Reading Folktale 14: The Banyan Tree and the Reed

    

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oymkoginjv'  8qho3r.-da[]ev=h{d=c0o

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    7A'obj' gdyf]q,ci' rafdqdw,h.sPj37jowxs];'s^kpF3r.-8qho
obj'8hkode]a']q,raf[+8u'c8jskdsad37jo]q'9kd8k/aj'ohec]t
ws^wx8k,]eohe g,njvwxg4y'xjkv=hc]td=c0ocsj'obj'd=g]up7hk'16jF
3r.-8qhooAogsaoxjkv=h{d=c0opa'fu16j 9yj'4k,;jk <g,njv7noouh
]q,ci'[+raf,kivfa;ds,6jg9qhk[=L r;dg9qhkpa'fu16jc]t[+
sad37joL<  xjkv=h{d=c0o9yj'8v[;jk <]q,ci'raf,kIvf86
0hvp7ndaoF c8j860hvpi6h9adde]a'0v'86 0hvp16jc]h;9t8hko]q,
oAo[+ws;F gsfoao g,njv]q,raf,kgmnjv.f860hvp9bj'[+8ah'8qho]e
8hk,]q,r=c8jvjvowxoe]q,glaPdjvo ]q,ci'dkpwxc]h;
9yj'8A']e0bho.s,j gsfouh860hvp9yj'[+gxaosPa'<D 

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Vocabulary:
 
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d= clf. bamboo, clumps, etc.
de]a' n. power
c0o n. a kind of tall, stiff grass
7A'obj' n. once upon a time
37jo v. to fall (a tree)
8k/aj' n. a shore, a river bank
8ah'8qho v. to begin, to start
8hko v. to resist
8qho clf. tree
8qho3rw- n. a Banyan tree
8u' v. to sway
86 pron. I, me
]e clf. bamboo, etc.
]eoeh v. a stream
]ev=h n. a kind of reed
]q, n. wind
s^;'s^kp adv. many, many
ws^ n. to flow
ws; adj. able
gvo adj. leaning
sad adj. v. to bend, to curve, to be broken
cI' adj. strong
           
  

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