第２５章 駒鳥と犬

駒鳥のコックロビンは炉辺荘のみんなに熱愛されています。

Cock Robin took his daily bath in a basin in the back yard, in the corner of the sweet-briar hedge, and would raise the most unholy fuss if he found no water in it. The doctor complained that his pens and matches were always strewn all over the library, but found nobody to sympathize with him, and even he surrendered when Cock Robin lit fearlessly on his hand one day to pick up a flower seed.

　　　basin  n.  洗面器

　　　sweet-briar  野ばらの一種

　　　unholy  恐ろしい、ひどい

　　　　Ex.　make an unholy noise  ものすごい音を立てる

　　　strew  vt.  ばらまく、撒き散らす

　　　　　Ex. Garbage was strewn over the alley.

                路地には一面にごみが散らばっていた

　　　surrender  vi.　降参する

　　　　　Ex. We shall never surrender.

                絶対に降参はしない。