Notes:
cicada セミ；
shell 殻；
branch 枝
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It’s been raining almost every day this week. Luckily, the rain often stops in the morning when I take my dog for a walk. When it stops, I can hear cicadas. Last weekend, I found the shell of a cicada on a branch. It looked alive, but it didn’t move. I took it off the branch and wanted to take it home, but my granddaughter stopped me. She wanted me to throw it away. She knows that her mother is afraid of cicadas. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)