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Hello, my superstar English learner! This is Alex. I hope you are doing well today. Welcome to our first lesson called “The Japanese Farmer”. Let’s begin!

One early morning, a farmer hears a knock on the door. When he answers the door, he sees all of his animals standing on their heads on the porch. The farmer immediately understands that something has happened. Why? Because the animals are standing on their heads and they are looking unhappy, upset and even angry.

“What’s happened?” the farmer asks.

One of the oldest and the wisest donkeys says, “On behalf of the animals, I want to say that there is a big problem, Tatsuki.” By the way, the farmer’s name is Tatsuki.

“A big problem? What’s the problem? Tatsuki wonders.

The problem is that we do not know English. You understand English, you read in English and speak English, but not we. We do not understand English. We do not speak English. We need to know English.” the donkey says.

“Why do you need English?” Tatsuki asks.

“You don’t understand, Tatsuki. We need English to watch YouTube videos, to read American and English books and, of course, to talk with other animals from different countries”, the animals say.

“Okay”, says Tatsuki. “I know English, but I can’t teach you English. So I can’t help you”.

“Maybe you know someone who can?” the animals ask. And at this very moment, the farmer remembers Alex, the English teacher. And he goes, “Wait, wait, I know. If there is anyone who can help you, it is Alex. Alex can teach you to understand and to read and to speak true, real and excellent English.” All the animals are elated. “But”, says the farmer. “But?” ask the animals. “But I have lost his telephone number somewhere. So I can’t call him. Sorry, guys.”

Immediately, the wisest donkey comes up with an idea! “We must find it. How about doing a big search on the farm? I am sure, we will find it.”

“That’s a great idea!” Tatsuki says.

For three days and three nights, the farmer and the animals have searched everywhere. And finally, a young pig finds a small, dirty and crumpled piece of paper with Alex’s telephone number on it.

The farmer immediately calls Alex. He asks him to come and teach his animals English. But Alex cannot come. Why? Because Alex is far away. Now he lives in Russia. But Alex says, “I cannot come to you, but you can buy my books, my English courses. And if you do the courses, I promise, you will understand English. You will read in English and, of course, you will speak true, real and excellent English”.

The farmer and the animals are very happy and very excited.

This is the end of the story for “The Japanese Farmer” What are you going to do next? Right! Next, you are going to listen to this story. And you are going to enjoy the story. And then you go and grab your vocabulary lesson. See you there.