The Boy and the Samurai

“`I hate Samurais, I hate Samurais,' I muttered to myself as I made my way back to the little temple. The words made a chant that I could not keep in step with. `I hate Samurais ... I hate Samurais,' I kept singing until I was home. Suddenly I realized that I was whole, that I hadn't lost my head, that Saru was still Saru ...”-from The Boy and the Samurai

With feudal wars raging through the Japanese countryside, it is no place for children, particularly homeless orphans like six-year-old Sar...