水飲み場長屋の住民順を待つ

みず のみば　ながや の じゅうみん　じゅん を まつ

陽子

water in a saucer
every resident
waits its turn



元はと言えばこの水はヌービー用にと毎朝新しく入れ替えているのですが、リスやカーデイナルもちょいちょい水飲みにやってきます。春になり、庭で虫探しに忙しいロビンは派手に水をまき散らしながら水浴びをします。共同の水場と心得ているのか、皆、鉢合わせもせず、順番に目的の用事をはたしています。

Water in a saucer is refreshed every morning, originally for Nooby to drink.
Squirrels and cardinals come to drink water, too.
In spring, robins, busily working in our yard, use the water for bathing, splashing vigorously. Those water-users are getting along peacefully, taking own turns, as if they know that the water is for all.