Harmony and Hygiene: An Environment for Improvement

After classes at Noriko’s school.

“Your class was really noisy yesterday.”

“Yeah, Kyary visited us for her TV program.”

“Kyary came? That’s amazing! She’s really famous. How was it?”

“We did a huge cleanup before she arrived.”

“Everyone complained at first that they didn’t want to do it.”

“But once we got started it was kind of fun.”

“The classroom was spotless!”

“And?”

“Kyary came, but she just said a few words and then left. She didn’t even notice how clean the room was.”

“You must have been bummed after putting in all that effort.”

“A bit . . . but we all felt refreshed somehow, and that helped us study better.”

“That’s cool. Maybe a big star will visit my class one day.”

“Do you want me to drop by?”

“Ha ha ha ha!”