Japanese–English parallel text
ゴルディロックスと3びきのくま
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Flora Annie Steel
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ゴルディロックスと三びきのくま
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
むかしむかし、森の中の自分たちの家に、いっしょに暮らす三びきのくまがいた。一ぴきは小さな子ぐま、もう一ぴきは中くらいのくま、そしてもう一ぴきは大きな大きな大ぐまだった。みんなおかゆを食べる自分のおわんを持っていた。小さな子ぐまには小さなおわん。中くらいのくまには中くらいのおわん。そして大きな大きな大ぐまには大きな大わんがあった。また、みんな座るための自分のいすを持っていた。小さな子ぐまには小さな小さないす。中くらいのくまには中くらいのいす。そして大きな大きな大ぐまには大きな大きないすがあった。さらに、みんな眠るための自分のベッドを持っていた。小さな子ぐまには小さな小さなベッド。中くらいのくまには中くらいのベッド。そして大きな大きな大ぐまには大きな大きなベッドがあった。
Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear. They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bowl for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bowl for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in; a little chair for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized chair for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great chair for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a bed to sleep in; a little bed for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bed for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bed for the Great Big Bear.
ある日のこと、朝ごはんのおかゆを作っておわんによそったあと、くまたちはおかゆを冷ますあいだ森へ散歩に出かけた。早く食べはじめて口をやけどしないためだった。くまたちは礼儀正しく、きちんと育てられたくまだったからだ。くまたちが留守のあいだに、ゴルディロックスという名の小さな女の子が家の前を通りかかった。森の反対側に住んでいて、母親にお使いをたのまれていたのだ。彼女は窓からのぞきこんだ。それから、鍵穴からも中をのぞいた。彼女はちっとも行儀よく育てられた子ではなかったからだ。家の中にだれもいないのを見ると、彼女は掛け金をもち上げた。ドアには鍵がかかっていなかった。くまたちは善良なくまで、だれにも害をあたえず、だれかが自分たちに害をあたえるなど疑いもしなかったからだ。そこでゴルディロックスはドアを開けて中に入った。そしてテーブルの上のおかゆを見ると、とてもよろこんだ。もし行儀のよい女の子だったなら、くまたちが帰ってくるまで待っただろう。そうすれば、くまたちは彼女を朝ごはんにさそったかもしれない。くまたちはよいクマだった。クマのならいとして少し荒っぽいところはあったが、それでもとても気だてがよく、親切だったからだ。しかし彼女は生意気でぶしつけな女の子だったので、さっそく勝手に食べはじめた。
One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast, and poured it into their porridge-bowls, they walked out into the wood while the porridge was cooling, that they might not burn their mouths by beginning too soon, for they were polite, well-brought-up Bears. And while they were away a little girl called Goldilocks, who lived at the other side of the wood and had been sent on an errand by her mother, passed by the house, and looked in at the window. And then she peeped in at the keyhole, for she was not at all a well-brought-up little girl. Then seeing nobody in the house she lifted the latch. The door was not fastened, because the Bears were good Bears, who did nobody any harm, and never suspected that anybody would harm them. So Goldilocks opened the door and went in; and well pleased was she when she saw the porridge on the table. If she had been a well-brought-up little girl she would have waited till the Bears came home, and then, perhaps, they would have asked her to breakfast; for they were good Bears--a little rough or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for all that very good-natured and hospitable. But she was an impudent, rude little girl, and so she set about helping herself.
まず彼女は大きな大きな大ぐまのおかゆを一口味見したが、それは熱すぎた。つぎに中くらいのくまのおかゆを味見したが、それは冷たすぎた。それから小さな子ぐまのおかゆのところへ行き、味見してみた。すると熱すぎもせず冷たすぎもせず、ちょうどよかった。とても気に入ったので、彼女は最後の一粒までのこらず平らげてしまった!
First she tasted the porridge of the Great Big Bear, and that was too hot for her. Next she tasted the porridge of the Middle-sized Bear, but that was too cold for her. And then she went to the porridge of the Little Wee Bear, and tasted it, and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and she liked it so well that she ate it all up, every bit!
それから、お使いに行かずにチョウをつかまえて遊んでいたために疲れていたゴルディロックスは、大きな大きな大ぐまのいすに座った。だが、それは硬すぎた。つぎに中くらいのくまのいすに座ったが、それは柔らかすぎた。しかし、小さな子ぐまのいすに座ってみると、硬すぎもせず柔らかすぎもせず、ちょうどよかった。そこで彼女はいすに腰をおろした。そして座りつづけていると、とうとういすの底がぬけ、どすんと地面にしりもちをついた。怒りっぽい性格の彼女は、かんかんに怒った。
Then Goldilocks, who was tired, for she had been catching butterflies instead of running on her errand, sate down in the chair of the Great Big Bear, but that was too hard for her. And then she sate down in the chair of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too soft for her. But when she sat down in the chair of the Little Wee Bear, that was neither too hard nor too soft, but just right. So she seated herself in it, and there she sate till the bottom of the chair came out, and down she came, plump upon the ground; and that made her very cross, for she was a bad-tempered little girl.
さて、どうしても休みたかったゴルディロックスは、二階にある三びきのくまの寝室へと上がっていった。まず大きな大きな大ぐまのベッドに横になったが、頭のほうが高すぎた。つぎに中くらいのくまのベッドに横になったが、足のほうが高すぎた。それから小さな子ぐまのベッドに横になってみると、頭のほうも足のほうも高すぎず、ちょうどよかった。そこで彼女は心地よく毛布にくるまり、ぐっすり眠ってしまうまで横になっていた。
Now, being determined to rest, Goldilocks went upstairs into the bedchamber in which the Three Bears slept. And first she lay down upon the bed of the Great Big Bear, but that was too high at the head for her. And next she lay down upon the bed of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too high at the foot for her. And then she lay down upon the bed of the Little Wee Bear, and that was neither too high at the head nor at the foot, but just right. So she covered herself up comfortably, and lay there till she fell fast asleep.
そのころには、三びきのくまはおかゆが食べごろに冷めただろうと思い、朝ごはんを食べに家へもどってきた。さて、うっかり者のゴルディロックスは、大きな大きな大ぐまのスプーンをおかゆの中に突っ立ったままにしていた。
By this time the Three Bears thought their porridge would be cool enough for them to eat it properly; so they came home to breakfast. Now careless Goldilocks had left the spoon of the Great Big Bear standing in his porridge.
「だれかがわしのおかゆに手をつけたぞ!」
“SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!”
大きな大きな大ぐまが、大きく荒々しい、しゃがれた声で言った。
said the Great Big Bear in his great, rough, gruff voice.
つぎに中くらいのくまが自分のおかゆを見ると、やはりスプーンが突っ立っていた。
Then the Middle-sized Bear looked at his porridge and saw the spoon was standing in it too.
「だれかがわたしのおかゆに手をつけたわ!」
“SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!”
中くらいのくまが、中くらいの手ごろな声で言った。
said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized voice.
それから小さな子ぐまが自分のおわんを見ると、スプーンはおわんに入っていたが、おかゆはすっかりなくなっていた!
Then the Little Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge-bowl, but the porridge was all gone!
「だれかがぼくのおかゆに手をつけて、ぜんぶ食べちゃったよ!」
“SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE, AND HAS EATEN IT ALL UP!”
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