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The sky I like the sky.Today I saw the morning sky when I wake up . Tha sun was rising and the sky was red as if it burned. The color attracted me. The sky color changes and we saw no same color again. So I am not tired of watching the sky. I think it is a great natual painter and appeal to me.

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The colourful sky

I like the sky.Today's morning I see the beautiful sky when I wake up . Tha sun rise and the sky turns red as if it burns.
The color attracted me. However we may not see the same colour again as it changes so quickly.
I am not tired of watching the sky.
I think it is a great natual painter and appeal me with it's vivid colours.
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Here is a more poetic and polished version...

The Sky

I like the sky.Today I saw it in the morning sky when as I woke up . The rising sun tingeing  was rising and the sky was  in fiery red as if it burned.
The color attracted mesmerizes me; --  The sky color Always changing and we saw no yet never the same color again. So Never will I am not be tired of watching the sky. I think it the sun is a great natual painter and loving it. appeal to me.
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The sky

I like the sky. Today I saw the morning sky when I wake woke up . Tha The sun was rising and the sky was red as if it burned*.
The color attracted me**. The sky color of the sky changes and we saw no don't see the same color again.***
So I am not never get tired of watching the sky.
I think it is a great natural painter**** and appeals to me.*****

Keiko-san, this is a really beautiful, very poetic essay. Thank you. Here are some specific notes:

* "burned" - The word "burned" doesn't work. "It burned" means "(何か)を燃やした." A few options: "the sky was red as if it were on fire" or "the sky was red as if it were burning."

** This is a nice image. It sounds good, but I think in English we would probably say "I was drawn to the color." ("Drawn to" = "attracted to"). "I was drawn to the color" 意味は 「色に惹かれました」 or 「色に引き寄せられました」。 Is that what you wanted to say?

*** This is a really beautiful image.

**** A "great natural painter" . . . Does this mean that the sun is the painter and the sky is the painting? This is also a very beautiful image, but it isn't clear what "it" is. Is "it" the sun, the sky, 神様, nature?

***** "appeals to me" - (This is similar to what I wanted to say in  上記の note ** ). I think in English we usually use stronger, more direct verbs. English sentences probably seem 自分勝手 to Japanese readers, but instead of "It appeals to me" we would say "I am attracted to it" or simply "I like it." In other words, we tend to put the person before the object. 例えば、in Japanese you would say チョコレートがきです (meaning "chocolate is liked") but in English we would say "I like chocolate."

I hope my comments make sense. Please correct me if I am not understanding the Japanese words correctly.

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