#199 - Why are the crickets still here?

Kamitsukasa Shoken

#199　上司小剣「政治論と蟋蟀」

『夜になると、蟋蟀が鳴きますの！床の下で。』と、娘さんは美しい眉を顰めつゝ、私に膝を向けた。さうして、『あの火事でも死なゝかつたんでせうか。』と問ふた。

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Vocabulary:

• 上司小剣　　かみつかさしょうけん　Kamitsukasa Shoken (author, 1874-1947)

• 蟋蟀　　　　こおろぎ　　　　　　　cricket

• 眉を顰める　まゆをしかめる　　　　to frown

• 火事　　　　かじ　　　　　　　　　fire

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Translation:

“At night, the crickets chirp! Beneath the floorboards,” said the daughter frowning her beautiful eyebrows while she turned her knees toward me. And then, she asked: “Didn’t they die in the fire?”

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