1995 年 07 月 15 日
故事主角月島雫是一名喜愛閱讀的初中女生。有一天她到圖書館借書後發現到所借的幾本書之借閱卡上,總有一個名叫「天澤聖司」,比她還早借閱書籍的人而引起月島雫的注意。
某天,月島雫要到圖書館送午飯給爸爸,驚見一隻被稱作阿月的胖貓像是人類般地獨自乘坐火車,便出於好奇心下跟蹤阿月,之後無意中發現到位於丘陵上有一名叫西司朗的老者所經營之精品古物商店「地球屋」。
1909 年 06 月 07 日
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his superior violin with that of another apprentice, Sandro, whom Giannina loves.