昭和61年の中学2年生の教科書に載っていた、MUJINAのお話。
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A MUJINA
Long ago, there was a long slope in the city of Edo.
It was a very lonely place.
People stayd away from the slope after dark.
People walked there only in the day.
People talked about the slop.
"Don't go out at nighe."
"A mujina lives near the slope."
One night, an old man was walking up the slope on his way home.
He saw a girl. She was sitting behind a tree.
"She is wearing a beautiful kimono.
Why is she here at this late hour?"
The old man came up and said to her gently.
"What's the matter?"
"Please listen! This is not a place for a young girl at night."
The girl did not say anything.
She was crying.
"Why are you crying?
Can I help you?"
The girl did not answer.
Slowly she got up, but she turned her back to the old man.
"Did you come here alone?"
"Yes, I did."
"Did you lose anything here?"
"No, I didn't"
Then the girl turned around.
She moved her hand slowly from her face.
Look!
She did not have any eyes, nose, or mouth.
The man cried out and ran away.
The old man ran and ran along the slope.
He saw a light far away.
He run to it.
It was front a soba stand by a big tree.
"What's the matter?"
"I saw... I saw a girl... And her face was ...”
"Well, was her face like this?"
The soba man moved his hand slowly ober his face.
And then, it became like an egg,.
At the same time the light went out.
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暗記の宿題、たいへんだったねー
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