萤火虫小巷｜Firefly Lane

原著作者｜克里斯汀·汉娜

• If time could turn back, which summer would you choose to return to?
• In the summer of 1978, two girls met on Firefly Lane.
• One wore a floral dress, shyly hiding behind a tree.
• One wore jeans, confidently riding a bicycle.
• They didn't know this meeting would change their lives forever.
• Kate was quiet and gentle, loving to read books in her room.
• Tully was lively and brave, always the first to try new things.
• "Let's be friends!" Tully reached out her hand, her smile as bright as sunshine.
• Kate nodded, handing her book to Tully to see.
• From that day on, Firefly Lane had two inseparable figures.
• They climbed trees together, watched stars together, shared secrets together.
• Tully taught Kate how to ride a bike, Kate taught Tully how to draw.
• "Will you always be my best friend?" Kate asked.
• "Of course!" Tully held her hand, "We're the best team on Firefly Lane!"
• Summer passed, autumn came.
• Leaves turned from green to golden yellow, then slowly fell.
• Two girls walked hand in hand on the path covered with fallen leaves.
• "Even when we grow up, we won't separate, right?"
• "Right! Never separate!"
• Time flew, ten years passed in a blink.
• Kate became a librarian, spending her days with books.
• Tully became a TV reporter, shining in front of the camera.
• Their lives became different.
• But whenever they faced difficulties, they still thought of each other first.
• When Kate had a broken heart, Tully cried with her all night.
• When Tully had trouble at work, Kate made her favorite cookies.
• "Thank you for always being here." Tully hugged Kate.
• "Because we're best friends." Kate answered softly.
• Many more years passed, they both turned forty.
• Firefly Lane looked the same, only the trees grew taller.
• Two women stood at the end of the lane again.
• "Do you remember how we looked when we first met?"
• "Of course! You were as shy as a little rabbit."
• "And you, riding your bike all over the place."
• They smiled at each other, forty years of memories hidden in the wrinkles at their eyes.
• Some things never changed.
• Like fireflies on summer nights, like the old oak tree in the lane.
• Like that friendship more precious than love.
• If time could really turn back.
• They would still choose to meet on that summer.
• They would still choose to be the most important friends in each other's lives.
• Because true friends.
• Are like the lights on Firefly Lane.
• Always shining when each other needs them.