Draga Mariko-chan i Kamegoro-kun,

(Smijem li vas tako zvati?)
Drago mi je da sam dobio odgovor od vas tako brzo. Volim se dopisivati s vama!

Preselili smo iz Sarajeva 1996. godine. Moji roditelji i sestre su ok, ali u ratu su mi poginula 2 ujaka i djed. Bilo je užasno. Još uvijek je, ponekad. Često mislim o njima i jako mi nedostaju. I naljutim se na ljude koji sjede u udobnim foteljama i vode ratove. Rat je užasna stvar, a još gora je šta ljudi rade jedni drugima u njemu. Danas sam gledao dokumentarac o Hiroshimi, i atomskim bombama, na TV-u. Tako me je rastužio. Da li si ti ikad bila tamo? Ne mogu vjerovati koje su užase ljudi spremni učiniti u ime “očuvanja mira”. Molim te, piši mi o Hiroshimi.

Vaš prijatelj,
Ivan

P.S. Kamegoro, da, zapravo imam zlatne ribice. Četiri, u akvariju u mojoj sobi. Veoma su živopisne i živahne. Hranim ih i mjenjam vodu redovno, a automatski termometar podešava temperaturu automatski. One su obično prva stvar koju vidim kad se probudim.

Sarajevo
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Dear Ivan,

I love Aquamail! Some of Kamegoro’s relatives work for it, but I had never actually tried it before. I never knew a lot of birds worked for it too. After the turtles reach their destination, they pass the mails to the birds, who will deliver them to people’s houses. I guess turtles are too slow to walk on the land.

You are so lucky to have two sisters! I always wanted one. I have only one brother and no sisters. He is two years older than I and lives with my parents in Kawagoe in Saitama. He is planning to move out again, because it takes him about an hour to get to his college in Tokyo by train. His name is Toshiyuki. What are the names of your sisters? How old are they?

“Dubrovačke ljetne igre” sounds like fun! I will study Croatian hard and someday I want to see the outside theatre plays there. You wrote you moved to Dubrovnik after the war… When was it? Were you and all your family okay?

Keep cool!

Your friend,
Mariko

P.S.
This is from Kamegoro:
Hi, Ivan-kun! It’s me Kamegoro. Mariko-chan and I love receiving your letters. I want to know if you have any animal friends!

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Draga Mariko,

Ne mogu vjerovati ali Aquamail je brži čak i od zračne pošte. Bio sam tako sretan kad sam dobio tvoje pismo. Mislim da nije trebalo više od par sati da ga dobijem. Super brzo!

Jedini klima-uređaj koji mnogi ljudi ovdje imaju je naše predivno plavo more, stoga mora biti hladnije nego u Tokyo-u. Ali bih svejedno volio posjetiti Tokyo, i naravno, Hokkaido. Dubrovnik je predivan, ali nisam ovdje odrastao. Rođen sam u Sarajevu, a preselili smo u Dobrovnik nakon rata.

Živim sa ocem, arhitektom, i majkom, domaćicom. Imam dvije sestre (stariju i mlađu). Prije smo se često svađali, ali sad smo najbolji prijatelji. Stvarno smo bliski, ali kako sam ja muškarac, stalno zbog njih nastradam.

Svi živimo zajedno. Ja imam vlastitu sobu, a moje sestre svoju. Pa ipak one stalno ulaze u moju sobu, bez da me prvo pitaju, a ja nikad ne smijem ući u njihovu! Da li ti imaš braće ili sestara? Ako ne, možeš uzeti moju! (Samo se šalim!)

Nisam još vidio taj film. Ali, za vrijeme ljeta, u Dubrovniku ima mnogo kazališnih izvedaba, vani, i često odemo i pogledamo neku. To se zove “Dubrovačke ljetne igre”. Volio bih da i ti možeš to pogledati, ali prvo moraš naučiti hrvatski, da bi ih razumijela.

Piši mi brzo!

