~~ Daddy Long Legs ~~ ~ Subtitles by C1Anime ~ OCR by Inactive
I'm not good at expressing myself,
Even if words of love overflow.
But these tears are not false.
That is the indisputable truth.
My love toward you that I just remembered,
I can't write that in a letter.
I'm moving toward you.
There's a confusion I can't speak of yet.
It all starts now! It's always from now on!
Now I'm ready to be a lady for love!
Do You Hate Liars?
Heeey!
How nice.
I'd like to fly in the sky like that, too.
Classes start today. Isn't that great?
Oh yeah!
If I study all sorts of things, then I can teach everyone.
If I do that, I can review as well, killing two birds with one stone.
Oh, sorry, did I make you angry?
Sallie!
Up here!
Up here, up here, Sallie!
Judy!
Hey, why don't you climb up here?
It feels really great!
I can't do that!
Hurry and get down from there!
Up here, it feels like I'm in the sky.
Anyway, just get down from...
Sallie. What are you doing?
Oh no!
Judy Abbott!
What are you doing up there?
Geez, I can't believe what she's doing!
It's completely unheard of!
Judy Abbott.
Yes.
Come here.
Yes.
How long do you intend to go around barefooted?
Put it on!
Yes! I've put it on!
Judy, you understand, right? What on Earth were you..
I didn't think there was a rule against climbing on the roof, so...
Then add it to the list of rules immediately!
Immediately!
Yes, I'll add it.
No drawing. Writing only.
Yes. No drawing. Only writing.
I'll be careful from now on!
I'm off to class!
Oh, wait!
Honestly. But, she's quite obedient today.
When Miss Sloan is looking at you, you must not climb on the roof...
What on Earth is this?
Sorry I got you in trouble, Sallie!
Judy, you sure run quickly.
My legs are only for running away.
I was forced to do it.
But don't you think that you shouldn't go against Miss Sloan so often?
I didn't mean to go against her.
It's just that I don't get along with her.
Sallle! It's time for class!
Wait up!
Sallie, what kind of teacher do you think we'll have?
I have no idea.
I wonder what he's going to teach us.
There he is!
Excuse me... Are you all right?
Sorry. Yes, I am fine.
I just have a cold.
What's he going to write?
I feel sorry for him.
Ladies, this is my name. Herman Melnore.
I will be teaching you English this year.
First, before I begin the lesson, l'd like to test how much you have studied.
You know Maurice Maeterlinck, right?
You in the front row.
You mean me?
That's right. Please answer the question.
No. Please tell me your name first.
Um... It's Judy Abbott.
Your name is "Um... Judy Abbott"?
Your name wasn't in the register, but...
No...
Be silent during class.
Well?
My name is Judy Abbott.
Well then, Judy, please answer the question.
But everyone hasn't introduced themselves yet, so I don't know who Maeterlinck is.
Answer the question seriously!
She's the author of "The Blue Bird"!
There's an author in the class?
Why are you making fun of me like this?
Do you think I'm a fool?
Well?
I wasn't...
So you're saying that you've never heard of "The Blue Bird", right?
That's right.
That's enough!
Stand in the hall!
The hall?
Why do I have to do that?
"Why do you have to do that"?!
If you say such stupid things again,
the staff will have a discussion about your situation, including expulsion.
But, all I said was that I honestly didn't know.
Well then, Julia Pendleton.
Yes.
Of course, you know of Maeterlinck, correct?
She was an author and poet from Belgium.
"The Blue Bird" is a symbol of happiness. I think it is a very easy fable to understand.
Hey, Judy, it's not good to make fun of the teacher like that.
I didn't mean to make fun of him.
Then, you really don't know about Maeterlinck?
Yeah. I haven't heard of her, so of course I haven't read it.
I see.
Hey, I'll take you to a nice place!
Come on, hurry!
This is amazing! This place is full of books!
Here, here and here!
It's full of books!
What should I do?
You mustn't. You'll disturb other people if you're not quiet in the library.
Sallie, I REALLY understand how pirates, who just found a mountain of treasure, would feel!
All of these books are good, right?
Sallie, give me a hand.
Hold these.
This and this.
This too. This too. And this.
And this too.
This too.
This too!
Are you really going to read all of these, Judy?
Of course I am!
Sorry to make you do this. Please hold a few more.
You're not done yet?
I've got to find Maeterlinck's book!
Sorry!
Sensei!
Needless chatter is forbidden here.
I'm so sorry, Sensei!
Ouch!
I found it, Judy. "The Blue Bird."
Really?
Well then, Sensei, look after yourself!
Come in.
Wow, you're still reading?
This is awesome.
I'm reading Alcott's novel, "Little Women."
This is it. Look.
Oh, then you've already read "The Blue Bird"?
Of course.
That's old news.
Now I'm looking forward to the next English class!
In English, the important thing is not just to learn grammar, but how to express your thoughts.
You all know the writer Alcott, don't you?
All right! I just finished reading it!
Now, about Alcott's works...
About Alcott's works, Sallie McBride, what have you read?
I've read "Little Women."
