Yellow Rose by Yoshiya Nobuko & Sarah Frederick

Author:Yoshiya Nobuko & Sarah Frederick [Nobuko, Yoshiya & Frederick, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Amazon: B01G33XY1O
Publisher: Expanded Editions
Published: 2016-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

In May, the whole school took its spring field trip to the area of Mt. △△. The teacher normally in charge of the east classroom was the instructor in that so esteemed area of study, housekeeping and sewing, who had earned the nickname “The Grand Madame.” She was an older teacher, born in the Tenpō Era (?), and in view of the care that needed to be taken for her elderly body, she was not to be part of the group chaperoning the outing.39 For this reason, Miss Katsuragi, who did not have a homeroom class of her own, was chosen by the principal to substitute as leader for the group, and to lead (?) the fourth-year students from the east classroom.

Boarding the train in xxxxx City, they went as one party to the town at the foot of Mt. △△. When they got off at △△ station, one of her students rushed up to Miss Katsuragi and said with urgency, “Teacher, something is wrong with Miss Urakami’s eye.”

“Oh no. What is the matter with it?” she asked.

“A small piece of soot from the coal exhaust flew in through the train window and right into her eye.” This was the explanation provided, and then Urakami came along pressing a white handkerchief over her left eye, hanging her head dejectedly. It was she: the girl she had seen with the yellow roses at Tokyo Station.

Miss Katsuragi asked, “Doesn’t it hurt terribly?”

“Yes,” she nodded weakly. Then the principal and other teachers gathered around.

“The eyes are precious, so we must take her to see a local eye doctor and have the substance removed. Wouldn’t that be best? Miss Katsuragi, since you have been so kind as to serve as leader for this group today, won’t you take Miss Urakami and accompany her to the eye doctor? We shall go on ahead to our destination, and you may follow and catch up with us later.” So spoke the principal. Miss Katsuragi then took Miss Urakami to the ophthalmologist that the stationmaster had recommended as being the most reliable one in town. The other students formed a single-file line and made a lovely sight as they headed out toward their destination.

The ophthalmologist looked at this beautiful girl’s eye that had met with such unexpected misfortune during the outing. “Oh my goodness. That was a close call. If it had touched the pupil it could have caused quite serious injury,” and, while saying this, he wrapped cotton around his clean finger and quickly removed the offending speck of black soot from her eye. “I am going to treat it with strong medicine now, so I need you to keep your eyes closed for thirty minutes and stay here resting quietly.” He had Miss Urakami lie down on the surgical cot that was in one corner of the examination room. Miss Katsuragi sat down in the chair that was near the pillow to wait.

“When the pain in your eye has subsided, you may go home. Until then, please rest,” the doctor said and left the room, probably to take care of other matters.

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