にじの見える橋杉みき子 雨がやんだ。 頭上の雲が切れて、わずかな青空が

にじの見える橋
杉みき子


雨がやんだ。

頭上の雲が切れて、わずかな青空がのぞく。

手さげかばんを平たくして頭にのせ、学生服のズボンのすそをたくし上げて、小走りに急いでいた少年は、しばらくの間、雨がやんだことに気づかなかった。考え事に心をうばわれていたのである。

黒くぬれたアスファルトの歩道を歩きながら、自分の歩みにしたがって飛び散る小さなしぶきを、少年は、どうでもいいような目で眺めていた。

このところ、なにもかも、うまくいっていない。このあいだのテストの成績が悪かった。母親は、課外の活動をやめろという。
親しかった友達とは、ちょっとしたことから仲たがいをした。
好きなＣＤを買うこづかいが足りない。
その他、具体的な形になっていない何かが、いくつもあった。
雨は、自分の上にばかり降るような気がする。
いっそぬれるなら、もっともっとずぶぬれになったら、かえってすっきりするだろうと思う。

国道の横断歩道へ踏み出そうとしたとたん、信号が点滅する。
そんなことにさえ気がいら立って、少年は小さく足踏みした。

さっきから後ろで、小さい子供たちの声がしている。
自分にもあんなころがあった、と半ばうわの空で思いながら、ぼんやり信号の変わるのを待っている少年の耳に、今までたわいもないおしゃべりだった子供たちの声が、急にはっきりした意味をもったさけびになってひびいてきた。

「にじが出てるよ。」
「にじだ、にじだ。」

思わず振り返って、子供たちがまっすぐに指さす空を見上げる。ああ、確かに虹だ。
赤、黄、緑、太いクレヨンでひと息に引いたような線が、灰色の空を鮮やかにまたいでいる。
上端はおぼろに空中に消え、下はビルと森のかげに隠れて、見えているのはほんの一部分だ。

少年は、自分でも思いがけない衝動に駆られて、辺りを見回した。

──あれが全部見える高い所がないか。

あった、すぐ目の前に、国道を横切る歩道橋が。
少年はためらわず、そちらへ駆けた。
いつもは、階段の上り下りを面倒に思い、ついぞ利用したことのない歩道橋だったが。

階段を二段ずつ駆け上って、車の流れの真上に立つと、にじはまさに、森とビルのとぎれた所、国道の真正面から立ち上っている。
手すりにつかまって、少し背伸びしながら身を乗り出すと、このはなやかな橋の始めから終わりまでを、ひと目で見わたすことができた。

さっきの子供たちが、少年の意図を察したらしく、後から続いて駆け上ってきて、思い思いの歓声をあげている。

少年は、大きく息を吸った。
この前、にじを見たのはいつだったろう。
この子たちくらいの小さいころ、いや、もっとずっと前のような気がする。
もしかしたら自分は今、生まれて初めてにじを見たのではないかと、少年は思った。

目の下を、車の列が絶え間なく流れてゆく。
かさをすぼめた人たちが、上も下も見ないで自分の道を急ぐ。
だれも、頭上の出来事に気づかない。
あるいは気がついても、なんとも思わないのか。
だれ一人、立ち止まって、この大空のドラマに眺めいるものはない。

少年はふと、初めて、自分のことを恵まれたものに感じた。

「おうい、何してんだあ。」

下から呼ばれて、身を乗り出すと、仲たがいしたはずの友達が、かばんを振り回しながら、あきれたようにこちらを見上げている。

「おうい、にじが見えるぞう。上がってこいよう。」

少年も大声で呼び返す。
友達は、少年の指さす方をひと目見て、さっき少年が感じたのと同じ衝動に駆られたように走りだした。
歩道の端にころんで、かばんを放り出し、危うく転びかける。

「早く早く。」

少年は笑いながら、体をずらして、にじを正面に見る場所を空け、友達が上ってくるのを足踏みしながら待った。

結果 (英語) 1:

Of the Rainbow Bridge
Sugimoto Miki child


it stopped raining.

Out of clouds overhead, except a little blue sky.

Boys hand lowering bag with flat head, up on the school uniform trousers, was trotted out in a hurry is noticed for some time, it stopped raining. In had deprived mind to think.

Small droplets scatters according to the progress of their wet black asphalt trail walking, whether boy, also looked in such good eyes.

Lately, nothing may be, well, not doing. Results of this test was bad. Mother says that stop the extra curricular activities.
Was estranged from a little and close friends.
Missing petty cash buy a favorite CD.
Was something or other tangible form is not there.
Rain is that it's always on my mind.
If you get wet or better yet, more and more becomes soaked, rather neat would be.

