Hear a Japanese folk tale titled Tengu no Kakuremino, The Goblin's Invisible Cloak
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| Intermediate Lesson #41 |
| INTRODUCTION |
| Sakura: あけましておめでとうございます。Sakuraです。今日は「天狗のかくれみの」Part 2をお送りします。 |
| Peter: Happy New Year. Peter here. Today we bring you part 2 of the Tengu’s Invisible Cloak. Now yesterday, it was really good and today, we are going to finish off the story. |
| Sakura: ねー。 |
| Peter: Now today we had even more actresses and actors. |
| Sakura: わー、すごい。 |
| Peter: I forgot to say that voice actresses yesterday. |
| Sakura: なーんてことでしょう。 |
| Peter: I am sorry Sakura san. |
| Sakura: Oh no! |
| Peter: Poor Natsuko san, group them under voice actors. |
| Sakura: そうだね。 |
| Peter: For me, it’s only one word. I am not sure. |
| Sakura: Acting persons. |
| Peter: Yes. |
| Sakura: So acting persons. |
| Peter: Nice try. Thank you for helping Sakura san. So nice to see you. 2007 Sakura, I like… |
| Sakura: あ、そう？ Yeah. |
| Peter: Oh I forgot. Don’t compliment to you. Just… |
| Sakura: あー、そうなのよ。 |
| Peter: Okay. |
| Sakura: Okay. |
| Peter: So today’s dialogue we have Natsuko san |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Take san |
| Sakura: Yes. Mikiさん |
| Peter: And finally Yoshi san. Yoshi san will be playing several parts. |
| Sakura: Ah as usual ね。 |
| Peter: As usual. Now in today’s story… |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Well you will find out that the gambler wakes up to a big surprise. |
| Sakura: Umm… |
| Peter: And he tries to kind of improvise and we all know what happens when someone tries to improvise. |
| Sakura: Umm.. |
| Peter: Well interesting story. I really like this one. Again after this, we will bring you the English. So tune in here. Afterwards pick up the English and then stop by japanesepod101.com All right here we go. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 女房は、掃除をしようと、部屋を片づけているうちに、隅の方に汚らしい蓑を見つけたと。 |
| 女房: 「どこで拾ってきたんだろうね。こんな汚いもの」 |
| と言って、女房はその蓑をかまどで燃やしてしまったと。 |
| さて、博奕打が起きると、蓑がない。 |
| 博変打: 「おい、ここにあった隠......いや、蓑、蓑をどうした?」 |
| 女房: 「ああ、あの汚いの、燃やしてしまいましたよ」 |
| 博奕打ち: 「燃やした? あれは重宝な......、いや、どこで燃やした?」 |
| 女房: 「かまどですよ」 |
| 博奕打は、大急ぎで、かまどへとんで行ったと。そして、灰を指でつまんでみたと。すると、灰がついたところだけ、指が消えて見えなくなったと。 |
| 博奕打ち: 「まだ、大丈夫だった」 |
| と、博奕打は、裸になり、水をかぶってから、かまどの灰をベタベタと体に塗りまくったと。 |
| 女房が驚(おどろ)きあきれているうちに、博奕打の姿は、まったく見えなくなってしまったと。 |
| 博奕打ち: 「ひと稼ぎ、行ってくるぞ」 |
| という姿のない声が聞こえたかと思うと、ペタペタという足音が遠ざかって行ったと。 |
| 博奕打ちは、まず元気づけに、と酒屋へ入ったと。そしてガブガブ飲んだと。飲んでいるうちに、唇のまわりの灰が、はげたと。 |
| 町の人: 「ありゃ、口が......口の化け物だ」 |
| ほかは見えなかったけど、口だけが現れたんだね。 |
| 町の人: 「口の化け物が、酒を飲んでいるぞ!」 |
| 博奕打ちは、逃げ出したと。その拍子に、水溜まりに足を突っ込んだと。今度は、足首から下、両足の灰がはげたと。 |
| 酒屋の小僧さんが、棒を持って追いかけて来たと。ワンワン、ワンワン、犬も追いかけて来たと。 |
| 二階の出窓の鉢植えに、水をやっている人がいたと。下の道を、口と足だけの化け物が走ってきたので、びっくり仰天し、水をやる手元がくるったと。水は下の道までこぼれて、走って来た博奕打の、お尻に、ビシャッとかかったと。お尻の灰が、はげたと。 |
| 町の人: 「口とお尻と足だけの化け物が走っているぞ」 |
| ワイワイガヤガヤ、ワンワンガヤガヤ、大勢の人が道に出て来て、博奕打ちを追いかけたと。 |
| 博奕打ちは、橋の上で、両側から追いつめられ、犬にかみつかれるやら、棒で叩かれるやら、逃げるに逃げられず、ついに、川へとび込んだと。灰は全部はげてしまって、博奕打は素っ裸で、捕まってしまったと。 |
| おしまい。 |
