PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Porridge at Dawn
The flat in Khlong San at six in the morning after a sleepless night, Tee at the door with a pot of rice porridge from Aunt Oy: porridge from Mum, you look terrible; by the time she slept it was three; by the time I fell asleep she woke again; did you sleep at all; she cried the whole night, we walked the whole night; Bee says it lasts a month; eat while it's hot, I'll hold her; by the time you've finished, she'll be asleep; then I'll eat slowly: by the time, and the whole night.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The flat on the fourth floor in Khlong San at dawn, three weeks after the birth, Mali finally asleep: Tee and Jack speak as friends, no particle, Tee says the man's I; Nam and Jack speak as a couple, Nam says the woman's I; Tee and Nam are brother and sister and speak plainly.
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