Look at the black boat on the hill

Once upon a time, it is a story about the end of the Edo period.
One day, suddenly an American warship came off the coast of Uraga.
It was a time when Japanese people could not go to other countries or foreigners came.
The villagers, who were away from the port were working leisurely in the field.
The children often helped their parents, but when they found time, they ran around the wilderness and chasing rabbits, climbed trees, and thought of playing one after another. I was playing in between.
Today, the children, who were climbing at the top of a small mountain tree, looking far far away, looked into the bamboos, and a black, nevertheless ship appeared in a round circle.

Each of the surprised children went home quickly, but no one is at home. Grandpas, grandmothers, and parents gathered in the garden of Shoya's house, and they were quite gaze.
In Uraga, half bells are ringing all day, or a large black ship smokes, making a loud sound with a boo and bo.
A samurai who raised his eyes and tied his mouth was running west to east, changing his blood, and the people along the highway hiding in the house, The old man who came to Sugita Village to sell vegetables, saying that he was watching his journey, and he was sown as if he had seen it.
When I heard that a black ship was entering the coast of Koshiba in Kanazawa, the villagers were completely festive to see the black ship at a glance, despite being afraid that it might be a battle.
"Well, work, I'll go to see you! You'll help you soon."
The hill of Shinkoji Temple in Kamiooka was a great sightseeing spot with a good view.
One, two, or one, the neighboring villagers, who had heard the rumors, were crowded.
Eventually, dumplings and tea sellers appeared, and it became even more lively. It seems that this hill was crowded with people watching the black ship for eight days when the black ship was there.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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