How elephants lost their wings

Once upon a time, elephants could fly. They flew everywhere. They flew high into the sky... and down the ground. They even looped the loop.

Elephants could fly. But the elephants were noisy. They flew into trees and smashed them. They landed on houses... and fell right through. Soon all the trees were broken and there were no houses left. Then the gods tried to stop them, and the gods took away their wings. They gave them to the peacocks and the banana trees.
I think this book is very interesting. I like the idea that elephants had wings.



rooster: おんどり
feast: ごちそう
tummy: おなか
cross: 腹を立てる

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Food in Kyushu (3)

Okinawa soba is famous in Okinawa. Soba is Japanese noodle which is made with buckwheat flour. This dish's name is soba, but this noodle is not made from buckwheat flour but flour. It is like a Chinese noodle. We eat it with richer soup and pork. Soba is healthy food, but I think Okinawa soba is heavy.

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Food in Kyushu (2)

Toriten is famous in Oita. It is chicken tempura. Tumpra is dipping into batter and deep flying. It is juicy in the middle. It is a bit different from fried chicken. We usually eat fried chicken whole. However when we eat toriten, we dip toriten in a Japanese dipping sauce. I think toriten is more light food than fried chicken.

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Food in Kyushu (1)

Chicken nanban is famous in Miyazaki. It is fried chicken in Japanese sweet and peppery vegetable sauce with tartare sauce. I love it. When I went to Miyazaki last summer, I ate a famous lunchbox with chikcken nanban. It was heavy lunch, so I couldn't eat all. I want you to try it!!

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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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