よぞらに ほそいみかづきさん。みあげる ひーちゃんとママ。
「ひーちゃんみたいな、みかづきさん。」ママが いったの。
これから どんどん おおきくなって いくんだって。
まいばん みかづきさんを みあげる ひーちゃん。
ほら、すこしずつふくらんで おおきくなってく みかづきさん。
「ママみて はんぶんまで おおきくなったよ。」
ワクワク ひーちゃんに にっこり うなづく ママ。
それから いくつも いくつも よるが すぎて
みかづきさんは とうとう まんまるおつきさまに。
"Crescent Moon-san is just like you, Hi-chan," my mom said.
She told me he was getting bigger and bigger from now.
Hi-chan had looked up at Crescent Moon-san every night.
Look, Crescent Moon-san expanded and got bigger slowly.
"Mom, look. He grew up to a half moon."
Hi-chan was excited, and his mom gave him a nod with a big smile.
Many nights passed since then.
Crescent Moon-san finally turned to a round moon.
"Look, it looks just like you, Hie-chan." said Mom.
She said it would be growing up day-by-day.
Every night, Hie-chan is gazing up the crescent moon in the sky
See? The crescent moon is gradually growing up.
"Look, Mom!, it has become almost a half size of the full moon." said Hie-chan.
Mom smiles sweetly at Hie-chan excited
Night by night has passed from the crescent moon.
The crescent moon has finally turned into the beautiful full moon.
「ママみて みかづきさん まんまるおつきさまに なったよ。
ママみたいに おとなになったんだね。」ママに いったの。
そのよるは ママと ずっと おつきさまを ながめてた。
それからも おつきさまを みつづける ひーちゃん。
でも でも こんどは すこしずつ かけていくみたい…。
ひーちゃんは おつきさまのことが とっても しんぱい。
「ママみて おつきさまが はんぶんに なっちゃった…。」
それから また いくつも よるが すぎて･･･。 とうとう
He became an adult like you, mom." I said to my mom.
That night, my mom and I had watched him for a long time.
Hi-chan kept watching the moon since then.
But, this time, the moon was waning away slowly.
Hi-chan was very worried about Moon-sama.
"Mom, Moon-sama became half-sized."
Many days passed since then... Finally,
It became a grown up like you" I said to mom.
That night mom was watching the moon for a long time.
Hie-chan still watched the moon.
but, but now it seemed it was getting smaller.
Hie-chan is worried about the moon so much.
"Look mom, the moon is only half of what it has used to be.
Some more nights passed... Then
おつきさまは きえそうなくらい ほそいみかづきさんに。
そしてつぎのひ おつきさまは ひーちゃんが いくら まっても
いくら さがしても おそらに でてきてくれなかった…。
「ママ おつきさまが きえちゃった。」ひーちゃんの ひとみは
なみだで いっぱい…。 そして ママに きいたの。
「ママも いつか きえちゃうの？」ふあんそうな ひーちゃん。
「みえなくても おつきさまは ちゃんと おそらにいるのよ。」
「もし ママが みえなくなっても
ママは ずっと ひーちゃんの そばにいるわ。」
Next day, he did not come back.
Hi-chan had waited and looked for him for a long time, though...
"Mom, moon-sam disappeared."
Then, Hi-chan asked his mom with tears in his eyes,
"Mom, do you also disappear some day?" Hi-chan seemed to be anxious.
"Even if you cannot see Moon-sama, he stays in the sky."
"Even if you cannot see me, I am always with you, Hi-chan."
「ママが みえなくなったら どうやって おはなしするの？」
「こころで おはなし するの。」やさしく ほほえむ ママ。
「こころで？」ふしぎそうな ひーちゃん。でも あんしんした。
「おつきさま また でてきてね。」こころで おはなししたの。
みえないけれど ちゃんと おそらにいてくれる おつきさまに。
おつきさま きっと また でてきてくれる。
そのよるも ママと ずっと おそらを ながめてた。
"You can talk to me in your heart." My mom smiled gently.
"In my heart?" Hi-chan wondered but was relieved.
"Moon-sama, please come back again." I tried to talk to him in my heart.
I could not see him, but I knew he stayed in the sky.
He would definitely come back again.
I had watched the sky with my mom for a long time again tonight.
"We will talk in our heart." My mom smiled softly.
"in our heart?"Hi-chan seems confused but reliefed.
"The moon came out again." I talked to it in my heart.
I talked to the moon that I can't see but to the moon that stays in the sky for me.
The moon will come out again for me.
I was looking at the sky that night with my mom.
