A letter from Sayaka
We saw a plump cat whose name was Hendrikie. She was sitting a short distance away from us but as we approached her, she ran swaying her big body towards us for all it is worth. While we were stroking her, she was nestlesing up to us, licking my fingers and purring loudly. Soon her owner came back home. Hendrikie is very friendly. If she sees some tourists on the street, she always plays with them, but her owner had never seen her being so happy as she was with us. As we were leaving her, she was mewing sadly somehow. I was feeling like I could stay with her longer.
Hendrikjeという名前の、丸々と太った猫に会いました。彼女は最初、少し離れた所に座っていたのですが、私達が近づいて行くと、大きな身体を揺らしながら夢中で走ってきました。 私達が撫でてやると、身体をすり寄せたり、私の指を舐めたり、喉を大きな音でグルグルと鳴らしたりしていました。そうしている内に、飼い主のおばあさんが家に帰ってきました。Hendrikjeは、普段からとても人懐こく、通りで観光客と戯れているそうですが、ここまで喜んでいるのは見たことがないそうです。私達が帰ろうとすると、なんとなく淋しそうにニャ～と鳴いていました。いつまでも遊んでいたい気分になりました。
