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A letter
(Short stories of Edo)

Translation　ちいさな翻訳屋さん

Japanese　←→　Japanese ＆ English　←→　English

　One day two young men were walking together and they found a letter on their way.

　A man said,”

“Well well, I can use this for a tissue.”

　As he picked it up and put it into his pocket, the other young man said,

“Do me a favor, can I have that letter?”

“Sure, but what are you going to do with it?”

　asked the young man with the letter. And the other young man answered,

“Well, I haven’t written to my family for a while. I thought it could be a substitute for my letter.”

“But this is someone else’s letter! Are you sure?”

“I am. Don’t worry no one in my hometown will be able to read it anyway.”

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