On a Magical Do-Nothing Day

By Beatrice Alemagna (HARPER – 2016 )

A boy needs to spend weekend with his mom in a cabin again. He wishes his Dad has come with them especially on gray and rainy weekend. He wants to play his game, but his mom takes it away. Without his game, nothing is fun. However he starts to explore forest outside the cabin, and discovers things he has been missing.

少年は週末を母親と過ごす為に、森の中の小屋にまたやって来た。とりわけ雨の降るつまらない週末なので、父親も一緒に来てほしかった。ゲームで遊ぶしか楽しみがなかったが、母親は彼がゲームで遊ぶことを好まなかった。しかたなく、少年が小屋の外の森を探検し始めると、今まで気ずかなかったことを次々と発見出来た。