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むかし むかし あるところに おじいさんと おばあさんが すんで いました。
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| ナレーター 2 |
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Once
upon a time there lived an old man and old woman. The old man
was a bamboo cutter. |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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あるひ おじいさんは やまに いきました。 |
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| ナレーター 2 |
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One day the old man went to the mountains to
cut bamboo. |
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| おじいさん |
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あれは なんですか。 いってみましょう。 |
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(Points
to bamboo and walks over to it, starts cutting) |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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He
saw a bamboo stalk that was glowing brightly. When he cut into
it he found a little baby girl inside. |
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| おじいさん |
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かわいい あかちゃん。 おばあさんに みせましょう。 |
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(Picks
up baby, cuddles it and walks off) |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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He
took the baby home. The couple was so overjoyed to finally have
a baby of their own. They decided to call the baby Kaguyahime
(Shining Princess). |
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| SCENE
2 - At home |
| ナレーター 1 |
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Kaguyahime
grew into a beautiful young woman and became famous throughout
the land for her beauty. Very soon all the young princes came
to her home wanting to marry her. |
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| くらもち |
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くらもちです。 こんにちは。 (bows) |
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| おおとも |
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おおともです。こんにちは。 (bows) |
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| いそ |
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いそです。 こんにちは。 (bows) |
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(She
looks them up and down and turns to the audience) |
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| かぐやひめ |
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みんな いやです。 けっこん したくないです。 |
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| ナレーター ２ |
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Kaguyahime
did not want to marry any of the young men so she set them impossible
tasks to complete before she would consider marrying any of
them. |
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| かぐやひめ |
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くらもちさん、きんの えだを もってきて ください。 |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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Prince
Kuramochi, bring me the sacred branch encrusted with jewels. |
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| かぐやひめ |
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おおともさん、ネックレスを もってきて ください。 |
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| ナレーター ２ |
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Prince
Ōtomo, bring me the coloured ball from the Dragon King. |
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| かぐやひめ |
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いそさん、めずらしいかいがらを もってきて ください。 |
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| ナレーター １ |
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Prince
Iso, bring me a rare cowry shell. |
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(The
princes leave to seek their treasures) |
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| くらもち |
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みつかりませんでした。(bows) |
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| おおとも |
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みつかりませんでした。(bows) |
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| いそ |
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みつかりませんでした。(bows) |
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| かぐやひめ |
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ざんねんでしたね。 |
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| ナレーター ２ |
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The
three princes failed to find their special gifts and so they
were sent away. |
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| SCENE
3 - In the garden |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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Kaguyahime
became very sad and one night Ojiisan and Obaasan found her
crying. |
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| おじいさん |
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かぐやひめ どうしたの？ |
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| かぐやひめ |
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わたしは つきから きました。 (pointing
to the moon) もうすぐ かえります。 |
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| ナレーター １ |
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Kaguyahime
was really a princess from the moon and would soon have to return
there. |
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| おばあさん |
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かえらないで ください。 (She
begs her) |
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| ナレーター ２ |
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Ojiisan
was shocked, and not wanting to let his beloved daughter go,
devised a plan to keep her with them. |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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On
the night of the full moon, guards hid Kaguyahime deep inside
the Ojiisan’s house and then surrounded it. |
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(Guards
arrive and surround the house and aim their bows and arrows
toward the sky) |
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| ナレーター 2 |
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Suddenly,
the night sky became bright. Messengers from the moon dressed
in brilliant clothes came down from the sky and descended to
the earth on a cloud. |
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| ガード |
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こわい！ こわい！ |
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(guards
run off frightened) |
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| ナレーター 1 |
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The
messengers place Kaguyahime onto a chariot and dress her in
a feathered robe. Leaving the heartbroken old couple behind,
Kaguyahime rose up to the moon. |
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| かぐやひめ |
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さようなら おじいさん。 さようなら おばあさん。 |
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おじいさん
おばあさん |
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さようなら。 |
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