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The White Heron(Adaption)
- He has never returned since he went away that day, even if I can still hear the sound of his whistle as I come home with my grandmother’s cow.
- “Am I wrong?” I can’t help asking myself after his leaving.
- I moved from a dirty, crowded factory town to my grandmother’s home after being chosen to help her on her farm in Vermont.
- It is my job to bring our cow home to be milked.
- One day, I spent longer time than usual to find my cow.
- When I waited the cow to drink, I put my bare feet in the cold, fresh water of the stream.
- It was my first time that I had been alone in the forest as late like this.
- The air was soft and sweet, and the silver leaves were moving in the evening breeze; I felt as if I was a part of the gray shadows.
- It was such a lovely place, and I really enjoyed being here.
- After the cow finished drinking, I hurried to home again.
- Suddenly, the air was cut by a sharp whistle not far away.
- I was so frightened that I hid in some bushes, but it was too late.
- A young man greeted me and asked how far it is to the main road.
- “Two miles,” I whispered with trembling voice and came out of the bushes.
- He explained he had been hunting for birds but lost his way, and asked if he can spend the night at my home.
- When we reached home, my grandmother agreed with a smile and provided dishes for him.
- “Sylvie knows a lot about birds, too,” my grandmother said it proudly after he explained he was a scientist, who collected birds.
- So he asked me to help him to find out a tall, strange bird with soft white feathers and long thin legs.
- My heart began to beat fast after he said that.
- I had seen that birds before!
- “I would give ten dollars to the person who showed me where the white heron is,” he added. Ten dollars!
- That’s really a great deal for me.
- I’m so excited that all night my dreams were full of the wonderful things I and my grandmother could buy for ten dollars.
- We spent the next day in the forest and he told me a lot about the birds we saw.
- I couldn’t understand why he killed the birds he seemed to like so much.
- I felt my heart tremble every time he shot an unsuspecting bird as it was singing in the trees.
- But I still watched him with an unknown excitement; he was such a charming and lovely guy.
- We drove home together, but I didn’t fall asleep that night.
- I came up early the next morning, quietly left the house and hurried through the forest.
- I climbed hard to the top of a huge pine tree, from which I could see the whole forest.
- Suddenly I caught a flash of white that grew larger and larger.
- A bird with broad white wings and a long slender neck flew past me and landed on a pine branch below me.
- I knew the wild bird’s secret now.
- I began my trip down the tree, and tried to forget my fingers hurt and my feet were bleeding.
- All I wanted to think about was to tell him where the heron’s nest is.
- However, I was silent when my angry grandmother asked me where I had been.
- I kept silent when I caught his kind eyes.
- I didn’t want to let him down, but I just couldn’t say a word!
- The fresh air, the clear water, the sliver leaves, the melodious birds…All the beauty kept appearing before my eyes.
- They were so priceless that even 10 dollars couldn’t buy, and I really didn’t want to see anyone destroy it.
- I’m sad about his leaving, but I know I’ve made the right choice.
- AngelaZZDecember 2013投票しよう!
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