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//Sloping shoulders  //

　Once upon a time, a man with sloping shoulders lived in the mountains. He hated his shoulders because his friends made fun of his shoulders.

“ Maurice, you look like a hunchback. You are so frail. ”   “ No. I am a strong man. ”   “ What? Don ’ t be a fool. ”   “ I ’ m not a fool. I can defeat bears with my bear hands. ”   “ Stop joking! ”   “ Hahaha! I ’ m saying this in all seriousness. ” Those days, bears haunted around their village, but nobody could get rid of them. Maurice thought that if he beat them, he could become a hero. “ OK, Maurice. If you could bring a corpse of a bear, we would apologize to you for making fun of you. ” Actually, his friends did not think he could achieve it. They were sure that he would come back, screaming.

<span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 10.5pt; text-indent: -10.5pt;">The day after, Maurice went to a mountain to have a battle against a bear. He was so afraid, but he thought he could not give up. <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 10.5pt; text-indent: -10.5pt;">At that moment, a terrible stream resounded. “ <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M';">Grrrrrrrrrr!! ” <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 10.5pt; text-indent: -10.5pt;">He was frozen. When he looked back, a bear suddenly attacked him. He had his back against the wall. “ <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M';">Oh my God！“ <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M';">But, a bear slipped when he clutched Maurice ’ <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M';">s slopping shoulders. <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 10.5pt; text-indent: -10.5pt;">A bear fell over a cliff. and fainted soon. <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'AR Pゴシック体M'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 10.5pt; text-indent: -10.5pt;">He come back with the dead bear, and he became a hero of his village.