Chiunagon Isonokami no Marotada[147] ha ihe ni tsukaharuru[148] wonoko-domo moto ni ‘Tsubakurame no su kuhitaraba tsugeyo’ to notamafu wo uketamaharite, ‘Nani no reu[149] ni ka aramu’ to mausu kotahete notamafu yau ‘tsubakurame no motaru koyasugahi toramu reu nari’ to notamafu. Wonoko-domo kotahete mausu ‘Tsubakurame wo amata koroshite miru ni dani mo hara ni nakimono nari. Tadashi ko umu toki namu ikadeka idasuran hara-hara to mausu[150] hito dani mireba usenu’ to mausu. Mata hito no mausu yau ‘Ohowidzukasa no ihi kashiku ya no mune no tsuku[151] no ana goto ni tsubakurame ha su kuhihaberi sore ni mame naramu wonoko-domo wo wite makarite agura wo yuhite agete ukagahasemu ni sokora no tsubakurame ko umazaramu ya ha? sate! koso torashime tamahame’--to mausu. Chiunagon yorokobi-tamahite ‘Wokashiki koto ni mo aru kana? mottomo yeshirazarikeri kiyou aru koto maushitari’ to notamahite mame naru wonoko-domo nizhifu nin bakari tsukahashite ananahi ni age-suweraretari. Tono yori tsukahi hima naku tamahasete koyasugahi toritaru ka--to tohase-tamafu. Tsubakurame mo hito no amata nobori-witaru ni ojite su ni nobori kozu. Kakaru yoshi no mi kaheri-goto wo maushikereba kikitamahite ikaga subeki to oboshimeshi wadzurafu ni kano tsukasa no kwan-nin Kuratsu Maro to mausu okina mausu yau ‘Koyasu-gahi toramu to oboshimesaba tabakari mausamu’ tote, ommahe ni mawiritareba Chiunagon hitahi wo ahasete mukahi-tamaheri. Kuratsu Maro ga mausu yau ‘Kono tsukubakurame no koyasu-gahi ha ashiku tabakarite torase tamafu nari. Sate ha, yetorase-tamahazhi ananahi ni odoro-odoroshiku mizhifu nin no hito no noborite habereba arete[152] yori-maude kozu namu. Sesase-tamafubeki yau ha kono ananahi wo kobochite hito mina shirizokite mame naramu hito hitori[153] wo arako ni nose-suwete tsuna wo kamahete tori no ko umamu ahida[154] ni tsuna wo tsuri[155]-age-sasete futo koyasu-gahi wo torase-tamahamu[156] namu yokarubeki’ to mausu. Chiunagon notamafu yau ‘Ito yoki koto nari’, tote, ananahi wo kobochite hito mina kaheri-maude kinu. Chiunagon Kuratsu Maro ni notamahaku--‘Tsubakurame ha ika naru toki ni ka ko wo umu to shirite, hito wo ba agurubeki’ to notamafu[157]. Kuratsu Maro mausu yau ‘Tsubakurame ha ko umamu to suru toki ha wo wo sasagete[158] nana tabi megurite namu umi-otosumeru sate nana tabi meguramu wori hiki-agete sono wori koyasu-gahi ha torase-tamahe’ to mausu yau. Chiunagon yorokobi-tamahite yorodzu no hito ni mo shirase-tamahade misoka ni tsukasa ni imashite wonoko-domo no naka ni mazhirite[159] yoru wo hiru ni nashite torashime-tamafu. Kuratsu Maro kaku mausu wo ito itaku yorokobi-tamahite notamafu--‘Koko ni tsukaharuru hito ni mo naki ni negahi wo kanafuru koto no ureshisa’ to ihite mi[160] zo nugite kadzuke-tamahitsu--‘sara ni yosari[161] kono[162] tsukasa[163] ni maude-ko’--to notamahite tsukahashitsu.