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A Novice Thief

(Short stories of Edo)

Translation　ちいさな翻訳屋さん

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　A thief fearfully sneaked into a house for the first time and found that this house was empty.

　The novice thief felt relieved and thought,

“Whew! How lucky I am! There’s no worry about getting caught.”


　The thief is right. If the house is empty, there’s nothing to steal.

The end

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