| Peter: The gambler’s wife began to clean and while she was cleaning, she came across a filthy cloak in the corner. I wonder where he picked up this filthy rag said his wife and then she proceeded to burn it in the stove. When the gambler woke, the cloak was gone. Hey where is that in – um cloak, what happened to the cloak? He asked. Oh that dirty thing, I burned it replied his wife. Burned it? That precious, never mind. Where did you burn it, he inquired. In the stove. The gambler rushed to the stove. Only ash is remained. So he put his finger into the ashes. Upon doing so, the part of his finger with the ash on it became invisible. He said to himself, it’s still okay and then proceeded to strip, cover himself in water and then paint his body with the ashes. His wife was shocked as he disappeared right before her very eyes. Then she heard him say, I am out to work. I will be back. As the pitter patter of his footsteps grew faint, the gambler headed to the first bar he came across and started drinking. While he was drinking, the area around his lips got wet and the ash came off. Someone noticed the mouth and said, that’s a mouth, a mouth monster. Someone else took notice and screamed, the mouth monster is drinking Sake. The gambler took off. As he was running, he stepped in a puddle and the ash came off his legs exposing them. He was now being chased by a young worker from the bar and a barking dog. On the second floor of the building, there was a person watering plants. He was taken aback by seeing a pair of legs and mouth running. He lost his concentration and his watering hand pointed towards the street below. When the gambler passed, the water hit him square in the back side exposing it for the world to see. A villager exclaimed, there is a pair of running legs, a mouth and the rump running down the street. With all the chaos going on, there was now a mob chasing the gambler. Finally, they had him pin down on a bridge, closing in on both sides. He was being bitten by the dog, hit with sticks and he had nowhere to go. So he’d left from the bridge into the river below. Upon hitting the water, all of the ash washed away from his body and he was captured in his birthday suit. The end. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Peter: Sakura san, what did you think? |
| Sakura: Funny. |
| Peter: Funny right? What was funny? |
| Sakura: Ae…The way he is running and ash coming off… |
| Peter: Yeah really one that’s been pretty interesting. I think this story has to be one of my favorite Japanese むかしばなし |
| Sakura: ふーん、そう。 |
| Peter: I thought it was really interesting. |
| Sakura: うん、そうだよね。 |
| Peter: But it’s pretty well known all right but not one of the big – not one of the big boys. |
| Sakura: うん、そうだね。 |
| Peter: But big boys meaning one of the more well renowned. |
| Sakura: Right. |
| Peter: [*] |
| Sakura: Right. |
| Peter: You got it. Come on Sakura san, my new year’s resolution to speak more coherent English. |
| Sakura: Ah… |
| Peter: Not some of these. |
| Sakura: よろしくお願いします。 |
| Peter: よろしくお願いします。 |
| Sakura: がんばってね。 |
Outro |
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| Peter: All right. That’s going to do it. |
| Sakura: うん、また明日ね。 |
| Peter: See you tomorrow. Bye. |
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