Paul Young - Little Butterfly (Rundelania)

As Benjamin Pinkerton lay dying, he reached out and took his son Phillip’s hand.  He then said to his son, “I have Suffered guilt for many years for what I did to your Mother.  It is my dying wish that you go to the little village near Nagasaki.  Once there, you are to look for the grave of your Mother, and ask her forgiveness for me what was done to her.”

Phillip Pinkerton boarded the ship that would take him to Nagasaki.   He watched from the deck of the ship people waving good bye to family and friends.  Phillip had no one to wave good bye to; he knew that it was going to be a long and lonely trip.  He brought along two novels by his favorite author, Charles Dickens, to pass the time and keep him company.  Phillip lay down till it was time to go to dinner.   Catherine Bronte’s parents waved good bye to their daughter. They were very unhappy knowing that she was making the trip to Nagasaki alone.

When Phillip awoke he dressed and went to dinner. After dinner he decided to take a walk around the ship. As he came around a corner Phillip noticed a woman standing by the railing of the ship looking out at the ocean, her beauty did not escape his eye.  He was afraid of disturbing her, so Phillip walked past her very quickly.

The next day at lunch, Phillip saw the same woman at the next table. She did not appear to be engaged in much conversation with the people that were seated around her.  After lunch Phillip wanted to get some exercise, and went for a walk around the deck of the ship.  Again he came across the woman standing at the railing of the ship, looking out at the ocean.  Phillip was pretty sure at this point, that the woman wasn’t with anyone on the ship.  Phillip knew it would be a very bold thing for him to do but he threw caution to the wind and went to introduce himself to her...continued at Rundelania