ＷＥＢ絵本「お天道さん金ん綱」

第１回配信

Once upon a time in a village, there lived a mother and her three children.
昔々ある村に、母と３人の子とが住んでおりました．

The mother had the children stay home.
And she went to a temple for worship.
母が３人の子に留守番をさせて、寺参りに出かけた後で・・・

After that, an Ogress disguised herself as their mother.
And the Ogress came to the home.
山姥が母に化けて帰って来ました．

If you touch the hands of ogresses, you can instantly find them out.
But this Ogress wound her hands with stems of potatoes in order to trick the children.
ヤマンバの手は、さわって見ると直ぐに分かるのですが、子供をだますつもりで芋がらを巻いて来たので・・・

So, the children considered the Ogress's hands as their mother's hands.
They opened the door and allowed her to come in.
・・・子供は母の手だと思って戸を開けて中へ入れました．

The Ogress held the youngest child in her arm.
And she went to bed in the inner room.
山姥は３人の子の一番小さいのを抱いて、奥の間に入って寝ました．

And then, the Ogress gnawed and ate the child.
そうしてガリガリと、その子を食べてしまいました．

The other two children were staying in the next room.
And they heard of that sound and asked to the Ogress.
"What are you eating?"
She threw in a little finger from the inner room.
The moment they saw it, they realized she was an ogress.
次の間に寝ていた2人の子は、その音を聞いて何を食べているのかと山姥に尋ねますと、小さな1本の指を奥の間から投げてよこしました．
それを見ると直ぐに山姥だと云う事が分かって・・・
（つづく）