賢い男 There was a man in our town （マザーグースの歌：壺齋散人訳）
町に男が暮らしてたとさ
知恵があるともっぱら評判
イチゴ畑に飛び込んで
目玉がふたつ飛び出たとさ
これは大変目玉がないぞ
知恵を絞って考えると
イチゴ畑に飛び込んで
目玉をふたつ取り戻したとさ
賢い評判の男のあまり賢くないお話です。でも最後にはなくした目玉を取り戻したのですから、やはり少しは賢かったのでしょう。
There was a man in our town, – Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
There was a man in our town,
And he was wond'rous wise,
He jump'd into a bramble-bush,
And scratch'd out both his eyes,
And when he saw his eyes were out,
With all his might and main
He jump'd into another bush,
And scratch'd them in again.
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