Candy Candy (キャンディ・キャンディ)

A pretty, lasso-wielding girl.

America.

Just south of the Michigan lake, near the small mountain village,

there used to be an old church called " Pony's home" .

ln Pony's home, together with two caring nuns,

lived children who had nobody of their own.

They were called Sister Pony and Sister Lane.

Come on, you don't need to be afraid of a boogie man!

Snow is all strange to you, right?

Come on, eat up.

Tom!

Sister Lane.

A baby is crying.

Tom was trying to tell us about the crying baby!

Watch your step!

lt's here, sister Pony!

ln such a snow...

There is a note attached, too!

l couldn't take care of her anymore, no matter how much l tried.

Her name is Annie.

Annie?

She smiled.

lt's okay, Annie.

Sister Pony, another baby!

Sister Pony, it's here!

My, my, what a lively baby!

Did you find any notes?

Only this doll.

Candy?

Your name is Candy?

So... you are Candy.

And in such a white day...

Because we found her on such a white day, let her name be Candice White.

Candy the prankster and little Annie!

What's going on?

From that time, exactly six years have passed.

Years quickly flew by. Annie, Candy and Tom have already grown this big!

Why doesn't my snowman look anything like Annie's ?

Candy, it's good.

l'll climb on its head!

Candy, are you okay?

Thank God.

They're coming this way!

-Look out! -Move it!

My snowman!

Now you've done it!

Tom, wait up!

Candy!

Candy!

Annie!

Tom, apologize to her!

Candy, it's okay. Candy...

She may be okay with that, but l'm not. Apologize to her, Tom!

Sorry...

lt's springtime.

ln the forrest, on the hill, and in the fields - spring is everywhere.

lt's springtime for all the kids and animals, too.

That's terrible.

Must be Candy's doing.

Candy?

l'm here!

Where?

Up here, sister Lane!

They fell from their nest so l put them back in!

Candy! lt's dangerous, come down quickly.

Okay!

No! Not like that! Be careful! Come down slowly...!

Candy! Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

Candy!!!

Candy.

Why did you do that prank for?

Because...

Candy, did you think about the poor ducklings?

l did it because l'm sad.

Candy!

Because ducklings that get separated from their mama are so sad.

For ducklings, there are no kind people like sister Pony and sister Lane.

And they'd be left alone.

You can go, Candy.

Okay!

Sister Pony, don't you think we overdid this a bit?

Sister Lane, scolding Candy was your idea, right?

Well...

Look over there, sister Lane.

-Candy! -Annie!

My heart is racing as if l were the one being scolded.

Really.

l must be more careful from now on.

lf l keep doing these things,

your heart will pound, and l don't want that to happen.

Candy!

How could we ever scold them? Just look at them.

lt's almost as if this were their last.

What's the matter, sister Pony?

l'm thinking about the day when they'll be separated from each other.

A day will come when one of them will get adopted.

Perhaps it won't happen for a while...

No, it could happen 3 days from now.

The 3rd day of Every term,

children from Pony's home are studying good manners.

The adopters will come to see them.

Every one of them is dreaming about a happy life with kind adopters.

However, Candy and Annie don't think that way.

Candy, Annie, stop fooling around!

lf you didn't want to leave,

why didn't you say so? Why are you pretending to be bad?

l am sorry...

Candy, don't you think this was bad?

l want to stay with Annie forever.

You were willing to risk happiness of other children for your own?

Other children?

They were laughed at because of you.

Everyone?

That's right.

Children from Pony's home are well known for their good manners,

but this could change if the two of you keep making trouble.

l'm sorry, sister Pony!

Candy.

Four more years have flown by.

Candy and Annie are celebrating their tenth birthdays.

Well then, Candy, Annie.

Candy, Annie, congratulations!

Candy, Annie, happy birthday!

Thank you!

Hey, how come Candy and Annie have a birthday on the same day?

John, you see...

ln all, Annie and l were found together on the same day.

Since our real birthdays are unknown,