学ばない40年｜40 Years not to learn｜2021/02/26

最初にボクの花粉症が発症したのは高校時代。ある朝に鼻がムズムズしてくしゃみを連発したのが始まりだった。あれから40年、毎年この季節になると目は真っ赤に、鼻水を垂らして、喉はガラガラ。早くから薬を飲むなどの対策をすれば少しはよくなるのだろうけど、前の年の花粉の量が少ないと動きも遅くなってしまう。案の定、今年は去年が楽だった分「まだ大丈夫」なんて思っていたら遅かった。過去の歴史から学べばいいのだが、ちょっと大丈夫な時があるとついつい楽観視してしまうのが人間なんだろうなぁ。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）
I first got hay fever when I was in high school. It all started one morning when my nose was stuffy and sneezing. Forty years after that, every year in this season, my eyes are bright red, my nose is dripping, and my throat is rattle. If I take a treatment such as taking medicine from an early stage, it will be a little better, but if the amount of pollen in the previous year is small, my treatment will slow down. This year I thought “I may be OK” because it was easy last year, but it was too late. I could learn from the history of the past, but I can’t when I had it was okay. And it may be happen to human beings, who think optimistic. -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki