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そういえば、子供の頃は押しいれで寝てたな。
そういえば、こどものころはおしいれでねてたな。Now that I think about it, as a child I used to sleep in the closet.
その校庭は、今は雪野原になっていた。ちょうど子供たちが教師とともに出てきた。
そのこうていは、いまはゆきのはらになっていた。ちょうどこどもたちがきょうしとともにでてきた。The schoolyard had become a snowy field. The children had just come out with their teacher.
子供向けの雑誌の付録に大人が夢中になる
こどもむけのざっしのふろくにおとながむちゅうになるAdults become fascinated by the bonuses in children's magazines.