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N5 graded Japanese story

雪だるまの赤い手ぶくろ

Wind carries Aya's old red snowman glove across a park path, where a nearby child safely returns it and helps secure the branch with Aya's father.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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Snow stops falling on Saturday morning.

Aya goes to a park with her father.

They roll three balls of snow.

Her father places the balls one above another.

Aya uses stones for the eyes and branches for arms.

She puts her old red glove on one branch hand.

A gust of wind pulls the glove off the branch.

The glove slides across the snowy path.

Aya follows but stops before other people on the path.

A nearby child with a parent present catches the glove safely.

The child brings the glove back to Aya.

Aya thanks the child and explains the snowman.

She puts the glove on again.

Another gust begins to lift it.

The child suggests pushing the branch farther inside.

Aya's father helps them move the branch.

The red glove now stays on the lower branch.

The three of them take a picture of the snowman.

Aya invites the child to choose the snowman's name.

The red glove seems to wave while they leave.