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English Audio Request

whitey
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record twice: 1) slowly; 2) naturally

Six hundred years ago, a girl named Joan was born in the French village of Domremy, in the Arc district. At that time, France and England were fighting a war. France was losing badly. The English had entered France and taken most of the land, including Paris. The King of France escaped and was in hiding.

Joan came from a peasant family, doing housework and looking after animals. When she was 13 years old, she heard a mysterious voice. She believed it was God talking to her. "God told me to ask the King's son for an army," she said. "He told me to fight the English at Orleans and help the French King return to France."

Though poorly educated, the French leaders liked her honest manner. They gave her an army. For safety, she started to dress as a man.

She became a great general. She carried only a white flag and worked as a nurse for both the French and the British soldiers. She defeated the English at Orleans and other places. Thanks to Joan, the King could return to France.

Unfortunately, she was captured by the English. They said, "She must be a witch. How else could a woman be such a great army general?" Her trial lasted a year. She was found guilty and was burnt alive.

Inspired by Joan, the French began to win their battles immediately. The English were driven out of France. France became a great and powerful nation.

Later, her case was reopened and she was found not guilty of witchcraft. She was also made a Christian Saint. Joan of Arc was a truly great woman in history - the peasant girl who saved her country!

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