(2) 次の物語“Mujina" の一部を読み, 各問いに答えなさい。
The merchant ran up Kiinokunizaka. Surrounded by the ( X ), he was scared and could not
look back. After a while, at last, he saw a lantern up ahead. It looked like the faint light of a
firefly. It turned out to be the lantern of a soba-selling stand.
The merchant threw himself down at the feet of the soba seller and cried out, "Ah! Ah!! Ah!!!"
"What happened?" said the soba seller.. "Did anybody hurt you?"
"No, ( Y ) hurt me," said the merchant, breathing heavily.
"Only scared you?" said the soba seller calmly. "Robbers?"
"Not robbers, not robbers," said the merchant. "I saw a woman by the moat. She showed me
Ah! I cannot tell you what she showed me!"