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鶴と亀の物語から得られる教訓は何でしょうか。
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1 Once there were two cranes and a tortoise who lived by a lake and became good
friends. They played together all day long, sunning themselves on the sand and swimming
in the lake. They were very happy and wanted to be together forever.
2 But that year there was a drought*. For five months, no rain fell at all. The rivers
and the land cracked. Each day, the little lake where the tortoise and cranes
dried up,
lived became smaller and smaller.
3 One day the two cranes flew into the air to see how things were, and came back in the
evening saying, "Tortoise, everyone is moving to the Heavenly Lake. I think we should
move too. If we stay here, we'll die of hunger and thirst."
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The tortoise shut his little eyes and cried. "Oh, you can fly or hurry as fast as you 10
get to the Heavenly Lake. But I can neither fly nor walk fast. Within three days
I will be nothing but an empty shell! We have been friends for so long. Please don't leave
want, and
me behind."
5 The tortoise cried so much that the cranes, unable to hold their own tears back, did
not have the heart to leave him behind. So they decided to stay at the lake with the 15
tortoise for a while. Perhaps the rain would come in a few days.
6 But the weather did not change. Clear stars dotted the sky at night, and the sun was
they thought
hot and cruel
el by day. The little lake was nearly dry. The cranes said again
they must go. The tortoise knew that he could not keep them there any longer, so he
pleaded* with them, saying "We have been friends for so long! Can't you think of a way to 20
take me along?"
7 They thought long and hard. After some time the cranes said, "Tortoise, we have a
plan, but it will be difficult."
18 The tortoise asked eagerly, "What is it? What is it?"
"We'll hold two ends of a stick in our beaks*, and you can hold on to the middle with 25
your mouth. Then we can fly, carrying you between us. What do you think of the idea?”
10 The tortoise was so happy that he nearly jumped. "Yes, yes! That's a good idea! Let's
start at once!"
11 The cranes were very happy, too, but they had to give him a warning. "You must be
NOTES drought : 干ばつ plead : 嘆願する
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