いのちのことば社・フォレストブックス
旅先の親友へ忘れ物を届ける旅に出るこぶたのプーラ。重いリュックを背負い、友を追って旅するプーラが出会い、そこで見つけたものとは。そして、親友が届けてほしかった忘れ物とは？全世代に贈るいやしの物語。
著者・訳者など：かめおかあきこ
ページ数：48頁
判型：B6
ISBN：978-4-264-03379-0
ワスレモノヲトドケニ
Returning Something Lost
(Wasuremono o Todoke ni)
Akiko Kameoka
Illustrated gift book for children and adults. Charming full color illustrations with the entire text in kana that can be read by children or read to them. The story is an allegory of life that the readers will put meaning for themselves into. Pura is a small pig with a heavy back pack (burden) who sets out to a friend's house to return a lost little box. But when he reaches the village, he is told his friend has moved on. So he continues after him from town to town. He leaves in Spring and travels meeting many other animals through four seasons. He learns each place in his journey (life) has its own joys and lessons and he learns to be free from his burdens. Finally his back pack is empty and he discovers in it the key to the little box in his back pack. He opens it to find a letter saying it was the journey itself and what he learned that the friend wanted him to have. A story of healing for all ages. Luke 10:42a is quoted on the last page. Hardcover. B6 size, 48 pp.
