ＷＥＢ絵本『飯くわぬ女房』

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Once upon a time in a village, there also lived a Cooper.
これも昔々ある村に、一人の桶屋が住んでいました．

At one evening, he got out of his house. Taking a pee, he talked to himself.
"Ah! Ah! I'd like to get married to a woman who never eat!"
或る日の晩方に外へ出て小便をしながら、ああああ飯を食わぬ嬶が一人欲しいもんだなあと独り言を言いました．

At the night, a strange woman visited him.
そうすると、その晩見たこともない女が尋ねてきて・・・

She said "You are the Cooper who wants the wife who never eat, aren't you? I never eat. And I work earnestly. Please marry me!"
・・・飯を食わぬ嬶が一人欲しい桶屋さんは此方ですか．私は飯を食わぬ女です．そうして、よく働きますから嬶にして下さいと言って・・・

He turned her down many times.
But she didn't go back.
Unwillingly, he took her in as housewife.

・・・いくら断っても帰って行きません．

致し方がないから女房にして家に置きました．

Surely, she worked very hard and never ate.
なるほど善く働いて、少しも食事をしませんが・・・

Somehow, the stock of rice reduced at a rapid pace without his knowledge.
He thought that there was something strange.
・・・どういうわけか、米が知らぬ間にグングン減りました．それを不審に思って・・・