もののけ村
明後日が稲刈り第二弾。。
ゆうがた見回りするとゴミステーションにデカい猪が歩いている。
へへと思い。軽トラに積んでるロケット花火を打ちこむ。
命中！
？
知らぬ顔の猪。。
なんと！
猪なんてこわかねーとつけて行ったら、空き家の家に。。
めちゃ臭いやん。ここ。
おばあちゃんが亡くなった家だ。
荒れ放題。悪臭立ち込める。。
此処が住処か！
たんぼを見ると足跡がふたつ。
ししとしか。
猪鹿蝶！
りっぱな角の黒い牡鹿も庄屋さんの山で門出を眺めていた。
ロケット花火2発！
逃げやがった。
よし。
夕暮れ遅くに再度田んぼを視察。
真新しい足跡が！
なんだここは。
もののけ村め。
テープ張って、ラジオつけて、電灯つけて。。
これでどうだ。
強敵現る！
The Village of Mononoke
The second round of rice harvesting is the day after tomorrow.
During my evening patrol, I spotted a huge wild boar wandering around the garbage collection point.
Heh. I thought, and fired one of the bottle rockets I keep in my mini truck.
Direct hit!
...Huh?
The boar just carried on as if nothing had happened.
Unbelievable!
Thinking, I'm not afraid of some wild boar! I followed it, and it headed straight into an abandoned house.
Good grief, what a stench!
An old woman had died in this house.
Now it's completely overgrown and neglected, with a foul smell hanging in the air.
So this is where it lives!
Looking out over the rice paddies, I spotted two sets of footprints.
A boar and a deer, that's what!
Shishi, shika, chou! — boar, deer, and butterfly! (A famous combination in Japanese hanafuda cards.)
A magnificent black stag with a fine set of antlers was also watching over Kadode from the village headman's mountain.
Two more bottle rockets!
Off it bolted!
Good.
Late in the evening, I went back to inspect the rice paddies.
Fresh footprints!
What on earth is this place?
A village of mononoke — spirits and supernatural creatures!
So I put up some deterrent tape, turned on a radio, and switched on the lights...
That ought to do it!
A formidable new enemy has appeared!
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