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Speaker 1: Have you ever had to share something like a toy

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Speaker 1: or a snack when you really wanted it all to yourself.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to story Time by Lingo Kids. Today's story comes

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Speaker 1: from a Zulu folk tale about jealousy. Subscribe or follow

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Speaker 1: us so you never miss one of our episodes. There

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Speaker 1: once lived a pair of twins, Linda and Bella. They

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Speaker 1: looked exactly the same, from the top of their heads

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Speaker 1: to the tip of their toes. They were both very pretty.

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Speaker 1: Strangers could not tell them apart, but those who knew

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Speaker 1: them had no trouble. One was bitter and one was sweet.

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Speaker 1: Linda was the kind one. She loved being a twin.

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Speaker 1: Looking at her sister was like looking at a mirror.

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Speaker 1: She had a sweet personality and was always humming a tune. Bella,

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Speaker 1: her twin sister, was not nice. She did not like

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Speaker 1: being a twin. She did not want to share her

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Speaker 1: good looks with her sister. She had a bitter way

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Speaker 1: about her and was always complaining, I don't like this

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Speaker 1: and I don't like that humph. One day, Linda and

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Speaker 1: Bella's mother gave them a chore. The well in the

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Speaker 1: village had dried up. She needed them to find water.

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Speaker 1: Linda was glad to help. She grabbed two metal pails

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Speaker 1: and a bam boot pole to carry the water. Bella

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Speaker 1: was hot and tired. She didn't want to carry water

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Speaker 1: and her sisters can do. Attitude annoyed her. Nuh mother

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Speaker 1: needed water to cook, so the girls set out. They

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Speaker 1: walked to every water hole they knew, Linda humming her

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Speaker 1: like that humming. They stopped to rest. Bella was ready

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Speaker 1: to give up, but Linda wanted to try the forest.

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Speaker 1: She kindly offered a solution to her sister. Stay here

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Speaker 1: with the pails, Bella. I'll go into the forest. If

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Speaker 1: I find water, I'll come get you and we can

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Speaker 1: fill the pails together. Bella wanted to rest, but she

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Speaker 1: was not about to let Linda get all of the

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Speaker 1: praise for finding water, so she marched into the forest,

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Speaker 1: with Linda grumbling all the way. Of course, after several minutes,

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Speaker 1: Linda heard the sound of water. Let's go see, Bella.

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Speaker 1: The twins followed the sound, and sure enough, there was

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Speaker 1: a stream. There was just one problem. They were standing

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Speaker 1: at the edge of a cliff. The stream was at

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Speaker 1: the bottom of a ravine. Bella was so frustrated. Now

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Speaker 1: we'll never get to the water. But Linda stayed positive.

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Speaker 1: She noticed a tree with a rope tied around it.

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Speaker 1: The rope was long enough to reach down to the water.

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Speaker 1: With a twinkle in her eye, she shared an idea

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Speaker 1: with Bella. I'll climb down the rope, fill the pails

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Speaker 1: with water, and you can pull them up one at

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Speaker 1: a time. Then I'll climb up the rope. What do

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Speaker 1: you think? Bella certainly didn't want to do any climbing,

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Speaker 1: but she started imagining the praise Linda would receive for

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Speaker 1: fetching the water. This made Bella grow angry with jealousy.

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Speaker 1: She created her own secret plan. She said, that's a

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Speaker 1: great idea, Linda, let's get started. Linda carefully lowered herself

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Speaker 1: down with the pails. She scooped up fresh water with

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Speaker 1: one pail and tied it to the rope. Bella hoisted

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Speaker 1: up the pail, untied it, and returned the rope to Linda.

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Speaker 1: Linda filled the second pail, turned around to tie it

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Speaker 1: to the rope, and let out a gasp. The entire

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Speaker 1: rope was at her feet. Oh no, the rope Bella

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Speaker 1: had untied the rope from the tree. She would take

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Speaker 1: water home to mother and say that Linda had left

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Speaker 1: to play with a friend. This time, Mother would praise

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Speaker 1: Bella and Linda would be the bad girl. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how that happened. Don't worry, Linda. I'll carry the

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Speaker 1: water home and get another rope. Bella hoisted the water

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Speaker 1: onto the poles and walked home. Feeling proud of herself.

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Speaker 1: Bella gave her mother the pails of water and told

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Speaker 1: her story. But Mother knew her girls better than that.

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Speaker 1: She grabbed Bella's hand and told her to take her

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Speaker 1: to the stream. Bella started to cry and said, I

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Speaker 1: don't remember exactly where it is. Mother was determined, so

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Speaker 1: she started to search. After a while, she heard a

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Speaker 1: sweet sound. It was the tune that Linda loved to hum.

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Speaker 1: Mother hurried toward the sound. At the edge of the cliff,

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Speaker 1: she peered down to see her sweet daughter, Linda humming.

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Speaker 1: Linda looked up and yelled out Bella, thank you for

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Speaker 1: bringing mother, Did you bring another rope? Mother looked Bella

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Speaker 1: straight in the eyes. Bitter, Bella broke into tears. Bella

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Speaker 1: was sorry about being jealous and behaving badly. She ran

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Speaker 1: to the village and returned with a rope. Linda and

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Speaker 1: the pail of water made it back up the cliff.

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Speaker 1: Bella cried for forgiveness. I'm sorry, it's just everyone loves

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Speaker 1: you and I wanted to be the good twin this time.

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Speaker 1: It was a mean thing to do. Please forgive me.

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Speaker 1: Linda held her sister and said, you will always be

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Speaker 1: my best friend. The twins held hands as they walked

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Speaker 1: home with mother and the pail of water. We hope

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Speaker 1: you liked the story, Lingo kids. Goodbye until next time.

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