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The Rough Patch

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① 犬との幸せな日々(Happy Days Together)

Evan and his dog did everything together.

They played games
and enjoyed sweet treats.

They shared music
and adventure.

They were together
all through the day,
and through all the seasons.

But what they loved the most was
working in Evan’s magnificent garden.

There, everything they planted grew as big

and as beautiful as the sky above them.

② 突然の別れ(An Unthinkable Loss)

But one day, the unthinkable happened.

Evan laid his dog to rest in a corner of the garden,

and nothing was the same.

Evan shut himself away inside.

Without his best friend, the garden
was a bitter and lonely place.

③ 悲しみと怒りの庭(A Garden of Grief and Anger)

One morning, he found himself with
a hoe in his paws. Swinging angrily,
he slashed the garden to the ground.

He hacked it all to bits and threw everything into a heap.

But a good place won’t stay empty for long.
New plants sprouted and stretched toward the sky.

Weeds.

Itchy ones.
Spiky and prickly ones.
Foul-smelling ones.
These weeds suited Evan just fine,
so he took care of them.

If Evan’s garden couldn’t be a happy place,
then it was going to be the saddest
and most desolate spot he could make it.

And soon it was.

④ かぼちゃとの出会い(The Pumpkin Vine)

When Evan found a pumpkin vine sneaking
in under the fence, he raised his hoe to
chop it. But then he considered its prickly stems,
fuzzy leaves, and spidery, twisty tendrils.

He let it be.

⑤ 少しずつ戻ってくるもの(Healing Through Care)

As the pumpkin vine grew, Evan
cleared the weeds from its path
and watered it. The vine responded
to his care.

Around the time the evening air began to cool,
Evan felt an old, familiar sense of excitement.

It was Fair Week.

⑥ 再び外の世界へ(Back Out into the World)

He loaded up the pumpkin and drove to town.

He took care of
important fair business,

and gobbled down
some delicious fair food.

He caught up with some friends,
too. It felt good to be out again,
even if it wasn’t quite the same.

⑦ 3等賞と二つの賞品(Third Prize and a Choice)

Evan’s pumpkin won third place.
“Prize is ten dollars or one of the pups in that box,” the judge said.

“I’ll take the ten,” said Evan.

⑧ 箱の中から聞こえる音(A Sound from the Box)

But as he claimed his prize,
he heard a scrabbling sound inside the box
and thought it wouldn’t hurt
to just . . .

look.

英単語・英語表現の解説

① 犬との幸せな日々(Happy Days Together)

② 突然の別れ(An Unthinkable Loss)

③ 悲しみと怒りの庭(A Garden of Grief and Anger)

④ かぼちゃとの出会い(The Pumpkin Vine)

⑤ 少しずつ戻ってくるもの(Healing Through Care)

⑥ 再び外の世界へ(Back Out into the World)

⑦ 3等賞と二つの賞品(Third Prize and a Choice)

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⑧ 箱の中から聞こえる音(A Sound from the Box)

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