The big cedar of forest

The bright sun rose in the east mountain slowly.
A quiet forest became lively by greeting of birds.
It was earlier then anymore,and the warm solar light hit the tallest big cedar in a forest and was able to tell it about an opening on first.
A big cedar had neither the eyes nor the nose like a human being,but it heard the voice of the small bird,too and understood the warmth of light of the sun properly.
When the sun went up right above a big cedar, the Gon old man of the woodcutter came over to the watchman of the forest.
"Is it cheerful today.?"
The Gon talked while patting the big cedar kindly.
"Yes,it is cheerful."
The big cedar answered a human being in the voice that I did not not hear while feeling manual warmth of grandfather.
Natuki of the grandchild is same as today,too. Natuki looked up at the big cedar and opened a mouth.
"Grandfather,this tree is very big."
"Yes,I have already stood this big cedar here after your old."
"The tree is longevity very much."
"Yes. But the tree of the forest does not grow to the so excellent tree unless we care for it properly."
When Gon said so, he cut grass around the big cedar and cut the vine which got twisted up.
"I already return."
"Yes,then good-bye."
Natuki went down the mountain when she patted the big cedar in the same way as grandfather kindly. The big cedar was raised carefully by father and grandfather of the Gon and brought up to the biggest cedar in forest.
The big cedar loved the tender Gon and Natuki and friends of the forest.
The big cedar cannot move like an animal with having stood,but it watched a state of the friends of the forest and was happy at all.
For one year of the forest,we are full of pleasant things.

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Translator Megumi,N

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All the forest of the spring is good health
The animals jump up and down in a forest under the sun.
The small birds talk from morning to night.
The trees and the flowers are proud of attaching the flowers and stretch ourself and grow big.

The forest of the summer is nap.
The trees and the grass doze off under the favorite solar light comfortably while it is blown by wind.
The animals seem to doze off leisurely because it has a lot of food.

The forest of autumn is very busy.
The tree and grass bear a lot of fruits and it changes the clothes of a green leaf into red and yellow and is serious.
The animals eat a lot of food for winter,and it collects nuts in the den and is very busy,too.
The forest of the winter is a memory.
The circumference of the forest becomes pure white snow.
Most of the voices of animals and the small bird are not known and hear the sound that could wind goes through in quiet forest.
The friends of the forest remember happy time and wait for spring coming.
The big cedar grew while watching the friends of the forest for long time.


It was one day.
North wind began to blow,and the leaf of a red maple was splashed by a blue sky.
Around a big cedar,a lot of human being gathered.
There is the favorite Gon of the big cedar in that,too.
"Thank you for being brought up so greatly."
Gon said while patting the cedar kindly.
The big cedar was surprised among the human beings whom I did not know a little,but was relieved in a voice of grandfather.
Human is saying,
"Somebody surely buy this big cedar at a good price."
"I think so,too."
Then Gon who took out a big saw and has begun to cut cedar with the human beings of the friend.
"I have a pain it. What do you do?Why do you torment me?"
The big cedar did not understand at all why tender grandfather did.
" Please stop it and really have a pain it."
The big cedar cried in the voice that it did not hear scary and were covered.
Even if a big cedar cried,it continued cutting the hand of grandfather without stopping.
The big cedar was not able to stand anymore.
And I inclined slowly and made a big sound,and it was cut down.
While it was cut down,the big cedar thought.
"Tender grandfather cannot torment me. Therefore there is surely an important reason for this. I die for grandfather with pleasure. I bring me up carefully,and thank you very much. Good-bye."
Gon brings up a tree greatly,and it is work to be sold.
Grandfather cannot live if he does not buy rice and clothes for money that he sold a tree to.
The big cedar cut down was cut into pieces small to be easy to progress,and it was carried out of the forest.
The big cedar was sold to wood shop and became the pillar of the house,and was helpful for the human being.

It was the next spring when a big cedar was cut down.
skylarks talk in a blue sky noisily. To a big cedar cut down,Natuki and Gon came over.
Natuki digs the small hole and plants the tree of a pretty cedar.
"Natuki brings up this cedar carefully."
"Yes. Surely I can bring up like that big cedar greatly."
Natuki sprinkled the water of th water bottle which she brought in the small cedar a lot.
The small said to a human being in the voice that it did not hear.
"Thank you for taking water,Natuki."
And the tree of the small cedar became the new friend of the forest.

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