THE BOYS AND THE FROGSSome mischievous Boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching sight of some Frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting them with stones, and they killed several of them.
At last one of the Frogs put his head out of the water and said, "Oh, stop!stop!I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.
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THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
男の子とカエル
Some mischievous Boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching sight of some Frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting them with stones, and they killed several of them.
いたずら好きの男の子が池のほとりで遊んでいて、浅い水の中を泳いでいるカエルの姿を目にしたところ、彼らは石でそれらを毛皮で囲んで自分自身を楽しませ、彼らのいくつかを殺しました。
At last one of the Frogs put his head out of the water and said, "Oh, stop!
とうとうカエルの一人が頭を水から出して言った、「ああ、やめろ！
stop!
やめる！
I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.
私はあなたに頼みます：あなたにとってスポーツとは何かが私たちにとって死です。
