Chapter 13 third chapter

Polar bear, or polar bear, polar bear or ice bear, there are many ways to call it. In short, it is a white carnivorous animal (strictly speaking, it is not white) from the Arctic and Canada, and I have a profound connection with Mr. Tomika Relationship. Why?The answer to this question is simple, because my sister likes it. No, "like" is perhaps too mild a word.Because, my sister's interest and sympathy for polar bears is really unusual, even unusual enough to cause her death (I think so). When did my sister become interested in polar bears?Can not remember.However, since Mr. Tomikashi first came to our house six years ago, she has loved polar bears.

"There is no other animal in the world that is cuter than it!" My sister always said that, and Mr. Tomika and I got tired of hearing it. "It's cute, isn't it? Look, look!" The more we seem to ignore her, the more she will say "Look". Of course, she has only seen polar bears on TV or in photos, at most in zoos (did she see a real polar bear at the moment before she died? There is no way of knowing).Seeing its slow walking back and forth, and the picture of its mouth and chest covered in blood after eating a seal, my sister would be fascinated and say, "It's so cute!"

"Cute?" I would sometimes ask her back, pointing to the image on the TV and saying, "How cute is a brutal white bear that killed a seal and was covered in blood?" I really couldn't understand it. My sister's answer is usually: "That's how cute it is!" We walked out of the reptile hall and followed the signs.After watching the elephants and Asian black bears (beside the Monkey Mountain is the lovely red panda area, but now it is surrounded by heavily guarded iron railings, I remember that there was no such thing before, no one reached out to take the red panda home Right?), we came to the beast area.

It was past five o'clock in the evening, and the sky was still quite bright.Usually, the zoo closes at five o'clock, except in summer, because the park has designed night activities, so it has not closed yet.Not only that, but the number of entrants seems to be increasing. Chiho and I have not been disliked by Mr. Tomikashi and Meiko, so we acted together with them.If only the two of us were alone together, although no one said anything, what happened after September (when I was transferred to Kobe) would definitely become a heavy atmosphere between us.So, it's great to be able to act together with Mr. Tomikashi.Chiho probably thought the same way too!

"The classification of beasts is also very casual!" Meiko said, pointing to the signboard of the "beast area". "What do you mean by fierce beast?" Chiho asked abruptly. "Isn't that what it sounds like literally?" I replied. "What does it seem to mean? Is it the violent, very powerful meaning we usually call 'violent speed'?" Chiho said seriously. "Excellent?" "It means 'very beastly', or 'very beastly'. Is it?" "Yes, it must be." I responded, although I didn't really think so, but Chiho who happily said "a very powerful beast" is so cute (you can say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!) , so I strongly agree.

"A very powerful beast, that's an interesting way of saying it." Meiko also nodded with a smile.What a beautiful woman with temperament!As I was thinking, I looked at the side face of Mr. Tomikashi.Mr. Tomokashi stared straight at the signboard of the "Wild Beast Garden". The polar bear's water tank is located deep in the cave passage, and the entire wall is a water tank, so that everyone can see the polar bear jumping into the water nearby.The farthest part of the water is the land. If you look up (to the distance), you can see polar bears walking back and forth leisurely there.It just thought so, but it stopped, and its nose stretched up, moving like a detector.

The name "polar bear" makes people think that it "only lives in the North Pole". In fact, they only stay in the North Pole during the winter when the sea freezes, and stay in Canada during other periods (but it sounds like "Canada Bear" very poor).As winter approaches, Hudson Bay begins to freeze, and polar bears will begin to gather in Churchill, Canada. As the sea water freezes, they will gradually move toward the North Pole to catch seals.It seems so. According to the old lady, the polar bear sticks out its nose in search of its favorite seal scent, so it is kept in the same zoo, presumably the seals are also quite restless.

"It's so cute." Chiho leaned against the glass and peeked inside. "Walking up and down like a fool." We stayed there for a while, watching the polar bears in action.We stared at the polar bear tirelessly, looking like idiots.At this time, the polar bear slowly walked over, and just when I thought so, it suddenly dived into the water.Accompanied by a loud noise, the splashed water wetted the glass, and the polar bear, which sank together with the bubbles in the water, appeared on the other side of the glass in front of us. "It looks like a drowned corpse." Chiho giggled.

"Really, it's so big." Meizi also smiled. "What a huge drowned corpse." "White drowned corpse." Chiho continued. Tomi-san and I looked at each other. "It's not white!" The words only came to his lips, but he didn't utter them. Although the body of a polar bear looks white, it is not actually white.Of course, this is one of the things I was forced to hear from my sister.Because the polar bear's hair is like a light woven fiber, the center is hollow, so it is correct to say that the polar bear is transparent. real or fake?It looks like it's white!I wonder.It is said that it looks white because of the reflection of light; it is also possible that there may be yellow or black, or even other colors of polar bears depending on the environment.However, it is actually a "transparent color".To be honest, I don't know whether this is true or not, and I think Mr. Fukashi probably doesn't know either.

While we were watching it, the polar bear (not on purpose) started playing with a large ball floating on the water.It wanted to dive into the water holding the ball, but the buoyancy of the ball prevented it, so it has been unable to bring the ball into the water smoothly.The ball slipped from the arm and flew out of the water like a fired cannon.The polar bear seemed to like it (and I'm afraid it really did), and once more it hugged the ball and attempted to dive into the water, and the ball flew out again.It keeps repeating this game several times (it seems that it really likes it). "It's so fun, it keeps repeating." Chiho said.

"Really." Meizi also nodded. I didn't say anything, and my eyes wandered across Mr. Fukao's face without any trace. Every time I saw Mr. Fukuoka looking at Meiko. Mr. Fukashi's current girlfriend is Meiko, I just noticed this as a matter of course now.