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Speaker 1: Thank you. Today's story is a retelling of an old classic,

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Speaker 1: a story of some animals that have reached their prime

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Speaker 1: and set out on a new adventure, the Bremen town musicians.

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Speaker 1: There was once a donkey whose master had made him

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Speaker 1: carry sacks to the mill for many a long year,

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Speaker 1: but whose strength began to at last fail, so that

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Speaker 1: each day as it came, found him less capable of work.

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Speaker 1: Then his master began to think of turning him out.

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Speaker 1: But the donkey, guessing that something was in the wind

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Speaker 1: that boded no good for him, ran away, taking the

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Speaker 1: road to Bremen. Or there he thought he might get

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Speaker 1: a job as a town musician. When he had gone

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Speaker 1: a little way, he found a dog lying by the

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Speaker 1: side of the road, panting as if he had run

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Speaker 1: a long way. Now what are you so out of

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Speaker 1: breath about? Said the donkey. Oh dear, said the dog.

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Speaker 1: Now I am old. I get weaker every day and

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Speaker 1: can do no good in the hunt. So as my

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Speaker 1: master was going to put me out to pasture, I

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Speaker 1: have made my escape. But now how am I to

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Speaker 1: earn a living? I will tell you what, said the donkey.

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Speaker 1: I am going to Bremen to become a town musician.

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Speaker 1: You may as well go with me and take up

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Speaker 1: music too. I can play the lute and you can

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Speaker 1: beat the drum. And the dog agreed, and they walked

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Speaker 1: on together. It was not long before they came to

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Speaker 1: a cat sitting in the road, looking as dismal as

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Speaker 1: three wet days. Now, then, what is the matter with you,

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Speaker 1: old one, said the donkey. I would like to know

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Speaker 1: who would be cheerful when his neck is in danger?

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Speaker 1: Answered the cat. Now that I am old, my teeth

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Speaker 1: are getting blunt, and I would rather sit by the

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Speaker 1: oven and purr than run about after mice. And my

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Speaker 1: owner wanted to get rid of me, so I took

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Speaker 1: myself off. But good advice is scarce, and I do

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Speaker 1: not know what is to become of me. Go with

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Speaker 1: us to Bremen, said the donkey, and become a town musician,

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Speaker 1: you understand, serenading. The cat thought it was a great

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Speaker 1: idea and went with them accordingly. After that, the three

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Speaker 1: travelers passed by a yard and a rooster was perched

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Speaker 1: on the gate, crowing with all his might. Your cries

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Speaker 1: are enough to pierce bone and marrow, said the donkey,

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Speaker 1: What is the matter? I have foretold good weather for

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Speaker 1: the lady, so that all the shirts may be washed

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Speaker 1: and dried. And now on Sunday morning company is coming,

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Speaker 1: and she has said that I must be let go.

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Speaker 1: So I am crowing and with all my might while

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Speaker 1: I can. You had much better go with us, said

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Speaker 1: the donkey. We are going to Bremen. At any rate

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Speaker 1: that will be better than being let go. You have

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Speaker 1: a powerful voice, and when we are all performing together,

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Speaker 1: it will have a very good effect. So the rooster

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Speaker 1: consented and they went on all four together. But Bremen

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Speaker 1: was too far to be reached in one day, and

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Speaker 1: towards evening they came to a wood where they decided

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Speaker 1: to pass the night. The donkey and the dog lay

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Speaker 1: down under a large tree. The cat got up among

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Speaker 1: the branches, and the rooster flew up to the top,

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Speaker 1: as that was the safest place for him. Before he

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Speaker 1: went to sleep, he looked all round him to the

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Speaker 1: four points of the compass, and saw in the distance

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Speaker 1: a little light shining, and he called out to his

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Speaker 1: companions that there must be a house not far off,

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Speaker 1: as he could see a light. So the donkey said,

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Speaker 1: we had better get up and go there, for these

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Speaker 1: are uncomfortable quarters. The dog began to fancy a few

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Speaker 1: bones not quite bare would do him good, and they

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Speaker 1: all set off in the direction of the light, and

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Speaker 1: it grew larger and brighter, until at last it led

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Speaker 1: them to a robber's house, all lit up. The donkey,

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Speaker 1: being the biggest, went up to the window and looked in. Well,

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Speaker 1: what do you see, asked the dog. What do I see?

