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English Audio Request

kalanchoe
English / The areca nut and the betel leaf's fairy tale
by kalanchoe on Aug. 3, 2010
280 Words / 1 Recordings / 2 Comments
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Note to recorder:

Reading with speed very slowly, please

Once upon a time, there was two orphaned twin brothers.They loved each other dearly.When they reached a marriageable age, The elder brother made a girl his wife.After the marriage, the brotherhood didn't have a deep love like they used to be.It made the young brother very sad.
One day, the two brothers came back from the field.The young brother walked into the house earlier.The wife thought that was her husband so that she had missed and hugged the younger brother.At that moment, the elder brother walked just into, both of the wife and the younger brother suddenly realized and both them felt ashamed.After that, the elder brother thought that his wife and the younger brother were in a relationship so the elder brother began to give the old shoulder to the younger brother.
One afternoon, while the elder brother and the sister in law didn't stay at home, the younger felt sad so he decided to run away.He walked on and on until coming to a stream, he sat down to cry and turned into a rock.The elder brother came back the house and noticed his brother was gone, so he went to go find him.He walked on and on until he came to the above stream, he sat down against the rock to rest.Then he started to feel repentant and cried.Eventually, he turned into a branchless tree, growing upright next to the rock.The wife came back and she didn't her husband so she went to go find.She walked on and on until coming to that stream, she sat against the tree next to the rock, she lamented and turned into a liana around the tree next to the rock.

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Comments

Eight
Eight
Aug. 3, 2010

I hope this is slow enough:)
I also corrected some of the English.
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Once upon a time, there were two orphaned twin brothers. They loved each other dearly. When they reached a marriageable age, the elder brother made a girl his wife. After the marriage, the brothers didn't have a deep love like they used to and it made the younger brother very sad.

One day, the two brothers came back from the field. The young brother walked into the house first. The wife thought that he was her husband that she missed and she hugged the younger brother. At that moment, the elder brother walked into the house. Both the wife and the younger brother suddenly realized what had happened and both of them felt ashamed. After that, the elder brother thought that his wife and the younger brother were in a relationship so the elder brother began to give the cold shoulder to the younger brother.

Eight
Eight
Aug. 3, 2010

One afternoon, while the elder brother and the sister in law weren’t at home, the younger brother felt sad so he decided to run away. He walked on and on until he came to a stream, he sat down to cry and turned into a rock. The elder brother came back the house and noticed his brother was gone, so he went to find him. He walked on and on until he came to the same stream, he sat down against the rock to rest. Then he started to feel repentant and cried. Eventually, he turned into a branchless tree, growing upright next to the rock. The wife came back and she didn't see her husband so she went to go find. She walked on and on until coming to that stream, she sat against the tree next to the rock, she lamented and turned into a liana around the tree next to the rock.