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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