Chapter 1:
Priest Myoue and his wife, Koto, and three children, live in Enzanji temple in Kyoto.  The people around them find them creepy, so they decide to move to the Looking Glass City.
Chapter 2:
The family is happy, but Koto has a dream where disaster strikes the city, so the parents leave their children behind.
Chapter 3:
With the parents gone, the children are left to run the city for themselves.  One day, a girl called Koto appears.
but the children played freely 
in their new, huge yard.
aber nun spielten die Kinder unbeschwert in ihrem neuen, großen Garten.
Pero los niños tenían un enorme jardín
 en el que podían jugar con libertad.
Pero los niños tenían un enorme jardín
 en el que podían jugar con libertad.
mas as crianças brincavam livremente
em seu novo e enorme quintal.