Thursday, November 13, 2008

Urashima Tarou: Nihon no Mukashibanashi

Mukashi, aru tokoro ni Urashima Tarou to iu wakai otoko ga imashita. Aru hi Tarou wa kodomotachi ni ijimerareteiru kame wo tasukete yarimashita. Kame wa "Tasukete itadaite, arigatou gozaimashita" to itte, Tarou wo umi no naka no oshiro he tsurete itte kuremashita.

Soko ni wa totemo kirei de, yasashii ohimesama ga imashita. Tarou wa mainichi tanoshiku kurashite imashita ga, uchi he kaeritaku narimashita. Kaeru toki, ohimesama wa omiyage ni hako wo kuremashita. Demo, zettai ni hako wo akete wa ikenai to iimashita.

Tarou wa riku he kaerimashita ga, dokonimo uchi wa arimasen deshita. Michi de atta hito ga 300nen gurai mae ni Urashima Tarou no uchi ga atta to oshiete kuremashita. Tarou wa kanashiku natte, omiyage no hako wo akemashita. Suru to, naka kara shiroi kemuri ga dete, Tarou wa kami ga masshiro na ojiisan ni narimashita.