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I find one interesting Japanese old story. I recorded the Japanese. Hi=^-^= I find one interesting Japanese old story. Honesty, I totally forgot about this story. So for me, reading this story is very refreshing. I recorded the Japanese. So please use them for your study. http://twitsound.jp/musics/1631 雀と啄木鳥(すずめときつつき) むかし、むかし、姉と妹がおりました。姉はキツツキ、妹はスズメと言う名前でした。 姉は、わがままで欲張りでした。妹は、親切で働き者でした。 ある日のことです。二人は,大きな呉服屋に着物の布を買いに行きました。ご主人は自分で着物を作るように薦め、二人は白い布を買いました。そして朝から晩まで、着物を縫いました。そして着物を染めようという時、『田舎の父が急病にて、すぐ帰れ。』という手紙が届きました。 妹はすぐに戻りたいと思いましが、姉は着物が出来あがるまでは戻らない、と言って、着物に没頭しました。 妹は、一人で帰ることにしました。川を越え、山を越え、谷を越え、白い着物はすっかり汚れてしまいました。でもやっとのことで、お父さんの死に目に会うことができました。 お父さんが亡くなってから数日後、姉がきれいな着物を着て戻ってきました。妹は、着物を自慢する姉を見て、とても悲しく思いました。すると、どこからとなく声が聞こえて来ました。 「キツツキよ、お前は父親より着物の方を選んだ。お前はきれいな着物をいつも着ててよいが、お前は、木をつついて虫を食べなければならない。 スズメよ、お前は、とても心やさしい。お前の着物は汚れてしまったが、お前は畑の作物はもちろん何でも食べてよかろう。」 声が終わるやいなや、二人は、啄木鳥と雀に変わっていました。 美しい啄木鳥は森の木をつついて虫を食べています。汚い雀は畑でいろいろなものを食べています Long,long ago,there lived two sisters. The name,elder one was Kitsutsuki,or woodpecker and younger one was Suzume, or sparrow. The elder sister was selfish and avarice while the younger one was so kind and a hard worker. One day,they went to a big shop of clothes to buy them. The master of the shop recommended them to make kimonos by themselves and they bought white cloths.They sewed kimonos very hard from morning through night. When they were about to dye the cloth, they received a letter saying that their father in their native home was very ill, so they should return soon. The younger sister wanted to return at once. But the elder sister said she would never return until she finished a beautiful kimono and she was absorbed in her kimono. So the younger sister was going to come back home alone. When she crossed the mountains,rivers and valleys, her white clothes turned dirty. But she at last returned home while her father was still alive. Several days after her father died,the elder sister in a beautiful kimono came back home. The younger sister,who watched the elder sister who was proud of her kimono, felt very sad. Then a voice came out from somewhere: "Kitsutusuki,you prefered kimono to your father, so you can always wear a beautiful kimono,but you must eat worms,pecking the trees. Suzume,you were

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I find one interesting Japanese old story. I recorded the Japanese.

Hi=^-^= I find one interesting Japanese old story. Honesty, I totally forgot about this story. So for me, reading this story is very refreshing. I recorded the Japanese. So please use them for your study.
This is MP3 link and whould story=^-^=http://twitsound.jp/musics/1631
雀と啄木鳥(すずめときつつき)
むかし、むかし、姉と妹がおりました。姉はキツツキ、妹はスズメと言う名前でした。
姉は、わがままで欲張りでした。妹は、親切で働き者でした。
ある日のことです。二人は,大きな呉服屋に着物の布を買いに行きました。ご主人は自分で着物を作るように薦め、二人は白い布を買いました。そして朝から晩まで、着物を縫いました。そして着物を染めようという時、『田舎の父が急病にて、すぐ帰れ。』という手紙が届きました。
妹はすぐに戻りたいと思いましが、姉は着物が出来あがるまでは戻らない、と言って、着物に没頭しました。
妹は、一人で帰ることにしました。川を越え、山を越え、谷を越え、白い着物はすっかり汚れてしまいました。でもやっとのことで、お父さんの死に目に会うことができました。
お父さんが亡くなってから数日後、姉がきれいな着物を着て戻ってきました。妹は、着物を自慢する姉を見て、とても悲しく思いました。すると、どこからとなく声が聞こえて来ました。
「キツツキよ、お前は父親より着物の方を選んだ。お前はきれいな着物をいつも着ててよいが、お前は、木をつついて虫を食べなければならない。
スズメよ、お前は、とても心やさしい。お前の着物は汚れてしまったが、お前は畑の作物はもちろん何でも食べてよかろう。」
声が終わるやいなや、二人は、啄木鳥と雀に変わっていました。
美しい啄木鳥は森の木をつついて虫を食べています。汚い雀は畑でいろいろなものを食べています

Long,long ago,there lived two sisters. The name,elder one was Kitsutsuki,or woodpecker and younger one was Suzume, or sparrow. The elder sister was selfish and avarice while the younger one was so kind and a hard worker.
One day,they went to a big shop of clothes to buy them. The master of the shop recommended them to make kimonos by themselves and they bought white cloths.They sewed kimonos very hard from morning through night. When they were about to dye the cloth, they received a letter saying that their father in their native home was very ill, so they should return soon.
The younger sister wanted to return at once. But the elder sister said she would never return until she finished a beautiful kimono and she was absorbed in her kimono.
So the younger sister was going to come back home alone. When she crossed the mountains,rivers and valleys, her white clothes turned dirty. But she at last returned home while her father was still alive.
Several days after her father died,the elder sister in a beautiful kimono came back home. The younger sister,who watched the elder sister who was proud of her kimono, felt very sad. Then a voice came out from somewhere:
"Kitsutusuki,you prefered kimono to your father, so you can always wear a beautiful kimono,but you must eat worms,pecking the trees.
Suzume,you were

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