riki had never seen his father, but had known his name. Shiro, on the other hand, didn
Ndiyazi ukuba uRiki ngunyana wakhe kwaye wahamba engekathethi nto uRiki. Kodwa, hayi ngaphambi kokuba amnike intetho yokuba namandla. URiki uyenza injongo yakhe kwaye uhlala ezama ukomelela.
Ngenye imini, umntwana ogama linguDaisuke uthatha imoto yokudlala (umntwana omnye angakhwela kuyo) enqumla kwindlela yentaba enomthambeka. URiki, xa wayesiya kubona umama wakhe, uyambona ebaleka ehla. Ilori, ingamboni uDaisuke, yabetha le nkwenkwana ize imthumele ukuba ibhabhe phezu kwendlela. Esoyika ukuba ufile, umqhubi uqhubela phambili. UDaisuke, nangona egruzukile kuphela, ukhutshiwe. URiki utsibela kwingqameko aze abhomboloze, enethemba lokuba kukho umntu oza kuva. Kunoko, iqela elalimhlasele lamva laza leza. Emva kokuxhatshazwa, ipakethe yabathiya abantu kwaye yahlasela uDaisuke. URiki, ezama ukumsindisa, walwa nezinja waza waphumelela ukuphumelela. UGohei noShiro ekugqibeleni babonakala, kwaye ipakethe yabaleka. Ekugqibeleni uShiro wafumanisa ukuba uRiki ngunyana wakhe.
UGohei, uShiro, kunye nabanye abambalwa baya kulwa noAkakabuto. Ebona oku, uRiki ulandela iveni. UGohei uzimisele ukumbulala uAkakabuto, kodwa ibhere yomelele kakhulu. UGohei wadubula ibhere esweni, yaza imbumbulu yahlala ebuchotsheni berhamncwa. Oku kwamenza waphambana waza, ngoxa eluma uShiro, wawela eliweni. URiki wakubona konke oku, kwaye wakhathazeka xa uyise esiwa. Le minyhadala ibeka iqonga kuthotho lwexesha elizayo, iGinga Nagareboshi Gin.