優しいyasashiiおoじいjiiさんsanはha、怪我kegaをwoしshiてteいiたta小さなchiisana雀suzumeをwo連れtsureてte帰っkaeてte大切taisetsuにni育てsodateてteいiましmashiたta。
A kind old man brought home an injured little sparrow and cared for it dearly.
しかしshikashi意地悪ijiwaruなnaおoばあbaaさんsanはha、雀suzumeがgaおo米komeでde作っtsukuたta洗濯sentaku用youのno糊noriをwo食べtabeてteしまっshimaたtaのnoでde怒りokoriましmashiたta。
However, his spiteful wife grew furious because the sparrow ate the rice starch prepared for laundry.
おoばあbaaさんsanはhaハサミhasamiでde雀suzumeのno舌shitaをwo切っkiてte、山yamaへhe追いoi出しdashiてteしまいshimaiましmashiたta。
The mean woman cut the sparrow's tongue with scissors and chased it away into the mountains.
心配shinpaiしshiたtaおoじいjiiさんsanはha雀suzumeをwo探すsagasuためtameにni、深いfukai竹林chikurinのno中nakaへheとto歩いaruiてteいきikiましmashiたta。
Worried, the old man walked into a deep bamboo grove in order to search for the sparrow.
雀suzumeのnoおo宿yadoにni着くtsukuとto、雀suzumeたちtachiはha喜んyorokonでde美味しいoishii料理riyouriやyaおo酒sakeでdeおoじいjiiさんsanをwoもてなしmotenashiましmashiたta。
When he arrived at the Sparrows' Inn, the sparrows gladly entertained the old man with delicious meals and sake.
帰るkaeru時toki、雀suzumeはhaおo土産miyageとtoしshiてte「重いomoi箱bako」とto「軽いkarui箱bako」のnoどちらdochiraかkaをwo選ぶerabuようyouにni言いiiましmashiたta。
Upon leaving, the sparrows told him to choose either the "heavy box" or the "light box" as a souvenir.
欲yokuのnoないnaiおoじいjiiさんsanがga軽いkarui箱bakoをwo選んeranでde家ieにni持ちmochi帰るkaeruとto、中nakaからkaraたくさんtakusanのno金銀kingin財宝zaihouがga出deてteきkiましmashiたta。
When the selfless old man chose the light box and brought it home, heaps of gold and treasures emerged from inside.
それsoreをwo見miたta欲張りyokubariなnaおoばあbaaさんsanはha、すぐsuguにni雀suzumeのno宿yadoへhe走っhashiてte行っiてte重いomoi箱bakoをwoもらいmoraiましmashiたta。
Seeing that, the greedy old woman immediately ran to the Sparrows' Inn and demanded the heavy box.
おoばあbaaさんsanはha家ieにni帰るkaeru道michiでde我慢gamanできdekiなくnakuなっnaてte、そのsono重いomoi箱bakoをwo開けakeてteしまいshimaiましmashiたta。
Unable to wait on her way home, the old woman ended up opening the heavy box.
箱bakoのno中nakaからkara蛇hebiやya鬼oniやya化け物bakemonoがga飛びtobi出しdashiてteきkiてte、おoばあbaaさんsanはha腰koshiをwo抜かしnukashiてte逃げnige帰りkaeriましmashiたta。
Snakes, demons, and monsters leapt out of the box, and the terrified woman scrambled all the way back home.
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