PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Hiring Ton
The shed on a Monday morning in February, the band saw still under its cloth, Nui at the door with his son: this is Ton, my son, he can lift; Ton, ever held a plane; never, only a hammer; wages of eleven thousand a month; and days off, Pi Jack; Sundays off, three months' trial; yes, what do I do first; take the cloth off, slowly: talking down the ladder, and the words of a job.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Jack's shed on Khlong Bangkok Noi on a Monday morning in February, the saw under its cloth: Nui speaks to Jack plainly by name, Ton says the polite word and older brother to Jack, and Jack speaks to Ton plainly, by his name.
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