23rd
April 2025
Hi
Kiki. Today Shizuyo, Yuko and I were spending the day with Hiroshi, Tatsuya and
Kouhei at a park. Outside the school there is a bus stop which goes to a town
and a park. The students are allowed to go to the town and park on weekends,
but we must always ask permission from the principle or deputy head teacher
first. Elementary students are not allowed to go to the town and park without a
teacher there to watch them.
Shizuyo,
Yuko, Hiroshi, Tatsuya, Kouhei and I always look forward to spending our
weekends at the town or park because it gives us a chance to get away from
teachers and disciplinarian students. Today I was drawing the pond where some
ducks were swimming, Shizuyo was reading a fashion magazine and Hiroshi and
Tatsuya were just lying in the sun. As for Yuko and Kouhei, they were eating
some crepes. As Yuko and Kouhei like to run around so much they always end up
very hungry and eat quite a lot.
“Oh
I always like coming to this park,” said Yuko “especially when the crepe and
ice cream shops are around”.
“Is
food the only reason you like coming here Yuko?” asked Shizuyo.
“No
I like the flowers here too, especially when the blossom trees have bloomed”
said Yuko.
“What
I like about being here is we don’t get bothered by the teachers, especially by
that jerk Mr Kisaragi”
said Kouhei.
“Same
here” said Tatsuya.
“Well
he was warned not to bother us again, especially after that stupid mistake he
made three years ago” said Hiroshi.
“You’re
right;” said Tatsuya “phew I still get a headache just thinking about what happened
that day”.
“Same
here,” said Hiroshi “especially when he thought we were going to do something
bad”.
“Hmph,”
snorted Shizuyo “despite after what happened that day, it doesn’t stop him from
still poking into anyone’s business and keeping a guard over everyone”.
“Come
on all of you,” I said “we didn’t just come over to the park to talk about Mr Kisaragi.
We came here to have fun and not think about school today”. I didn’t want to
hear any more talk about Mr Kisaragi.
“I
agree with Kyoko;” said Yuko “school starts again tomorrow, so let’s have a
nice day off before we have to head back to school again”. The rule for going
to the town or park is students had to be back at the school before 5pm. Thing
is Kiki; when the girls and I met the boys for the first time three years, it
led Mr Kisaragi to get the wrong end of the stick. I’ll tell you the story the
next time I write.
“Hey
I know,” I said “I’ve heard there’s a band playing in this park today. Let’s go
listen to them playing”.
“Good
idea, I could do with some music right now” said Yuko.
The
other’s agreed with my idea and we went to the park’s bandstand where a brass
band was playing. All sorts of people including bands come over to play music
in the park. We like it when musicians played music in the park because the
music makes us forget our problems for a moment. So we listened to the brass
band’s music until it was time for us to get back to the school.
