Japanese–English parallel text
ちがう小づつみ
The Wrong Parcel
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あさの七時二分に、小づつみが話しはじめました。
The parcel started talking at 7:02 in the morning.
「起きて、ノラ」と言いました。女の人の声で、やさしくて悲しそうでした。「やくそくしたでしょ」
“Wake up, Nora,” it said. A woman’s voice, soft and sad. “You promised.”
サムはくつ下で台所に立っていました。アパートに来て三日目でした。サムはテーブルの上の箱を見ました。箱もサムを見かえしました。うそです。でも、そんな気がしました。
Sam stood in the kitchen in his socks. It was his third day in the flat. He looked at the box on the table. The box looked back. Well, not really. But it felt like that.
「レオ?」とサムは呼びました。「マヤ? だれか起きている?」
“Leo?” he called. “Maya? Is anyone awake?”
ドアが開きました。レオが出てきました。かみの毛がぼさぼさで、片目を閉じていました。
A door opened. Leo came out with his hair everywhere and one eye closed.
「どうしたの? 火事? 火事じゃないって言って。きのうフライパンを洗ったんだ。だいたいね」
“What’s wrong? Is it a fire? Tell me it’s not a fire. I cleaned the pan yesterday. Almost.”
「火事じゃないよ。小づつみだよ。話すんだ」
“It’s not a fire. It’s the parcel. It talks.”
「小づつみは話さないよ、サム」
“Parcels don’t talk, Sam.”
「起きて、ノラ」と小づつみが言いました。「やくそくしたでしょ」
“Wake up, Nora,” said the parcel. “You promised.”
レオはもう一つの目も開けました。「わかった。その小づつみ、話すね」
Leo opened his other eye. “Okay. That parcel talks.”
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