図書館のしずかな席

This library is new and very quiet.

There is a big map to the right of the entrance, and a small cafe to the left.

Because Aya wants to read a book on Japanese history, she goes up to the reading room on the second floor.

But she cannot find the book she is looking for right away.

Aya asks a library worker nearby, 'Excuse me, where is this book?'

The library worker kindly tells her, 'It's on the top of shelf number three.'

When Aya goes to that shelf, there are two blue books.

One is a little difficult, but the other has many pictures and is easy to read.

Aya chooses the book with many pictures and sits in a seat near the window.

After a while, her friend Mika comes and asks, 'Can I sit next to you?'

Because she has a test next week, Mika brought her kanji notebook.

The two study for about an hour and talk in small voices about the things they do not understand.

When it becomes five o'clock, Mika says, 'We're a little tired, aren't we? Shall we drink cocoa at the cafe downstairs?'

Aya also answers, 'Sounds good. Before that, I'll go return the book first.'

By the time they go outside, the sky is orange, and the shops in front of the station have their lights on.