Rakugo in English

A Tasty Food and A Unsavory Food

Long, long ago, the load who likes playing riddles told a cook.

L: “Today, I want to eat strange food.”

C: “What do you mean?”

L: “Uh… You have to bring a dish which is confused a tasty food and an unsavory food.”

C: “Yes…”

The cook thought about is, and he took it into his head at once.

After a while, the cook brought a meat dish. The dish was giving off steam.

C: “Here you are. This is the one you ordered. Help yourself to the dish please.”

L: “What is this?”

C: “Yes, this is a tongue.”

L: “What? Is this a tongue? Cows are dribbling! I can’t eat the unpleasant food!”

The load was angry but the cook who is a straight face said,

C: “When we eat tasty foods, we feel the taste on a tongue. And when we eat unsavory food, we feel the taste on the tongue too. So a dish what is confused a tasty food and an unsavory food is a tongue.”

L: “Oh… I was upset your plan.”

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