これは東京の芝区にあった話である。

芝区に質屋があって、そこの女房が子供を残して病死したので、亭主は後妻を貰った。

後妻は気立ての良い女で、継子に対しても愛情を見せ、継子もよく懐いたので、亭主も安心した。

が、しばらくすると、その後妻の様子がおかしい。

口数も少なくなり、暖かな雰囲気も消え、冷たく強張ったものとなってしまった。

質屋の親類の老人は、後妻の変化に気づき、自分の家へ呼び出して事情を聞いてみることにした。

This is a story from Shiba Ward, Tokyo.

There was a pawnshop in Shiba Ward, and when the wife of the pawnshop owner died of illness, leaving behind a child, the owner took a second wife.

The husband took a second wife. The second wife was a good-natured woman who showed affection to her stepson, and the stepson took to her well, so the husband was relieved.

However, after a while, his wife began to act strangely.

She began to speak less and less, and her warm atmosphere disappeared and she became cold and stiff.

The old man, a relative of the pawnbroker, noticed the change in his wife and decided to call her to his house and ask her about the situation.

#朗読

#田中貢太郎

#青空文庫

#怪談

#KoutarouTanaka

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