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　　　　　　　　　　　　Amish Father and Son

※Amish〜　ドイツ系の人々で昔の伝統を守り電気を使わない生活をしている人々です。

An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.

The boy asked, "What is this, Father?"

The father (never having seen an elevator) responded,
"Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."

While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a rather heavy, not too attractive, older lady walked up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady walked between them into a small room.

The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.

Finally the walls opened up again and a beautiful, young woman stepped out. The father, said quietly to his son, "Go get your Mother".

語彙解説

mall　ショッピングモールのこと。　　amazed　驚いた　　　shiny　ピカピカ輝く　　　move apart 離れる　　
slide back together 滑って戻って一緒になる　　　respond 返答する　　amazement　驚き 　attractive 魅力的な
circular numbers 　ぐるぐる回る数字　　sequentially　連続的に　　reverse　さかさまの　
Go get your mother お母さんを呼んで来い