Notes
Meg 女性の名前;
sack 大袋;
dirt 泥;
been plant マメ科植物;
green pepper ピーマン;
eggplant ナス;
weed 雑草

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Meg lives in South Africa. She has three kids. It is hard to feed her kids. Meg does not have land for a garden. Food costs a lot of money. But Meg has a very good way to grow food. She finds a big sack. She puts rocks in the middle of the sack. She fills the rest of the sack with dirt. She makes little holes in the side of the sack. She puts a tomato plant in one hole. She puts a bean plant in one hole. She puts a green pepper plant in one hole. She puts eggplant in the top of the sack. She waters the sack garden from the top. Her garden does not need much water. Her garden does not need much room. Her garden does not cost much money to make. Her garden does not have many weeds.
Now Meg can feed her kids! (by Shantel Ivits)
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Notes
conceal 隠す、隠れる;
fall flat うつぶせに(ぱったり)倒れる;
snout 吻; 鼻;
feign (…を)装う、(…の)ふりをする;
descend (高い所から)下(くだ)る、下りる;
jocularly おかしく、こっけいに;
whisper ひそひそ話をする;
desert 〈人・場所・地位などを〉(見)捨てる;
Misfortune (大きな)不幸、不運;
Aesop’s Fables イソップ物語;

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Two men were traveling together, when a bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the bear had whispered in his ear. “He gave me this advice,” his companion replied. “Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.”
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
(originally from Aesop’s Fables, translation from the book of WORDS OF WISDOM: INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY )
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