That's good. "Little Women" is definitely Alcott's most famous work.
Crap. I went to all that trouble to read it.
Alcott wrote about the typical family life of four sisters based on her own experiences.
That is "Little Women."
Now then, I will have you write an essay about real life.
Write an essay about your family before our next class.
There's no need to be worried.
You should know a lot about the subject.
Write about my family... What'll I do?
It'll be easy to write an essay about our family, right?
There're so many things I can write about my family.
Should I write about my father's factory?
Then again, it would be nice to write about my mother's patchwork hobby.
I wonder if I should write about when we all went to our summer house.
My father caught a really big trout.
Of course, he taught me how to catch fish.
The chef cooked it for us, and it tasted just splendid!
Oh, yeah.
What kind of essay will you write?
Eh?
You said that you lived in a huge mansion, didn't you?
Y-Yeah.
You're going to write about your Daddy, who you talk about so much, right?
Yes, of course I will!
I'm looking forward to it.
When you finish it, won't you let me read it?
Yes! No problem!
That's right, Judy.
If I write about my family,
I can't write about anything except Daddy Long Legs, who's sending me to high school.
So, I can only write about Daddy.
But...
Daddy Log Legs, I know in my heart that you won't reply to my letters.
But, Daddy, please answer me just this once.
What kind of person are you?
I don't know anything about you.
Are you just a little old?
Or are you really, really old?
Or are you completely bald?
Or are you just a little bald?
What do you do for a living?
Or have you already retired?
Please, just that would be enough.
Please, please tell me.
These are very important things to me.
And so, if lengths a and b are equal, b will be 1/2 of c.
So, if side b is twice as long as side a, d will be 1/3 of c.
Okay, everyone, that's it for today's class.
Hey, Judy...
Sorry! An important letter might have arrived for me!
Excuse me!
What's wrong, Judy?
Oh, it's nothing, really.
That important letter didn't come today, did it?
No. But it's okay. It's not big deal.
Really?
Hey, have you written the essay we had for homework?
No, not yet.
I thought I'd do it all tonight.
Julia wrote a very good essay.
Her father's such an interesting man.
Julia's father caught such a big trout when they went camping.
My parents died while I was still very young.
I heard that the first snow of the winter fell that night in New York.
I don't know if my parents really loved me or not but unfortunately, I have no memories of them at all.
- Damn, what a noisy brat! - Another abandoned child.
Damn, why don't they think about the trouble it causes others before they abandon it?
Father! There's another abandoned child!
There are so many horrible parents.
It's just that I was sleeping, not knowing what was going on, and I didn't think that...
my parents didn't love me.
Who gave you your name?
Instead, I had a lot of friends.
You don't have a mummy or a daddy, so who gave you your name? Well?
"Judy Abbott" isn't your real name, is it?
My daddy told me that the orphanage director made it up.
Cut it out! Don't you feel sorry for Judy?
Oh, Judy. You're different from us.
It must be tough to have no mother or father.
But it'll be all right.
We're all friends here.
She was so kind that I was about to cry.
What are you doing, you brat?!
You're so rude!
The people who adopted me had a house with a large garden, with many gardeners cleaning it.
One of the servants was Miss Lippett and she taught me many things.
You want to know the origin of your name?
Look at the first page.
The telephone directory?
"Abbott" is the first family name in the directory.
Then, what about "Judy"?
It's a name on a tombstone nearby.
Tombstone?
I hope you can live longer than she did. For her sake.
It can't be helped. Whenever a child is abandoned, the newspaper asks me to name it.
Miss Lippett had a great sense of humor.
But that's not all.
The one who taught me how to draw, clean, and sew was Miss Lippett.
Thanks to her education, I can live anywhere.
The one who manages the house and goes to such trouble to look after me is...
is my beloved Daddy.
Daddy is very kind, and went to such trouble to pick out and buy many dresses for me.
That's right, Judy.
That's the truth.
Daddy is tall and has very long legs so I call him Daddy Long Legs.
But Daddy didn't get angry.
He is caring and warm, considerate and always looks after me gently.
That is to say, he is... he is a Daddy who's just like a real father to me.
That was beautiful, Judy.
Daddy, Judy Abbott is a girl that lies like this.
But I couldn't help it.
I was afraid that everyone would find out that I'm from an orphanage.
This may seem like a small lie to you, but to the inexperienced Judy Abbott, it's a big deal.
Lastly, I have just one favor to ask.
Please reply to my letters.
Please tell me if you are angry.
From the liar, Judy Abbott.
What'll I do?
I made a promise with Julia and Sallie to show each other our Christmas presents.
I haven't received any Christmas presents.
The next episode is: A Good Way to Use Gold Coins.
Please look forward to it!
When your eyes say you will never give up,
They're twinkling and sparkling. You are wonderful!
The wind that blows behind you,
And follows you like your friends do.
Just a little wild and cute,
The angels that you're surrounded by.
In order to grasp your powerful dream,
Don't worry about your messy hair.
The power to grasp a long desired dream,
One who has that, can be recognized by everyone.