human
To-day, I said,
gpt
Do you like semi, teacher?
human
It gives me great pleasure to hear them, I answered.
gpt
We have no such cicadæ in the West.
human
Human life is compared to the life of a semi, said Orito,--
gpt
There are no semi now, said Yasukochi;
human
I do not think it sad, observed Noguchi.
gpt
They hinder us from study. I hate the sound they make. When we hear that sound in summer, and are tired, it adds fatigue to fatigue so that we fall asleep. If we try to read or write, or even think, when we hear that sound we have no more courage to do anything. Then we wish that all those insects were dead.
human
Perhaps you like the dragon-flies, I suggested.
gpt
They are flashing all around us; but they make no sound.
human
Every Japanese likes dragon-flies, said Ivumashiro.
gpt
Japan, you know, is called Akitsusu, which means the Country of the Dragon-fly.
human
Ghost dragon-fly,