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もやもやが、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、かえってさばさばするだろうと思う。
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と、ああ、確かににじだ。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。
──高い所がないか、あれが全部見える所が。
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、階段の上り下りをめんどうがって、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。歩道の端にけつまずいて、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.
Boy hand lowering bag with flat head, up on the school uniform trousers, was trotted out in a hurry, didn't realize that 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. From close friends and you were falling out. Buy the CD like a Pocket is not enough. Moyamoya is not tangible, there was. Rain is that it's always on my mind. If wet or better yet, more and more when wet, fancy rather straightforward would think.
As I toward a highway crossing signals flashing. That 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. '
Ah, sure and look up at the sky turn around the children pointing straight to 5 if they find. Line minus the take a break in the red, yellow, green, thick crayons gray skies over brilliantly. Top disappears in the air, hazily, hid behind the building and forest under the, visible is only a portion.
Boy impelled to even an unexpected impulse, and looked around.
─ ─ is high, not the look that is all.
Was theA pedestrian bridge crosses the road in front of. Without hesitation the boy, to the end. That was always that めんどうがって up and down stairs and were never available no footbridge.
Office stairs two at a time to climb the stand directly above the flow of cars and trampled upon exactly what broke Woods and building rose from directly in front of the highway. You could 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.
Boy heavily smoked breath. It's come back saw a rainbow this before. Children were much younger ─ ─ no, you feel like a long time ago. Maybe he was born now, and saw a Rainbow for the first time in the boy thought.
Under the eyes of cars endlessly flowing. Those who pursed her umbrellaLook 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.
Boy 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.
"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. けつまずいて on the edge of the sidewalk, bag, put nearly fell.
"Early, early. "
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 At the break in the clouds overhead, and a slight blue sky On the head of a flat bag, and the bottom of 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 At the black wet asphalt pavement while walking, the boy in his history with small splash, splash, looking at the eyes do not like AtThese 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 Love is not enough money to buy CD In addition, the specific shape, not gloomy Rain, feel it on my only As more and more get wet, wet, I think it would be relieved AtWhen taking a crosswalk on road to the signal Even in such a small boy in the foot In the back, while the voice of little children I think that when 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
「. " At"Rainbow, the rainbow." I looked back at the children look up at the sky, and straight to the point: Oh, sure of yourself Red, yellow, green, thick crayons as a stretch in the gray sky brightly across The upper end of the air in the dimly disappearing, hiding behind the bill and forest under a look the part At the boy, I urge the unexpected and looked around He is not high at the center, that is all At theRight in front of my eyes, the pedestrian bridge across the road Without hesitation, the boy ran to there He always went up and down the stairs is too much, was never use the footbridge At step 2, step by step, and ran up above the car flow, the rainbow, and building of forest gap, rising from the road 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 him AtJust like children, the boy ran after me, then, to give up their house The boy at a breath When was the last time, I saw a rainbow Small children as time -- no, I feel much more like before Maybe I now, for the first time we see a rainbow, boy At the bottom of the line of cars running ceaselessly To his peopleDon't look down on their way to hurry Who, unaware of what is happening in the head Or, I don't think so The one who stopped, looking at the sky in this drama At the boy, for the first time, I felt that it was his own A: what are you
「 after. " From below, hang out with friends, the relationship between the bag, as well as absurd The relationship
「Elephant looks like a rainbow Come up. " The boy calls out at the back The boy friend point toward a glance, I feel like the boys had the same impulse In the end, he threw the bag, and almost fell
「 early. " The boy laughed at the body to make room for the rainbow in front, waiting for friends to come up with a foot At