飛行機ブーン｜Flight Boon｜2021/06/21

ムスメが飛行機ブーンをやり始めた。両手を真横に伸ばし、両足を上に持ち上げる。20秒くらい続けるのだが、スゴいねぇと褒めると得意げに何回でも繰り返す。キレがいいねぇなんて目を細めながら拍手をする親バカだが、一体なんのためにやるのだろう。どこかで学ぶわけでもなく、親のマネをするわけでもない。（身体の硬いボクには到底無理だ）だけどボクの小さい頃も同じような写真があるから、時代を超えた動きなのかもしれない。これは人間の本能？人間の前世は鳥？なんて考えるけれど、大人になるとそんなことは覚えちゃいない。ムスメに聞いてもあーうーばかり。ああ、ますます何か知りたい。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）
My daughter starts flight boon. She stretches her hands to the side and lifts her feet up. She lasts for about 20 seconds, and when I praise her for being amazing, she proudly repeats it many times. I am stupid for her and proud of her sharpness. But what on earth is she doing? She doesn’t learn somewhere, she doesn't imitate us. (It's impossible for my stiff body to do) Since I have similar pictures when I was little, it may be a timeless movement. Is this a human instinct? Is the human predecessor a bird? I think about it, but when I grow up I don't remember that. Even if I ask her, she answers only uh. Oh, I want to know more and more. -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki