外国の友人の誕生日に。英語を勉強中の友達の誕生日に。英語が不得意な友達への励ましやジョークとして。子どもの英語学習用に。贈り方はさまざまだけど、英語の絵本が贈られたら素敵ですよね。
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誕生日の前夜、明日の誕生日をワクワクと待っていた僕は夢を見ました。僕は、たくさんの部屋の前で、10個の鍵を持って立っています。パパとママと一緒に、一つずつ部屋の扉を開けていくと、そこには・・・。
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・ 主人公の名前
・ 性別
・ 呼び名
・ 年齢
・ 誕生日
・ 住んでいるところ
・ 登場人物の名前
・ プレゼントする人の名前
・ プレゼント日
・ 主人公へのメッセージ（40字以内）
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''My Birthday Surprise''
was created especially for
Mika Yasima
with love from
Mommy and Daddy
April 2, 2006
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika Yasima was so excited!
Her ''big'' day had finally arrived!
She had reminded everyone in
Yokohama about her birthday
on April 2, for a long time.
Mika had not wanted a single person
to forget this special day.
Today she was 6.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
For months now, Mika had been
dreaming day and night about her party.
She had asked her friends again and again,
''Do you suppose my birthday will ever get here?''
There were many names on her invitation list.
Mika hoped Yuko , Syoko and Ryou could come.
She was really looking forward to a great time!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
It seemed to Mika that her dreams
always started out the same way.
She would be sitting in the middle of
an enormous room all dressed up for her party.
Beside her was a key ring with 10 magic keys,
each a different color.
Around her would be doors, and
Mika knew that the keys were
there to open those matching, colored doors.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
In each dream, Mika would find many happy,
wonderful surprises behind the locked doors...
except for one.
There were 11 doors, but only 10 keys.
Mika wondered
how she would get into that last room.
There wasn't even a knob on the door.
Every time she would start to search for
the missing key, she would wake up.
Oh well! Maybe Yuko , Syoko and Ryou
could help her.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
In her dreams, Mika liked to start with
the blue key that unlocked the blue door.
The blue room looked as if it held a billion
bouncing balloons.
There were balloons of different shapes, colors
and sizes, and Mika had fun
walking through them. There was one
balloon that had to be the biggest,
bluest balloon she had ever seen.
This was so much fun, Mika raced
on to the next door !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The second door opened up to a white
room with lots and lots of birthday cakes.
There were tiny cakes and gigantic cakes
and cakes just big enough for Mika to eat
all by herself.
Some cakes were huge, but there was one
snowy white cake behind the white door
that had 7 huge layers.
It was a cake for Mika.
She wanted to show all these
beautiful cakes to Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Mika opened the cherry red
door, she almost fell backward!
What a fun dream! In front of her was
a monstrous mountain of melting ice cream.
There were cherries, nuts, whipped cream
and syrup running down the sides.
Mika thought it would be so much fun to
slide down this kind of mountain.
What a delightful, delicious time she would have !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika giggled when she opened the
orange door to the clown room.
Inside she found forty funny clowns,
most of them with bright orange hair.
There were fat clowns and thin clowns,
short clowns and tall clowns,
happy clowns and sad clowns.
Some clowns did tricks while other
silly clowns just clowned around.
In this orange room, Mika laughed
until she could laugh no more.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The green room had so many presents
that Mika had trouble opening the door.
She wondered if any of the gifts
were from Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
She was hoping that one of those
boxes would have something very nice
she could play with on her birthday.
Maybe it was the gigantic green gift box!
Should she open it?
No, she must hurry to the next door.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika jumped up and down when she
opened the glittering gold door and found
a golden room full of rides for her birthday party.
In the middle of the room was a beautiful
gold merry-go-round.
Surrounding it, Mika could see the ponies
with their golden saddles, a train
ride and even a small ferris wheel !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A pink door opened up into a candy room.
Mika was amazed at all the candy.
She found suckers, gumdrops, lollipops,
peppermint sticks, hard candies, soft candies
and all kinds of chocolate candies.
There was also the biggest, bubbliest bunch of
pink bubble gum that she had ever seen.
Mika knew that she would have to share this
candy with Yuko , Syoko and Ryou
or she would have a big tummyache.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Behind the brown door were many,
many huggable animals.
Mika wanted to hold and squeeze the soft,
cuddly brown teddy bears, as well as
the cats, dogs, monkeys and dinosaurs.
Some of the other animals, like the giraffe, were
taller than Mika.
Others were so small they would fit in her hand.
If she put all these animals in her room,
she might not be able to find her bed.
Wow, that would be neat !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Mika opened the yellow
door, she found a yellow room
filled with games fit for a king.
Mika saw pin the tail on the donkey,
a fishing pond, balloons for water fights, jacks,
musical chairs, drop the clothespin in the bottle,
bobbing for yellow apples, hopscotch and ring toss.
Mika knew exactly which games
she would play first in the yellow room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Using the shiny silver key, Mika opened
the silver door and saw colorful streamers
decorating every inch of the tenth room.
She also found everything else she needed for
her birthday party.
Here were the plates, cups, napkins, forks and spoons.
For her guests, there were stacks and
stacks of silver whistles, silver bells, horns,
blowers, birthday hats and other party favors.
She knew that she was ready for her
birthday party when she saw the squirt guns !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika found herself in front of the last door
that had no key.
She leaned against the door to peek
through the keyhole and, as she did,
the door silently opened.
She looked
inside.
