N4 Story 短文 · 1 min · 153 characters
おばあさんとねこ
The Old Woman and the Cat
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In a small village, there lived an old woman. Every day, she watered the flowers in her garden.
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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.
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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、何をしていましたか。
Key vocabulary
- 村 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.