In Martha's Thanksgiving, Martha remembers that she grew up in an alley way. She lived with her six other siblings one, two, three, four, five, and six. They lived there until a nice chicken farmer picked them all up and brought them to the animal shelter. However, Martha's mother was too old to be adopted and Martha didn't want to leave her, and so Mrs. Smith decided to bring both of them to her home. However one day Mrs. Smith's neighbour's son went out to the flooded river. Martha tried to stop him but in her efforts she fell in the river and got swept away down river where Kazuo found her.