Since the neighboring old man ran the water of my paddy field in the brook all night long, damage is serious.

When it rained, the crabs would follow the brook and come down into the paddy fields.

mountain streams

Only the scene of the now completely withered creek where he had once played about during his childhood was there to greet him when he returned to his hometown that he had longed for so much. He felt keenly the vicissitudes of life.