Lesson 4-9: 注文の多い料理店 / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders

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

Lesson 4-9: 注ちゅう文もんの多おおい料りょう理り店てん / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders

Slow Speed
Slow Speed with Pauses
Natural Speed
Natural Speed with Pauses

Japanese Script

そして、化ばけ物ものは二人ふたりに話はなし始はじめました。「お客きゃくさん、用よう意いはもう終おわっているよ。こちらに来きなさい。」二人ふたりは怖こわくて、歩あるくことができません。大おおきな声こえで泣ないていました。化ばけ物ものは言いいます。「そんなに泣ないたら不味まずくなってしまうよ。俺おれはもうナイフとフォークを持もっているんだ。いつでも食たべられるよ。」二人ふたりは動うごくことができません。その時とき、急きゅうに大おおきな音おとがしました。あの逃にげた犬いぬが壁かべを壊こわして部屋へやに入はいってきたのです。犬いぬは二人ふたりの手てを取とって逃にげました。二人ふたりは泣なきながら犬いぬについていきました。そして、犬いぬは二人ふたりを近ちかくの街まちまで送おくっていきました。二人ふたりは泣ないて喜よろこびました。「ありがとう、ありがとう。」二人ふたりは犬いぬに何なん度ども言いいました。二人ふたりはやっと自じ分ぶんの家いえに帰かえることができました。しかし、それから二人ふたりの泣なき顔がおは二度にどと普ふ通つうの顔かおには戻もどりませんでした。

English Translation

Then, the monster started talking to them. “Hi guests, the preparation is already done. Come on here.” They were scared and couldn’t walk. They were crying with a loud voice. The monster said, “If you cry like that, you will start to taste bad. I already have a knife and a fork. I can eat you anytime.” They couldn’t move. At the time, a big sound suddenly was heard. Those dogs who had run away broke the wall and entered the room. The dogs took their hands and ran away. They followed the dogs while crying. Then, the dogs took them to a nearby town. They cried with happiness. “Thank you. Thank you.” They said to the dogs many times. They could finally go home. But, since then, their crying faces would never return to normal.

Vocabulary

Words Types Meanings
客きゃく noun  guest, visitor 
こちら  noun  (polite) here
泣なく  u-verb  to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl 
不味まずい  i-adjective  unappetizing, unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation)  
いつでも  adverb  (at) any time, always, at all times, whenever 
壊こわす  u-verb  to break, to destroy, to demolish
手てを取とる  set phrase to take  someone's hand 
ついていく  set phrase to accompany, to follow 
何なん度ども  adverb many times over, often 

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