Notes
crawl (のろのろ)はう、腹ばっていく;
cabin (木造の)小屋、キャビン;
Jackpot (思いがけない)大当たり、大成功;
caramel 焼き砂糖、キャラメル;
thump ガタガタ鳴らす、ポンポンひく

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“Are you sure he’s still sleeping?” Grant asked to his older brother, Clint. “Of course,” replied Clint, “he always wakes up after the sun rises.”

It was still early in the forest when the three young brothers, Grant, Clint, and Vincent, slowly and quietly approached old farmer John’s cabin. Climbing through an open window and crawling into the kitchen, the brothers quickly headed toward the cabinet to where farmer John kept his sweets.

“Jackpot!” they quietly said together as they opened the cabinet doors. Although they had stolen from farmer John before, today was their lucky day. Chocolate bars, fruit flavored suckers, sweet caramels, the brothers were amazed at the collection of candy. Quickly gathering as much as they could carry, the brothers began to make their escape.

Riiiiiiiiiiiing! Thump, thump, thump… (by Prof. Michael Okamoto. To be continued.)
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Notes
toss (軽く・ぞんざいに上方に向けて)投げる;
ooze じくじく流れ出る、にじみ出る;滲出(しんしゆつ)もの

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“What’s wrong with my phone?” Cameron said disappointedly as she noticed the black shadow had not only not gone away but instead had grown to cover her one shoulder as well.

After seeing the picture, her frustration began to turn into anger. “I just bought this stupid phone.” she said, tossing it on her bed. Determined to show the world how good she looked, Cameron opened her laptop, logged into her favorite SMS and took a photo of herself using the computer’s built-in camera.

And that’s when she understood. In that moment, all the anger and frustration melted away and instead, fear and terror had arrived. She now understood that the dark matter she had seen before on her phone was not a mistake.

The computer showed her reflection, ready for the next picture. She could see the black ooze spreading across her cheeks, nose, and mouth. The color of the shadow was darker than the darkest night! One thing was clear, this would be the last picture she would ever take. 　(End. By Prof. Michael Okamoto)
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