PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Fiddle and the Buffalo
Grandma's kitchen behind the pier, sticky rice on the table: when I was still a child, they said play the fiddle to a buffalo; meaning; explain all you like, the buffalo chews on; and who was the buffalo; Chai, of course, in those days I explained Isan to him for a whole year; and now; back then a son-in-law ate, now he writes it down; when I was still a child, there was only rain: the words for a time long ago.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Grandma's kitchen in the house behind the pier in Bang Rak on a Sunday, sticky rice and som tam on the table: Jack says the polite word to Grandma and calls her Grandma; Grandma speaks plainly and says Grandma for I.
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