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尻尾のつり
Fishing by tail

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　Once upon a time, it was on a winter day.
　Since nuts in a forest had run out, a monkey has been very hungry.

　However, an otter who lived in a river has eaten full of fresh fishes every day.
　So, the monkey asked the otter.

“Hey, Otter. How can you catch a lot of fishes?”
　Then the otter answered.

“ It’s easy.
　Make a hole in river ice and hang my tail down into it.
　And stay not to move, and quietly wait.

　Soon a fish rises to the tail thinking it’s a bait.

　Then pull it up at once.”

“Wow. I will try it.”

　The monkey headed to a river right away, and made a hole in hard frozen ice and hang his tail down into it.

“Whew, it’s so cold!”

　Although the monkey was feeling his tail freezing, he was bearing not to move.

“Wait, wait. I can eat a fish soon.”

　However, a fish didn’t rise to the tail right away.

　Soon the monkey began dozing off.

　When the monkey woke up, his tail froze on to the ice so that he couldn’t move it at all.

　However, the monkey misunderstood that he caught a big fish and pulled his tail with a joy.

“Ungh, this is so heavy.This must be big enough.”

　The monkey pulled his tail with too much force turning his face red.

“Ungh, ungh, ungh”

　Then…

　SNAP!!

　Because the monkey pulled his tail with too much force, the tail was torn off in the middle.

　This is why a monkey has a red face and a short tail.

The End

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