The Azalea here is in full bloom now. It reminds me of the sad story of Michiko Ishida ( 82) who went through the WW2 in Tokyo.
In April 1944 , she became a secondary school student .Before the entrance she was thrilled to wear a pleated skirt for her yearning, but she could not..Rather,all the students had additional farmwork in the golf course where they had teared the lawn to plant potatoes .They returned back home after hearing the red alert of the air raid which had sounded..She felt the danger so she did not want to be far way from her mother.In January 1945, the US air raids attacked more often. In March the down town of Tokyo was heavily destroyed by the bombs..1 bomb was dropped just 100 m away from her house so she was sent to the Tohoku region to evacuate. At the new school she was able to study during these rainy days as they had to work either at the apples farms or mow grass at the farm where the farmers had been sent to the front..Sadly, her 9 months old little brother passed away in a blackout as her mother could not feed him and he could not take enough food made from rice flour,too.When the war ended in August , she was happy with the bright atmosphere as she did not have to cover the cloth over the light any more.A shortage of food from during the war did not change for the better even though it had already ended 9 months ago so she was always hungry.
It was in May 1946 , Azalea was in bloom . After school ,she and her friends strolled in the lovely Japanese garden.She picked up one big flower and sucked its roots ..It was so sweet!They continued to pick them up and chatted there ..They really enjoyed the sweetness which they all missed for long in warm and peaceful spring sun shine....Finally, they found all the Aselea flowers dropped on the ground..and they only saw fresh green leaves !! She thought herself 'Am I a butterfly?'
She also mentioned about Butterfly Effect in her contribution about her experience in WW2 that even the smallest movement by a buttterfly might raise up a wave and the wave might draw a big wave to change a barometric diagram.. and the world. Actually,she feels that she was a bad butterfly 70 years ago just eating all the nectar ; selfishly, but now she wants to be a good one among the troop of butterflies which may protect this beautiful planet. She wishes that the ninth article of the Constitution might be chosen by each and every country.
She also mentioned about Butterfly Effect in her contribution about her experience in WW2 that even the smallest movement by a buttterfly might raise up a wave and the wave might draw a big wave to change a barometric diagram.. and the world. Actually,she feels that she was a bad butterfly 70 years ago just eating all the nectar ; selfishly, but now she wants to be a good one among the troop of butterflies which may protect this beautiful planet. She wishes that the ninth article of the Constitution might be chosen by each and every country.
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