Enka na no

a nine year old girl and an eleven year old girl are being interviewed on a popular tv talk show
the eleven year old is an enka singer and the nine year old is a tak-kyu player
the ping-pong player doesn't like melon but the enka singer does
the enka singer's favorite food is turtle soup and the ping-pong player's favorite is ume boshi
'unusual', the interviewer jokes, don't nine and eleven year olds usually like curry rice or hamburgers and crave a Mister Donut? the girls laugh politely and say, well, sometimes
the enka singer stands up and belts out a few lines of a song as she moves her hands in ways that i've only seen before as mudras in meditation
she sits down and returns to being a nine year old girl next to an eleven year old girl
the interviewer takes off his shirt while talking about chocolate parfaits and changes into a hand-painted polo shirt with a picture of his face and the name of the show and the shows mascot
the three go into the next room where a studio is filled with a ping-pong table and bright lights
the interviewer and the 9 year old champion begin to play as the eleven year old singer and a human-sized dog who is a person in a dog suit sit and watch the game

(applause)

enka=traditional style of Japanese singing
tak-kyu= ping-pong
ume boshi= dried pickled plums