Lovely Winks

When we were having dinner and watching TV,

they showed a story of an orphan wallaby boy.

That day, it was the last day he was cared for by people.

He had to join a herd of wallabies.

Many old videos were shown on the screen.

While watching one of them Bee screamed,

"Mom, that wallaby winked!"

I nodded to her.

Then she closed her eyes,

opened them and looked me meaningfully.

I asked her cautiously, "Did you wink at me perhaps?"

She nodded confidently.

Watching us, Pon called her sister,

"Bee, look at me."

She showed off her complete wink

closing her eye by turns.

After that, Bee began to cry,"No! You're tricky!"

I didn't think Pon was tricky and

it was a very small thing not to need crying.

My original Japanese entry.

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http://ameblo.jp/february-chocolate/entry-11149338643.html

Thanks to CUbuffsFTW, Yuzu_renjyai and 江戸勝 for correcting my English.

The Recital

Last Saturday the nursery children had a recital.

My daughter's class performed a play about Ninja.

The head Ninja was their teacher; the bigger green one in this picture.

My daughter was sitting beside her,

she is the little green Ninja on the right.

Following this is the second picture.

As the head Ninja led the Ninja pupils forward,

they showed their techniques.

The first of the green Ninjas is my daughter.

After that, they played a song called "Sampo"

which is the theme song of the movie, "My Neighbor Totoro".

My daughter took the part of the triangle,

so I figured out why she wanted to learn it instead of the piano.

February

February is the coldest month in Japan.

I got up at five forty every morning and take my dog for a walk.

It is a kind of ascetic practice.

When I go out in the morning, I feel like crying,

"It's so cold!" like this cat in the picture.