Essay 2-02b: My Grandmother's House

My favorite place is my grandmother’s house. The house is in Sasebo[,] in Nagasaki [Pref.]. The house is near a town. My family goes the house to meet my relatives in sumer and winter vacation, like summer vacation and winter vacation. I like there because I have some reasons. There are many comics in the house. Dishes my grandmother makes are delicious. My

grandfather has many books I want to read. Therefore, I like the my grandparent’s house.

We go there by driving my parent's car. It takes about three hours from my house to the house. It takes long time to go there, so we go to the house resting at a rest area. I have a driver’s license now, so I drive my parent’s car on a highway to my ground mother's house. That makes me nervous because I haven't driven a car many times, but it is a good practice for me.

There are many comics in the house. Every year, my cousins bring their comics to the house, so I can read a lot of kinds of comics for free. Almost all my cousins are men, so there are many boys comics. For example, there are Prince of Tennis, Yuugiou, and, so on. There are many comics of  girls comic in the house.

My mother bought them when she was a junior or high school student. I don’t have offensive kinds, so I have read almost  all comics in the house many times. It is exciting for me to read new comics.

Seond, dishes my ground mother makes are very delicious. Especially, I like the croquette she makes. The coating of them are very crisp. I can eat the croquettes only in my grandmother’s house because she readys to cook them before we go to the house. I'm looking forward to eating them when I go there. I like a miso soup she makes. I asked to her to tell me about the miso she uses, but she didn't tell me about it. She said to me I have to find the miso by myself. I tried eating some miso, but I haven't found it yet.

We meet relatives every year as I

wrote. I’m looking forward to seeing them. I am very happy when we meet them. I like playing video games. My cousins like playing, too. When we see in a summer or winter vacation, we play many games with all my cousin. We play Bomber Man, Monster Hunter, and Puyopuyo. I enjoy the time very much. Everyone is good at playing them, but I'm not god at playing them. One of my cousin is very good at playing, and he always helps us when we are in trouble in some games. He looks like a hero for us!

My grandfather has many books. He read mystery books, textbooks of  Japanese tests, and pictures of animals, and so on. I take his books to my house sometimes. His books are very useful to know trivia. I like the novels he has. When I’m interested in the books, I ask him to bring them to my house. If I take his books, he can’t read the books for about half of one year. However, he lends me them.

My grandfather grows many plants. There are many plants in the garden, for example, there are roses, aloes, oranges, and so on. Good smells come from the garden. Sometimes birds eat the oranges, but he dosen't care about that. Moreover, he made a nest of bird, and some birds live in the house. He is very kind person.

When we visit the house, we can eat many delicious dishes. I can eat croquettes my ground mother makes. I can eat pizzas in the house. In my house, I can't eat pizzas because pizza delivers can't come to my house. I can eat pizzas only in the house or some restaurants. My relatives take us to some restaurants.

We and my relatives meet in winter vacation. My relatives give me money as "otoshidama". Otoshidama is one of annual ceremony in the New Year. I can have many money. We eat "Zouni" with my relatives. Zouni is a soup which rice cakes are in soups.

The Zouni my relatives make is delicious. We make rice cake from glutinous rice in her house. That time is very interesting for me. Rice cakes we made in this year were more delicious than before.

There is a turtle as my ground parents' pet. The turtle is in a tub. It is happy for me to see the turtle when I visit there. In winter, he falls asleep so long, we call it hibernation. However, he comes out from the tub sometimes. We are worried about that whether he would die or not. He lives for more than ten years. I want to see him this winter :)

This year, I went there in this summer vacation, and I couldn’t my relatives in there. I was very sad, so I want to meet them in this winter vacation. When we go there, I will eat croquettes my ground mother makes. We will make rice cakes this year, too. Then, I will eat delicious zouni my grand mother makes.

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