いい大人 あちこち探した 松ぼっくり

　次女に頼まれて、と言っても多分、次女の娘たちが欲しかったのでしょう。私に「松ぼっくり」を探してほしいとLineがありました。しかし、果たしてどこに落ちてるかと、近所の松のある家の庭を見ましたが、樹木が比較的小さいからでしょうか、「松ぼっくり」は見当たりません。結局、私はウォーキングを兼ねて我が町・倉賀野を歩き始めました。途中に戦没者を祀る忠霊塔で探しましたが、見当たりません。

　その後、私の家から20分ほどの距離にある養報寺の境内に行ったら、何と大きな松の木があり、しかも、嬉しいことに「松ぼっくり」がたくさん落ちてました。あちこち、いくら探してもなかったのに、やっと見つかり、いい大人がこんなことでも嬉しいものです。私が松ぼっくりを拾う姿をご想像ください。それにしても大きくてきれいです。次女の娘たちも喜ぶでしょう。

Dear my friends and my second daughter

 My second daughter asked me by line to look for "pine cones", but maybe her daughters wanted it. However, I looked for in the garden of the neighborhood, but I couldn't find any "pine cones" probably because the trees were relatively small. After all, I started walking in my town named Kuragano-machi, as well as walking. Then, on the way, I searched for it in the loyalty tower that enshrines the war dead during World War Ⅱ, but I can't find it.

 After that, when I went to the precinct of Yohoji Temple where is about 20 minutes away from my home, there was a big pine tree, and I was happy to find a lot of "pine cones" under the tree. So far I couldn't find it here and there, but I finally found it, so I was happy to the core. Please imagine me who is picking up pinecones in the temple. Even so, it's big and beautiful. The daughters of second daughter will also be pleased.