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N5 graded Japanese story

放課後の紙ひこうき

Ken and Sora compare two paper airplanes, correct an uneven wing, and combine their best ideas into one improved design.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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Ken and Sora finish their work after school.

Their teacher lets them use paper in the empty courtyard.

Ken folds a plane with wide wings.

Sora folds a plane with a narrow nose.

Each boy thinks his plane will fly farther.

They stand behind the same line.

Sora's first plane flies farther than Ken's.

Ken's plane turns left and falls early.

Ken notices that one wing is higher.

He folds the wing again carefully.

A light wind begins across the courtyard.

They wait until the wind becomes calm.

On the second throw, Ken's plane flies straight.

Sora's plane flies fast but lands sooner.

They compare the two shapes instead of arguing.

Sora suggests making one plane together.

They use Ken's wide wings and Sora's narrow nose.

The new plane flies straight past both earlier marks.

They write both names inside one wing.

Ken says their best plane needed two ideas.