クリストファー・コロンブスからのお返し。

整然と並んだゆで卵。
どれ一つ、底が潰れたりはしていない。
要したのはただ「諦めない事」。

君も含めて、彼に会ったものは一度はこう問う。
「あの卵のエピソードは本当なのか」と。
「潰して立てて何の意味があるんだよ？」と
普段なら呆れ顔で笑い飛ばすだけの彼が、
チョコレートのお返しとして、
特別にもっと具体的な否定の形を示してくれた。

大事なのは卵ではなく、
この光景に込められた彼の信念。
彼の信じる真理が確かに存在するという証拠。

どれだけ時間がかかっても。
何度失敗しても。
諦めずに努力し続けてさえいれば、
いつか必ず、夢は叶うものなのだと。

Valentine's return gift from Christopher Columbus.

Boiled eggs neatly lined up.
None of them have their ends crushed.
The important part is that one should never give up.

All who meet him, including you, ask him the same thing:
"Is the story of the egg really true?"
"What's the point if you crush the egg?"
Normally, he would laugh off the question with a dumbfounded look, but this time around, he is denying the accusation in a more specific way by offering a return gift he made specially for you.

The eggs themselves are not the important part, but rather his conviction that he puts forth.
It's proof that his beliefs are sincerely held.

No matter how much time it takes, no matter how many times you fail...as long as you keep going and never give up, your dreams will one day come true.