気が付いたとき、家の屋根と壁がなかった。ただ、柱だけが残されていた。
爆風で何もかもが飛ばされたのだ。
一瞬の静寂が辺りを覆う。炸裂音は聞こえなかった。
近くに爆弾が落ちたと思った母は、裏庭にある防空壕へと急いだ。
父自らが堀った、防空壕とは名ばかりの、なんとも簡素な縦穴。
母と妹３人、蚊帳をかぶり、身を寄せ合ってじっと耐えていた。
Before I knew it, the roof and walls of my house were all gone. Only the posts remained. Everything else had been stripped away by the blast. I never heard the concussive sound of the explosion. There was a moment of silence in the air.
My mom thought that the bomb had exploded near the house. We hurried to the shelter in our backyard. It was just a simple pit we used for a shelter that my dad had dug by himself. My mom, sister and I huddled close together and put a mosquito net over our heads to offer some protection.
爆風で何もかもが飛ばされたのだ。
一瞬の静寂が辺りを覆う。炸裂音は聞こえなかった。
近くに爆弾が落ちたと思った母は、裏庭にある防空壕へと急いだ。
父自らが堀った、防空壕とは名ばかりの、なんとも簡素な縦穴。
母と妹３人、蚊帳をかぶり、身を寄せ合ってじっと耐えていた。
Before I knew it, the roof and walls of my house were all gone. Only the posts remained. Everything else had been stripped away by the blast. I never heard the concussive sound of the explosion. There was a moment of silence in the air.
My mom thought that the bomb had exploded near the house. We hurried to the shelter in our backyard. It was just a simple pit we used for a shelter that my dad had dug by himself. My mom, sister and I huddled close together and put a mosquito net over our heads to offer some protection.
