Alissa 6

１３
“Wait," a quiet voice says.
The tall lady is standing at the door.

Alissa isn't ungrateful,' the tall lady says.
"She is an honest girl.”

The tall lady speaks to Alissa.

"Aren't you happy here?" she asks.
"What do you want?"

Alissa says, “I want to go to school”

１４
The tall lady turns to the shop owner.
"Alissa will live in my house," she says.
"She won't work. She will go to school.”

"You must pay me," the shop owner says.
“No," the tall lady says, "Alissa isn't a slave."

"Pack your things, Alissa," she says.
“We will go home now."

Alissa goes with the tall lady. She is
going to a new home. She is going to be happy.

何度読んでも、 "Alissa isn't a slave." のところが気持ちいい。

Alissa 5

１１
She runs back to the shop.
The shop owner shouts at her.

‘"Don't leave the shop again!” she shouts. "I pay you a lot of money.
I pay you to work. I don't pay you to run out into the street.'

１２
Alissa is angry.
"You don't pay me a lot of money,” she shouts. "I'm a slave here.”

slave：奴隷

"You're an ungrateful girl," the large woman says.
“You have a bed and food and money.
Do you want more?”

ungrateful：恩知らずな

"Yes, I do," Alissa says. She is crying now.

Alissa 4

８
Each month, the shop owner gives the girls a little money.
Alissa buys a book with her money. She reads the book after lunch.

The shop owner is surprised. The other girls can't read.

"Can you write? Can you count?" the shop owner asks.

"Yes, I can," Alissa says.

“Come," the shop owner says. "You are going to work in the shop."

９
Alissa likes working in the shop. She serves the customers.
The customers a rich ladies. They buy expensive dresses.

One of the customers is a tall and pretty lady.
She always smiles at Alissa. She gives Alissa small presents.

１０
One day, the tall lady leaves her purse in the shop.
Alissa runs out into the street. She runs after the lady.

〖leave A＋副詞〗 (〖副詞〗は場所の表現)
　　a. 〈人が〉〈物〉を置き忘れる
　leave a dog in the car（車に犬を置き去りにする）

“Here is your purse,” Alissa says.
The lady smiles. She takes some money from the purse.

"Thank you," she says to Alissa.
“You are an honest girl. Take this money.”

honest：正直な

"No, no," says Alissa. "I don't want your money.”

Alissa 3

5
The next morning, the thin man takes Alissa into the house.
'This is Alissa,' the man says to his wife.
"She likes reading.' They laugh.

Suddenly the woman shouts at Alissa.
'You aren't going to read here,' she shouts.
'You're going to cook and clean and wash.'
Alissa works fifteen hours a day.
The woman shouts at her every day.
Alissa is very unhappy. She cries every night.

６
One day, the thin man says to Alissa,
'Pack your things. You must go. My
wife doesn't like you.”
The thin man takes her to a clothes
shop in the city. The shop owner is a large woman.
She gives man some the money.
He goes away. He doesn't say
goodbye to Alissa. 

７
Alissa works with five other girls. They
work in a small, dark room.

The girls work all day. They make
clothes. They work twelve hours a day.
At midday, they eat lunch. After lunch,
they rest for ten minutes. At night, they
sleep on the floor.

Alissa 2

3
"Your mother is packing your things. You must go to the city,”
her father says.

The fat man gives some money to Alissa's father.
Alissa's father is pleased and happy.
Alissa is angry and afraid.

pleased：形容詞で、喜んで、満足して、
afraid：恐れて

Alissa does not want to go with this man. 

But she must obey her father.

obey：従う　言うことを聞く

4
Alissa and the fat man arrive in the city. They drive to a house.
A thin man comes to the door. The two men talk.
'Here is your room,' the thin man says to Alissa.
He points to a door under the steps.
Alissa goes into the room. The room is
small and dark. It is her new home.

Alissa

1、

Alissa is reading. Her father calls to her.
"Alissa! Alissa!”

Alissa runs to the door. There is a car
outside the house. Her father is talking to a fat man.

"This is Alissa. She reads all day,” her father says.
The two men laugh.

“Alissa," her father says. “My friend has work for you in the city.
There isn't any work here in the village. You must go with him.”

2
The fat man smiles at Alissa.

"How old are you?" he asks.

"I'm twelve," she says.

The fat man laughs again. Alissa doesn’t like him.
She doesn't want to go with this man.
She wants to go to school in the village.
She likes school. She likes reading.

さあ　彼女は学校に行けるのだろうか。

Blue Fins ５

Jen and Rick swim towards the beach.
Now the shark is fifteen metres away.
Jen can see the shark's sharp, white teeth.

Suddenly, they see another fin in the water.
A blue fin. It is a dolphin! It is the beautiful,
blue dolphin.

The dolphin is swimming towards
the shark. The dolphin hits the shark.

The dolphin hits the shark again and again.
The shark swims away. Rick and Jen are safe.

　　（Look, Rick! It's my blue dolphin!）・・・・Jenのセリフ
　　（Thanks, dolphin! Thanks for saving us!）・・・・Rickのセリフ