Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

Note
stylish おしゃれな；

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On Sunday, a friend showed me his new e-bike. It was cool! It was small, and it had a battery inside the frame, not on the outside. The bicycle folded up so that it was easy to take on a trip. According to the company website, you can go up to 80 kilometers on the battery, so you don’t have to worry about the battery dying on your way back home from work. Electric bicycles have been around for more than 20 years, but they used to be very expensive. The batteries have gotten cheaper, the motors have gotten lighter, and the electronics have gotten better, but until now, I never thought they were stylish. His bicycle changed my mind.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
footstep 足音;
bend 折り曲げ;
Squish (…を)ぐしゃっとつぶす;

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The sounds of an alarm clock and footsteps coming from the next room made the brothers freeze. “Run!” cried Vincent, as all three boys dropped their surgery treasures and ran toward the open window as fast as their little legs could carry them.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

The footsteps continued their slow pace toward the kitchen to where the boys were. Farmer John, an old but very large man, entered the kitchen and saw the open window that he had forgotten to close the night before. While walking over to close it, farmer John saw the three brothers. “You dirty little creatures!” Said farmer John, bending down towards the closest brother…
Squish!

The two remaining brothers ran as quickly as they could from old farmer John. But their legs were too short. Clint watched, horrified, as farmer John’s giant hand reached down toward Grant, the youngest brother.
Squish!

Although he was fast, even Clint couldn’t run away from farmer John’s giant hand. A dark shadow was the last thing the ant would ever see.
Squish!
(End. by Prof. Michael Okamoto)
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