Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method
Lesson 4-7: 注文の多い料理店 / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders
Japanese Script
二人は急いで耳に薬をぬって、廊下を進みました。次は黄色のドアがありました。ドアにはこう書いてあります。
“ごはんは１５分後です。この水を飲んで部屋に入ってください。”
「やっとごはんが食べられる。さあ水を飲もう。」「この水は変だ。お酢の味がするよ。」「たぶんレストランの人が間違えたんだよ。」二人はお酢の味の水を飲んで部屋に入りました。黄色のドアの裏にはこう書いてありました。
“注文が多くてすみませんでした。これが最後の注文です。塩を体につけてください。”
二人はドアの横に塩があるのを見つけました。「これはやはり変だ。」「僕もそう思う。」
English Translation
They applied the medicine to their ears in a hurry and went on the corridor. Next, there was a yellow door. What was written on the yellow door was this;
“Meals will be ready in fifteen minutes. Please drink this water and enter the room.”
“We can eat a meal at last. Let’s drink the water.” “This water is strange. It tastes like vinegar.” “Maybe, people in the restaurant made a mistake.” They drank the water which tasted like vinegar and entered the room. This was written on the back of the yellow door;
“Sorry for so many orders. This is the last order. Please spread salt on your body.”
They found that there was salt at the side of the door. “This sounds strange after all.” “I think so, too.”
Vocabulary
| Words | Types | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 進む | u-verb | to advance, to go forward, to precede, to go ahead (of) |
| ...後 | suffix | after, later |
| 飲む | u-verb | to drink, to take (medicine), to gulp |
| やっと | adverb | at last, at length |
| お酢 | noun | vinegar |
| 味 | noun, na-adjective | flavor, taste |
| 間違える | ru-verb | to make a mistake |
| 塩 | noun | Salt |
| やはり | adverb | as expected, after all |
