The Burglar（盗難）

I live on the second floor of a building and had my first intruder last night. It seems he wanted to burglarize the house. The problem was – I don’t sleep in the bedroom. It was raining heavily while he crept silently along the outer walkway and peered into the open windows. All the windows are open but have screens. I was waiting patiently by one of the windows in the total darkness. In these situations I always leave the lights off since the darkness works to my advantage. At the last moment, as he leaned forward to look into the window, I slammed my hand towards his face and yelled “HEY!”

He sucked in his breath and ran away shocked and scared. Poor guy! I suppressed the urge to laugh out loud. However, I still needed to give chase and, since I don’t have a machete, I grabbed a kitchen knife. However, there was a problem. Where were the dogs? They should have been barking; barking like mad in fact. But you see, actually, when it rains here, they go and find shelter instead. And the intruder knew this. I had to assume the intruder was still on the porch somewhere. So I slipped out quietly onto the balcony to pursue him but he was long gone. Darn.

However, there is one more thing. Out on the balcony, the landlord keeps a hen in a cage. During this incident, the hen never made a sound. Not a single peep. So I finally looked at her and said accusingly, “And you. You are the worst burglar alarm - EVER!”

 - Just a peasant

 Photo of burglar alarm

Good things （良いもの）

I bought these fish at a local fish market.  The total was only $4.50 USD.  I thought that it was a pretty good price.  I wasn't sure which spice to use.

Anyway, President Obama won the election.  And that’s a good thing too.  In fact, it was the best spice of all.

私は地元の魚市場で、これらの魚を買った。 合計はたったの$4.50 USDだった。 私はそれはかなり良い値段だと思いました。 私が使用するスパイスを知っていませんでした。

とにかく、オバマ大統領が選挙に勝った。 そして、それはあまりにも良いことだ。 実際には、それは、すべての最高のスパイスだった。

- Just a peasant

Photo of Naso unicornis, Nasa lituratus, Epinephelus sp., unidentified