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From sentences in Unko Kanji Doriru (“Poo Kanji Drills”), a series of writing-exercise books for elementary school students in Japan. The books were written by Yusaku Furuya and published in March by Bunkyosha. Translated from the Japanese by Robert Chapeskie.

I picked up some poo in the middle of the rice paddy.

There was poo on the sweet-pea flower petals.

This is a hieroglyph that represents poo.

Please take a look at the poo of an Indian elephant.

A long time ago there was a continent made of poo.

My body is weak, so I cannot carry heavy poo.

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