ＷＥＢ絵本『瓜子姫』

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Once upon a time, there lived an Old Man and an Old Woman.
昔むかし、爺と婆とがありました．

The Old Man usually went to a hill to collect firewood.
爺は山に行って薪を伐り、・・・

The Old Woman usually went to a river to wash clothes.
・・・婆は川に行って洗濯をしました．

One day, as usual, the Old Woman went to the river.
A melon flowed down from the upper stream.
或る日いつものように婆が川へ行くと、川上の方から、瓜がひとつ流れて来ました．

The Old Woman picked up the melon and came back to home.
それを拾って来て・・・

The Old Woman and the Old Man cut the melon.
・・・爺と二人で割って見ると・・・

Then, a tiny pretty baby girl was born from it.
They named her "Princess Melon" because she was born from the melon.
They fostered and loved her.
・・・その中から、まことに小さな美しい女の子が生まれました．瓜の中から生まれたので、瓜子姫と名を付けて可愛がって育てました．

She grew up bigger and bigger and became a good pretty girl.
And she wove on a loom every day.
だんだんに大きくなって、のちには好い娘になって、毎日まいにち、機を織りました．