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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
There are many stories of what ninja, those
incredible little men, could do.
They could become invisible, change themselves
into animals, walk through stone walls, fly and live under
water like fish.
One famous ninja could sit in two separate
rooms talking to two different groups of people at the same
time.
The list of their strange powers is endless
but how many of these stories are facts and how many are
imaginary?
One thing is for sure: ninja were trained
from childhood in various fighting techniques and special
ways of hiding and doing the unexpected in order to avoid
detection or capture.
They were trained to imitate the walk and
posture of people around them so that they could "disappear"
into a crowd without attracting any attention.
They were trained to move noiselessly and
fast while pressing themselves against walls to stay in
their shadows.
Ninja carried very few special weapons;
they had star-shaped pieces of metal called "shuriken"
which they could throw with great accuracy, but probably
their most important tool was a small pipe which enabled
them to breathe when they were hiding in a pond or a well.
Ninja were almost never caught alive; they
nearly always killed themselves to avoid giving the name
of their master or revealing their secrets.
The special knowledge the ninja possessed
always died with them.
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