Translation
Long, long, long ago it was said that Monkey's tail was sixty meters in length! It was because Monkey was tricked by Bear that Monkey's tail became as short as it is now.
One day Monkey went to visit Bear in his house. Monkey asked Bear how he could catch a lot of fish from the river. Bear said that this was what Monkey should do: "On a cold night like tonight find rock to sit on next to a deep pool. Try dipping your tail in the water and see what happens. I'm pretty sure that lots of fish will come and stick on your tail."
Monkey was so happy. He did just as he had been taught by Bear and waited. As night wore on Monkey's tail got heavier and heavier. This was because the ice was spreading more and more but Monkey thought that the fish were getting stuck on his tail. Monkey thought "If I've caught this many, its enough! Its so cold, so let's go home".
Monkey tried to lift up his tail but somehow he just couldn't pull it out. "Oh no, this is awful" Monkey thought, beginning to panic and frantically he tried to pull out his tail when it snapped off at its base.
Some people say Monkey's face is so bright red because he put so much of his strength in pulling out his tail.
Source
Vocabulary
- 尋・ひろ・a unit of length often used in measuring depth of water - "fathom" -- wikipedia
- 更ける・ふける・get late, wear on (of evening etc)
- ぷっつりと切れました・snapped off - but actually no translation on google translate
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