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Learn English through listening short stories
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00:00Give me a pencil, please.
00:15Hey, listen, you haven't paid me for it.
00:21Give me twenty-five pays, please.
00:24Oh, I'm sorry, I was in such a hurry, I forgot.
00:29Here, take it.
00:31And, my name's Sheila.
00:33Ah, I'm Pawnee.
00:37That night, as Pawnee lay on the ground beside her mother in their small hut, she said,
00:42Mom, I want to go to school, like Sheila.
00:45Hush, child.
00:47I don't have money to send you.
00:50To school.
00:56The next day, as Pawnee sat in her usual place, under the shade of a peeple tree, an old man
01:03came towards her.
01:05He carried a small cane basket in one hand and a birdcage in the other.
01:11What are you looking at?
01:25At that old man?
01:27I wonder who he is?
01:29Sheila looked at him curiously.
01:32I think he's a fortune teller.
01:37The parrot in the cage tells you what you'll be when you grow up.
01:42How exciting!
01:44I must get some money from home tomorrow, too.
01:48Here, my fortune.
01:50Bye.
01:52Mom, can I have some money?
01:55Whatever for?
01:57I want to have my fortune told.
01:59The parrot knows everything.
02:01You know I have no money to spare, Pawnee.
02:05We're just able to manage one meal a day.
02:08When?
02:10You grow up and start working like me as A.
02:14Coolie, we can have two meals a day.
02:16But mom, please.
02:18I want to go to school.
02:20Forget about school, my child.
02:23Get going and...
02:25Sweep the floor.
02:27The next day, Pawnee sat under the peeple tree, as usual.
02:31Sheila came running to her and said,
02:33Pawnee, you know what the fortune teller told me?
02:36I will study well, and I'm going to be rich.
02:39I gave him fifty pays.
02:41What did the parrot do?
02:43The old man took a bundle of colored cards
02:46from the basket and spread them on his mat.
02:50The parrot picked a pink card for me.
02:53The man.
02:55Read the card.
02:58Unskilled laborer.
03:01Sheila got a pink card.
03:03It said she would study well and be a rich woman.
03:06I want the pink card, too.
03:08Please give me fifty pays.
03:10Mom, please.
03:11Shut up, Pawnee.
03:13Don't pester me for money again and again.
03:16Mom, when will I go to school like Sheila?
03:19Pawnee, go to sleep.
03:21I told you, you can't go to school.
03:24I told you, you can't go to school.
03:26The next day, the children were in school, and all was quiet.
03:30Pawnee turned to see what the parrot was doing.
03:33Pawnee got up, walked up to him, and asked softly,
03:37Will you tell me my fortune?
03:39The man put on his specs and looked up.
03:41His face was wrinkled and his voice gruff.
03:44Give me fifty pays.
03:47I don't have any money.
03:49What?
03:50You think I run a free service?
03:53I have to earn a living and feed the parrot, too.
03:57Go away, and don't come here without money.
04:01Pawnee went back to her place, feeling sad.
04:04It was a hot afternoon.
04:06Pawnee was thirsty.
04:08She sat watching the parrot.
04:10Poor little parrot, thought Pawnee.
04:13It is thirsty.
04:15The old man was fast asleep on the mat.
04:18He was snoring.
04:21Wait, little bird, she whispered.
04:25There's a tap across the road.
04:27I'll run across and get you some water.
04:30As she stood up to go, she heard a click and turned around.
04:34The parrot was free to fly out.
04:37Wake up, old man!
04:40Pawnee shouted a warning.
04:42The man continued to snore.
04:45Your parrot is about to escape.
04:47Wake up!
04:49Pawnee called out again.
04:51But the man was fast asleep.
04:54The parrot flew off.
04:56It went straight to the tap and perched on it.
04:59Bending down, it began to drink the dripping drops of water.
05:03Pawnee was happy the parrot had got what it wanted.
05:07Oh, no, she exclaimed, because she saw a big black cat.
05:12It was crouching a few feet away from the tap
05:16and was ready to pounce on the parrot.
05:18She went up to the old man and screamed,
05:21Get up!
05:22Don't disturb me, you naughty girl.
05:26I told you I want fifty pays before I can do anything for you.
05:31Pawnee looked about.
05:33There was nobody around whom she could call to help her catch the parrot.
05:37Only a car was parked in front of the school gate.
05:40Pawnee decided to go to the parrot's rescue herself.
05:44With one quick movement, she caught the bird.
05:48Old man, here is your parrot.
05:51Take him!
05:52I told you not to disturb me.
05:55Why are you screaming?
05:57You naughty girl, what are you doing with my parrot?
06:02You want to steal the bird.
06:05Leave my bird alone and go back to your place.
06:09Now, now, little girl, don't cry.
06:12There the old man is so rude to me.
06:15She stole my parrot.
06:17I did not steal his parrot.
06:19Pawnee wept aloud.
06:21I only tried to save it.
06:23This girl has no money.
06:26Her mother won't give her any.
06:29She is only a coolie.
06:31This girl is trying to steal my parrot and sell it.
06:36Quiet, quiet, I saw this girl saving your parrot.
06:39I came too.
06:41The school to take my daughter home.
06:50Daddy, daddy, this is Pawnee I was talking to you about yesterday.
06:55Really?
06:56She is such a nice girl.
06:58But for her, a cat would have gobbled up this fellow's parrot.
07:02Pawnee, come let's go home.
07:04They turned round to see Pawnee's mother coming towards them.
07:07Pawnee is a good girl.
07:08I would like her to go to a school.
07:10But I can't afford it, sir.
07:12I know, I know.
07:14But that shouldn't worry you.
07:16I'll meet all the expenses.
07:19She can go to school with Sheila.
07:21Oh, sir.
07:22Do you want the parrot to pick a card for you?
07:26Pawnee rushed towards the cage.
07:29Even before the old man could spread the cards fully on the mat,
07:32the parrot picked a card with its beat for Pawnee.
07:36It was the pink card.
07:38Pawnee jumped with joy.
07:40Thank you, old man.
07:41Thank you, parrot dear.
07:43She burst out and turned to go home with her mother.
07:48Bye, bye, Sheila.
07:51Bye, see you in school.