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blowing wind--missed hearing the cuckoo


I was looking at the grass and flowers by the little flowing stream on the Matto plain. I heard a carp jump above the stream. The sound made more silence. After awhile, the strong blowing wind drew my attention, so I missed the voice of the cuckoo crying, ‘teppenkaketaka’ or ‘hozonkaketaka’.
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