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週末のホームステイ：牛の世話
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Weekend home-stay: Looking after the cows |
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SM-P03
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週末は月に2回、同級生の直ちゃんの家にホームステイしています。直ちゃんの家は酪農を営んでいるので、わたしも牛の世話の手伝いをします。
乳をしぼりおわって牛を牧草地へ放しているとき、1頭の牛がわたしに近づいてきました。牛はどれも同じように見えますが、よく見ると1頭1頭体つきも性格も違います。この牛はとても人なつっこいようです。牛は大きくてこわいという人もいるけれど、わたしにはとても「めんこい」（北海道、東北地方のことばで「カワイイ」の意）動物です。
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Twice a month I spend weekends at the home of a friend in my class named Nao-chan. Nao-chan's family runs a dairy farm, so I help out with the cows, too.
After milking, the cows are turned out into the pasture again. Here one of the cows came up to me. At first glance, all cows seem alike, but when you take a good look, you can tell that each one has different physical characteristics and temperament. This cow was very friendly and interested in human beings. Cows are big animals and some people are afraid of them, but to me they are really menkoi (Hokkaido and Tohoku dialect for kawaii, "sweet, loveable").
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