Storyteller's Garden 語り手たちの庭<LNPイギリスへの旅 その71> |
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英国にはStorytellerのための施設が2つあります。 そのひとつがグラスミアのStoryteller's Garden です。

17Cからの建物…ナショナルトラストからThomas夫妻が借り受けたのが2000年。
 Northern Center for Storytellers in Grassmere
ここでは…

ストーリーテラーの椅子に座った人はお話を語らなければならないそうです。
 Storyteller's Garden
庭におかれた様々なオブジェにはそれにまつわるStoryがあるのだそうです。 きのこにみたてた石の輪には…
Fairy Ring
…He had been so eager to sit down that he hadn't noticed he was in the middle of a circle of toadstools; a fairy ring. And because he hadn't stopped for a wash, he hadn't shaved either so he had a stubbly chin. After a few moments he was awakened by somebody pulling on one of his whiskers as though it were a tug- of-war rope. OUCH! He opened his eyes to discover it was a tiny man in a yellow and green suit.
'Get out,' he yelped.
'Get out yourself!' said the fairy. 'You're in my place.'
'What do you mean, I'm in your place?' asked the tramp.
'This is the fairy ring and my king, the King of the Fairies, it's his birthday today. We're going to have a party right here. You're sitting where the band is going, and where your old boots are, that's where the food and drink are going. In short, you're in the way. Clear off.'…
<男は歩き疲れてとある場所で眠ってしまう。 男が目を覚ますと妖精が現れ 「fairy ring からでていけ」と叫んでいる。 妖精はこれから妖精の王さまの誕生日の宴会いがここであるので 脱いだ靴をもってさっさと立ち退くようにに男に言う。>
★fairy ring 【名詞】【可算名詞】
妖精の輪 《草地の中にキノコのために環状に生じた暗緑色の輪》 .
[妖精たちの舞踊の跡と信じられたことから]
参照:研究社 新英和中辞典
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