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å士ããããã¹ãã楜ããå Žæã ã£ããIn those days we had a lot of package tours from Japan and before airplanes arrived, we enjoyed talking with the colleagues and the people who did the same work in the other companies. ããã¯åœæRichmondã«äœãã§ãããããã®åã¯ãã³ãã³ã®ã»ãŒäžå¿ã«ãã Green Parkã«äœãã§ãããä»äºã«äŸ¿å©ãªã®ã§ãããã«äœã¿ç¶ãããã£ãã®ã ãããªãŒããŒã®éœåã§åŒã£è¶ããªããã°ãªããªããªã£ããMr. C used to live in Green Park before he moved in Richmond. Green Park is actually at the center of London. So, he wanted to live there longer as it was convenient for him to work in London, but he was obliged to move because of the owner's conveniences. ãšããã§ããã®Green Parkã®ãã©ããã«ã¯å€ãªå€ãªå¹œéãåºæ²¡ããŠããããã ãBy the way, he was haunted by some ghosts every night at the flat in Green Park.æåã¯ãããæ°æã¡æªããŠæãã£ããæåŸã¯æ
£ããŠããŸã£ããAt first he felt uncanny and scaring; nevertheless, he got accustomed to that unusual home environment in the end.幜éãšãã£ãŠãäœäººã®åã«çŽæ¥çŸããŠé©ããããã§ã¯ãªãã倢ã«çŸããã¿ã€ãã ã£ããTalking of ghosts, we tend to imagine that they show themselves to scare us, but his ghosts never did in that way. Instead, they entered Mr. C's dreams while he fell asleep. GreenãParkã«åŒã£è¶ããŠããç²åŽæã匷ããªããæ¯æ©å€¢ã§ããªãããããã«ãªã£ããMr. C's fatigue became stronger since he moved in the flat in Green Park, then he started to be suffering from a variety of nightmare every night. ç ãã«å°±ããšå¿
ãçŸããæã奎ãšã¯ããŸãã§ç±³åœã®ãã©ãŒæ ç»ã¿ããã ããããããæ¬åœã®ãã©ãŒæ ç»ã ã£ããããã It sounds like a horror film of Hollywood, but it was actually a real horror film to Mr. C.å¿ççã«è
ããããæãåãç©ãåºãŠããããThey threatened him psychologically by showing some scaring ghosts. ã§ãã段ã
倢ãèŠãã®ã楜ãã¿ã«ãªã£ãŠãããHowever, he gradually began to enjoy wired dreams every night.ç»å ŽããŠããåºæŒè
ãå端ãªããã©ãšãã£ãŒã«å¯ãã§ããããèªåãæããããããšããæå³ãšãããåªåãäŒãã£ãŠæ¥ãŠãããã¯å¯ç¬ãããŠãããããªããªã£ããAs the cast of characters were all incredibly varied, and they were apparently taken pains in order to frighten Mr. C, which made him laugh.ãšã©ãã¯ç·ã®ãã©ãŽã³ã ã£ããThe last throw was a green dragon. 倧ããªãã©ãŽã³ããã©ããã®éšå±ã®äžãäœåºŠãæåããŠã¿ããããã ãA gigantic dragon showed off his flying and turning in the room repeatedly. ãããã«ãã®æŒåºã«ã¯å€§åãããŠã倢ããèŠããŠããã°ããç¬ãç¶ããŠãããšããWell, Mr. C was utterly impressed with this direction and gave them a full mark for their artistic impression. Honestly speaking, he could not stop laughing for a while even after he awoke.ãã©ããããããã®å¹œéãã€ã®ãªã¹ç³»ãããªãããªããã©ãŽã³ã ãããããäžåœç³»ã ããããšã"They must be Chinese-related ghosts as they showed a dragon. They cannot be the British."Green Parkã¯è³è²žæãé«ãæã§ãããã§ããããããã«äœããçç±ãåãã£ããIf you want to live in Green Park, you are supposed to pay a high rent. But I understood why Mr. C could afford to live in Green Park. ä»ãŸã§ãäœäººãäœãã§ããããã ãããªãŒããŒãäœãã§ããSome people and the owner presumably used to live in that flat before Mr. C moved in.ã§ã誰ãé·ãå±
ãããªãã£ãã®ã ãYet, no one could live there long.ãšããã§ïŒ£ããã¯æ±åå°æ¹ã®åºèº«ã ã£ããšèšæ¶ããŠãããBy the way, I recall he was from Tohoku Region in Japan. é«æ ¡æ代ã圌女ãšã¯åŠæ ¡åž°ãã®ã寺ã®äžã§ã€ã±ãã€è¡çºãããŠããããã ãIn his high school days, he used to have close relations with his girlfriendin a temple on their way home from school.ãç°èã«ãããããããªå¯ããã寺ã§ããåãããåžžäœããŠããªãã£ããThe temple was situated in an isolated place and the monk did not staythere regularly. We can actually discover this kind of temples in Japanese rural places.ãããšã圌女ãåŠåš ããŠããŸã£ããOne time, a girlfriend of Mr. C became pregnant.ã§ããé«æ ¡æ代ã«äºäººãšã芪ã«ãªãèªä¿¡ã¯ãªãã£ãã®ã§ãããã«å ãããããã ãBut, they had no confidence of becoming parents when they were high school students. Therefore, the girl had an abortion immediately.ãã®åŸãè¥ãäºäººã¯èª°ãããªãã寺ã§ä»²è¯ãããããšãå€ãã£ãããããæ¥ãã³ãã¢ãã€ãã®ãç®æããŠããŸã£ããThe two young people continued their close relations in the temple, but one day they accidentally saw an unbelievably, abnormally, scary and impossible 'thing'. äºäººããå ã§å¯ãŠãããšãã©ããããšããªãå°ããªåäŸããã¡ãã¡æ©ãã§çŸãããWhen they were lying down on the floor of the temple, a toddler, all of a sudden, appeared in front of them. ã©ããã«é害ãããããã§ãå³è©ã ãå·Šè©ã ãå¿ãããããã®ãããåŸããç¶æ
ã§æ©ããŠããããããŠäœæ©ãé²ãããšã«äºäººãæ¯ãè¿ããããµãµãã¯ã¯ã...ãµãµãããšèæ°å³æªãç¬ã£ãããã ããã®ããšåäŸã¯æ¥ã«æ¶ããŠããŸã£ããThe toddler looked disabled as (s)he was walking in a tilted way although he could not remember that the toddler's problem was on the left or the right shoulder. As the toddler stepped some, (s)he turned around and looked at them, then, gave an uncanny laugh, "Fu fu, ha ha....fu fu". Then, the toddler suddenly disappeared. äžäººã®äººéãäžæè°ãªã¢ããèŠãŠããŸãããšã¯ãããOne can happen to see an unrealistic 'thing'. ã§ããäºäººãåæã«èŠãŠããŸãã®ã¯ç°åžžã ãHowever, it is abnormal when the two see the unrealistic 'thing' at the same time.ãã®å Žåãå èããåäŸã幜éã«ãªã£ãŠåºãŠããŠããŸã£ããšãã解éã劥åœã§ããããIn this case, it is plausible that the aborted baby haunted her/his parents.äºäººã¯ãã®åŸãå ã«è¡ãããšã¯æ¢ããããã ãAfter this incident, they stopped going to the isolated temple.