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best story for listening listen and repeat after
me a poor man was married to a beautiful woman the
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man and his wife never quarreled the husband loved
his wife the wife loved her husband they were very
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happy but this happy couple had a rich handsome
neighbor he saw the poor man's be beautiful wife
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and he fell in love with her I want to marry
her myself he thought every day when the woman's
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husband was working in the fields the rich man
went to the poor man's house you're a beautiful
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woman he said to the poor man's wife but your
clothes are old why doesn't your husband by new
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pretty clothes for you I'm sure he doesn't love
you if he loved you he would buy wonderful clothes
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for you divorce him and marry me I will buy you
beautiful new clothes the best in the land then
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you will be the most beautiful woman in Ethiopia
at first the woman didn't listen to the rich
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man but he came to her house every day and every
day he said the same things at last she began to
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think perhaps my neighbor is right why doesn't my
husband buy beautiful new clothes for me perhaps
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he doesn't love me that night she said to her
husband look at me husband my clothes are old and
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ugly I want new ones buy me some new clothes her
husband smiled at her you don't need new clothes
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he said you are the most beautiful woman in the
world to me she was angry don't you love me she
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said if you love me buy me a new dress her husband
loved his wife wife and he wanted to please her I
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have only a little money he thought and I need a
new plow but I want my dear wife to be happy so
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the next day he went to the market and he bought a
new dress for his wife he took it home to her and
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she put it on thank you my dear husband she cried
now I know that you love me when the rich man came
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to see her again she was wearing her new dress you
see she said to him my husband loves me very much
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he bought me this beautiful new dress the rich
man shook his head but a good husband doesn't only
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give his wife new cloes clothes he said he gives
her gold where's your gold necklace where are your
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gold rings why doesn't your husband give you those
he opened a box and showed her some beautiful gold
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jewelry look at these he said divorce your husband
and marry me and I will give all these to you the
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woman did not listen to him go away she said I
love my husband and he loves me and we are happy
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together but the rich man came again every day and
every day he showed her the box of jewelry at last
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she began to think perhaps the rich man is right
why doesn't my husband buy gold for me doesn't he
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love me that day she didn't make a fire she didn't
cook a meal her husband came home late after a
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long day in the fields he was tired and hungry
there's no dinner for you tonight his wife said
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you don't love me what her husband cried but my
darling I love you more than anything you are the
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most wonderful person in the world then why don't
you buy me some gold jewelry she said when a man
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loves his wife he gives her a gold necklace and
rings for her fingers her husband looked worried I
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spent money on her new clothes he thought how can
I find more for gold I'll go and see my brother
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perhaps he will lend me the money I must buy gold
for my dear wife I want her to be happy the next
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day he went to visit his brother lend me some
money brother he said and I will work for you in
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your field all right his brother said but you must
work hard there are many stones in my field and
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you must move them all away her husband agreed and
took the money he went to the market and bought
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some gold jewelry then he took it home to his
wife his wife was very happy she put the necklace
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around her neck and put the rings on her fingers
look at me she said am I not beautiful you're
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very beautiful full her husband said if you are
happy I am happy she put her arms around his neck
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thank you thank you my dear husband she said now
I know that you love me the next day her husband
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went out very early before the sun rose in the
sky he ran to his brother's field it was covered
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with stones I must work very hard now he thought
I must start early and stop late I must pay my
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debt to my brother his wife was working happily at
home I'll make a wonderful dinner for my husband
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tonight she thought he gives me wonderful presents
he works hard for me I know that he loves me hello
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a voice called out are you there the woman went
outside her rich neighbor was there ah it's you
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the woman said listen neighbor you were wrong
about my husband yesterday he bought me this
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beautiful jewelry he loves me very much and I love
him I will not divorce him I will not marry you
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the rich man was worried her husband loves her too
much he thought if I want her I must be clever at
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last he said your husband gave you clothes and
jewelry but I can give you more than that what
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what do you mean the woman cried can your husband
make miracles the rich man asked Miracles no of
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course he can't make Miracles the woman answered
Only God Can Make Miracles men cannot make them
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but I can the man said because I love you love
can make Miracles if your husband loves you he
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can make miracles for you if you love me I I will
make miracles for you make a miracle for me now
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the woman said I can't the rich man answered you
must promise to love me first you must leave your
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husband and come to me then I will make wonderful
wonderful miracles for you the woman said nothing
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and the rich man went away that night the poor man
