Obani amantombazanyana aseJapane athola uTotoro?
Context:Ngawo-1950 eJapan, uprofesa waseyunivesithi uTatsuo Kusakabe namadodakazi akhe uSatsuki noMei (abaneminyaka eyishumi nengu-4 ngokulandelana) bathuthela endlini endala eseduze nesibhedlela lapho umama wamantombazane uYasuko elulama khona ekuguleni isikhathi eside. Indlu ihlala imimoya emincane, emnyama, efana nothuli ebizwa nge-susuwatari, engabonakala lapho isuka ezindaweni ezikhanyayo iye ezindaweni ezimnyama. [note 1] Lapho amantombazane esezizwa ekhululekile endlini yawo entsha, i-susuwatari iyahamba iyothola enye indlu engenalutho. Kamuva uMei uthola imimoya emibili emincane emholela emgodini wesihlahla esikhulu se-camphor. Uzakhela ubungane nomoya omkhulu, oziveza ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lokugquma akuhumusha ngokuthi "Totoro". UMei ucabanga ukuthi uTotoro uyisigebengu esisencwadini yakhe yezithombe ethi Three Billy Goats Gruff, nesigebengu sakhe esiphimisayo. UMei ulala esiqongweni sikaTotoro kodwa lapho uSatsuki emthola, usemhlabathini. Naphezu kwemizamo eminingi, uMei akakwazi ukubonisa umkhaya wakubo isihlahla sikaTotoro. UTatsuo uyamduduza ngokumtshela ukuthi uTotoro uyoziveza lapho ethanda.
UMei noSatsuki amantombazane amabili aseJapane athola uTotoro ku-anime edumile yaseJapane Umakhelwane Wami uTotoro.