PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Harvest
The rice field behind Grandma's house in December; the neighbour, a woman of seventy with a sickle: you're Grandma's guest, I'm Jack, have you ever seen a rice field, never, the first time, have you ever eaten sticky rice, I have, this is this year's rice, we're harvesting now, have you ever used a sickle, never, then I'll just watch.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The rice field behind Grandma's house in her village near Khon Kaen, a morning in December, the harvest under way. The neighbour, a woman of seventy, and Jack are polite both ways: she says the woman's polite word to a guest, he says the man's to an elder.
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