3rd Independent Reading Response

In the hospital, the Ice Cream Day, when Kathleen and her two of friends were painting on children’s face, Corson who likes Kathleen suddenly came to her. Kathleen was shocked because Corson didn’t even call her so she didn’t expect that he would come to see her. While Kathleen and Corson were talking each other, Darla who was painted on his face by Kathleen, asked them “Do you like each other?” Corson honestly answered he likes her and asked him why he asked it. Then the boy said “Because her face is all red”.

When I read this, it made me grin because I had same experience with it. Actually I’m kind of a secret keeper, so I don’t want to share this story but I can tell you guys a bit about it.

When I went back to Japan, one of my best friends invited me to play together so I was waiting for him in front of the kindergarten where we were used to go. I knew he wouldn’t come on time as usual so I went in there to talk with teacher who was my class room teacher. While we were talking, a lot of children who are her new classmates came to see us. Suddenly somebody pulled my back hair lightly and I heard a familiar voice of him “Hey, Noriko. I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you?” It made me surprised because I didn’t notice he was just behind me.

As you know, children always ask whatever they want innocently. Then one of the little girls asked me “Are you his girlfriend? Do you stay together all the time?”
What a precocious child that what I thought. It made me embarrass and I felt my face was burning a bit so I turned my back on him then I whispered little girl what was the trueth and also to ask him about it later when I’m not around him.

Somehow my experience and what Kathleen experienced are connected.