音楽室のいすならべ

Today, before chorus practice, they are on duty to line up the chairs.

When they opened the music room door, there was still no one in the wide room.

Light from the morning came in through the window, and the top of the piano looked bright.

At the back of the room, there were many chairs stacked up.

Aya said, “Let's line them up starting from the front first.”

Mika looked at the tape on the floor and said, “So we line them up with this line.”

The two of them carried the chairs one by one and placed them starting from the front row.

But some of the chairs were facing the wrong way.

While looking at the direction of the legs, Aya fixes them so that they become straight.

Mika asked, “Is six in each row okay?”

Aya looked at the memo she got from the teacher and answered, “Six is fine.”

When the first row was finished, they moved the second row a little farther back.

That was because they wanted even the people in back to be able to see the piano.

Partway through, the window opened a little and one sheet of music fell to the floor.

Mika immediately picked up that sheet of music and put it beside the piano.

On the sheet music, the name of the song to sing today was written.

Aya counts the chairs once more and notices that there are not enough.

In the corner of the room, two small chairs were left over.

But because those are low, they bring chairs of the same height from another room.

When the teacher came, the chairs were lined up neatly.

The teacher said, “This is an easy-to-see way of arranging them.”

While wiping a little sweat, Aya and Mika looked at each other and laughed.

Before practice began, the two of them sat in seats in the back and looked at the room.

Seeing the neatly aligned chairs, Aya thought that today's song would surely sound beautiful too.