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''The Funny Little Woman'' is a book "retold by" Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. Released by E. P. Dutton, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1973.〔American Library Association: (Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present ). URL accessed 12 January 2013.〕 ==Plot== The story is set in "Old Japan." The title character likes to laugh ("Tee-he-he-he") and make rice dumplings. One day, one of her dumplings rolls down a hole. The funny little woman follows the dumpling and ends up in a strange place underground lined with ''Jizo'' (guardian statues). The ''Jizo'' warn her not to go after the dumpling because of wicked ''oni'' (monsters) who live there, but she does anyway. An ''oni'' grabs the woman and takes her in a boat across a river to the house of the ''oni''. The ''oni'' force the woman to cook rice for them. They give her a magic paddle to make a full pot of rice from a single grain. After many months with the ''oni'', the woman becomes homesick, takes the magic paddle, and escapes on a boat. Because the ''oni'' cannot swim, they drink all the river water in an attempt to stop the woman. Her struggling to run in the river mud makes the ''oni'' laugh, which causes the water to flow back into the river, which allows the woman to finish crossing to the other side in the boat. The funny little woman returns home, sells rice dumplings made with the magic paddle, and becomes "the richest woman in all of Japan." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Funny Little Woman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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