Kazuhiko was merry on that day. The beer which I prepared was drunk up, and he began to drink whiskey which he brought.

　Kazuhiko did not have regular employment about two years. He had worked on part-time job or intermittent job in convenience stores or bars.

　Now he has been formally employed in the company of network business at last. His new company createing the advertising homepage for cellular phones has achieved success. He said that the company had been entablished by his junior in university.Looking him who were talking of work happily,I thought this was the true face of this young man.

　It was a tiny moutain hut that I met Kazuhiko for the first time.It was about one year ago. I was beguiling then lonesomeness losing my wife with being in the mountain. Kazuhiko who appeared in the hut was making the un-well-matched dress the mountain in twinter season. Shoes were ordinary ones, and he did not have rucksack or even a bag. An abrasion was in his face and blood was flowing. Although het said he had lost his way, I thought that Kazuhiko tried to bring his life to the end. Since his appearance worried me, I spoke to him at the time of supper and took a seat next him in the public sleeping room. From the countenance he had,old cloths and the lazy mustache, I thought that Kazuhiko would have lost his job. I was not good at speaking an insrtractive story,but I spoke my experience of channging jobs or losing jobs. When coming out of a hut in the next morning, I taught the place of my house and asked him to come.

　About a week Kazuhiko came to my apartment. Since then Kazuhiko used to came about once a month.He said he had been restructured from heading trading company, although het was an elite employee. He had been divorced and living alone.

　Television told the time signal at 10:00. Kazuhiko dranks up the remaining whiskey in his glass and stood up.He said “Thank you, I had a good time, thank you”

　After wearing shoes in the entrance, he take out a small package from his pocket .

“Whai is it?”

“A little present for you.I am very much oblidged to you”

“Not at all”

“Please accept this”

Kazuhiko handed me a small package decorated with a ribbon.

　After Kazuhiko went away with tottering, I returned to sitting room.I removed wrapping paper, and opened the package.There were Twety 5000 yen goods ticket inside. I thought suddenly Kazuhiko would not come to this house any more. Large amount of goods tiket noticed me that.

　 As expected Kazuhiko stopped coming with a snap. Although I felt　lonely, I thought that it　might be good for him. He was independent now.

　One year after our last meeting, a postcard came from Kazuhiko.He wrote that network business has an intense competition, the engineer was lured, and the company had collapsed and he lost job again.

　Although I telephoned Kazuhiko's cellular phone soon, the announcement of being impossible to use just flowed. I gazed at the postcard again.Handwriting in it was wild and confused. I culd not stop worryng him.