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The Tortoise and the Hare Posted by on Feb 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

Do you know the story about the tortoise and the hare? It’s about a race where the tortoise wins a race with the hare, despite the tortoise being slow. There is a Japanese children’s song called うさぎとか, which tells the story of the fast hare being defeated by the slow tortoise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL13nJU8tFM

もしもし亀よ 亀さん (moshi moshi kame yo kame-san yo)

世界のうちに お前ほ (sekai no uchi ni omae hodo)

歩みののろい ものはな (ayumi no noroi mono wa nai)

どうしてそんなに のろいの (doshite sonna ni noroi no ka)

なんとおっしゃる うさぎさ (nan to ossharu usagi-san)

そんならお前と かけくら (sonnara omae to kakekurabe)

むこうの小山の ふもとま (muko no koyama no fumoto made)

どちらが先に かけつく (dochira ga saki ni kake tsuku ka)

どんなに亀が いそいで (donna ni kame ga isoidemo)

どうせ晩まで かかるだ(dose ban made kakaru daro)

ここらでちょっと ひとねむ (kokora de chotto hitonemuri)

グーグーグーグーグーグーグ (gu gu gu gu gu gu gu)

これは寝すぎた しくじっ (kore wa ne-sugita shikujitta)

ピョンピョンピョンピョピョンピョンピョ (pyon pyon pyon pyon pyon pyon pyon)

あんまり遅い うさぎさ (anmari osoi usagi-san)

さっきの自慢は どうした (sakki no jiman wa doshita no)

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  1. Japanese Level Up:

    なかなか面白いです。いいブログを見つけました!