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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

The little man's account now turns to an old acquaintance who lives in Kilburn. Although he decides to visit that man, one serious concern still troubles him. Leaning against the garden wall and watching the geese gathered at his sister's house, he is suddenly struck by an idea about what to do next.

"My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the pick of her geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she was always as good as her word.「姉は何週間か前に、クリスマスの贈り物として、うちのガチョウから好きなのを一羽選んでいいと言ってくれていました。姉が必ず約束を守る人だということも、私は知っていました。
I would take my goose now, and in it I would carry my stone to Kilburn.そのガチョウを今もらって、その中に石を入れてキルバーンまで運べばいい、と考えたのです。
There was a little shed in the yard, and behind this I drove one of the birds—a fine big one, white, with a barred tail.庭には小さな物置があり、私はその裏へ鳥を一羽追い込みました。尾に縞のある、白くて大きな立派なやつです。
I caught it, and prying its bill open, I thrust the stone down its throat as far as my finger could reach.私はそれを捕まえ、くちばしをこじ開けて、指の届くかぎり奥まで石をのどに押し込みました。
The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop.鳥はごくりと飲み込み、石が食道を通って餌袋へ下りていくのが分かりました。
But the creature flapped and struggled, and out came my sister to know what was the matter.ところがそいつが羽をばたつかせて暴れたものですから、何事かと姉が出てきました。
As I turned to speak to her the brute broke loose and fluttered off among the others.私が姉のほうを振り向いて話しかけようとしたすきに、そいつは手を振りほどき、ばたばたとほかの鳥の中へ紛れ込んでしまいました。
"'Whatever were you doing with that bird, Jem?' says she.「『ジェム、いったいその鳥に何をしてたのよ？』と姉は言いました。
"'Well,' said I, 'you said you'd give me one for Christmas, and I was feeling which was the fattest.'「『いや』と私は言いました。『クリスマスに一羽くれるって言ってただろう。どれがいちばん太ってるか、触って確かめてたんだよ』