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This story is based on a wordless picture book:
Mercer Mayer. 1974. Two Moral Tales. New York: Four Winds Press.
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U cek cia soi ciao khii ngo tia cek teng bo. |
| Have one CL young bird go find complete one CL hat |
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| A young bird found a hat. |
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| (2) | I toi tia teng bo ngia li to khii lai |
| He see complete CL hat beautiful so pick up come | |
| He thought that this hat was really beautiful, so he picked it up. | |
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I oi huahi |
| He ADV-degree glad | |
| He was really glad. |
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| (3) |
Cia soi ciao kia lai kia khii. Kapang ngo tia cek cia lao ciao lai. |
| This young bird walk come walk go.At-that-moment find complete one CL old bird come. | |
| This young bird walked aroud. At that time he saw an old bird coming. |
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Ci cia lao ciao ciu cia kii lai. Soi ciao hui siakhii. |
| This CL old bird so laugh upward come. Young bird feel angry | |
| This old bird started laughing. So, the young bird was really angry with him. |
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| (5) | Ci cia soi ciao li kak tiao teng bo, ciu kia khui khii. |
| This CL young bird so throw complete CL hat, then go depart go | |
| This young bird threw the hat away and left. | |
| (6) | Lao ciao ciu khia bo khii lai. |
| Old bird then pick hat upward come | |
| The old bird picked the hat up. | |
| (7) | Ci cia soi ciao oicai lao ciao khia bo khii ciu ui siakhii. |
| This CL small bird know old bird pick hat go so feel angry | |
| This young bird knew that the old bird picked up the hat, so he was angry with him. | |
| (8) | Soi ciao ciu lai cuai ci cia lao ciao. |
| Small bird then come see this CL old bird | |
| This young bird came to see the old bird. | |
| (9) | Ci cia lao ciao khii ci cia soi ciao lai khia bo teng kii |
| This CL old bird angry this CL small bird come pick hat back go | |
| This old bird got angry when the young bird asked for the hat back. | |
| (10) | Ci cai soi ciao khia bo lai ti ciu he cek tung ta i kai tau um cai u migai tiao lai tiao khii. |
| This CL small bird pick hat come wear then frighten one ADV because he his head not know have sth. jump up jump down | |
| When this young bird wore the hat, he got shocked since he felt like something was jumping around on his head. | |
| (11) | Suicai ci cia lao ciao kai kia to ci teng bo. |
| In-fact this CL old bird his kid at this CL hat | |
| In fact, the old bird's kid was inside the hat. |