Cherry Blossoms Again

A HISTÓRIA

Saturday April seventeenth, twenty twenty-seven, in Ueno park. Most of the cherry trees are green now, but the late ones, with their heavy double blossoms, are still in flower, and their petals are coming down. A year ago, Ben was here with his parents, translating everything into very polite Japanese. Today Kenta has saved a spot near the old one. Missus Sato has brought her walking stick, but hardly uses it. Sota has been in Tokyo since his university started, and next week he gets a room of his own. Mike has brought a cake. Everyone is here to toast Ben and Yui. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.