Lesson 2-2: ジャックと豆の木 / Jack and the Beanstalk

Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method

Lesson 2-2: ジャックと豆まめの木き / Jack and the Beanstalk

Japanese Script

すると、おじいさんは何なにかをポケットから出だしました。「ジャック、その牛うしと交こうかんでこの豆まめをあげるよ。これはまほうの豆 まめ で、一日いちにちで空そらまでのびるんだ。」「わかった。」ジャックは牛うしを豆まめと交こうかんして家いえに帰かえりました。ジャックが家いえに着つくと、お母かあさんは聞ききました。「牛うしはいくらで売うれたの？」「牛うしはこのまほうの豆まめと交こうかんしたよ。」ジャックが豆まめのことを話はなすと、お母かあさんは怒おこり始はじめました。「お前まえはなんてバカなんだ。どうして大だい事じな牛うしをこんな豆まめと交こうかんしたんだ！」お母かあさんは豆まめを取とると、窓まどから外そとに投なげてしまいました。

English Translation

Then, the old man took something out. “Jack, I will give you this bean in exchange for your cow. This is a magic bean and it will grow into a beanstalk that touches the sky for a day.” “Okay.” Jack exchanged the cow for the bean and went home. When Jack arrived at his house, his mother asked, “How much did you sell the cow for?” “I exchanged the cow for this magic bean.” Jack told his mother about the bean and then she started getting angry. “How foolish! Why did you exchange our important cow for such a bean!?” His mother took the bean and tossed it out the window to the outside.

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