I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way。 I used to run about every day in previous summer vacations， but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so。 I would soon be in the last year of my high—school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations。 Though those examinations were still a year away， I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this。 At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this， but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on endless happy summers to come。 With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical。 I was not at all bored by this kind of life， for I was sustained by a hope。
