I See a Hint of Spring

The sun is shining outside the window. Icicles are melting, and I can hear them falling and sticking to the snow on the ground. I love the sound of melting icicles.

However, the snow stuck on the roof reminds me of my hometown. The roof of my current house is not very steep, so I don’t hear the sound of snow sliding off. In my hometown, around this season, I often hear the loud crash of snow sliding down from the roof. It was a dangerous moment.

In my hometown, neighbours often climbed up onto their roofs to push the thick snow down to the ground. That scene feels very nostalgic now. I don’t often see that kind of scene anymore. Roof styles have changed, and people don’t live in houses with steep triangular roofs as much as before. Modern roofs now have special snow-melting designs. That’s why I no longer see men on rooftops in late winter like I used to.