week5

After the earthgod worried about his feeling to the tree and the fox, one day, he felt that if the birch tree want to talk to the fox, It’s all right if only the two were happy. And he went to see the tree to tell it.

 

However, the fox suddenly came while the tree and the god were talking. The fox felt bad, and he didn’t answer to the earthgod, and lied to the tree again, by mistake, and he left the place.

 

The earthgod began to seethe with rage, and he chased the fox with his dreadful dark face because of mad. Off went the fox like the wind, his face white and his mouth twisted with fear.

week4

After the earthgod worried about his feeling to the tree and the fox, one day, he felt that if the birch tree want to talk to the fox, It’s all right if only the two were happy. And he went to see the tree to tell it.

However, the fox suddenly came while the tree and the god were talking. The fox felt bad, and he didn’t answer to the earthgod, and lied to the tree again, by mistake, and he left the place.

The earthgod began to seethe with rage, and he chased the fox with his dreadful dark face because of mad. Off went the fox like the wind, his face white and his mouth twisted with fear.

week3

The earthgod was loving the birch tree. But he felt jealousy because the tree and the fox looked very close. And the earthgod suffer from his sence og guilt, because he felt such a bad feeling though  he was god. But he couldn’t forget about the tree.

The fox, often went to see the tree. And they talked about many things, especially about the stars and the universe, and so on. The fox was talking about his knowledge, and the tree was always praising him, because he seems very wise. The fox said, “I have many books written in Germany, English, and Japanese in my house. And a telescope will arrive my house soon from Germany, so I’ll show you.”

The tree was very glad to hear that, and she thought how great he fox was.

 

However, to tell the truth, the fox didn’t order the telescope. He regretted about his lie. He only said the lie to praise her.

 

week 2 "the Earthgod and the Fox", by Kenji Miyazawa

This time, I read another short story of Miyazawa Kenji. The title is, “The Earthgod and the Fox”

 

On the northern edge of a stretch of open land, a beautiful female tree(birch tree) was standing.

The tree has two friends, the earthgod(the god of the place) and the fox.

This was the story of the birch tree, earthgod, and fox.

The female birch tree preferred the fox, because the earthgod was too wild and easily got angry in

spite of his imposing name. On the other hand, the fox was very gentle.

But, actually, the earthgod was honest and the fox was, perhaps, just a bit dishonest.