本 | A Book

夜勤なので昼間は家にいた。
ピンポンとなったので玄関へ降りた。ドアを開けると郵便屋さんが立っていた。
冷気と郵便屋さんの吐く白い息は家に入って消えた。

「Are you Kenichi?」と聞かれたので「Yep, I am.」と答えた。
寒いねぇと郵便屋さんに言うと、サインを書く間、ドアを閉めていいよと言った。
「That's fine.」と言い、礼を言ってドアを閉めた。

封を開けると本屋さんのステッカーの付いた包み紙。さらに包み紙を開けると村上春樹の短編集が入っていた。やっぱり日本語で読みたい。とても嬉しかった。

パラパラとページを捲ってみた。日本の本はとてもよくできているといつも感心する。
わざわざ送ってくれておおきに！


I was at home during daytime today because I work at night this week.
I went down to the entrance after I heard a door bell. There was a postman at the door.
Cold air and white breath that the postman exhaled came inside from the door and disappeared.

"Are you Kenichi?" asked the postman. "Yep, I am," replied I.
I told him that it is freezing cold and he told me that I could close the door while signing on a piece of paper.
"That's fine," said I. I thanked the postman and closed the door.

When I opened a envelop, there was a package with a bookstore's sticker and I opened the package. It was Haruki Murakami's short stories. It's nicer to read in Japanese after all. I was so happy to see it.

I opened the book and looked through pages briefly. I am always amazed how finely Japanese books are made.

Thank you very much for sending me this book!