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N5 graded Japanese story

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Ken and his grandmother use a striped hat, an old house, and a second photograph to identify an unlabeled boy as Ken's father.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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Ken spends a rainy afternoon at his grandmother's house.

She brings an old family album to the table.

Many photographs are black and white.

Ken notices a boy standing beside a bicycle.

There is no name under the photograph.

Ken first thinks the boy is his uncle.

His grandmother asks what details he can see.

The boy has a striped hat and a wide smile.

His grandmother recognizes the old house behind him.

She says the boy is Ken's father.

Ken is surprised because the face looks familiar.

They find another photograph of the same striped hat.

In that picture, the boy holds a toy train.

Ken asks how old his father was then.

His grandmother says he was eight.

Ken is eight years old now too.

They compare the old picture with a current family picture.

Ken writes the name, age, and year on a separate note.

His grandmother places the note beside the photograph.

The unknown boy in the album now feels like Ken's father.