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The Grasshopper And The Bell Cricket

Summary (締め切り 5月31日)
Written By Yasunari Kawabata(Japan)P60
提出順、敬称略
The Grasshopper And Bell Cricket
Middle-angle


It was a breathtaking view !! Swinging colorful lanterns, laughing children, and an insect's voice..... Suddenly I wandered into a fantasy world.
Having a stroll around black cherry trees, I happened to see a group of children chasing an insect. All of them had vivid colored lanterns in their hands, most of which were made by themselves with love and care. Not only the vivid colors of lanterns, such as crimson, pink, indigo, green, purple, and yellow, but also manufacturers' (children's) names cut out in squared letters pleased me. 
"Does anyone want a grasshopper ?" One of the children shouted. He seemed to have found one in a bush. Many children flocked together for his catch. Without a moment's hesitation, he chose a girl and handed his catch to her very carefully.   
"Oh ! It's not a grasshopper but a bell cricket !" she cried with joy. I was sure this must have been a big surprise for her made by the boy. Moreover I realized the lantern held up by him inscribed his name "Fujio" on her white kimono, and in the same way the girl's name "Kiyoko" projected upon his waist. "Fujio" was green color and "Kiyoko" was red one. What a beautiful interplay of red and green !! It was definitely a magic of light. However it was regretful that none of the children noticed it.  
Fujio, I want you to keep this sort of wit till you have grown up and whenever you are depressed at the real world, please remember what happened today . 


Summer Illusion
ごえべえ

When I was wandering near the school playground, hearing insect's voice, I found a bobbing cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns.
About 20 children were hanging their lanterns in their hands respectively and chasing insects.
Almost all children's lanterns were hand-made by their own. And each of them had several colors and elaborate shapes and children's names which cut out and colored.
One boy found a grasshopper. He shouted 'does anyone want a grasshopper?' three times. The boy handed the grasshopper to a girl. However, it was a bell cricket. Then something appeared on the girl's breast. It was the boy's name, 'Fujio' The letters were green on her white cotton kimono. While the girl's lantern projected a trembling patch of red on the boy's waist, the name-'Kiyoko'.
They didn't noticed them.
It is pity for Fujio not to remember the moment, when his name was written in green by his beautiful lantern on the girl's breast.

最後の方のEven if you have the witから Probably you will find a girl like a grasshopper whom you think is a bell cricket.までがよくわからない・・・
どういうことなんだろう・・・


The Grasshopper And Bell Cricket
さなえ


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When I was ambling by the upper school playground, I thought I heard the voice of insect. So I walked more slowly listening to that voice. Then I encountered bobbing cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns at the base of embankment. I soon found out it was a group of children on an insect chase among the bush.

Most of the lanterns were made by children themselves. They tried hard to make ones lantern more unique and beautiful than others. That's why those lanterns were so beautiful.

The children crouched eagerly on the slope to look for the insect. Suddenly a boy shouted.
"Does anyone want a grasshopper?"
Some children responded quickly to him but the boy kept asking as if he didn't hear them until one girl asked for the grasshopper. He gave it to her. The insect he gave to her was not a grasshopper but a bell cricket after all. She overjoyed to get the bell cricket.

As I watched them, I happened to notice very interesting phenomenon. The boy's name "Fujio", which was cut out in squared letters on the lantern, projected on the girl's breast and "Kiyoko" the girl's name on the boy's waist. What a magic of light! It was such a pity that no one noticed that play of light.

Though you didn't see the play of the light, Fujio, I want you to remember what you have experienced tonight.



The Grasshopper And Bell Cricket
Rilla


While wandering around the campus, I happened to see a bobbing cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns at the base of the embankment. It was a group of children on an insect chase among the bushes. There were about twenty lanterns having elaborate designs made by the children.
Wide-eyed, I loitered near them and found that some lanterns have the names of the children who made them cut out in squared letters, so that the candle's light seemed emanate from the form and color of the design itself.
While the children were looking for insects eagerly, one boy suddenly straightened up and shouted.
"Does anyone want a grasshopper?"
A lot of the children looking for insects came running up to get it. He chose one girl, and the insect was transferred from his hands to hers and put into her insect cage. Looking at it, she was very delighted.
"Oh! It's not a grasshopper. It's a bell cricket." It was the boy’s wit in order to please her more when the insect she thought grasshopper turned out a bell cricket.
Then I noticed that in the faint greenish light of his lantern felling on the girl’s breast, the boy’s name “Fujio” was clearly projected. The girl’s lantern dangling from her waist also projected her name “Kiyoko” on the boy’s waist in the reddish light. What an impressive play of light! However neither of them knew it.
I’m thinking of Fujio’s future. The girl got more wonderful thing than she expected, but the opposite might happen in the world. I hope Fujio could find a girl like a true bell cricket when he becomes a young man.

文学作品は大の苦手なので、最後の締めくくりのところを、どう要約したらいいのか迷いました(汗


The Grasshopper And Bell Cricket
ぽち

When I was strolling near the university, I saw a bobbling cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns at the base of the embankment. I was astonished by the beauty of that fantastic view. It was a group of children on an insect chase holding the lanterns, most of which they had made themselves with love and care. Every child wanted make the most unusually beautiful lantern, so they improved the designs and tried to make a better one each day. The square lanterns had old-fashioned patterns, flower shapes and the names of the children who had made them were cut out to in squared letters of the syllabary.

A boy suddenly straightened up and shouted, " Does anyone want a grasshopper?" Some children came running up, but the boy called again. Some more children came running up, but again he called out a third time. Two or three more children came over and he chose a girl to give the insect to. The insect was transferred from his fist to the girl's thumb and index finger. "Oh, it's not a grasshopper. It's a bell cricket." she exclaimed. She was so delighted that her eyes shone with joy. I finally understood his action now. He meant to surprise and please her by giving her the bell cricket saying, " It's a grasshopper".

Then I caught my breath in surprise. The boy's lantern inscribed his name "Fujio" in green on the girl's breast and the girl's lantern made out her name "Kiyoko" in red on the boy's waist. Neither of Fujio nor Kiyoko knew about this chance interplay of red and green. Even if they remembered forever what happened tonight, Fujio would ever know about tonight's play of light. It's a pity.

Fujio! I want you to have the wit even when you have become a young man and even if you do have it, it is difficult to find a true bell cricket in the world. You might find a girl like a grasshopper whom you think is a bell cricket and finally even a true bell cricket will seem like a grasshopper to you. If you had have seen tonight's play of light, it would help remind you that there is a true bell cricket in the world when you feel that the world is only full of grasshoppers in the future.

遅くなって申し訳ありません。今月からは遅れないようにちゃんと計画的にやりたいと思います。
土日と有馬温泉に行って蛍を見てきました。大阪生まれの大阪育ちの私は生まれて初めて蛍を見ました。
儚げで幻想的な蛍の光を見ながらこの作品の美しく幻想的な光のイメージ、情景を思い浮かべていました。

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ネット勉強会初の日本語の翻訳作品。川端康成。叙情的で、美しい揺れ動く色とりどりの光が目に浮かんできました。子供時代の夏の楽しいゆうべのワンシーンなんだけど、そこから、いろんなことを考えさせてくれる作品でした。
少々読みが足りなかったので、最後の「世の中には鈴虫がいっぱい・・」というところが理解できていませんでした。それに、フジオが最初から鈴虫と知っていてバッタと言っていたとも気づいていませんでした。
今度はもっとじっくり読まなければと、気持ちを引き締めています。さて、来月。また楽しみです!

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