*A small wooden doll is in Yotsuba's mailbox. It resembles a woman wearing a white dress. Her hair is painted green. There isn't very much in the way of detail, and what detail is there is unskilled, but it's clear effort was put into it, falling back on simplicity where necessary - the face, for example, is little but lines and slight depth that suggests a face, relying on the viewer's imagination. A note is wrapped around it.*
Yotsuba,
I made this doll for you, so that you may always have a friend when you need one and no one else can come to you. I hope such a day never comes, but that you enjoy the doll nonetheless.
[There's a large drawing, along with a letter, in Enoch's mailbox. While a lot of time went into the drawing, Yotsuba..was not a great artist, so it still looked terrible.]
Enoch!
Thank you for the doll! I didn't know what one was before, so thank you! Now Juralumin won't be lonely! She can play with Little Yoba! Yotsuba drawed a picture for you..but what's a friend?
*She's just brightening these monster-fatigued days.*
A friend is someone who you can depend on and enjoy time with, someone you love dearly, but not in the same way family members or lovers love one another. From what you've said, I think that Juralumin and Little Yoba will become friends.
[Almost nothing in the world could get Yotsuba down for the long run. Naturally, this tended to make other people smile too sometimes.]
Enoch,
Oh! Yotsuba has a lot of friends then! But what are lovers? And Juralumin and Little Yoba are friends! We're all friends, even if Juralumin sometimes runs off!
[Meaning, she sometimes dropped him in a spot and left him for a short period of time. Not very long though.]
Lovers are people who are romantically involved with each other, but not married. They can be friends, too, and sometimes friends become lovers. You won't need to worry about that until you're older.
Such things happen when you start to become an adult. It's different for every person, but it tends to be from thirteen to fifteen years of age in girls.
Romantic love is difficult to describe. But marriage is like a contract, though its terms vary greatly from place to place. People who are married often fall in love, but there was one marriage here in this tower that was done for no other reason than the two people were in love. Ideally, parents should be married to one another - your mother and father are likely married.
Perhaps you should go to the library and try to find this information on your own. It's a bit like searching for treasure in the sand, and it's very satisfying to learn something on your own.
Really?! Yotsuba won't be that old for a loong time! And I know about contracts! You get them when you work! Is marriage work that you do with someone you love romentically?
Oh..Daddy isn't married to anyone! Mom isn't either! But that's okay!
[The fact that Yotsuba was not talking about her own mother here would probably confuse Enoch. However, talking about searching through sand was the right method to get her interested in the library.]
Really?! I like finding seashells in the beach! And building sandcastles! Yotsuba will look through the library then!
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Delivered on June 13th
Yotsuba,
I made this doll for you, so that you may always have a friend when you need one and no one else can come to you. I hope such a day never comes, but that you enjoy the doll nonetheless.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 14th
Enoch!
Thank you for the doll! I didn't know what one was before, so thank you! Now Juralumin won't be lonely! She can play with Little Yoba! Yotsuba drawed a picture for you..but what's a friend?
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered on June 15th
A friend is someone who you can depend on and enjoy time with, someone you love dearly, but not in the same way family members or lovers love one another. From what you've said, I think that Juralumin and Little Yoba will become friends.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 16th
Enoch,
Oh! Yotsuba has a lot of friends then! But what are lovers? And Juralumin and Little Yoba are friends! We're all friends, even if Juralumin sometimes runs off!
[Meaning, she sometimes dropped him in a spot and left him for a short period of time. Not very long though.]
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered on June 17th
Lovers are people who are romantically involved with each other, but not married. They can be friends, too, and sometimes friends become lovers. You won't need to worry about that until you're older.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 18th
I understand a little..but what's romentically and married? And how old does Yotsuba have to be?
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai.
Delivered on June 19th
Romantic love is difficult to describe. But marriage is like a contract, though its terms vary greatly from place to place. People who are married often fall in love, but there was one marriage here in this tower that was done for no other reason than the two people were in love. Ideally, parents should be married to one another - your mother and father are likely married.
Perhaps you should go to the library and try to find this information on your own. It's a bit like searching for treasure in the sand, and it's very satisfying to learn something on your own.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 20th
Really?! Yotsuba won't be that old for a loong time! And I know about contracts! You get them when you work! Is marriage work that you do with someone you love romentically?
Oh..Daddy isn't married to anyone! Mom isn't either! But that's okay!
[The fact that Yotsuba was not talking about her own mother here would probably confuse Enoch. However, talking about searching through sand was the right method to get her interested in the library.]
Really?! I like finding seashells in the beach! And building sandcastles! Yotsuba will look through the library then!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!