N4 Story 短文 · 1 min · 153 characters

おばあさんとねこ

The Old Woman and the Cat

さんましさんまし

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In a small village, there lived an old woman. Every day, she watered the flowers in her garden.

ましさんまし

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One rainy day, a small cat was crying in front of the entrance. The old woman let the cat into the house and gave it warm milk.

からさんましさんませでし

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From that day on, the cat came to live together with the old woman. She was no longer lonely.

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おばあさんは毎日まいにちなんをしていましたか。

Key vocabulary

  • むら village
  • 暮らす くらす to live, to get by
  • 玄関 げんかん entrance, doorway

Original passage written for Japanese Compass.

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