English: Sometimes some surprisingly horrible things may happen in children’s stories - I just read about a poor sparrow whose tongue was cut by an old woman for eating her nori. Strange enough the sparrow can still talk after this.

にほんごで:　したきりのはなしをよんでいる。ばあさはすずめのしたをきった。むごいね。でもするとすずめははなすことができます。どうそうする？