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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore Bram's enchanting journey of sharing
Speaker 3: the hidden wonders of winter farming, turning a school project
Speaker 3: into a heartfelt celebration of Christmas and cherished memories on
Speaker 3: the borderage.
Speaker 4: Right after this commercial break.
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Speaker 1: D vey l'ando la still on a slower Defela gerstliches
Speaker 1: up the borderae for liechten at lance hop a'll stwinkle
Speaker 1: and sterre de lutos heldrescherp. The hour from hautfur filled
Speaker 1: the avons binne paradwarm and husselvas shot brum and the
Speaker 1: koke and taffo. Theen fingers before the bayn at the
Speaker 1: velhezempen fostiled marceen Hoft was refilled mattider bloom for heiji
Speaker 1: nichi kauso obta ribs and murder from the bone camer
Speaker 1: the hour vrom fershebaka paper cook filled the lamed lucas
Speaker 1: heaved a whole omitted for sierra from the bone blonkhlimlacht
Speaker 1: and knichte ik do it so mam marneu was en
Speaker 1: andercht folder of its understricht sens l poyekt over vintl
Speaker 1: on bob praktake blon st in rupe acht and krechen
Speaker 1: obtracht on prisentatsi. The marker for the kerstva conci he
Speaker 1: must latter is in that the layer of the Borderai
Speaker 1: Nitzay was for all knead in the winter zain frienden
Speaker 1: Mouth and Lucas visit the neat fiel Overbourn activity date
Speaker 1: the behabe and nitva on broomso fact drukwas and minder
Speaker 1: tate hot on the spail blomswrapt ze mudpe ain haber
Speaker 1: slowed on varralta fortella metzen eh borderay in the hotall
Speaker 1: hey wield the behinner met who de deer where the
Speaker 1: fourberiate of the cow demand the kipper creg extra straw,
Speaker 1: the cooeer stundlakness in the warmer stall and the tractor
Speaker 1: Stundehim and clark for the zeldzamer winters hoerst met rote
Speaker 1: letters srave hay cairst of the borderae hayzauvertell who the
Speaker 1: border ray transformeared for a carst faced the ride daka
Speaker 1: bedecked met snail the stall mat caerst music of the
Speaker 1: aftergronde and the tradition neede the carescribe fon straw, and
Speaker 1: here by the kindre out the door bond cast el
Speaker 1: kr na klamakke zain father combine clubto obsen schuder and
Speaker 1: say tinker ram humor. The border ray is inmplak for
Speaker 1: for halle foretell what you fool blondek nickte haigh wist
Speaker 1: that had for how knit alaine in bode must famer
Speaker 1: mark ok in haste dusposlow tastes, and for how tod
Speaker 1: lave to bring him a taken in all the photos
Speaker 1: and selves inclined self remarked castology. For of the prison
Speaker 1: Tatsi taffel alis must marchif on the borderae outrigger. The
Speaker 1: dog on the prison Tatsi was an coomer. The cloth
Speaker 1: sought her bid thee lauster trevell bronze and for hal
Speaker 1: for telde erzenkacht of the BORDERAIDI needs it for all
Speaker 1: in the winter ja I met fronsend Och behaved and
Speaker 1: a tourist marzor oak totally eve door hat and met
Speaker 1: curst as at alfontlift over the field dunst and others
Speaker 1: like the slap isn still a flute then forraral angered
Speaker 1: the met and persoluk note barinheiferteldo over the warmed and
Speaker 1: zeller head from the cast off the Mezzen family. Then
Speaker 1: ouchus trawled tunhey over the cars, lifts sprug deet house
Speaker 1: filled the metten zachtrute, turnet applause, clung fool the bromenhol
Speaker 1: from uplifting and trots, then closer noted sprang enthusiast over
Speaker 1: them prison tatsi Zell's mouthed the ears docked at border
Speaker 1: rail zivarre pas Nuchi inspired ob Wchner house struggling toward
Speaker 1: the snail met lucas and the aside really here the
Speaker 1: bronze to teimer a lene hey hat to leave the
Speaker 1: for Saint Borderae up neu on deckt and sant frie
Speaker 1: de megnome obras op the borderay erta afont inchloud met
Speaker 1: warmacho co lad milk and grim lads and zou mete
Speaker 1: Saint Foyette todd leve bracht and send hurtful for hale
Speaker 1: fear the brom and carestful but taking his and are
Speaker 1: full frontaous.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The veil l'ando la is still under and slower from
Speaker 1: the snail.
