Editing City Series:Volume7 Appendix (section)

=== Story 3: Autumn===

We have our cultural festival during autumn.

I know it sounds like an excuse, but we were heading home late after preparing for the festival.

But it wasn’t a big deal.

Heading home late didn’t matter at all.

Well, except when it did.

A chilly wind was blowing.

We were riding our bikes down the straight road alongside a field.

“It’s freezing,” one of them said. “Come to think of it, when’s the full moon again?”

“Wasn’t it a week ago?” I replied. “I ate dango that night.”

“It’s called tsukimi dango in that case.”

If memory served, it had been rainy that day.

I looked up into the night sky.

“The moon isn’t out today,” said my friend, also looking into the sky next to me.

“But the sky is clear, so we can see all the stars,” said another.

–''Why was that?

I thought about it and lowered my head.

I saw something falling to the road.

We passed by it since we were riding our bikes so fast.

The object glowing with a dull brass-colored light vanished behind us.

“What are you looking back at?” someone asked me.

“Well, the moon fell back there.”

“The what?”

I ignored that voice and faced forward again.

After careful thought, I asked my friend a question.

“Hey, do you think the moon is made of tin?”