７月２６日、日曜日の早朝ウオーキング Walking early in the morning on Sunday

７月２６日(日）

 今日は日曜日なので例の寺子屋（丸山公園の中の休憩所での授業）でのレッスンはお休み。でも私の体時計が４時半に私を起こしてしまう。朝の空気はやっぱり外に出なければ味わえないと思うと足は公園に向って歩き出しました。久しぶりにゴミ袋とヒバサミを持って。

朝一番に感心したこと。
今日は一寸距離を伸ばしてふれ合い橋を渡り、Ｕターン。すると何とあの休憩所にトゥイさんとイェンさんが来て集中して勉強しているではありませんか。そこに先日出会った二匹の犬を連れたお爺さんが入って日本語で楽しげに会話している。二人とも犬が大好きなので会話も弾んでいる様子。嬉しかったですね。私は今日は遠慮した方が良いと判断して、こっそり土手の道を歩き、ひたすらＩＣレコーダーに中国人の友人に吹き込んで貰った中国語のレッスンに集中。彼女達が日本語の勉強に苦労している分、私も苦労しようと(一寸オーバー）。年甲斐も無く子供じみた励みかも。
帰路、久しぶりの晃陽苑前の歩道のゴミ拾いは一層晴れやかな気分にしてくれました。

                                                     July 26 (Sun)

We have no Japanese lesson on Sunday but my body clock woke me up early as usual. The fresh and comfortable air out invited me for a walk with a plastic bag and a pair of tongs.
The first thing I was impressed with this morning was・・・・
I walked a bit further today to pass over the bridge and made U turn, then on the way I happened to find Xanh and Yen studying hard in Terakoya (a rest hut) in the park. Soon the old man taking two dogs with him joined them and they seemed enjoying their conversation, maybe about his dogs. I was very happy to see them enjoying using Japanese like this and very much impressed with their diligence and cheerful attitude. I just decided to keep away from them this time to let them feel easy to talk with him in some Japanese. Instead, I walked along the causeway listening to some Chinese phrases read by my Chinese friend in my IC recorder. OK,by challenging to learn different languages, we can encourage each other, can't we? It sounds like a competition among kids, doesn't it?
On the way back I picked up some garbage along the walk way and I got more fresh and comfortable feeling.