『カラファテのものがたり』 子供のためのオーディオブック
英語で読める “The Story Of The Calafate” の絵本
The Story of the Calafate (Argentina)
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A hundred years or more ago, a Mapuche tribe was hunting for food very far from their home. They had been hunting for a long time. They were tired and winter was coming.
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Suddenly, it started to snow. “We should go home,” they said. Hunting with them was a wise, old woman. Her name was Koonek, which means “calafate.” She could not move fast. They were worried they would not make it home before there was too much snow.
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Following the tradition of their tribe, they built an awning for her and gave her some animal skins, food and firewood. They left her there alone.
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Koonek sat beneath the awning. She lit a fire and the birds came and sang her a sweet song. Soon it began to get colder and colder. One by one the birds left. She was alone in the cold, white place.
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"Koonek ate all the food the tribe had left her. Next she searched for roots with her cold hands digging beneath the snow. Then she ate the bark of the trees. She huddled by the fire with the animal skins around her shoulders."
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Then spring came. Koonek saw small green shoots poking through the snow. A small flower here and there. Then, one by one, the birds came back. They were surprised to find her still there. They sang a special song for her.
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Now, Koonek was a “machi,” someone with special powers. She talked to the birds. She promised that if they stayed with her through the next winter, she would teach them how to survive the cold.
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Koonek and the birds lived together throughout the year. When the winter came, it was very cold and the birds were not sure they could survive. Koonek called to them. “Look at this beautiful calafate plant. How lovely are these blue berries?” she asked. The plant was indeed lovely.
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She took some berries from the plant. She pressed them into the palm of her hand and offered the tiny seeds to the birds. After they had eaten the seeds the birds did not want to leave that place anymore.
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Many suns and many moons passed in that place. Koonek and the birds lived together happily. One sad day, Koonek quietly died as the birds were singing a beautiful song to her.
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The following day, in the very spot where Koonek had died, a big, beautiful calafate plant grew. Legend says that if you ever eat the berries of the calafate, you will never want to leave that place.
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The Story of the Calafate (Argentina)
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A hundred years or more ago, a Mapuche tribe was hunting for food very far from their home. They had been hunting for a long time. They were tired and winter was coming.
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Suddenly, it started to snow. “We should go home,” they said. Hunting with them was a wise, old woman. Her name was Koonek, which means “calafate.” She could not move fast. They were worried they would not make it home before there was too much snow.
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Following the tradition of their tribe, they built an awning for her and gave her some animal skins, food and firewood. They left her there alone.
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Koonek sat beneath the awning. She lit a fire and the birds came and sang her a sweet song. Soon it began to get colder and colder. One by one the birds left. She was alone in the cold, white place.