The Little Drummer Boy (Ezra Jack Keats)
絵本 語数85
＜Introduction＞
Come, they told me, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Our newborn King to see, (pa-rum-pum-pum)
Aprocession travels to Bethlehem, carrying their finest gifts to give to the Baby Jeses. The little drummer boy comes along, though he is too poor to bring a present fit for a king. Instead, he plays a song on his drum for the Christ Child.
Ezra Jack Keats's vivid, jewel-toned artwork perfectly illustrates this classic holiday carol.
上のIntroductionの文を書き写して初めて、この絵本のお話が、イエスキリストが生まれた時の設定だとわかりました。ベツレヘムの地だったんですね。
とても短い文章で、総語数は85語。一文の後に、ラッパの音が鳴り響きますが、これは語数に入っていないようです。
新しい王が生まれたからお祝いに行こう、贈り物を持っていこう、でも少年は貧しいので贈り物を用意できない。じゃ、太鼓を鳴らしてお祝いしようという、詩的なリズムのあるお話でした。85語しかないので、全文紹介しましょう。
The Little Drummer Boy
Come, they told me, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Our newborn King to see, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Our fineset gifts to bring (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
To lay before the King, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum)
So to honor Him (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
When we come．
Baby Jesus, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I am a poor boy too, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I have no gift to bring (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
That's fit to give a king, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum)
Shall I play for you (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
On my drum?
Mary nodded, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
The ox and lamb kept time, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my drum for Him, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my best for Him, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum,rum-pum-pum-pum)
Then He smiled at me, (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Me and my drum.
あらあら・・・本文にもちゃんと書いてありました。Baby Jesusって。何処読んでたんでしょうね。簡単だと思いすぎて、読み飛ばしてたかな。
