「ニコラス・ニクルビ―」チャールズ‣ディケンズ "NIcholas Nicleby" by Charles Dickens

"NIcholas Nicleby"   by Charles Dickens        

  

       I spent 12 years to read "NIcholas Nicleby" written by Charles Dickens. I began to read it at the age of 32 and finished  it when I was 44 years old. 

      This four-year old girl named Machilda in "Machilda" written by Roald Dahl, reads it in just a few days. She is a phenomenon. She argues with her school master named Trunchbull, a scary, savage, and giant woman. The argument goes like this: 

     "What did you say?" she [Trunchbull] asked sharply.

     "I said I've read it, Miss Trunchbull."

     "Read what?"

     "Nicholas  Nickleby, Miss Trunchbull."

     "You are lying to me, madam!" the Trunchbull shouted,  glaring at Matilda. I doubt there is a single child in the entire school who has read that book, ....　　

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        I was surprised to read this passage in Matilda. I thought I met my old friend, Nicholas Nickleby after nearly 40 years of absence. I felt some nostalgia. 

折れた枝 A Broken Branch

 折れた枝　

　先日、山崎川を歩いていたら、大きな桜の木の幹が折れて、折れた後が剥き出しになっていた。（写真）おそらく枝が根元から折れたのだろうと思っていたら、新聞に枝が折れた写真が載っていた。記事によると、自転車に乗っていた人を枝が直撃し、自転車が倒れてけがをしたそうだ。世の中、何が起こるかわからない。

　The other day, while walking along the Yamazaki River, I saw a broken trunk of a large cherry tree, leaving the damaged area exposed (Photo). I assumed that a branch had snapped off at the base. Later, I saw a picture of the broken branch in a newspaper. According to the article, the branch had struck a cyclist directly, causing the bicycle to fall and injuring the rider. 

   You never know what might happen in this world.

 

 

A Broken Branch