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The Six Jizos and the Straw Hats

(Japanese classical stories)

① Translation　「絵本で英会話」 ポッドキャスト

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※英語翻訳者
① 「絵本で英会話」 ポッドキャスト
② ハンター　ローレンス（Laurence Hunter）
③ ちいさな翻訳屋さん

それぞれ、翻訳の個性をお楽しみください。

　Once upon a time, there lived a poor but kind hearted old man with his wife.

　One cold New Year’s Eve Day, t

　the old man and his wife made straw hats.
　The old man packed and headed to the nearby town to sell the hats so that he could buy rice cakes for New Year.

“There are five hats to sell. I guess I can at least buy rice cakes.” said the old man.
“I hope so. Please be careful as it will be snowing tonight.” said his wife.
　The old man left home with his five hats.

　Soon after he left, it began to snow.

　The old man hurried his way to the town as it snowed heavier and heavier.

　When he arrived on the edge of his village, he passed in front of six Jizo statues that stood silently on the roadside.
　He could see snow piled up on their heads and shoulders.
　The old man couldn’t just pass by the Jizo statues.

“Oh, poor Jizo-sama. You must be freezing under the snow. Please put these hats on your head.”
　The old man put his hats on Jizo statues, which he was going to sell in the town.

　But he only had five hats while there were six Jizo statues.

　So, the old man took his hat off and put it on the sixth Jizo statue.
　Arriving home, his wife came to meet him at the door but was surprised to see the old man

“You came home so early. What happened with your hat?”
　The old man told her the whole story of the Jizo statues.

“Well, you did such a nice thing. I’m proud of you. We won’t die without rice cakes on New Year’s day.” said the wife smiling.

　Somewhere around midnight, they were awakened by a strange chanting.

♪Up there, up there, where is the house of the old man?
♪Up there, up there, we are here with a present.
♪Up there, up there, where is the house of the old man?
♪Up there, up there, we are here with a present.

　The chanting came closer and closer. Then it finally arrived in front of the old man’s house.

　 Thump!

　They heard something being left at their door and the chanting faded away.

　The old man opened the door quietly. There he saw the back of six Jizo statues standing in the snow with his straw hats.
　To their amazement, it was full of rice cakes for New Year and plenty of food for the rest of their lives.

The end

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