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One rainy night, while the girls are waiting for their father's bus, they encounter the giant totoro, who is looking rather forlorn with only a leaf on his head for protection against the rain. When Satsuki, the older daughter, offers him an umbrella, he's delighted at both the shelter and the sounds it makes as water hits it. He gives the girls a bundle of nuts and seeds in exchange for the umbrella, and then departs on the Catbus, an enormous grinning cat who has taken the shape of a bus.
After the girls have planted the seeds, they wake up one night to find the three totoros engaged in a dance-like ritual around the planted nuts and seeds. They join the totoros and the seeds sprout and then grow into an enormous tree. The big totoro then takes the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the girls find that there is no tree in their yard, but that the seeds have indeed sprouted. "It was a dream but it wasn't a dream!" they shout.
After the girls have planted the seeds, they wake up one night to find the three totoros engaged in a dance-like ritual around the planted nuts and seeds. They join the totoros and the seeds sprout and then grow into an enormous tree. The big totoro then takes the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the girls find that there is no tree in their yard, but that the seeds have indeed sprouted. "It was a dream but it wasn't a dream!" they shout.