授業のあとのわすれたノート

She had left it on top of her desk until just a little while before, so Aya got a little flustered.

First she looked inside her bag, but the notebook was not in it.

Next she checked inside her desk too, but it was not there either.

Aya asked Kento, who sat behind her, "Did you see my notebook?"

Kento said, "During the break, Tanaka-sensei was looking at the front desks."

Hearing that, Aya hurried to the front of the classroom.

But the notebook was not on the teacher's desk either.

Tanaka-sensei had gone to the staff room and had not come back to the classroom yet.

So Aya looked at the lost-and-found box beside the blackboard.

Inside the box were a handkerchief, a red pencil, and a small notebook.

When she looked at the very bottom, there was a Japanese notebook with a blue cover.

Aya said, "Ah, this is it," and took the notebook out right away.

On the back of the cover, her name had been written small.

Kento came over and said with a smile, "I'm glad you found it."

Aya answered, "Thanks. My name was written too small."

After that, Tanaka-sensei came back from the staff room.

The teacher said, "From now on, please write your name bigger."

Aya said, "Okay. When I get home, I'll rewrite it right away."

Kento looked at his pencil case too and said, "I'll check my name too."

Before going home, the two of them checked inside the desk and around their feet one more time.

There were still a few people in the classroom, and everyone was getting ready to go home.

Aya put the notebook into her bag and closed the zipper firmly.

Today was a little troublesome, but she found it quickly and felt relieved.

Aya thought that from next time she wanted to remember properly where she had put things.