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anted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout, and then grow and bine into an enormous tree. Totoro takes his colleagues and the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. Mei39。s disappearance prompts Satsuki and the neighbors to search for her Delighted to be of assistance, he summons the Catbus, which carries her to where the lost Mei sits. Having rescued her, the Catbus then whisks her and Satsuki over the countryside to see their mother in the hospital. The girls perch in a tree outside of the hospital, overhearing a conversation between their parents and discovering that she has been kept in hospital by a minor cold and is otherwise doing well. In the end credits, Mei and Satsuki39。s mother return home, and the sisters play with other children, with Totoro and his friends as unseen observers. Miyazaki39。s films often incorporate recurrent themes like humanity39。s relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki39。s feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls.