製作繪本 二

A Judo Class
(1) Main characters: teacher and five students.


























(2) Not long ago, A major quake struck a remote mountain. People migrated away from the village. Still, some family stayed there.






(3) One year, a teacher came here to teach at the elementary school. He would work for a short year. His class had only five students.








(4) On the very first day, teacher entered the classroom. He said to himself with surprise, "where are my students?"








(5) Students hid themselves in the cabinet. The teacher couldn’t notice them. Students showed up and laughed at the other end.






(6) During the lunch break nap, naughty students dropped roaches into teacher’s back when he was sleeping. Teacher was irritated.








(7) Students had no interest on study. They didn’t want to learn anything. Teacher worried very much.






(8) Students made big noises from time to time. Teacher had to confront with them.









(9) Students liked sports more than study. School asked them to take judo lesson and arranged a big judo contest.







(10) School began judo drills. Students made fun with it at first and the whole class made progress.







(11) As drills went on, students got frustrated. Sometime, they fought each other. Often, they fell to sleep at class.







(12) Students finally felt drills were not funny any more. They wanted to quit.






(13) Teacher said,” if you don’t practice judo, you should finish homework instead.” They needed to choose one between judo and study.







(14) Students chose to study. They realized reading was easier than practicing judo. They would be quiet and study from then on.








(15) However, the judo contest was set in the beginning. School wanted them to complete it. Students were asked to do more drills no matter what.


(16) Teacher said, “when there is a will, there is a way.” They couldn’t believe they won the final contest. The victory was sweet and anything deserved it after all.