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!

（Japanese）
イヴァンくんへ

アクアめーる大好き！亀吾郎の親戚が何人かアクアめーるで働いていますが、私はいままで試したことがありませんでした。それに、大勢の鳥までアクアめーるで働いているだなんて全然知りませんでした。亀たちが目的地に着くと、郵便物を鳥に渡し、この鳥たちが人間の家々に直接配達するんですよ。きっと、亀は地面だと遅すぎるのだと思います。

姉妹が二人もいるだなんていいですね！私はいつも姉妹が欲しかったんです。私には兄が一人いるだけで、姉妹はいません。兄は私より２歳上で、埼玉県川越市に両親と暮らしています。また家を出るつもりらしいです。東京の大学に家から電車で通うと一時間くらいかかってしまうからです。兄の名前は俊之といいます。あなたの姉妹のお名前は何ですか？そしてお二人は何歳ですか？

ドゥブロヴニクの夏祭り、おもしろそうですね！もっとクロアチア語を勉強して、いつかそこで野外劇を見てみたいです。戦争のあとドゥブロヴニクに引っ越した、とお手紙にありましたが、それはいつでしたか？家族の皆さんは全員無事でしたか？

暑さに気をつけて。

あなたの友達、
麻里子より

追伸、
これは亀吾郎から。
こんにちは、イヴァンくん！僕だよ、亀吾郎だよ。麻里子ちゃんと僕は、君からのお手紙を受け取るのが大好きです。イヴァンくんには動物の友達がいるか知りたいです！

（Croatian）
Dragi Ivane,

Sviđa mi se Aquamail! Neki Kamegorovi rođaci rade za Aquamail, ali ga nikad prije nisam probala. Nisam znala da i mnogo ptica rade za Aquamail. Nakon što kornjače dođu do svojeg odredišta, proslijede poštu pticama, koje je onda odnesu ljudima u njihove kuće. Valjda su kornjače prespore na zemlji.

Sretan si da imaš dvije sestre! Uvijek sam htjela sestru. Imam samo jednog brata i nemam sestara. On je dvije godine stariji od mene i živi sa mojim roditeljima u Kawagoe u Saitami. Planira opet iseliti, jer mu treba otprilike sat vremena vlakom do njegovog fakulteta u Tokyu. Zove se Toshiyuki. Kako se zovu tvoje sestre? Koliko imaju godina?

Dubrovačke ljetne igre zvuče zabavno! Učiti ću hrvatski, puno, i želim da jednog dana vidim vanjsko kazalište tamo. Napisao si da si preselio u Dubrovnik nakon rata… Kad je to bilo? Da li ste ti i tvoja obitelj dobro?

Pazi se vrućina!

Tvoja prijateljica,
Mariko

P.S.
Ovo je od Kamegoroa:
Zdravo Ivane! To sam ja, Kamegoro. Mariko i ja volimo primati tvoja pisma. Ja želim znati imaš li životinjskih prijatelja!

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