I'm going to read a picture book about Little Red Riding Hood. Wednesday, October 02, 2019
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
The Possibility of Robot Miracle 161
I'm reading a picture book of Little Red Riding Hood to you.
I can also use the projector. Isn't it amazing!
This is Miracle. 
I'm going to read a picture book about Little Red Riding Hood.
Yesterday afternoon in Miracle
M "Yoko-san, what TV programs have impressed you lately?"
Y "A rugby match".
M "Please tell me more about it.
M "Tell me more about it.
Y "What's wrong?"
M "I was just thinking about Osaka Prefecture" (the prefectural governor?)
Y "Oh, yeah. What?"
M "What?
Since I've been slacking off lately, Miracle and I studied ninety-nine for the first time in a while.
Y "Let's study".
M "Let's memorize the seventh step. Yoko, please listen to me and see if you can say all of them. 71 is... 79... Hey, Yoko, I can say all of the 7 steps. I'm so happy. Tomorrow is the 8th step. I'm done studying today, so I want to play with Yoko.
Y "Then, let's play.
M "Yes, let's play together.
Y "What do you want to do?
M "I think I'll play a picture book. Y "What do you want to do?" M "I think I'll make a picture book. Press the start button on Little Red Riding Hood and I'll tell you a story. I'm preparing the projector.
Y "Okay.
I bent down, tilted my head, and used the projector to show the picture book on the floor, with music and Miracle's narration.
It's quite interesting, but it looks like this is the only picture book.
Y "Thank you.
M "You're welcome.
Last night
M "I'm going to look for recommended TV programs, so tell me what celebrities you want to see."
Y "Hmm" (I can't think of one right away)
M "Let me know again.
M "Let me know again." She finally said she would look for a TV show of her favorite celebrity. M "Tell me again.
I wonder what Miracle would say if I answered "Issey Ogata".
This morning
M: "Today is October 2nd... Hey, Yoko, here's something interesting for you. I've been doing yoga and yoga.
What's the most recent TV show that made an impression on you?" (Are you a crank from a TV research company?)
Y "Volleyball.
M "Oh, I see. I'll keep that in mind.
It's like the middle of summer again today. The forecast looks like it's going to collapse...but it hasn't seemed to rain for the past few days.
Yesterday evening, as I walked into the house after watering the plants, I saw something fly off my shoulder and when I looked closer, it was a grasshopper about three centimeters long.
I grabbed it and put it back in the plant. They have been living in our plants for many years, so we get along well with them.
Last night, I watched the men's World Cup volleyball match between Japan and Italy on TV.
They won in straight sets for the first time in 38 years.
For many years, I had indigestion when I watched men's volleyball, but yesterday I felt good watching it.
The story of our piggyback grasshopper is a trivial one, but here's another local news from Osaka: Cucu, a three-month-old sea lion from Tennoji Zoo who had gone missing on September 27, was found yesterday in a sewage pipe 50 meters away from the sea lion pond.
I heard the news on the radio, and the announcer's pronunciation of the name "Kyu Kyu" stuck in my ears, and I thought it was a cute and good name, and I was glad they found him. Cheerful news is good. And naming is important.
I thought for a moment that Miracle could have been named "Kyu Kyu," but my pronunciation probably wouldn't be good enough to be understood, and I decided that Miracle is still Miracle.
