Eigo Rakugo

I studied Eigo Rakugo at the Intercultural communication class. I watched some video about Eigo Rakugo. I think that Eigo Rakugo is so fun. However, I found that to make Eigo Rakugo is not easy. We have to do Eigo Rakugo during the class. So, I found a Rakugo in Japanese, and I translated Japanese into English. I changed some words because foreigner can’t understand when they listen to this Rakugo. Please find what words are changes.

＿Cupcake I fate＿

One night, young shop owners gathered and started to talk about what they are scared of. One owner said “I’m afraid of hurricane.” The other said “I’m afraid of spiders.” But, only Tatsu said “I have nothing to be afraid of” So, they asked “How about snakes? How about thunder?” But, he said he liked them

They couldn’t believe Tatsu, so asked more. At last, he confessed “Actually, I’m afraid of cupcakes.” Then, he told them that he started to feel sick because he said “cupcakes” and had to stay in bed.

All the shoppers thought “It’s a good chance to punish him because he is a wise ass.” So, they bought a lot of cupcakes and put them in his room.

They said to him “We brought some bananas for you.” and they heard his voice saying “Oh no, they are cupcakes, no no…”

They chuckled and looked into the room. Tatsu was eating cupcakes saying “No way!. Cupcakes. I’m afraid of cupcakes, no no…”  “What’s the hell? Hey you! What are you really afraid of?” they asked. Tatsu answered,

“Now, I’m afraid of a cup of coffee.”

Can you understand?　

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