The Old Man and the Sea
"'I love you' consumed 30 of our years"Father's voice coldly reverberated and darkness followed.I didn't want that voice to capture me, so I ran out the back doorWith John, the Silver Garden Dog.
Find that 'I love you'! Find it, and seize it!And then... Um... What should we do? John is just wagging his tail.So, anyway, I'll make everything just like before, just like before.And surely, on Christmas, the three of us will eat stew together
On the main road of an unknown town, two young people were kissing'I love you' appeared, and John and I laughed.We had only three dollars and a blown glass pot in our backpackWe captured their white puffs of breath in our pot but
'I love you' wasn't there. It wasn't there. Why?!Hey, I'm hungry... Maybe we should head back? John just licks my hand.So, anyway, let's go far away, far away.And sure enough, we arrive at an ocean. An ocean with train tracks.
There were small huts on the beach,On the veranda an old man was looking at the sea“Have you always been alone?” I asked him.He stroked John and laughed
"I consumed 'I love you', but it cost me 70 years"As he spoke, he scooped white fragments from my pot."How?" I wondered, surprised, as he dropped them in my palm."It looks like you've already caught it. Return home, kind boy."
'We found 'I love you'! We found it!It was the white, really tiny pieces! I ran home with JohnWhen we returned we found them both waiting for me with red eyes from all of their tearsThat’s how I gave them 'I love you'.
Mother said with a nasally voice,"Oh, this... Aren't these whale bones? That brings back memories... A sandy beach and train tracks..."