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Mika visits her aunt's farm on an autumn morning.
N5 graded Japanese story
畑の大きなさつまいも
Mika learns to dig patiently around a sweet-potato plant and uncovers one large potato beneath the hardest soil.
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Today the family will harvest sweet potatoes.
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Mika puts on gloves beside the field.
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Her aunt shows her the long green leaves.
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Mika pulls one plant but no potato appears.
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The soil around it is hard.
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Her aunt gives her a small hand shovel.
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Mika digs slowly around the plant.
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She sees purple skin under the soil.
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The first potato is very small.
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Two more small potatoes appear beside it.
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Her cousin finds a potato longer than Mika's nearby.
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They compare the shapes without making it a contest.
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Mika notices another thick root in her hole.
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She digs deeper instead of pulling hard.
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A very large sweet potato comes out whole.
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Mika counts four potatoes from her plant.
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The family rinses the soil from them outside.
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Later they share one warm cooked potato.
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Mika says the biggest surprise was under the hardest soil.