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On Monday after school, Yui was on duty for the classroom flowers.
N5 graded Japanese story
15 sentences · about 5 minutes
N5 · 15 sentences
Start reading · 5 min left
Follow Yui’s flower duty, then notice how Rina helps. Watch which action happens first and what the girls do next.
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On Monday after school, Yui was on duty for the classroom flowers.
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In the white pot near the window, there are red flowers and small plants.
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At noon, the teacher was saying, “Please give them water before you go home, okay?”
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But on that day, it had been a little hot since morning, and the soil was also quite dry.
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Yui brought a watering can and a cleaning cloth.
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Before giving the flowers water, Yui wiped the top of the desk and the area under the window a little.
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At that time, Yui’s friend Rina came back to the classroom and asked, “May I help?”
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Yui said, “Then, please hold this pot.”
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When Rina moved the pot a little, a lot of fallen leaves could be seen behind it.
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The two of them gathered them up and put them into the trash can.
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After that, they gave water to the flowers and gently touched the soil around the plants.
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Compared with before, the flowers looked a little more lively.
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Rina laughed and said, “If you look a little every day, you can tell the difference, right?”
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Before going home, the two of them closed the window and put the watering can back under the faucet.
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Yui thought, “Being on duty is a little hard, but when I look at the flowers, I feel good.”
Keep reading
Stay near the same level and reuse vocabulary while the context is still fresh.
On Saturday morning, Aya and Yui take care of the school flower bed and learn that small work goes faster when everyone helps together.
Yui changes an over-budget flower choice into a small yellow-and-white bouquet and keeps her visit brief so Mika can rest.
After school, Aya and Yui feed the school rabbits, clean the hutch, and learn that careful work matters.