夜、寝床に就いて気づけば、巨大な状態で街の道路に身体が埋まっていました。当然、日常生活でこんなことが起こるはずはないと思いつつ、巨体を引きずり出そうと努力しました。しかし、身体がアスファルトや地中の砂利に擦れて痛みが走りました。通常、夢か現実かを確かめるために頬をつねる方法がありますが、痛みを感じたためこれを現実と認めざる得なくなりました。それから、様々な災難が私に降りかかってくるのですが、この現実を受け止めた瞬間に悲しみが止まらなくなりました。
まず最初に街を歩く人々が、私にスマートフォンを向けて写真を撮っていきました。身体のサイズが変わっただけで、この国の肖像権という言葉はどこに消えてしまったのでしょう。挙句の果てには、報道機関すら私を取り囲み、無許可で撮影を始めました。レポーター達は真剣な表情で私にマイクを向けてきましたが、笑いをこらえているのが伝わってきます。さらに、体が大きくなったことで、人生で数回しか経験しない鳥の糞害を、一時間に一回以上のペースで頭皮で受け止めることになりました。不潔な上、鳥の糞は強い酸性であり、頭皮を蝕み強いかゆみが伴いました。しかし、手を使って頭皮を掻く事すら許されません。そして、最終奥義は、野良犬やマナーの悪いペットの飼い主からの仕打ちです。私を建造物と同じようにマーキング対象として、排泄物を引っ掛けてくるのです。もう、「時はまさに世紀末」の状況です。こんな状態がいつまで続くのか、人生の厳しさに打ちのめされた心境でした。その悟りの境地に至ったとき、私は夢だと気づき、目覚めることができました。言葉では表現できませんが、今回の夢の影響で、一晩の中でとてつもない忍耐力を身につけ、成長した気がします。
At night, I went to bed and realized that my body was buried in the city streets in a gigantic state. Naturally, I made an effort to pull out my huge body, thinking that this could not happen in my daily life. However, I felt pain as my body rubbed against the asphalt and gravel in the ground. Usually, there is a way to pinch your cheek to see if it is a dream or reality, but because of the pain I felt, I had to admit that this was reality. Then various mishaps befell me, but the moment I accepted this reality, I could not stop the sadness.
First of all, people walking on the streets pointed their smart phones at me and took pictures of me. Where has the word “portrait rights” in this country disappeared just because my body size has changed? To top it all off, even the news media surrounded me and started taking pictures without permission. Reporters turned their microphones on me with serious expressions, but I could tell they were trying not to laugh. In addition, my growing size meant that I had to catch bird droppings damage on my scalp more than once an hour, something I had only experienced a few times in my life. In addition to being filthy, bird droppings are highly acidic, and they ate away at my scalp and were accompanied by intense itching. However, we were not even allowed to scratch our scalp with our hands. And the final depth is the punishment from stray dogs and ill-mannered pet owners. They treat me as a marking target just as if I were a building, and trap me in their excrement. It is the “end of the century” situation. I was devastated by the harshness of life and wondered how long this situation would continue. When I reached that state of enlightenment, I realized it was a dream and was able to wake up. I can’t express it in words, but I feel that under the influence of this dream, I gained tremendous patience and grew within a single night.
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友人の作成した送電線をテーマにした児童書です。送電線という着眼点が面白いので大人の方にもオススメしています。よかったらどうぞ！
This is a children’s book about power lines created by a friend of mine. I recommend it to adults as well because of its interesting focus on power lines. Please take a look if you like!
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