Dad doing his best【頑張るパパ】

ねこはまだ身長しんちょうが足たりなくて、公園こうえんや遊園地ゆうえんちの乗のり物ものに一人ひとりで乗のれません。だから遊園地ゆうえんちに行いくと乗り物に乗のるときはパパが一緒いっしょに乗ります。この前まえ公園こうえんで、自転車じてんしゃのようにペダルをこいで進すすむ乗り物に乗った時とき。パパは力ちから持もちなのですが、一生懸命いっしょうけんめいこいでもあまり進すすまなかった。
パパ:「一生懸命こいでもあんまり進まなくてさー。何なんでかと思おもってねこを見みたら・・・
俺おれがめちゃめちゃこいでも、ねこがブレーキしてた！おかしいな〜と思ったわ！」
ねこの手てが握にぎってるところにちょうどブレーキがあって、ブレーキをかけてたらしい（笑）
パパ、お疲つかれ様さまでした。

Neko is still too short to go by herself on rides in the park or amusement park. That’s why her dad goes with her whenever she wants to go on rides. A while ago when we went to the park, she wanted to go on a ride where you spin pedals like on a bicycle. Dad is strong, but somehow they weren’t moving much.
Dad: “I am really giving pedaling my all, but we’re not moving much.. ” As he wondered why and looked at Neko; “Here I am pedaling like mad, and Neko is braking! I thought something was off..!”
It seems Neko had been grabbing the place on the bar where the brake was located.
Good job, dad!

WORDS

• 乗り物（のりもの）＝rides
• 漕ぐ（こぐ）＝pedal
• ～かなと思う（～かなとおもう）＝wonder
• つかむ、握る（にぎる）＝grab

REMARKS

お疲れ様でした is a common phrase in Japanese that is not translatable as such into English. It indicates a recognition or acknowledgement of someone’s efforts and can be used in situations where an English speaker might say “Good job” or “That was tough, wasn’t it”. It is also used as a greeting between co-workers at the end of the working day.