The short story 'Great Claus and Little Claus' by Hans Christian Andersen.


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こんにちは伊藤久夫です。
今日は盆踊りを見に行きます。

盆踊りとは、亡くなったご先祖様の霊をもてなす行事です。
ご先祖様と一緒に楽しく過ごします。

お盆とは、ご先祖様を自宅にお迎えして供養する行事です。
供養とは亡くなった、死んだご先祖様に感謝の気持ちを送ることです。
ありがとうございます。

盆踊りは夏のお盆の季節にたくさんの街で行われます。
7月から8月ですね。
今日は私の自宅近くの広場で行われている盆踊りを見に行きます。

音楽が聴こえてきました。
音頭という伝統的な音楽です。
賑やかでしょう。

近所の大きな広場に着きました。
いつも子どもたちがサッカーや野球の練習をしています。

広場の中心にやぐらが建っています。
やぐらとは、日本独特の木でできたステージです。
この上で太鼓や三味線などを演奏しています。

やぐらを中心にゆかたを着た人たちが踊りながら回ります。
大人も子供もお年寄りも、みんなで踊ります。
たのしそうですね。

広場には出店があります。
焼き鳥、ビール、焼きそば、枝豆、綿あめなど売っています。

私も焼きそばを買いますね。

お祭りで売ってる焼きそばはうまいですねぇ。

盆踊りはまだ続きますが、今日はここまで。
それじゃまた。

■ひらがな■

こんにちは　いとうひさおです。
きょうは　ぼんおどりを　みにいきます。

ぼんおどりとは、なくなったごせんぞさまのれいをもてなすぎょうじです。
ごせんぞさまといっしょに　たのしくすごします。

おぼんとは、ごせんぞさまを　じたくにおむかえして　くようするぎょうじです。
くようとはなくなった、しんだごせんぞさまに　かんしゃのきもちちを　おくることです。
ありがとうございます。

ぼんおどりは　なつのおぼんのきせつに　たくさんのまちで　おこなわれます。
しちがつからはちがつですね。
きょうは　わたしのじたくちかくのひろばで　おこなわれている　ぼんおどりを　みにいきます。

おんがくが　きこえてきました。
おんどという　でんとうてきなおんがくです。
にぎやかでしょう。

きんじょのおおきなひろばに　つきました。
いつも　こどもたちが　さっかーや　やきゅうのれんしゅうを　しています。

ひろばのちゅうしんに　やぐらが　たっています。
やぐらとは、にほんどくとくの　きでできたすてーじです。
このうえで　たいこやしゃみせんなどを　えんそうしています。

やぐらをちゅうしんに　ゆかたをきたひとたちが　おどりながら　まわります。
おとなも　こどもも　おとしよりも、みんなでおどります。
たのしそうですね。

ひろばには　でみせがあります。
やきとり、びーる、やきそば、えだまめ、わたあめなど　うっています。

わたしも　やきそばを　かいますね。

おまつりで　うってる　やきそばは　うまいですねぇ。

ぼんおどりは　まだつづきますが、きょうはここまで。
それじゃまた。


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protesters have gathered to take down the chicken giant. They are chanting Down with Ace and other slogans. They have set up a sound system and are playing loud hip-hop music—which, as insider sources have speculated, is Ace’s most hated genre of music. Let’s now speak to the leader of this movement, Sally. Why are you all out here today?

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Reporter: And what do you have to say to the opposition? As you know, there is a vocal group of employees who have publicly commented that Ace is a kind leader who only wants what’s best for public health.

Sally: They have been paid off! My sources have told me that Ace personally approached every one of them and offered huge amounts of money, and if they declined, he said he would have their careers destroyed. Ace is only interested in how people perceive him. He isn’t a genuine
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Reporter: You heard it here, folks. Sally, an ex-employee, claims that Ace is spreading propaganda and paying employees to pretend. Sally, what is it that your group wants?

Sally: We want to see that evil dictator fall!

Reporter: Strong words. Back to you in the newsroom.

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