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Steamed Dumplings

(Short stories of Edo)

Translation Laurence Hunter

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Japanese ←→ Japanese & English ←→ English

 One day a group of boys were gathered together in their neighborhood talking, when a thin man with a white face appeared.

"No-, no-"

 The man then ran into the boys out of breath.

"He he heeeelllp me -"

 The man trembled and shook.

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"What is it, what is it-- " Asked the boys.

 The boys surrounded the man and listened to his story.

"behind me, the dumpling seller is coming. ."

"....?"

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"Well, the fact is, I’m just terrified of dumplings. Hhh hide. I must hide somewhere quickly."

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 The man ,then for the time being decided to hide in a nearby storeroom. But there was a boy who liked playing tricks on people.

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"What a strange fellow that man is. I think I will play a trick on him."

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 Straightaway, the mischievous boy went to the local shop and bought some dumplings, then piled them high onto a tray pushed them into the storeroom and closed the door shut from outside .

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 However, after some time had passed , still no sound could be heard from inside .

"Well, I wonder. Maybe he was so scared that he fainted?"

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 When the boy opened the door, the man inside was licking sweet dumpling paste from his lips, and not even one dumpling had been left.

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"I thought I could scare you, but you’ve eaten up all the dumplings. What was so scary about them then?"

 After saying this ,the man replied,

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"Tea, Tea , I’m also afraid of tea."

The end

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