One-Inch Fellow 一寸法師 (5)

One-Inch Fellow 一寸法師 (5)

On the great stone step at the door, he saw a pair of shiny painted black shoes.
The lord of the mansion was about to go out.

" Hear me ! " One-Inch Felow shouted as loud as he could.
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here me　たのもう（かと）

" Who is that ? "
It was a the dignified lord himself lord himself who answered.

" It is I, a youth from Naniwa, " answered One-Inch Fellow.

The lord came out and looked around, but he could not see anyone.

Again One-Inch Fellow shouted, "Here I am ! "

The startled lord looked down at the ground. 

" Yo ! What a tiny fellow; but you have a mighty voice ! Who are you ?"

" I am called One-Inch Fellow. I have come all the way from Nanwa to serve a great lord. "

" Yo ! I do not know what a liitle fellow like you could do. "

" But, " cried One-INch Fellow, " you will find no other fellow like me on all this earth. "

" That is so ! All right, you may serve me, " said the lord.

From that day, One-Inch Fellow became a faithful servant to this lord of Kyoto.

(5/9 続く)