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the last leaf


そろそろ冬も終わって春の気配がし始める頃、最後の1枚となった赤い葉が小枝の先にしがみついていた。小刻みに震える小枝には微かな光があたり、間も無く春の葉を広げる準備も整いつつあるというのに、真っ赤な残り葉は落ちようとはしない。光はその深紅の1枚に影を作り、春を伝える。

Just as winter was about to end and signs of spring were beginning to appear, the last red leaf was clinging to the end of a twig. A faint light shone on the trembling twig, and it was soon getting ready to unfurl its spring leaves, but the remaining bright red leaf refused to fall. The light cast a shadow on that scarlet leaf, heralding the arrival of spring.