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English Audio Request

toshiaki
598 Words / 2 Recordings / 3 Comments
Note to recorder:

A little bit slow speed please.=^-^=

Once upon a time, a mother fox and her child were living in a cave. That year, the young fox saw the snow for the first time. Although he was surprised by the coldness of the snow first, after a few hours, he really enjoyed playing in the snow. However, he cried suddenly because he got chilblains on his forehand. It really hurt. The mother fox felt sorry for her son, so they went to town to buy mittens. They reached the place where they could see the light of the town. The mother fox couldn’t move because she had flashbacks of a bad experience with humans. There is no way she could go to town, so she sent her son to the town by himself. When the mother fox was young, she tried to steal a chicken from a human house, but she failed and was caught. Humans could have killed her but they felt pity for her, so they released her after giving her a beating as a lesson that she never try to do that same thing again. The mother fox changed her son’s one hand into a human hand with her magic powers and gave her son human money. Foxes have some kind of magical power that allows them to change their shape into a human, but the mother fox's power is limited and she only can change her son’s one paw. The mother fox said to her son.
“First, you have to knock on the door and say, “Good Evening” and after the human opens the door a little bit, you have to put out your human hand, and say, “Please give me a pair of mittens that will fit my hand”, make sure you, never show your fox hand! Humans are cruel creatures. When they see a fox, they want to kill it.”
The little fox was really scared, but he tried to encourage himself and arrived at the town's general store. He knocked on the door and the owner of the general store opened the door a little bit. The little fox was surprised by the light coming out of the door and accidentally put his real fox hand into the gap of door.
“Please give me a pair of mittens that will fit my hand”
Although the owner of the general shop was really surprised by the fox's hand, he checked to make sure the money was real and gave the fox a small pair of mittens. The little fox put the pair of mittens on his hands. It was very warm and soft. On the way back to the home, he heard the voice of a human mother singing a nursing song to her child. The human child asked his mother a question. "Tonight is so cold, I am worried about the little fox. Is he going to freeze to death?” and the mother answered, “Please don’t worry about it. The little fox is sleeping, wrapped in his mother's warm arms inside a cave. The little fox suddenly missed his mother after hearing the human's conversations. He rushed back to his mother as fast as he could. His mother was waiting, nearly scared to death. The mother fox held her son tightly. The little fox explained to his mother what happened to him. Although he failed to show his human hand and showed his fox hand instead, the owner of the general shop kindly sold him a pair of mittens. The mother fox was really surprised. She thought to herself. “The true nature of a human being is kind?”

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Comments

toshiaki
Sept. 8, 2012

If you notice sometime wrong, could you kindly correct first and record your voce?
I would really parricide, your corporation. If you have Japanese articles I would like to record my voice fast as I can.=^-^=

toshiaki
Sept. 9, 2012

Here is the Japanese version article and voice recording.=^-^=
http://lang-8.com/92944/journals/1665757

toshiaki
Sept. 12, 2012

wellesz31
Thank you so much for your voice.Your voice is wonderful.=^-^

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