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おもちゃの国の冒険――マリオネットがモリーに語ったことのあらすじ
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A girl discovers that the Marionette in a toy shop can talk, and hears her stories until the doll's power fades.
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おもちゃの国の冒険――マリオネットがモリーに語ったことの概要
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- 20,900語
- ライブラリ内の難易度
- やさしいです short sentences, plain words
- 初版刊行年
- 1897by イーディス・キング・ホール
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おもちゃの国の冒険――マリオネットがモリーに語ったこと in short
Adventures in Toyland is a set of short fables told by a lady Marionette to a girl named Molly over the last days of her stay in a toy shop. The Marionette uses her one chance to speak with a Mortal to tell of toys who cheat, bully, boast, hide from love, or find it. What you keep are clear pictures.
What おもちゃの国の冒険――マリオネットがモリーに語ったこと is about
What would you do if a doll on a shop counter turned her head and answered your question? That is what happens to Molly, a little girl staying with her aunt in a shop full of toys. One evening, after the shutters go up, she finds the lady Marionette beside the Noah's Ark. How did you get there, Molly asks. I walked, of course, the doll replies.
Adventures in Toyland, by Edith King Hall, is a set of toy fables inside one small frame story. Each toy gets one chance to talk with a human, and the Marionette uses hers to tell Molly a tale each day. You get puns, jokes, and a mood that shifts from comic to cruel to tender.
対象読者. Readers who love fables, talking toys, and nursery-room humor will enjoy this book, as will families who read aloud and anyone who likes a clever pun.
The story in 8 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A toy shop comes alive after closing time
Molly is staying in her aunt's toy shop with her young cousin. She spends every spare hour among the toys, cuddling them. Her favorite is a dancing pair of Marionettes. The lady wears a white silk dress patterned with pink roses, and the gentleman wears a blue velvet coat.
Molly once told her aunt that the two dance as if they like each other. Her aunt laughed and called her a fanciful child. Molly held to her view. This small exchange sets up a belief that runs through the book, that a child's imagination can see something true which grown-ups miss.
One evening Molly wanders in after the shutters are up and finds the dancing platform empty. The lady Marionette sits on the counter, and she explains the rules. Toys move and speak freely when Mortals are absent, and each toy gets one chance to speak with a Mortal for two or three weeks. Molly has only twelve days left, so she asks for a new story every day. The Marionette must first ask Father Christmas, and the next evening he agrees.
The book begins by trusting a child's belief that toys have secret lives.
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A cheating partner meets a sticky revenge
The first tale is the sharpest.
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A girl who shuts her eyes misses love
The second tale is a comedy of manners.
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Bullies lose to a patient elephant
The third tale is about the twelve wooden soldiers and their Officer, the most feared toys in the shop.
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Vanity wounds one toy and shames another
The next two tales deal with vanity, one in tears and one in laughter.
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Pride drives love away and hearts find truth
Two stories now treat love and speech.
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Pride, fear, and honesty run through every tale
Looked at together, the tales return to a few weaknesses.
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A frame of daily visits shapes the telling
The way the book is told matters as much as what it tells.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Molly A fanciful little girl staying in her aunt's toy shop who wants a story every day from a talking toy.
- The Marionette The lady doll who talks to Molly for a short time and tells her the tales, with Father Christmas's approval.
- The Rabbit A drumming white Rabbit who trusts his partner and uses glue to defeat a deadly plot.
- Jack the Sailor-Boy A curly-haired sailor who loves Belinda and tries songs and shouts to make her open her eyes.
- The Elephant A great gray newcomer who does not fear the wooden Officer and repays an insult in his own time.
- Claribelle A beautiful, haughty doll in a pink dress whose pride drives away the Driver of the Wagon who loves her.
- The Grocer A proud toy who loves the Farthing Doll but fears to say so, and searches for Truth in a well.
How it ends (spoiler)
On the last evening, Molly finds the Marionette lying badly battered beside a Puzzle, her nose broken and her eyes crooked. She tells her final tale, about a Marionette whose partner leaves her. Molly sees that the story is the doll's own. She comforts her with a lullaby and promises that she will always stay. Her aunt agrees to give Molly the doll, and the narrator says the toy world is real.
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『おもちゃの国の冒険――マリオネットがモリーに語ったこと』についての質問
What is Adventures in Toyland about?
It follows a girl named Molly who finds that a Marionette in her aunt's toy shop can talk. For several days the doll tells her stories about the other toys, each with a lesson about pride, love, or fairness.
Who is the Marionette in Adventures in Toyland?
She is the lady doll from a dancing pair, dressed in white silk with pink roses. She gains one short chance to speak with a human and, with Father Christmas's approval, uses it to tell Molly toy stories.
Why can the toys talk only to one Mortal?
The Marionette explains that every toy gets the power to speak with a Mortal only once in its life, for two or three weeks, and only to one person at a time. Toys move and speak freely when no Mortals are present.
Is Adventures in Toyland easy to read?
Yes, in the sense of being friendly. It has short tales, plain conversation, lively puns, and a clear frame of daily visits. Each story stands on its own, so you can read one a day.
What is the main message of the book?
The tales warn against pride, vanity, bullying, and greed, and they praise honesty, kindness, and plain speech from the heart. They also suggest that a child's imagination sees truths that grown-ups overlook.
この版を引用します
King-Hall, Edith. Adventures in Toyland: What the Marionette Told Molly. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/adventures-in-toyland-what-the-marionette-told-molly.
King-Hall, E. (2026). Adventures in Toyland: What the marionette told Molly. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/adventures-in-toyland-what-the-marionette-told-molly (Original work published 1897)
King-Hall, Edith. Adventures in Toyland: What the Marionette Told Molly. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/adventures-in-toyland-what-the-marionette-told-molly.
@book{kinghall2026adventures,
author = {King-Hall, Edith},
title = {Adventures in Toyland: What the Marionette Told Molly},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/adventures-in-toyland-what-the-marionette-told-molly},
note = {First published 1897}
}
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