Tori
- Setting: February 1849 (2nd Year of Kaei, Year of the Hen)
- They're on an island to refuel and restock.
- The crew dropped their captain back in Manila and things are all good now.
- Manjiro's going around looking for a present for baby William Henry, who will now be five; when he hears a parrot say "Konichiwa!" he buys it for William.
- He also hopes to find the person who trained the bird.
- But before he can, his crew is all excited—there's gold in California.
- So guess where they're off to now?
- They head to California, where Manjiro will use the gold he finds to fund his trip back to Japan.
- But before that happens, they all head back to New Bedford, Connecticut.
- By now, Manjiro's taught the parrot—called Tori—all sorts of Japanese and English words.
- When they get to New Bedford, the Whitfields are waiting for him; it's a good welcome back.
- Except for William Henry—apparently, he died of a fever some years ago.
- Manjiro's depressed.
- He's also sad that he took Tori away from his island home to go with him to Connecticut; the bird is kind of like him.
- But what can he do about everything now?