Tvoj prijatelj,
Ivan

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Dear Ivan,

Thank you for the reply, Ivan! I was so excited when a little Aquamail delivery bird showed up at my place and dropped your letter. Yes, it’s very hot in Japan, too, but now I live in Hokkaido, the northern part of Japan, so it is not so bad as big cities like Tokyo where I grew up. In Tokyo, you can’t really survive a summer without air conditioners.

Your hometown Dubrovnik looks beautiful! Did you grow up there? Who do you live with? Kamegoro and I are living on the second floor at my aunt’s big house. I often hang out with my cousins. Last night we went to see the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”. I liked it a lot. Have you seen it yet?

I can’t wait to hear from you again!

Your happy friend,
Mariko

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Draga Mariko i Kamegoro,

Kako ste? Ja sam dobro. Napokon sam dobio odgovor na moje pismo u boci. Tako mi je drago! Da, govorim engleski, ali ne puno. Ne znam japanski, ali ga želim naučiti. Vrlo rado ću ti pomoći sa hrvatskim. Kako je u Japanu? Ovdje je sada vrlo vruće, i ja idem na kupanje svaki dan. Je li vruće u Japanu?
Pišite mi brzo!

Vaš prijatelj,
Ivan

Dubrovnik
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Dragi Ivane,

Zdravo! Kako si? Moje ime je Mariko. Ja sam Japanka. Imam 18 godina. Ti živiš u Hrvatskoj!? Odlično! Ja živim u Hokkaidu u Japanu i govorim japanski. Ali razumijem engleski. A ti? Da li govoriš engleski?

Let me switch to English for now! I really don’t understand Croatian so much, but I started to learn it as soon as I found your letter in the bottle. I’d love to know more about you. I enjoy learning your language, and it would be wonderful if you could help me with it. Moja adresa je:

26 Umibe, Otogi-cho
Nagareboshi-gun
Hokkaido
JAPAN

Tvoja prijateljica,
Mariko

P.S. My friend Kamegoro says zdravo to you. (He is my turtle…a funny guy!) We can hardly wait to hear from you. Please write back soon!

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Pozdravi iz Hrvatske,

Moje ime je Ivan. Imam 17 godina i živim u Dubrovniku, na jugu Hrvatske. Htio bi se dopisivati s onom osobom koja nađe ovu poruku i naučiti strani jezik. Moja adresa je:

Ulica R. Boškovića 2/3
Dubrovnik
Hrvatska

Pišite mi.

Ivan

My name is Ivan. Whoever finds this letter, please write back to me. I want to be your friend. My address is:

R. Boskovic Street 2/3
Dubrovnik
Croatia

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*実際の手紙を見るには「ここ」をクリックしてください。(Click here to see the actual letter.)

What is Aquamail (A-Mail)?

(Japanese)
麻里子とイヴァンはアクアめーるを通じて手紙のやりとりをしています。アクアめーるとは、運動神経抜群のスーパー海ガメたちによって配達される国際秘密郵便です。亀吾郎も亀ですが、人間の友だち麻里子と一緒に日本に住んでいます。亀吾郎の親戚にはアクアめーるで働いている人（亀）もいます。お話の始まりは、私たちのホームページでお読みください。

(English)
Mariko and Ivan correspond via Aquamail, an international secret mail delivery service run by super athletic turtles in the ocean. Kamegoro is also a turtle, but he lives with his human friend Mariko in Japan. Some of his relatives work for Aquamail. Visit our homepage to read how this story began.

(Croatian)
Mariko i Ivan se dopisuju kroz Aquamail, tajnu internacionalnu organizaciju za prijenos pošte, koju vode super atletske kornjače u okeanima. Kamegoro je također kornjača, ali on živi sa svojom ljudskom prijateljicom Mariko u Japanu, a neki njegovi rođaci rade za Aquamail. Posjetite nas na croatian101.com da vidite kako je ova priča počela.