Old Mother West Wind — Page 6
By and by when old Mother Moon was just going to bed and all the little stars were too sleepy to twinkle any longer, Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon, very tired and very wet from playing in the Laughing Brook, came up the Lone Little Path, ready to tumble into their snug little beds.
やがて、年老いたお月様がちょうど寝ようとしていて、小さな星たちがみんなもうまたたくのも眠くてできなくなったころ、レディ・フォックスとボビー・クーンは、笑い川で遊んでひどく疲れ、びしょ濡れになりながら、ひとりぼっちの小道を歩いてきて、自分たちのこぢんまりした小さなベッドに倒れ込もうとしていました。
They were chuckling over the trick they had played on Johnny Chuck, and the way they had waked up old Grandfather Frog, and all the other mischief they had done.
彼らは、ジョニー・チャックにしかけたいたずらや、年老いたカエルのおじいさんを起こしてしまったこと、そしてほかにやらかしたいたずらの数々を思い出して、くすくす笑っていました。
What do you suppose they said when they reached their homes and found that someone else had been playing jokes, too?
彼らが家に帰りついて、ほかの誰かもいたずらをしていたことを知ったとき、何と言ったと思いますか？
I'm sure I don't know, but round, red Mr. Sun was laughing very hard as he peeped over the hill at Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon, and he won't tell why.
私にはわかりませんが、まるくて赤いお日様は、丘の向こうからレディ・フォックスとボビー・クーンをのぞきながら、とても大きな声で笑っていました。そして、その理由を教えてくれないのです。
Vocabulary
- やがて
- yagate — Before long; eventually; in due course
- 年老いた
- toshioita — Aged; grown old; elderly
- お月様
- otsukisama — The moon (polite, affectionate form)
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- ちょうど
- choudo — Exactly; just; precisely at that moment
- 寝
- ne — Sleep; going to bed (stem form)
- よう
- you — Indicates intention or resemblance; volitional form
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese
- し
- shi — Do; connecting verb form listing actions
- て
- te — Te-form connecting particle; and then
- い
- i — Verb stem of iru; to be (animate)
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; tiny; little (attributive adjective form)
- 星
- hoshi — Star; stars in the sky
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animals
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all; everybody together
- もう
- mou — Already; anymore; soon; not anymore
- また
- mata — Again; also; moreover; in addition
- たく
- taku — Want to do (stem of -tai desiderative form)
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; as well (particle)
- 眠く
- nemuku — Sleepy; feeling drowsy (adverbial adjective form)
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able to (stem of dekiru)
- なく
- naku — Without; not existing (negative adverbial form)
- なっ
- natte — Became; turned into (contracted te-form of naru)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- ころ
- koro — Around that time; about; approximately when
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- で
- de — At; by means of; location/method particle
- 遊ん
- ason(de) — Played; having played (te-form of asobu)
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; severely; awfully; very badly
- 疲れ
- tsukare — Tiredness; fatigue; became tired
- びしょ濡れ
- bisho nure — Soaking wet; completely drenched
- に
- ni — To; at; into; direction/location particle
- なり
- nari — Became; having become (conjunctive of naru)
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously; at the same time
- ひとりぼっち
- hitoribocchi — All alone; lonely; by oneself
- 小道
- komichi — Narrow path; small lane; little trail
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 歩い
- aroi(te) — Walked; walking (te-form of aruku)
- き
- ki — Came; classical past form of kuru
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self
- こぢんまり
- kojinmari — Cozy; compact; snug and small
- ベッド
- beddo — Bed; sleeping surface (loanword)
- 倒れ込もう
- taorekomoう — About to collapse into; fall into bed
- まし
- mashi — Polite volitional auxiliary (mashoo stem)
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; those people (plural pronoun)
- かけ
- kake — Doing something partway; starting (stem form)
- いたずら
- itazura — Prank; mischief; naughty trick
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle (non-exhaustive)
- カエル
- kaeru — Frog; a frog (loanword katakana form)
- おじいさん
- ojiisan — Old man; grandfather; elderly gentleman
- 起こし
- okoshi — Woke someone up; roused (stem of okosu)
- しまっ
- shimatte — Ended up doing; completed (te-form of shimau)
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- そし
- soshi(te) — And then; moreover; furthermore
- ほか
- hoka — Other; else; besides; another thing
- やらかし
- yarakashi — Something done; mischief caused (stem of yarakasu)
- 数々
- kazukazу — Many things; numerous items; various
- 思い出し
- omoidashi — Recalled; remembered (stem of omoidasu)
- くすくす
- kusukusu — Giggling; chuckling softly to oneself
- 笑っ
- waratte — Laughed; laughing (te-form of warau)
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; one's own dwelling
- 帰りつい
- kaeritsui(te) — Arrived home; finally returned (stem of kaeritsuku)
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; anybody; a certain person
- 知っ
- shitte — Knowing; knew (te-form of shiru)
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something happens
- 何
- nani — What; which thing (question word)
- 言っ
- itte — Said; having said (te-form of iu)
- 思い
- omoい — Thought; feeling; idea; recollection
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending (present/future tense)
- か
- ka — Question marker particle; or (particle)
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- わかり
- wakari — Understanding; comprehension (stem of wakaru)
- ませ
- mase — Polite negative auxiliary (part of masen)
- ん
- n — Informal negative; explanatory particle (contracted)
- まるく
- maruku — Roundly; in a round shape; circularly
- 赤い
- akai — Red; scarlet (i-adjective for color)
- お日様
- ohisama — The sun (polite, affectionate honorific form)
- 丘
- oka — Hill; small elevated ground; knoll
- 向こう
- mukou — Over there; beyond; the other side
- から
- kara — From; because; since (particle)
- のぞき
- nozoki — Peeking; peering; looking through
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite; really
- 大きな
- oekina — Big; large; great (attributive adjective form)
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by speaking
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative pre-noun adjective)
- 理由
- riyuu — Reason; cause; explanation; grounds
- 教え
- oshie — Teaching; telling; informing (stem of oshieru)
- くれ
- kure — Give me; please do for me (imperative)
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative adjective
- です
- desu — Polite copula; is; am; are
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