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An old man and his grandson
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Illustrator　「Ai Yumemiya(夢宮 愛)」　　Website　「夢見る小さな部屋」

An old man and his grandson(おじいさんと孫)
Grimm Fairy Tales

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　Once upon a time, there was a very, very old man.
　He had bad sight and a blurred vision.

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　He was also deaf and his knees were always shaky.

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　When he sat at a table, he couldn’t manage his spoon well and often spilled soup.
　His son and daughter-in law hated the situation.

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　So they sat the old man behind their fireplace out of their sight and let him have meals there.
　The outcast old man’s eyes always got wet with his tears.

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　One day, when he was eating a meal with his shaky hands, he dropped his dish and broke it.
　His son and daughter-in law chuntered and gave him nothing to eat during the day.

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　Next day, his daughter-in law bought a very cheap wooden small dish for the old man.

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　Since that day, the old man had been given only small amounts of food into the dish.

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　One day, their four-year-old boy was making something of boards he had picked.

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　His father saw his boy and asked.
“What are you making?”
　The boy smiled and answered to his father.
“I’ m making small caskets.”
“Well done. But for what you use such small caskets?”

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“You know, when I grow up, you and mom are to have meals served in these caskets.”

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　When his father and mother heard their boy, they looked at each other and started crying.

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　They soon took the old man from behind the fireplace to at their table.

　Since then, the old man had have meals with others, using the same dish with others.

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　Even if the old man spilled soup or broke his dish with his shaky hands, his son and daughter-in law said nothing.

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