Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method
Lesson 4-1: 注文の多い料理店 / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders
Japanese Script
冬のある日、二人の若い男が山にいました。二人は新しい銃を持って、犬と一緒でした。「この山は変だ。鳥や動物がいない。私は早くこの新しい銃を使いたいよ。」「大きな動物をこの銃で殺したら、きっと楽しいはずだ。」二人はこんな話をしながら、山を歩いていました。しかし、たくさん歩いても、動物を見つけることが出来ません。「お腹が空いたから、今日は家に帰ろう。」「うん、そうしよう。」二人は山を降りることにしました。しかし、二人とも帰りの道を覚えていません。二人は道に迷ってしまいました。夕方になると、風が強くなって、雪も降ってきました。あまりに寒くなったので、犬はどこかに逃げてしまいました。
English Translation
One day in winter, there were two young men in the mountain. They had new guns and were with dogs. "This mountain looks strange. There is not a bird nor an animal. I want to use this new gun soon." "If I kill a big animal by this gun, it should certainly be fun." While they were talking about these kinds of things, they were walking in the mountain. But, although they walked a lot, they could not find an animal. "I have become hungry, so let's go home today." "Yes, let's." They decided that they would go down the mountain. But, both of them didn't remember the way home. They lost their way. When it became evening, the wind became strong and it started snowing, too. Since it became too cold, the dogs ran away somewhere.
Vocabulary
| Words | Types | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 銃 | noun | gun, rifle |
| 動物 | noun | animal |
| ...たい | expression | expressing desire |
| きっと | adverb | surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely |
| はずだ | expression | expressing "should be so" |
| ながら | particle | while, during |
| ...ても | expression | even if, even though |
| 降りる | ru-verb | to descend, to go down, to come down |
| 迷う | u-verb | to lose one's way |
