Racketty-Packetty House (Onboro Yashiki no Ningyo Tachi)

[Machine Translation] In a certain girl's children's bedroom, there was an old doll's house called Onboro House. The house and the six dolls that lived in it were all in bad shape, but the dolls were always cheerful and happy. One day, a shiny new doll's house and a group of elegant and gorgeous dolls from the nobility arrived in the children's room, and the old house was pushed into the corner of the room and left behind. The dolls, however, were impressed by the new dolls and helped them out when they were in trouble. But then, the girl's nanny decides to burn down the old house...? This is a delightful story by Burnett, known for "The Secret Garden" and "The Little Princess," in the form of a fairy queen's tale. This is the first time it has been translated in Japan. For middle and upper grade elementary school students.

ある女の子の子どもべやに、「オンボロやしき」とよばれる、古い人形の家がありました。家も、中に住む六人の人形も、みんなぼろぼろでしたが、人形たちはいつも陽気に、楽しくくらしていました。ある日、子どもべやに、ぴかぴかの新しい人形の家と、りっぱではなやかな、貴族の人形たちがやってきて、オンボロやしきは、へやのすみっこにおしこまれ、わすれられてしまいます。それでも、気だてのいい人形たちは、新しい人形たちのようすに感心し、こまっているときには、たすけてあげました。ところが、女の子の乳母が、オンボロやしきをもやしてしまおう、と思いつき...?『秘密の花園』『小公女』で知られるバーネットがのこした、妖精の女王が語る、という形の、楽しい物語。日本で翻訳されるのは、これが初めてです。小学校中・高学年。