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A5 待ち月 The wait month. ‐ コヨーテの法則 Law of a coyote. |
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◇狩りに出たコヨーテは死んだ鹿を見つけた。 The coyote which has gone out to hunt found the deer which died. そのあばら骨は、水飲みに使う貝殻を大きくしたような形だった。 The rib was the shape that the shell used for a glass was made big. そこでコヨーテは、それを持って蛙のところに行った。 So the coyote went to the frog with that. 当時は蛙が水を独り占めにしていて、貝殻をあげないと水を分けてもらえなかったのだ。 The frog made the water a monopoly then. When a shell wasn't given, that could have them distribute no water to the frog. コヨーテは「すごく喉が渇いた。水をたくさん飲ませろ」と蛙に言った。 The coyote said to the frog "I was very thirsty. Make me drink much water." 「その貝殻をくれるなら、好きなだけ飲んでもいい」といわれ、コヨーテは水に頭を突っ込んだ。 The frog said "If you gave the shell to me, you might drink as much as you like." The coyote stuffed a head into water. 「そんなにたくさん飲んでどうするんだ」という蛙の問いにも答えず、潜り続けた。 The frog was asked. "Is much accepted so much, and it be done how?". The coyote kept not answering a question and diving. 蛙はついに「そんなに飲むなら、もっと貝殻を寄こせ」。 The frog said at last. "If you drink that much, give more shells". ようやくコヨーテが顔を上げるや、池はくずれ、水は川や滝になって丘陵に広がっていった。 When the coyote looked up finally, the pond was deformed, and water was a river and a waterfall and was being spread in a hill. コヨーテは密かに池に穴を空けていたのだ。 The coyote was making a hole in a pond secretly. 蛙は怒ったが、コヨーテは「水を独り占めにするのは間違いだ」と言い返した。 The frog was scolded, but the coyote retorted "It was a mistake to make the water a monopoly." 誰もが自由に水を飲めるようになったのは、コヨーテのお陰なのだ。 ‐ カラパヤ族の寓話 It's thanks to the coyote that everyone could drink now water freely. ‐ Allegory of Karapaia |