ReadOasis Step 2
(Part 1)
One day Yukichi went to Yokohama for sight-seeing. At the time, the place was not much of a town. Foreigners had made a few temporary buildings there for living and selling their goods. Yukichi tried to speak with them, but to his distress and embarrassment, they could not understand anything he said.
Yukichi knew Dutch, but perhaps these foreigners spoke only French or English. He had been working hard for many years to learn the Dutch language. And he was probably one...