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The boastful swallow and the crow

(Aesop’s Fables)

Translation　ちいさな翻訳屋さん

おりがみをつくろう ( おりがみくらぶ より) つばめ　　　からす

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　There were a swallow and a crow boasted to each other.

　After listening to the swallow boasted about herself, the crow talked back to her.

“Even though you say you are beautiful, you live only in the spring.

　I have a strong body throughout a year and I don’t care about the winter cold.”




　This story tells you that it is better to have a strong body than to be beautiful.

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