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Children in Otobe Town, Hokkaido Made 'Scarecrows'

In Otobe Town, Hokkaido, a group of children gathers to craft scarecrows for the local rice fields. They shape wooden sticks into human forms, stuff paper bags into smiling faces, and carry their creations out to stand guard. As the dolls take their posts until harvest, one girl shares the simple joy of dressing them up, leaving you to wonder how these handmade guardians will watch over the crops.

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北海道乙部町ほっかいどうおとべちょうで、子こどもたちが「かかし」という人形にんぎょうを作つくりました。
かかしは、米こめを食たべる鳥とりや動物どうぶつが来こないように田たんぼに立たてる人形にんぎょうです。
子こどもたちは最初さいしょに、木きの棒ぼうで人ひとの形かたちを作つくりました。
次つぎに、袋ふくろに紙かみをたくさん入いれて顔かおの形かたちにします。顔かおには目めや鼻はなや口くちをかきました。
そして田たんぼに運はこんで、しっかりと立たてました。
かかしを作つくった女おんなの子こは「服ふくを着きせたり笑わらっている顔かおをかいたりして楽たのしかったです」と話はなしました。
かかしは、米こめを取とり終おわるまで田たんぼに立たっています。

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In Otobe Town, Hokkaido, children made dolls called 'scarecrows'. Scarecrows are dolls placed in rice fields to prevent birds and animals from eating the rice. First, the children made human shapes using wooden sticks. Next, they filled bags with paper to form the shape of a face. They drew eyes, a nose, and a mouth on the face. Then they carried them to the rice fields and set them up securely. A girl who made a scarecrow said, 'It was fun to dress it up and draw a smiling face.' The scarecrows will stand in the rice fields until the rice is harvested.

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