英訳教えてください。
I am afraid of little children, because They always question things that we adults take for granted. A few weeks ago, Elizabeth, my friend's five-year old daughter, asked me about time. "I hear time go tick-tock on Mommy's clock'' she said in a serious voice,"but why can't I see time?'' At first I did not know how to answer this curious little girl. At her age,she still thought that everything in the world could be seen,heard,touched,tasted or smelled.Fortunately I remenbered the stories that my Mother used to tell me about Father time. This old,old man with a long white beard,I explained to Elizabeth,was so busy that he never had "time''to visit people.Elizabeth seemed satisfied with my explanation,but added with a twinkle in her eye,''Maybe one day I'll see Father Time.''
私は小さな子供をおそれている。大人が当然と思うｍのを常に質問するからである。数週間前に私の友だちの１５才の娘のエリザベスは私に時間について質問した。ここまでっていってもほんの少しなのですが会話の訳が直訳になりすぎてよくわかりません。いい訳があったら教えてください。参考までにFather timeは「光陰のおきな」時を擬人化してこう呼ぶ。通例大きなかまと水差し、または砂時計を持ち、頭のはげたあごひげをはやした老人として描かれていると解説してありました。
