Bought my first Japanese book last weekend – Walt Disney’s The Ugly Duckling. It was the only kiddy book whose story I know about that was on sale in Kinukuniya bookstore in Kannai hence I picked it up. Minikui Ahiru no Ko in Japanese.

Tried to start reading it while we lounged in Yamashita Park.

Quite a view, eh? But I almost didn’t notice it as I worked my way through the first sentence. Took me more than 30 minutes to work throught the first sentence.

All it said was that, “In the roots of a big tree lush with green leaves on a green coutryside, there was a duck’s nest.”

Aja! Oopps, Korean pala yan.