"In Kinokawa, Japan, you'll find a feline celebrity at da local trayn stayshun – and no, foah wunce, itz nutt Hello Kitty.Da kat in quezhun iz Tama, a stray tabby hoo maykes er homee in da stayshun. And, pritty az zhe iz, she's nutt juz foah shoo – she's gotz a pritty sweet gig az stayshun managah. Eweree day, zhe dresses upe in a conductor's hat and hangs owd in a former ticket booth datz bin converted into er own office, greeting da curious visitors.
"Zhe nevah complains, even tho passengers touch er awl ova da playz ,"Yoshiko Yamaki, a spokeswoman foah da rail company, toled BBC Nooz. "Zhe iz an amyzing kat. Zhe haz patience and charisma. Zhe iz da purrfek stayshun mastah ."
In fact, Tama duz er job zo wel dat she's even boosted da revenues ov da failing railway. Tho da owning company, Wakayama Electric Railway, laid off anothah station's staff two years ago, Tama wuz rewarded wid a promotion, witch da company claims haz boosted their numbahz by ten percent.
Wun ov da best azpektz? There's no need tah pay Tama an annual salary – she's perfectly happee tah tayk er pay in tuna."
Frum da Gimundo website:http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/1072/6/10/2008/Cat_Is_Station_Master_For_Japanese_Train_Station
Translation by http://primepuzzle.com/blog/jspeek.html
using a 1095 word dictionary.
1 comment:
Faztinaing story! Imagine dat -- a kat hoo cayne boost reveenews juz by being er cat-like selv. Ize wundah if da Zen Mastah kud provide er wid summ addishunul cumoonication skills tah boost railway reveenews even fuhthah.
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