came home late he was very tired and hungry his
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wife brought water for him and he washed himself
she brought delicious food for him and he ate it
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my poor husband she thought he works so hard for
me and he is so tired and hungry the rich man man
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is foolish how can my husband make Miracles it's
impossible but the next day and the day after and
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the day after that the rich man came to her house
again did your husband make a miracle for you
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yesterday he asked the woman leave him and love me
and I will make many many miracles for you every
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day at last the women began to listen to him one
day when her husband came home she was sad wife
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Dear wife what is wrong with you cried her husband
are you sick no she said I'm sad because you do
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not love me what cried her husband but you know
that I love you I bought you new clothes I bought
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you gold jewelry you're the most precious thing in
the world to me but you don't make miracles for me
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his wife said her poor husband was very surprised
miracles of course I can't make Miracles he said
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why do you want a miracle who gave you the idea
our neighbor came to see me today the woman said
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Love Makes Miracles he said if a Man Loves a Woman
he will make miracles for her her husband was very
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worried that Wicked man wants to take my wife he
thought all this trouble comes from him when he
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first came here she wanted new clothes then she
wanted gold jewelry and now she wants a miracle
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what can I do if I don't make a miracle perhaps my
wife will leave me and marry him the next day he
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went slowly to work in his brother's field I must
pray he thought only God can help me now he looked
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up to heaven oh Lord God he prayed please help
me to make a miracle I love my wife and I want
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to keep her don't let this rich man take her from
me he worked all morning he was moving stones from
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his brother's field in the middle of the day he
sat down under a tree to rest a man was sitting
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there already who are you the poor man asked I am
a wizard answered the man and I have a gift for
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you look here are two sticks they make Miracles
Miracles the poor man said he was happy now what
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kind of Miracles if you touch a person with the
first stick the wizard said he will become a
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donkey the poor man thought of the rich man and he
smiled a donkey he said that's very good and if I
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touch him with the second stick what will happen
he will become a man again said the wizard the
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poor man took the sticks and jumped up oh thank
you my friend he said I prayed to God and he sent
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you to me now I can keep my wife and punish my
enemy he ran home wife he called out come here
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I'm going to make a miracle his wife came out of
the house a miracle she said what Miracle look
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said her husband he touched her with the first
stick at once she became a donkey she lifted
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her head and tried to speak but she could not hea
heeh ha was all she could say her husband touched
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her with the other stick at once she became a
woman again husband that's wonderful she said
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it's a real Miracle how did you do it I prayed to
God her husband said and and he helped me and now
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wife I am going to punish my enemy your enemy said
his wife who is that you know my enemy her husband
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said he was looking at her he wasn't smiling now
it's the rich man our neighbor he comes to our
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house when I'm working in the fields he gives you
bad ideas ask your husband for new clothes he says
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ask him for gold jewelry ask him for a miracle am
I right did our Rich neighbor give you all these
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ideas his wife said nothing and did you listen to
him her husband went on his wife did not look at
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him she was ashamed I'm sorry she said it's true
he said all those things he wanted me to divorce
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you and marry him and I listened to him and do you
want to divorce me and marry him her husband asked
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she looked at him her eyes were full of tears no
dear husband I want to stay with you forever and
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I will never listen to him again then take this
stick her husband said and touch the rich man with
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it he gave his wife the first stick but he hid
the second one in the roof the next day he went
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to work soon the rich man arrived at the woman's
house well he asked her and can your husband make
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miracles yet yes she said and she touched him with
the first stick at once the rich man changed into
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a donkey now said the woman you can go to work
and help my dear husband she took the donkey out
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to the fields her husband was working there he
was moving stones from his brother's field ah
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he said a donkey now I can finish the job quickly
from that day the poor man gave the donkey many
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heavy loads to carry the donkey carried Stones
away from the fields it took sacks of TEF to the
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market and it brought flour and coffee home again
for many years the donkey worked for the poor man
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the poor man was not so poor now the donkey was
helping him he was becoming richer one day the
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poor man looked at the donkey it was tired and
old it Stood Still its head was bent down the
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poor man was sorry for it he went into his house
and brought out the second stick then he touched
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the donkey with it at once the rich man stood
there but he was not a handsome young man now
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he was old his back was bent he was very very
tired you tried to take my wife away from me
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the poor man said that was wrong go home now don't
look at other men's wives again the rich man went
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away and he never came back again but the poor man
and his wife lived happily together for many more
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years the end
