Three meals again 再び三度の食事

As I was cooking a meal, it occurred to me how much time I spend each day preparing and three meals a day. I made a note of this before: “Three meals.” I gave a further thought on the effort of feeding myself, and remembered how much more hard work beasts of prey have to do. Little wonder that wild cats like lions, leopards, and tigers sleep so much, Hunting for food is all the work they do during their lifetime. Even squirrels have to scurry all day to hoard their provisions for immediate and future consumption. On the other hand, grazing animals do much less work than we do, though in the wild they may have to trek a great distance for their sustenance. Those who don’t work to feed themselves are many a husband, kids, and pets, like my cat Qif.

食事の支度をしながら毎日三度食べる事に費やす時間と努力については，前に「三度の食事』で書きましたけど、再度考察するにつけ，肉食の野獣は餌食を追うのに我々以上の労働をしますね。道理で，ライオン，豹、虎等のネコ科の動物は、殆ど一日中寝てます。食餌の追跡狩猟が一生の仕事。リスでも，直ぐ食べるなり後の為に蓄えるにしろ，一日中走り廻って食料集めに専念。その反面，牧畜連中は，ぶらぶら，むしゃむしゃ，楽な事。でも，荒野では草を探すのに大分の距離を行くのが難儀でしょう。何もしないで食事を楽しむのは，夫の殆ど，子供，そして飼い犬，飼い猫、あたしの愛猫キフ。