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Speaker 1: Answered the donkey. Here is a table set out with

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Speaker 1: splendid eatables and drinkables, and robbers sitting at it and

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Speaker 1: making themselves very comfortable. That would just suit us, said

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Speaker 1: the rooster. Yes, indeed, I wish we were there, said

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Speaker 1: the donkey. Then they consulted together how it should be

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Speaker 1: managed so as to get the robbers out of the house,

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Speaker 1: and at last they hit on a plant. The donkey

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Speaker 1: was to place his front feet on the windowsill, the

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Speaker 1: dog was to get on the donkey's back, the cat

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Speaker 1: on top of the dog, and lastly the rooster was

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Speaker 1: to fly up and perch on the cat's head. When

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Speaker 1: that was done at a given signal, they all began

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Speaker 1: to perform their music. The donkey braid, the dog barked,

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Speaker 1: the cat me out, and the rooster crowed. Then they

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Speaker 1: burst through into the room, breaking all the panes of glass.

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Speaker 1: The robbers fled at the dreadful sound. They thought it

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Speaker 1: was some ghost, and fled to the woods in the

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Speaker 1: utmost terror. Then the four companions sat down to the

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Speaker 1: table made free with the remains of the meal, and

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Speaker 1: feasted as if they had been hungry for a month.

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Speaker 1: And when they had finished, they put out the lights,

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Speaker 1: and each sottowed a sleeping place to suit his nature

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Speaker 1: and habits. The donkey laid himself down outside on the hill,

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Speaker 1: the dog behind the door, the cat on the hearth

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Speaker 1: by the warm ashes, and the rooster settled himself in

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Speaker 1: the loft. And as they were all tired from their

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Speaker 1: long journey, they soon fell fast asleep. When midnight drew near,

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Speaker 1: and the robbers from Afar saw that no light was

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Speaker 1: burning and that everything appeared quiet, their captain said to

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Speaker 1: them that he thought they had run away without reason,

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Speaker 1: telling one of them to go and have a look.

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Speaker 1: So one of them went and found everything quite quiet.

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Speaker 1: He went into the kitchen to strike a light, and,

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Speaker 1: taking the glowing fiery eyes of the cat for burning coals,

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Speaker 1: he held a match to them in order to light it.

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Speaker 1: But the cat, not seeing the joke, blew into his face,

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Speaker 1: spitting and scratching. Then he cried out in terror and

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Speaker 1: dog who was lying there, ran at him and bit

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Speaker 1: his leg. And as he was rushing through the yard

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Speaker 1: by the hill, the donkey struck out and gave him

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Speaker 1: a great kick with his hind feet. And the rooster,

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Speaker 1: who had been wakened with the noise and felt quite brisk,

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Speaker 1: cried out, cocadoole doo. Then the robber got back as

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Speaker 1: well as he could to his captain and said, oh dear,

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Speaker 1: in that house there is a witch, and I felt

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Speaker 1: her breath and her long nails on my face. And

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Speaker 1: by the door there stands a man who poked me

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Speaker 1: in the leg. And in the yard there lies a

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Speaker 1: ghost who hit me with a wooden club. And above

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Speaker 1: upon the roof there sits the justice who cried, bring

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Speaker 1: that thief here, And so I ran away from the

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Speaker 1: place as fast as I could. From that time forward,

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Speaker 1: the robbers never ventured to that house, and the four

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Speaker 1: Bremen Town musicians found themselves so well off where they

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Speaker 1: were that that is where they stayed, and that is

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Speaker 1: the end of our stories. Good night, sleep tight, will

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Speaker 1: roll like true hands a folk until we.

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Speaker 2: Strike soundings in the channel.

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Speaker 1: Long bolding robo.

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Speaker 2: Shanta SNS thirty. Finally, Oh, the signal was made for

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Speaker 2: the ground fleet to anchor rolling the downs that night,

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Speaker 2: for to lay it stands by us stumpers. Let go,

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Speaker 2: you shank, paint hall them your clue, got it fix

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