2008年4月11日金曜日

The bitaba bird

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

単語;
bitaba:??
tag:(動)~を付ける(名)鬼ごっこ
terrible:ひどい
split:割れる
within:内側から
brand new:新しい、生まれたばかりの

There are birds like no other birds because they are not real.
. . . The bitaba bird.
(そのような鳥は他にいません。なぜならそれは実在しないから。)

They play tag with the earth and stars on wings of mist and light.
. . . The bitaba bird.
(彼らは霧や光の羽で地球や星と鬼ごっこをしています。)

Above the clouds, their crystal eyes sparkle in the blue.
. . . The bitaba bird.
(雲の上で、彼らの透明な瞳は青く輝いています。)

One appears every 100 years on a black and storming night.
. . . The bitaba bird.
(彼らは100年に一度、黒くて嵐のような夜に現れます。)

A lightening flash, a terrible crash, and a rock egg splits open. From within come brand new wings of a brand new thing.. . . The bitaba bird.
(稲妻の光とひどい音、そして岩の卵が割れて開きます。中から新しい出来事を秘めた新しい羽が生まれるのです。)


I can't under stand mean of "BITABA".
Meybe,I think that bitaba is legend bird!!
Althoght this story for chirldren,there is enough to enjoy adult people too.

1 件のコメント:

Kirk Masden さんのコメント...

Nice job! I think that the author of this story made up the word "bitaba." In the beginning of the story, the author says that bitaba birds "are not real" so I think the word "bitaba" was just made up when this story was made up.