18年後に読み返すパンダの手紙
Hello, welcome to Letters Lane. I'm Sophia.Tonight, from this little room, I'd like to
share a letter with you. Sometimes, whenorganizing a drawer or opening an old box
tucked away at the back of a shelf, we come acrosssomething unexpected. A letter.
It hadn't been lost, it was simply waiting quietlyfor the moment it was meant to be read again.
The title of tonight's letter is a letter writtenafter seeing a panda as a child,
reunited 18 years later. Just a few brief words,penned by a child's hand, yet they hold something
far greater than a mere memory. They awaken thevery sense of how we once gazed upon the world.
Come, let us open tonight's letter together. Aletter written 18 years after seeing a panda.
Dear little me, while cleaning out a box in theattic today, I found a folded sheet of paper
covered in oversized pencil letters. It was a noteyou wrote after our very first trip to the zoo.
You had written about seeing a giant panda. Thesentences were simple. It was eating,
it looked happy, I want to come back someday.Reading those words made me smile before I even
realized why. I could suddenly remember the wholeday. Standing on tiptoe because the crowd was too
tall, holding someone's hand so tightly that myfingers hurt, waiting patiently, hoping the panda
would look our way just once. And then there itwas. It wasn't doing anything extraordinary,
it simply sat beneath the trees, slowly chewingbamboo as if the world had nowhere else to be.
For some reason, that was enough. You didn't needfireworks or loud excitement,
静かな驚きと日常の幸福
you found wonder in watching something peaceful.18 years have passed since then. Life has become
busier than either of us could have imagined. Butreading your little note reminded me that
happiness was never hidden in extraordinarymoments. Sometimes, it quietly waited inside an
ordinary afternoon. Thank you for writing it down.Because of you, I was able to visit that day again
without leaving my room. I hope the part of youthat could stop and admire something so simple
never completely disappears from me. If I everfind myself standing in front of another panda
someday, I hope I won't be looking through acamera first. I hope I'll simply stand there,
「The way we used to wonder」
smile, and watch. Just like you did. The peaceyou're about to hear, not all memories remain
because of extraordinary events. Some stay with ussimply because, for one fleeting moment, we
opened our hearts and truly looked at the world.This music is for those quiet moments of wonder
and emotion. For that feeling that never fadesaway. Please listen. The way we used to wonder.
古い手紙に残る自分
Thank you for spending this time with us tonight.Perhaps somewhere in your home,
there's an old letter, a drawing, or a handwrittennote waiting to be rediscovered.
And perhaps, within those simple pages, a part ofyourself is waiting there too.
Until next time, I'll see you in my next letter.This is Sophia from LettersLane. Good night.