In a small town in France, there is a very special post office called the Time Post Office. This post office looks no different from an ordinary one. It has a small frontage, a green mailbox, and an old postman who is always smiling. However, this post office has a magical power.
Legend has it that as long as you come to this post office at a specific time and with a sincere heart, you can send a time - traveling letter. This letter can be delivered to any point in the past or future. But this secret is only known to the children in the town.
There was a little girl named Lucy. She was a very curious child. She had always heard her grandmother tell the story of the Time Post Office and was full of longing in her heart. One day, she decided to give it a try.
Lucy carefully pushed open the door of the post office, and the bell on the door made a crisp sound. The old postman looked up and saw Lucy, his eyes full of kindness. Lucy walked nervously to the counter and said to the old postman, "Grandpa, I want to send a time - traveling letter." The old postman smiled, took out a special piece of writing paper and an old quill pen and handed them to her, saying, "Child, think about when you want to send the letter to, and then write it down carefully."
Lucy thought for a while and decided to write a letter to herself ten years later. She wrote, "Dear Lucy, by the time you receive this letter, you have grown up. Are you still as happy as you are now? Are you still full of curiosity about the world? I hope you haven't forgotten your childhood dreams."
After finishing writing the letter, Lucy handed it to the old postman. The old postman put the letter into an envelope with mysterious patterns and then wrote some strange symbols on the envelope.
The old postman took the letter and slowly walked towards a huge mailbox in the corner that emitted a faint light. This mailbox looked very old and was engraved with all kinds of time marks. The old postman gently put the letter into the mailbox and then said to Lucy, "Child, the letter has been sent. Now, all you have to do is to live your life well and wait for that day to come."
After Lucy left the post office, she kept thinking about that letter. She wondered what she would be like ten years later and whether she would really receive this letter.
As the days passed, Lucy grew up slowly. She experienced a great deal of happiness and troubles, and sometimes she would forget about her experience at the Time Post Office when she was a child.
Until one day ten years later, when Lucy was sorting out old things, she suddenly received a letter without a sender's address. She opened the letter and saw the familiar handwriting, and then she remembered the letter she had sent at the Time Post Office ten years ago.
After reading the letter, she was full of emotion. She found that although she had experienced a lot of changes, deep in her heart, she still maintained that sense of curiosity about the world and the pursuit of her dreams.
The story of this Time Post Office is like a seed, planting in the hearts of every child in the town the awe of time and the expectation of the future.
