Children's Story
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
Irish (General)Transcript
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one morning, the old water rat put his head out of his hole. He had bright, beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers, and his tail was like a long bit of black India rubber. The little ducks were swimming about in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries and their mother, who was pure white with riel Redlegs, was trying to teach them how to stand on their heads in the water. You will never be in the best society unless you can stand on your heads, she kept saying to them. And every night and then she showed them hard was done. But the little ducks paid no attention to her. They were so young that they did not know what an advantage it is to be in society at all. What disobedient Children cried the old water rat. They really deserve to be drowned. Nothing of the kind answered the duck. Everyone must make a beginning and parents cannot be too patient. Ah, I know nothing about the feelings of parents, said the water rat. I am not a family man. In fact, I've never been married and I never intend to Bay Love is all very well in its way. But friendship is much higher indeed. I know of nothing in the world that is either nobler or rarer than a devoted friendship. And what, pray is your idea off the duties off, a devoted friend asked a green linnet who was sitting in a willow tree hard by on that overheard the conversation. Yes, that is just what I want to know, said the duck. And she swam away to the end of the pond and stood upon her head in order to give her Children a good example.