Japanese Graded Readers (JLPT N4): 走れメロス / Run, Melos!

Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method

Lesson 5-1: 走はしれメロス / Run, Melos!

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Japanese Script

メロスは怒おこった。悪わるい王様おうさまを許ゆるせないと思おもいました。メロスは難むずかしいことがわかりません。メロスは村むらで楽たのしく生活せいかつをしていました。しかし、メロスは悪わるいことを許ゆるせません。メロスは村むらからシクラスという街まちに来きました。メロスにはお父とうさんもお母かあさんもいません。奥おくさんもいません。１６じゅうろく歳さいの妹いもうとと二人ふたりで生活せいかつをしています。妹いもうとはもうすぐ結婚けっこんします。メロスは結婚式けっこんしきの用よう意いのために買かい物ものをしに街まちに来きたのです。街まちを歩あるいていると、メロスは街まちがおかしいと思おもいました。前まえに来きた時ときより、街まちがとても静しずかなのです。そこで、メロスは街まちの人ひとに聞ききました。「なぜ街まちが静しずかなのですか？」

English Translation

Melos was angry. He thought that he could not forgive the bad king. Melos didn’t understand difficult things. Melos was living a happy life in a village. However, Melos could not forgive bad things. Melos came to the town named Syracuse from the village. Melos had no father, mother nor wife. He was living with his sixteen-year-old younger sister. She would get married soon. Melos came to the town to go shopping to prepare for the wedding. While he was walking in the town, Melos thought that the town was strange. The town was much quieter than when he came before. So, Melos asked a person in the town, “Why is the town quiet?”

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