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4 big, old tree stands by qa road neqr +he cify of Hiroshima. Through +he years, iけ has seen nany
1hings.
One summer night, The ree heard a lullaby A mother was singing To her liftle girl under The Tree.
They looked happy, and The song sounded swee+. But +he Tree remembered soinehing sad」
"Yes. 1T wos some seventy years ago. 1 heard a lullaby That night, oo."
On +he morning of +hat day, a big bomb fell on the ciTy of Hiroshimo.
①Aany people los+ Their lives, and many o+hers were injured. They had burns all over Their bodies. was
very sad when T sow ②+hose people.
Tt wos a very ho day. Some of +he people fell down near ne. T said +o hem, *Come qand resT in my
shade. Youll be all right soon."
Nigh+ came. Some people were already dead. T heard a weak voice. T+ was a lullaby. A young girl
wos singing To a liTtle boy.
"Aommy!| Aommy!"+he boy cried.
*Don+ cry, +he girl said. "Aommy is here." Then she began +o sing again.
⑧ She was very weak。 bu she ried +o be a mother to he poorlittleboy. She held him in her artns like
a real mofher.
"Aommy," +he boy wos s員 crying.
*Be a good boy," said +he girl "Youll be all right.* She held +he boy tmore +ightly and began to sing
qgoin.
ア 4ffer_q while, he boy s+opped crying and quieTly died. But he little mother did not stop singing.
T+ was a sd lullaby.
The girl's voice became weaker and weaker.
Aorning caime aqnd +he sun rose, but The girl never inoved again. (278 words)