The rainbow-colored room was
ready for a birthday party with
something from each of the other ten
rooms, but Mika was puzzled.
Something was missing! How could a
birthday party be fun if you were all alone?
She became very sad.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Suddenly many voices sang out
''Surprise!'' and ''Happy Birthday!" at
the same time. Mika Yasima
blinked her eyes and immediately
stopped daydreaming. She turned around
and saw Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
This was herbest birthday surprise of all !
Now she knew that having family and
friends was much more important than
all the presents and decorations or
even the cake. Oh, it was fun to be
6 and have a birthday celebration !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Happy Birthday ! Mika Yasima
Where I celebrated my birthday:
-----------------------------
My favorite gift:
-----------------------------
What I liked most about
this birthday:
-----------------------------
People who were with me to
celebrate my birthday:
-----------------------------
wonderful surprises behind the locked doors...
except for one.
There were 11 doors, but only 10 keys.
Mika wondered
how she would get into that last room.
There wasn't even a knob on the door.
Every time she would start to search for
the missing key, she would wake up.
Oh well! Maybe Yuko , Syoko and Ryou
could help her.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
In her dreams, Mika liked to start with
the blue key that unlocked the blue door.
The blue room looked as if it held a billion
bouncing balloons.
There were balloons of different shapes, colors
and sizes, and Mika had fun
walking through them. There was one
balloon that had to be the biggest,
bluest balloon she had ever seen.
This was so much fun, Mika raced
on to the next door !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The second door opened up to a white
room with lots and lots of birthday cakes.
There were tiny cakes and gigantic cakes
and cakes just big enough for Mika to eat
all by herself.
Some cakes were huge, but there was one
snowy white cake behind the white door
that had 7 huge layers.
It was a cake for Mika.
She wanted to show all these
beautiful cakes to Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Mika opened the cherry red
door, she almost fell backward!
What a fun dream! In front of her was
a monstrous mountain of melting ice cream.
There were cherries, nuts, whipped cream
and syrup running down the sides.
Mika thought it would be so much fun to
slide down this kind of mountain.
What a delightful, delicious time she would have !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika giggled when she opened the
orange door to the clown room.
Inside she found forty funny clowns,
most of them with bright orange hair.
There were fat clowns and thin clowns,
short clowns and tall clowns,
happy clowns and sad clowns.
Some clowns did tricks while other
silly clowns just clowned around.
In this orange room, Mika laughed
until she could laugh no more.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The green room had so many presents
that Mika had trouble opening the door.
She wondered if any of the gifts
were from Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
She was hoping that one of those
boxes would have something very nice
she could play with on her birthday.
Maybe it was the gigantic green gift box!
Should she open it?
No, she must hurry to the next door.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika jumped up and down when she
opened the glittering gold door and found
a golden room full of rides for her birthday party.
In the middle of the room was a beautiful
gold merry-go-round.
Surrounding it, Mika could see the ponies
with their golden saddles, a train
ride and even a small ferris wheel !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A pink door opened up into a candy room.
Mika was amazed at all the candy.
She found suckers, gumdrops, lollipops,
peppermint sticks, hard candies, soft candies
and all kinds of chocolate candies.
There was also the biggest, bubbliest bunch of
pink bubble gum that she had ever seen.
Mika knew that she would have to share this
candy with Yuko , Syoko and Ryou
or she would have a big tummyache.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Behind the brown door were many,
many huggable animals.
Mika wanted to hold and squeeze the soft,
cuddly brown teddy bears, as well as
the cats, dogs, monkeys and dinosaurs.
Some of the other animals, like the giraffe, were
taller than Mika.
Others were so small they would fit in her hand.
If she put all these animals in her room,
she might not be able to find her bed.
Wow, that would be neat !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Mika opened the yellow
door, she found a yellow room
filled with games fit for a king.
Mika saw pin the tail on the donkey,
a fishing pond, balloons for water fights, jacks,
musical chairs, drop the clothespin in the bottle,
bobbing for yellow apples, hopscotch and ring toss.
Mika knew exactly which games
she would play first in the yellow room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Using the shiny silver key, Mika opened
the silver door and saw colorful streamers
decorating every inch of the tenth room.
She also found everything else she needed for
her birthday party.
Here were the plates, cups, napkins, forks and spoons.
For her guests, there were stacks and
stacks of silver whistles, silver bells, horns,
blowers, birthday hats and other party favors.
She knew that she was ready for her
birthday party when she saw the squirt guns !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Mika found herself in front of the last door
that had no key.
She leaned against the door to peek
through the keyhole and, as she did,
the door silently opened.
She looked
inside.
The rainbow-colored room was
ready for a birthday party with
something from each of the other ten
rooms, but Mika was puzzled.
Something was missing! How could a
birthday party be fun if you were all alone?
She became very sad.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Suddenly many voices sang out
''Surprise!'' and ''Happy Birthday!" at
the same time. Mika Yasima
blinked her eyes and immediately
stopped daydreaming. She turned around
and saw Yuko , Syoko and Ryou.
This was herbest birthday surprise of all !
Now she knew that having family and
friends was much more important than
all the presents and decorations or
even the cake. Oh, it was fun to be
6 and have a birthday celebration !
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Happy Birthday ! Mika Yasima
Where I celebrated my birthday:
-----------------------------
My favorite gift:
-----------------------------
What I liked most about
this birthday:
-----------------------------
People who were with me to
celebrate my birthday:
-----------------------------
