ゆっくりくんとはやいくん  Slow and Fast

Story: Earle sensei                               Illustration: Jacqueline de Almeida Machado

P1:       Suta suta (onomatopoeia for walking quickly) Tick tock tick tock

Noro noro   (onomatopoeia for walking slowly.)

P3:       I can hear some sounds.  (I wonder what those sounds are.)

P3:       Oh, It is Slow and Fast.

P4:       ——————————–

P5:       Slow is the short hand of the clock.  He walks slowly, one step per hour.

P6:       Fast is the long hand of the clock.  He walks fast, twelve steps per hour.

P7:       Tick tock Tick tock

P8:       Slow points at 7, and Fast points at 12.  What time is it?

P9:       It is seven o’clock.  It is time for breakfast.

P10:     Slow points at 12, and Fast points at 12.  What time is it?

P11:     It is 12 o’clock.  It is time for lunch.

P12:     Slow points at 6, and Fast points at 12.  What time is it?

P13:     It is 6 o’clock.  It is time for dinner.

P14:     Slow points at 3, and Fast points at 12.  What time is it?

P15-16: 3 o’clock is time for fun snacks.  (3 o’clock! / delicious/ The next is Dorayaki!)

P17-18:  That is why, we, love, 3 o’clock!