Summary
Passage 1
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Ninjas used many different tools and weapons to get the job done: throwing stars, bows, acid-spurting tubes to name a few, but the favorite weapon of most ninjas was probably the katana. The katana is a long, curved sword with a single blade and a long grip to accommodate two hands. This sword was often carried in a sheath or scabbard on the ninja’s back. Though the sword was primarily used for fighting and killing, the scabbard served a number of purposes too. The ninja could remove the sword, angle the scabbard against a wall, and use it to climb to a higher place. Or, while stealthy negotiating their way through a dark place (such as an enemy’s residence at night), ninjas may have used the scabbard as a walking stick, feeling or probing their way around objects so as not to knock into anything and alert the enemy. Perhaps the ninja’s most sinister use of the scabbard was to put a mixture of red pepper, dirt, and iron shavings at the top of the scabbard, so that when the ninja drew his sword, his opponent would be blinded. I wonder what a ninja could have done with a Swiss Army knife.

Summary
Title: Understanding the Katana, Ninja’s best weapon.
The Katana is a long, curved sword which often carried in a sheath or scabbard on the ninja’s back and primarily used for fighting and killing. The scabbard can also be used as a tool by angle it against a wall and climb to a higher place. Besides that, the scabbard is used by the ninja as a walking stick by probing their way around objects so that not to touch anything and warn the enemy. Often, the scabbard is used sinisterly by putting the mixture of red pepper, dirt and iron shavings at the top of it and causes blind to the enemy when the ninja drew his sword.

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Passage 2
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Invisibility, flight, the power to split into multiple bodies… these superhuman abilities have long been associated with ninjas, but ninjas didn’t really do all of that stuff. They were just regular people with exceptional abilities. So why do people think that ninjas had super powers? Well, one reason is that ninjas were very secretive and left behind few historical records of their activities. Since we do not know much about what they actually did, we are left to speculate. Another reason why people often think that ninjas had superhuman abilities is because of how ninjas are depicted in folklore (particularly during the Edo period in Japan). In such legends and works of art, ninjas were mysticized and romanticized. These romantic notions of ninjas as superhero are perpetuated in media today, but maybe that’s just because these days people expect ninjas to have supernatural abilities. Ki-yah!

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Title: The very secretive superhero, Ninja.
Ninjas didn’t really do all of that stuffs which related to superhuman abilities. In fact, they are just regular people with exceptional abilities. People often thought that ninjas have super powers because they are very secretive and few of their activities were left in the historical record. People are left to speculate due to lack of understanding about ninjas. Furthermore, ninjas were mystified and romanticized by the people during the Edo period in Japan. These days, ninjas have been perpetuated in the media probably due to people expect them to have supernatural abilities.

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