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Fragrance of the Flower

What is your favorite flower? And why? My favorite flower is kinmokusei, a fragrant orange-colored olive. It smells sweet and always refreshes me in autumn.

Although I like the flower, I also do not like it. Its smell also reminds me of my grandmother, who passed away last year. She was a farmer. She grew various vegetables and fruits in her fields. There was a tree of kinmokusei. She took care of the tree. When I was a child, I often went to see her. I wanted to play or talk with her, but couldn‘t, because she worked hard whenever I saw her. One day in autumn, she took me her field, and I found the tree for the first time. I helped her, talking about a lot of things. I cannot forget that time and its flower’s sweet smell.

However, as the years passed, fewer and fewer times I visited her. The last time I saw her was two years ago. I never dreamed that I could see her again at that time. Even now, I regret not visiting her more often. When I saw her last autumn, at her funeral, I couldn’t help crying.

Now she is no longer alive, but her tree is still there. Whenever its flower smells, I remember her and feel sad. At the same time, its smell encourages me as if my grandmother did.