Sunday, February 16, 2025

巨大な桃  The Giant Peach

 巨大な桃  


The Giant Peach

I am reading Roald Dahl story, James and the Giant Peach. This is a humorous story. It depicts an enormously big peach on which James and other small animals such as grasshopper, a spider, an earthworm, a centipede, and a ladybird stand. One day, they encounter a storm and the rain washed away the paint which had cemented the centipede’s feet. Their enemy, cloud’s men, had shot the paint bullets toward them. The Centipede became happy. The following is an extract from the story:

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‘Look at me!’ cried the Centipede.

Oh, loot at ME! I am freed! I am freed!

Not a scratch nor a bruise nor a bleed!

To his gave this fine gent

They all thought they had sent!

And I very near went !

Oh, I VERY near went!

But they cent quite the wrong Setipede!