Food in Kumamoto

Ikinari-dango is famous in Kumamoto. It is a local dish. It is made from sweet bean paste and steamed sweet potato and rice cake. Sweet beans paste and steamed sweet potato are wrapped in rice cake. The shape is round. It is a kind of dango. Sweet beans paste and steamed sweet potato go well together.

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My Golden Week

I went to Aso for eating nagashi-somen and soft cream. First, I went to Nishiharamura. And then, We ate somen. Somen is a kind of noodle. In nagashi-somen, we use chopstick to take somen from water running down a bamboo tube.  It was so decious.
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Hansel & Gretel

At noon, they finally staggered into a clearing. There, in the distance, stood a little house.
"Let's see if anyone's in," said Gretel. "They might give us some food."

Hansel and Gretel were lost and starving in the deep, dark forest. All day they walked, past tall trees and spiky branches. At noon, they finally staggered into a clearing. They found a house which was made from sweets. However it was witch's house.

grumpy: 機嫌の悪い
yawn: あくびをする
sneer: あざ笑う
nightmare: 悪夢
pebble: 小石
gleam: 輝く
hunched: 背中を丸めた

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The Elves and the Shoemaker

All day, the shoemaker's wife worked at her sewing machine, making little suits for the elves.

Once, an old shoemaker lived with his wife in a room above their workshop. People loved watching the shoemaker at work. And, at the end of the day, there was always a crowd of people wanting to buy his latest shoes. One day, a crafty shoe seller had set up a table at the end of their street. His shoes were poor quality, so his shoes were cheap. The local people were delighted. And the shoemaker's shoes were not in much demand. One day, the shoemaker went downstairs and stooped in amazement. And then, there on his work table stood a perfect pair of shoes. Who did make it?




awful: ひどい
delight: 楽しませる
miserable: 惨めな
neatly: きちんと
baffle: 困惑させる
boom: ～の人気をわかせる
scowl: しかめっ面
astonish: びっくりさせる

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The dinosaurs next door

Just then,  the blue spotted egg began to jiggle and jump and bump in the busket.

Mr. Puff was an inventor. His whole house was crammed with amazing inventions. Sam was his friend. And when Sam came his home, Mr. Puff showed four big eggs to Sam. And then, eggs began to jiggle and jump and bump. The eggs had hatched. They were dinosaurs. By the fifith day, he was worried. Dinosaurs became too big. So he tried to make them small with Sam by his invention.




burst: 爆発する
jiggle: 軽く揺れる
shatter: 打ち砕ける
hatch; 卵がかえる
narrow escape: やっとのことで逃れる

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The Billy Goats Gruff

Biffer lowered his head and caught the troll on his horns.

He bounced the troll into the air. Then, with a toss of his head, Biffer whacked him into the Rushing River.

There are three billy goats lived on a farm. One winter, there was very little food on the farm. And then, they decided to move. They spent a week preparing for their adventure. Then they were still dreaming of the Juicy Fields as they left the farm. And their adventure started.

mutterd: 不平を言う
trot: 小走りする
meanwhile: 間に
crouch: かがむ

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The Mouse's Wedding

"In that case," said Father Mouse, "will you marry my daughter?"
"I'd love to!" said the handsome young mouse.
So the mice were married next to the wall.

There was a family of mice -Father Mouse, Mother Mouse and little Miss mouse. One day Miss Mouse wasn't so little any more. And then the family were going on a journey to find most powerful husband in the world for Miss mouse. First, they found The sun. However Mr. Sun told the sun is not more powerful than anyone else in the world. Then they went to find most powerful husband after another. Finally, they found husband.

nibble: かじる
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