６月１７日/June 17
【白鰐の話】
俺様はつい先だって、近くのマンホールで捕獲された。あれは丁度、朝飯を探していた時だった。俺様は小鼠が新鮮そうなので追いかけたのさ。やっと捕まえたと思ったら、何故か網の中だった。そう、俺様は捕獲された訳だ。暴れてみたが、網が頑強で逃げられない。そのうち猛烈な眠気が襲い、気がついてみると都市伝説の俺様が此処、南青山３丁目緑地のアトリウムに運ばれて来たんだ。
ここは緑地とかいう都市の狭小、半端な土地を緑化と称して建物を建てさせない区域らしい。よく見ると俺様の故郷に近い環境が作られている。なんでこんなところに、こんなもんが出来るんだ。飼育係が都市計画法５５条第１項により多少の緩和が出来たとぬかしやがった。俺様はマンホール下の下水で暮らして、何の不自由もなかった。ただ、いつも太陽が届かない世界にいたので身体が白く化けた。
白い俺様がいる此処は結婚式場の裏手。そのせいで、若い女達がやたらと来やがる。奴らは決まって無邪気に「カワイイ」と俺様を見て言う。あの下らねぇ、人差し指と中指を広げて、一緒に写真に納まる始末だ。カワイイと言やぁ、何でも取り込めると信じていそうだぜ。そのうち、そのカワイイに食い殺されるのも知らずに…….。
[Story of the White Crocodile]
I was captured just the other day at a nearby manhole. It was the time when I was just looking for breakfast. Because a small rat seemed to be fresh, I ran after it. At last I was caught in a net when I thought that I had just caught that rat. I was captured. O no! I tried to escape, but the net was too strong. An intense sleepiness fell over me soon and this is the reason why I was carried as an urban legend to Minamiaoyama 3 chome botanical garden a green tract of land when I awoke. This place does not let you build a building under the pretense of tree planting creating a green tract of land by the city law. This environment looked similar to my hometown as it had a lush green area. Why is such an unusual thing established in such a place???
When the persons in charge of the plant maintenance talked to me, some remission seemed to be possible because of the Town Planning and Zoning Act Article 55 Clause 1. I lived in the sewage under the manhole, and it was not inconvenient. But my body became white because I was in the world of darkness where the sun did not touch all the time. Here is a perfect place for me because I am white and I live at the back of the marriage ceremonial hall. Because this is the rear of a marriage hall, there are many young beautiful women coming all the time. When young girls watch me innocently, regularly they always say “kawaii”. They open their forefinger and middle finger in the shape of a peace sign while taking a picture with me. If someone says “kawaii”, these young girls are easy to accept it including me. They do not know that they can be eaten by this “kawaii” crocodile.
