古井戸の記憶
The Memory of the Old Well
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夏の終わりに、私は二十年ぶりに実家へ戻ったAt the end of summer, I returned to my family home for the first time in twenty years.
庭の奥にある古井戸は相変わらずそこにあった。The old well at the back of the garden was still there.
子供の頃、この井戸の暗い底から祖母の声が聞こえると信じて、怖くて近づけなかった。As a child, I believed I could hear my grandmother's voice from the dark bottom of this well and was too scared to approach it.
今、私は勇気を出して蓋を開けた。Now, I mustered up the courage and opened the lid. すると、井戸の内側に丁寧に刻まれた文字が目に飛び込んできた。There, carefully carved on the inner wall, letters jumped into view. 「ここはお前の心の井戸だ。怖いものを覗き続けなさい」“This is the well of your heart. Keep peering at the things that scare you.” 祖母の字だった。It was my grandmother’s handwriting.
井戸はただの石の穴ではなく、私にとっては今も生きている祖母の声を運ぶ、特別な場所だった。The well was not merely a hole in stone; for me, it remained a special place that still carried my grandmother’s living voice.
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