YOKO - Day 005

宇宙歷 20018 年 3 月 21 日．MKPE02 行星．時晴時雨


你好，John。


上次錯過了怪奇蜜柑，難免讓我覺得有點可惜。所以這次我一定要去嚐試一下你推介的教官糖果。我感覺自己的日記快要變成宇宙美食探索記錄了(笑)。


走進糖果店前，我特意把太空衣轉換成實習學生的款式。女店主果然一眼就認出我曾經是太空船駕駛科的學生。


我拿出你當年寫過有關這家糖果店的日記，並向她道出自己的來意。對於我這個「偶像足跡再體驗計劃」感到十分有趣的她，隨即跟我分享了很多丈夫辭去教官職務後，努力跟她經營糖果店的點滴。


可惜的是，原來今天已經是這家糖果店營業的最後一天了。


我不禁覺得有點失落。然而女店主看見我的反應，卻還是臉帶微笑，並拿起櫃台上的照片向我介紹。


「他是我的兒子，叫史密斯。」女店主指著照片中站在教官旁邊的小個子，細看之下，原來他拿著一個小結他。


「記得我們拍這幅照片之前，我先生看見史密斯心事重重的樣子，於是向他問道：『兒子，宇宙很大，生命很短啊。你有想去的地方、想嘗試的事情嗎？』」


然後，女店主指向大門上掛起的一幅演唱會宣傳海報，海報的主角正正就是長大了的史密斯。


原來如此。教官對自己的學生跟兒子也採取了同一種教育方法哩！


「我們能夠完成自己的夢想已經滿足了。不必勉強孩子承接下去。他也有追夢的權利不是嗎？」女店主把當日送給你的糖果也送了一份給我作為踐別。


糖果果然美味極了！那是充滿幸福感覺的清甜味。


對了。女店主說雖然她的店將會結束營業，不過她丈夫的朋友在 Z017 行星開設的糖果店，到現在依然年中無休哩！有機會的話我一定要去看一下。


宇宙無邊，生命有限


- Yoko


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Space Calendar 20018/3/21. Planet MKPE02. Sporadic rain


Hello, JOHN.


I can’t help finding it a pity that I missed the opportunity to try the peculiar tangerines. That’s why, this time, I absolutely have to give the instructor candy you recommended a try. I feel like my journal is becoming a universe food exploration record. (laughs)


Before entering the candy store, I took care to switch my spacesuit to that of an intern’s style. As expected, the female store owner recognized immediately that I used to be a spacecraft aviation student.


I took out the journal entry about this candy store from back then and explained the purpose of my visit. She was amused by my “My idol’s footsteps re-experience plan” and was very interested. She then shared a lot of anecdotes of how she and her husband ran the store after my instructor quit his job.


Unfortunately, turned out today is the candy store’s last day.


I can’t help but to feel a bit lost. Yet, even though the female shop owner saw my reaction to the news, she still wore a smile on her face. And then she introduced her son in the photo to me.


“He’s my son, Smith.” The female shop owner pointed at the small boy next to my instructor in the photo. I took a closer look, and realized he was holding onto a small guitar.


“I remember just before we took this photo, my husband noticed how our son looked like he has a lot on his mind, so he asked him, ‘Son, the space is big, but life is very short. Do you have places you want to go and things you want to try?’“


And then, the female shop owner pointed at a concert poster that was hanging on the door, right at the middle, is the grown up Smith.


Now I know. The instructor took the same approach with his son as with me.


“We are already satisfied just from achieving our own dream. There’s no need to force our child to continue it. He also has the right to pursue his dreams, doesn’t he?” The female store owner then gave me the same candies she gave you that day as a farewell gift.


The candies really are delicious! The sweetness is filled with happiness.


Oh yes. The female store owner said that although her store is going to close soon, the candy store at planet Z017 opened by her husband’s friend is still open every day! If given the chance, I must go and visit.


Too big a universe, too short to live.


-Yoko