Mochimochi Tree

今回の国語lol教材はモチモチの木です。 あらすじ：臆病な少年・豆太が、病気になったお爺さんのために、夜中に一人で医者を呼びに行く勇気を出す物語です。霜月二十日（旧暦11月20日）の夜に、山の神様の祭りとしてモチモチの木に火が灯るという言い伝えがあり、豆太はそれを一度見てみたいと思っていました。ある夜、お爺さんが腹痛で苦しみ、豆太は医者を呼びに麓の村まで走ります。その帰り道、豆太は初めてモチモチの木に灯がともるのを目撃します。この経験を通して、豆太は勇気と優しさを学びます。This is the story of a timid boy named Mameta who finds the courage to go alone in the middle of the night to call a doctor for his sick grandfather. Legend has it that on the night of the 20th day of the 20th month of November (the 20th day of the 11th month in the lunar calendar), a fire is lit on the Mochimochi tree as a festival for the mountain god, and Mameta has always wanted to see it. One night, his grandfather suffers from stomach pain, so Mameta runs to the village at the foot of the mountain to call a doctor. On his way back, Mameta witnesses the light on the Mochimochi tree for the first time. Through this experience, Mameta learns courage and kindness.