Kazoku No Kizuna Ai No Shi 14 (Ai No Shi Series)

[Machine Translation] There is an old tale about Yoro Falls in Yoro Town, Gifu Prefecture. In the story, a lumberjack (Minamoto Shojo-nai) who loves his father draws water that has turned into sake from a spring in Iwama and gives it to his old father, who drinks it and is delighted with it. Inspired by the love between parent and child that runs through the legend, Yoro Town invited poems on the theme of "Family Ties. Again this year, many heartwarming poems filled with family love were submitted from all over Japan, from elementary school students to the elderly. This book is a compilation of the winning poems from the 23rd contest of the "Poem of Love" series.

岐阜県養老町には養老の滝にまつわる昔話があります。親思いの樵(源丞内)が岩間の泉から酒となった水を汲んできて、老父に飲ませ、喜び合うというもので、親は子を思い、子は親を思う心の大切さが描かれています。この孝子伝説の底に流れている親子の愛の心を受けて、養老町では、「家族の絆」をテーマに詩を募集しました。今回も、小学生から高齢者まで、数多くの家族愛に満ちた心温まる作品が、全国から寄せられました。本書は「愛の詩」シリーズ23回目の入賞作品をまとめたものです。