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Country of Origin: Japan
Original Language: Japanese
Published in: Japanese Reading Program with Basic 997 Words
Published by: Hokuseido Press

Unknown. There was once an American man who travelled to France. As he walked through the streets of a small town, he came to a big church where a young couple was getting married. There was a big crowd of people and so he asked one of the Frenchmen who stood close to him: “Who’s getting married?”
“Je-ne Sais-pas,” replied the Frenchman.
On the next day, as the American passed the same church again, there once more stood a big crowd, only this time the people were crying. In a low voice he asked a Frenchman in his proximity: “Excuse me, but who died here?”
“Je-ne Sais-pas.”
“What a terrible story!!” the American exclaimed in dismay. “That such a young man should die already!”