As I toward a highway crossing signals flashing.
Thing, even standing on edge, the boy paused less.

In from just behind the voices of small children.
Hotter than with a meaningful voice in the ear of a boy waiting for a change in signal idly while thinking to myself was like that when, and mid absent-minded and puerile ever was talkative children, suddenly clearly did the voice.

' It'll be trampled upon.'
' Rainbow, Rainbow's. '

Look up at the sky back involuntarily, pointing straight to children. Oh, certainly it's Rainbow.
Has brilliantly across the gray sky line minus the take a break in the red, yellow, green, thick crayons.
Top disappears in the air, hazily, hid behind the building and forest under the, visible is only a portion.

Boys impelled to even an unexpected impulse, and looked around.

─ ─ do not seem all that high.

,A pedestrian bridge crosses the road in front of.
Hesitation the boy, to the end.
Was that always is cumbersome to up and down stairs and never use pedestrian bridge.

Somke from directly in front of the National Highway Institute stairs two at a time to climb the stand directly above the flow of cars and trampled upon exactly what broke Woods and Bill.
Managed to hold on to the railing, lean and stretch a little while, and from the beginning of this rich bridge end haunt at a glance.

Just kids boy intent will be inferred, later followed by ran came, raised cheers in their own way.

Boys heavily smoked breath.
Come back before, saw the Rainbow.
This child who as small dice, no, I feel like a long time ago to.
I thought maybe he was born now, and saw a Rainbow for the first time in boy.

Under the eyes of cars endlessly flowing.
Pursed her pampered peopleLook above and below their way to rush.
Who even notice to the above events.
Or flouted even noticed.
Who, one stop, view to the drama of this sky ones are not.

Boys was suddenly, for the first time, blessed with that one.

"Iwo, what's there. '

Unstoppable while brandishing the bag my friend should be called from the bottom, lean over and fell to looking this up.

See Iwo,The elephant looks trampled upon. Up to come. '

Boy and then in a loud voice.
Glance to point at the boy's friends are, and I just felt the boy's were driven by the same impulses as he ran.
Fell down on the edge of the sidewalk, bag, put nearly fell.

' Soon. "

The boy staggered body laugh, and waited while marching to empty the place in front of the Rainbow, friends coming up.

結果 (英語) 3:

The bridge looks at the rainbow Mikiko Sugi stress the rain has stopped Out of the clouds overhead, look a bit of blue sky Head to the flat bag through the school uniform trousers tucked up, he was in a hurry to trot, for a period of time, the rain stopped did not notice it Is delighted by thinking about it Too wet black asphalt pavement, to walk in his little boy walking with splash splashing, view, in whatever way TooThese days, and was not going well The result of this was during the test The mother, and that of extracurricular activities With close friends, estranged from it At the CD like pocket money to buy At the other, something that was not there The rain, feel it on my only At first, more and more soaking wet, I think I will feelTaking a moment to the crossing of the route to the signal So even when the boy in a small step Just back from the voice of little children At that time, I was in the clouds, in the middle, the waiting signal to change the boy's ear, "don't ever talk silly children's voice was suddenly clear meaning has got to cry There is a rainbow

「」
「 rainbow, the rainbow. " Looking back, I made up the children, pointing straight to the sky Oh, to be sure At the red, yellow, green, thick crayons as a stretch in the gray sky brightly across At the upper end of the air in the dimly disappearing, hiding behind the bill and forest under a look the part Well, boys, I have the urge to unexpected, and looked around It is not too high, the whole sight BeRight in front of my eyes, the pedestrian bridge across the road At the back, the boy ran to there At the time, the up and down the stairs, I had never used a footbridge To run up the stairs two at the top of the car and the rainbow is just the building of forest gap, rising from the road At the holding on to the railing, and reach a little over the life from beginning to end of the bridge, we saw at a glance that could see himOf the children, just like the boy ran after me, then, to give up their house The boy made a big breath At last, when it saw a rainbow At this time, the children of the much smaller, but more like a long time ago Maybe I should now at the first time in my life, I see a rainbow, boy Under the line of cars, flow ceaselessly At his umbrella, peopleDon't look down on their way to hurry At all events, oblivious to the overhead Care about that or don't think so At one stop, look at the sky in this drama The boy too, for the first time, I felt that it was his own A: what are you

「 after. " From the bottom up, hang out with friends, the relationship between the bag, as well as absurd The relationship

「Elephant looks like a rainbow Come up. " Returns the boy calls out too The boy's friends, see point toward a glance, I feel like the boys had the same impulse In the end, the bag fell almost fall down

「 early. " The boy laughed, too, to make room for a rainbow in front, waiting for friends to come up with a foot At