Name: 【童話で英語】一寸法師
Uploaded: 2021-02-17T06:12:16.000Z
Duration: 6 min 11 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

Once upon a time there lived a lovely married couple.

They got along well,  but they could not have a baby.

""Please give us a lovely child.  Any child will do""

However, the baby was very very small,  as tall as an inch.

The couple named the little boy Inch Boy  and cherished him and let him eat a lot,

Many years had passed,  but Inch Boy was still as tall as an inch.

In spite of the couple's anxiety,  Inch Boy had no problem.

Although his body was just an inch,  he always thought,

""I am brave and  have wisdom.  I surely can do something special.

Then, at last, Inch Boy told the couple  that he would be a warrior in the capital.

He left the couple alone and headed to the capital.

Inch boy set off for the capital  with a bowl for a boat and chopsticks for oars.

He put a sewing needle in a scabbard for his sword.

It was indeed sad and lonely  to bid farewell to his parents,

but he was also excited to go to the capital  he had never seen.

He was rowing, rowing and rowing down the river.

Inch Boy arrived at the capital and was surprised.

A large number of people, wonderful gorgeous clothes,  prosperous markets...

He had known something about the capital  as many people told him.

But the capital was much greater than he had expected!

He looked around and found the biggest mansion.

He walked toward it and knocked on the door.

""Hello! My name is Inch boy.  I came here all the way to be a warrior.

""How strange... I thought I heard someone speaking,""  said the one warrior working for this family,

""Is that you who spoke now?  What a  little tiny boy you are.""

but I have more courage and wisdom  than any other man.""

Okay, I will take you to the master of the house.""

The master liked Inch Boy and let him live in the house.

Inch Boy worked and learned  as hard as anyone else,

chopping firewood, cleaning,  and learning reading, writing and arithmetic.

All workers at this mansion started liking Inch Boy.

Especially, a princess sometimes gave him snacks  and cherished him so much.

One day, the princess happened to go to Temple  to worship Kannon deity.

Inch Boy was also assigned to accompany her.

On the way back from the Kannon temple, suddenly the sky became dark.

Then, they saw terrible red and blue ogres.

These ogres blocked the way  in front of the princess's party.

The ogres seemed  as if they were about to eat all people.

""I won't let you lay a finger on our princess!""

""Hahaha! Did you say something?""  laughed the ogres a lot.

""What is a pipsqueak like you going to do?  we can easily step on you!""

said the ogre, and he reached his leg out toward Inch Boy.

But, Inch Boy jumped aside and climbed his leg,  and from his knee to his belly,

and then he stabbed the red ogre's eye  with his needle sword.

said the blue ogre,and he put Inch Boy into his mouth.

""No, Inch Boy...!""  cried the princess despairing.

He held his belly and suffered with pain.

""You ogres, as long as Inch Boy is beside the princess,  no one shall lay a finger on her.

He was stabbing in the blue ogre's stomach.

""I understand, please forgive us.  We won't do anything evil anymore.""

As Inch Boy heard their apology,  he jumped out from the mouth.

"Once you swing it, you wish will be granted,"  said the ogres, and they escaped.

""Please make me bigger with this mallet, Princess,""  asked Inch Boy.

She swung it saying  ""Inch Boy, grow now!""

Then, he grew up, bigger and bigger,  and became a young man.

And it is said that he later married the princess  and became a great warrior.