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Japanese Reader Collection Volume 5: Shitakiri Suzume

Japanese Reader Collection Volume 5: Shitakiri Suzume

Boutwell, Yumi
Boutwell, Clay

Paperback

Series: Japanese Reader Collection, Book 5

JapaneseGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 1490938974
ISBN13: 9781490938974
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Aug 26 2013
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Read two of Japan's most beloved folktales, broken down sentence by sentence for upper-beginner learners.

A kind old man searches the mountains for his pet sparrow after his mean-tempered wife cuts out its tongue - and finds himself welcomed into a hidden sparrow village with a choice between two treasure boxes. Another old man, this one with a large lump on his cheek, stumbles upon a circle of oni dancing in the forest at night; he joins their dance and ends the night rid of the lump, only for a greedy neighbor with the same affliction to try the same trick and end up wearing two.

The Cut-Tongue Sparrow and Kobutori Jiisan are two of the most beloved moral tales in Japanese folklore - companion pieces, in their way, on what happens to a kind man and a greedy one. This volume gives you the language to read both stories in Japanese, with line-by-line vocabulary, grammar notes, native-speaker audio, and a simple English translation for self-checking.

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