Chapter 5 penguin (1)

That was one night.I walked the streets of Roppongi. I was dating at the time.After dinner, we took a stroll along the bustling road.But even in the bustling Roppongi, once you walk into the back streets and alleys, the pedestrians suddenly become rare and quiet. At this time, I saw a little penguin, which was getting its head into a plastic bucket placed on the side of the road. "Ah, penguin!" Before that, I had been speaking in a relatively quiet tone, but in astonishment, I blurted out: "It's so strange! There are penguins in Roppongi, and they stick their heads into plastic buckets!"

The man walking together glanced at me quickly and said calmly: "That thing does look like a penguin. But do you think you'll see penguins near the crossroads in Roppongi?" After he said that, I looked carefully, only to find that it was a cat with almost the same color and color as a penguin!Hearing our words, "Penguin" looked up, and I saw its ears and beard, and knew it was not a penguin.I was so disappointed that the man I was dating said to me: "When you're surprised, it's better to look at it and understand it before you're surprised. Otherwise, you'll disturb others."

Thinking about it now, this is very kind advice. But at the time I thought, "But, it looks like a penguin."I felt a little uncomfortable, so I retorted: "So, can I just say that? 'Oh, that thing over there with its head in the plastic bucket looks like a penguin, but there won't be any penguins in this area, I'd better take a good look! Take a closer look , it turned out to be a cat, but this cat is black and white, and its pattern is exactly the same as that of a penguin! Wow, it's amazing!' Is that okay?" That person and I have no relationship since then. "see it?"

Although I have always been said to have forgotten the word "reflection" in my mother's stomach, after the penguin incident, I decided to pay attention to it. expressed surprise. It happened one night, I was driving home from NHK after a late night rehearsal for a TV show.It was around four o'clock in the morning, and there were hardly any cars on the road. I sat in the taxi prepared for me by NHK and closed my eyes to calm down the excitement of the rehearsal so that I could fall asleep when I got home.At that time, I lived in Jiyugaoka, and the taxi passed Meguro Station and drove on Meguro Odori.

The red light came on and the car stopped.I looked out and came to the big intersection near Otori Shrine.Now it has become a three-dimensional intersection, and traffic can also be driven underneath, so it doesn't look very big, but it was still a large flat intersection before.I casually glanced ahead, and suddenly found a huge silver flying object over there, even in the dark, I could see it very clearly. At the time, flying saucers were just making the news, and objects now known as "UFOs" were a buzz among us. I just wanted to yell "Wow——", but suddenly thought of the sad blow in the penguin incident, so I decided to observe it carefully before I was surprised, and put my face on the car window.But I didn't open the car window.Although if I open the window, I can see the overall size of the object clearly, but I dare not open the window.It's very unscientific to think about it now, but at the time I heard that there would be human-like creatures wearing silver clothes coming down from flying saucers, and they would capture the earthlings.On this point, I am more cautious than others. I have made so many jokes, but I have not had any accidents. Maybe it is because of caution.

I put my face against the car window and watched carefully.The object was fifteen meters ahead, silver and huge.I came to the conclusion: this time I was absolutely right!That's definitely not the same thing as thinking a black and white cat is a penguin.So, I whispered to the driver: "Did you see it?" The driver also looked ahead and said: "I see." I lower my voice: "What a big guy!" The driver looked ahead quietly and replied: "yes." The green light came on, but the car couldn't move forward because the object was parked right in the middle of the intersection.My heart was pounding and I thought "this is unbelievable".The road was very quiet, there were almost no pedestrians and vehicles, and in the silent darkness, the flying saucer stopped there motionless.I leaned over to the driver's seat and asked:

"How to do it?" The driver's tone was not as excited as mine: "nothing……" The driver was not surprised when he saw the flying saucer!This really surprised me even more than seeing the flying saucer itself. "But, is that a flying saucer in the sky?" At this time, the driver looked back at me for the first time and said in surprise: "Guest, that's an airplane!" "airplane?!" I am confused.I thought it was a flying saucer, but it turned out to be an airplane!But how did the plane land safely at the intersection at Otori Shrine?New questions filled my head.The nearby houses and signal lights were not damaged at all. Could it be that the plane landed so cleverly and temporarily in the middle of the intersection?

After knowing that it was not a flying saucer, I opened the car window with confidence and stuck my head out to look around.Indeed, if you look closely, you will find huge wings shining with silver light.But because the wings are too big, only the fuselage can be seen from the back seat of the taxi, so I mistook it for a flying saucer in the sky. "Ah, that gave me a fright. I thought it was a flying saucer. It's nice to be able to make a temporary landing safely, though. The pilot must be very skilled." The plane is parked in the middle of the intersection, this picture is really strange, not only I will be surprised, probably anyone will exclaim "Wow——" when they see it?At this time, the plane suddenly moved.