Speaker 3: The meadows lay still under a veil of soft snow.
Speaker 1: The fela cares lifts up the borderae for lichten at
Speaker 1: lance hoop are stwinkling the stair.
Speaker 3: The bright Christmas lights on the borderage illuminated the landscape
Speaker 3: like twinkling stars.
Speaker 1: De Lucht was helder and sharp. Dhur from hautful fielded
Speaker 1: the afflms.
Speaker 3: The air was clear and sharp. The scent of wood
Speaker 3: fires filled the evening.
Speaker 1: Bine barat varm and hussell vos solt Blum and the koku.
Speaker 3: Tafel inside, where it was warm and cozy. Brum sat
Speaker 3: at the kitchen table.
Speaker 1: Zen fingers before the bay nata vel hayesen pen fostild
Speaker 1: marceen hoft fosrefilt mitid.
Speaker 3: His fingers nearly froze as he held his pen, but
Speaker 3: his head was filled with ideas.
Speaker 1: Blum for he che neetch kau shu up to rama
Speaker 1: rip semoder from devone gamer.
Speaker 3: Brum, don't forget to hang up your stockings. His mother
Speaker 3: called from the living room.
Speaker 1: De hour from fiersrabaka paper cook filded de lamb.
Speaker 3: To the smell of freshly baked gingerbread filled the space.
Speaker 1: Lucas he a hole omitted for s from the boom.
Speaker 3: Lucas has already helped with decorating the tree.
Speaker 1: Blom chimlachte knickte.
Speaker 3: Brum smiled and nodded, IK do it so, mom, I'll
Speaker 3: do it in a minute, ma'am.
Speaker 1: My new vossen acht folepits understricht, says holpoyect over vint Lombaupraktag.
Speaker 3: But now his attention was fully focused on something else,
Speaker 3: his school project on winter farming practices.
Speaker 1: Blumst hop acht enkrechn optracht omenprisentat site maca for the
Speaker 1: kerstva Coomsi.
Speaker 3: Brahm was in grop Act and had an assignment to
Speaker 3: make a presentation for the Christmas holiday.
Speaker 1: He must la tin dotat lef op de bordera net
Speaker 1: say vos for all neat in de winter.
Speaker 3: He had to show that life on the borderage was
Speaker 3: not boring, especially not in the winter.
Speaker 1: Zhen frienden Mount and Lucas vistin neatvil oh for buren actividet.
Speaker 3: His friends Mount and Lucash didn't know much about farming activities.
Speaker 1: Subuffe benitva rom blomzo fac drucvos and minder te tutel
Speaker 1: de speel.
Speaker 3: They didn't understand why Bram was so often busy and
Speaker 3: had less time to play.
Speaker 1: Bloem schrapt zen moutbe.
Speaker 3: Ain Brum summoned his courage hey.
Speaker 1: Bislot on ferralta fertele mizzen eh cha borderer indhoftol.
Speaker 3: He decided to tell a story with his own borderage
Speaker 3: as the main character.
Speaker 1: Hey vil de beuffini met u de dir ver deefourbaret
Speaker 1: ottukau deeman.
Speaker 3: He wanted to start with how the anna animals were
Speaker 3: prepared for the cold months.
Speaker 1: The kuiper greg extra strow, the couiis stundcnus in the
Speaker 1: varmer's stall, and the tracteur stundehriment clar for the zeltsam
Speaker 1: of intersost.
Speaker 3: The chickens got extra straw, the cows stood snugly in
Speaker 3: the warm stable, and the tractors were gleaming ready for
Speaker 3: the rare winter harvest.
Speaker 1: Metro to letters srive hey kirst up the borderae.
Speaker 3: In big letters, he wrote Christmas on the Borderage hey zau.
Speaker 1: Fortell hu de bourderay toronsformeer foot carst faced.
Speaker 3: He would describe how the Borderage transformed for the Christmas celebration.
Speaker 1: De rita dac bedict met snail, the stall met kerste
Speaker 1: music op the atjnde and the tredichne. The kerscribe fonstro
Speaker 1: and aire by the gindre out ad'or pondkerst el kiir
Speaker 1: na klamac egg.
Speaker 3: The thatched roofs covered with snow, the stable with Christmas
Speaker 3: music in the background, and the traditional Christmas crib made
Speaker 3: of straw and eggs, which the village children came to
Speaker 3: view every year around Christmas.
Speaker 1: Zenfather klombine kloptop sen schrauder enze dink a ram humor
Speaker 1: de borderae is implickful forral fertill what you fooled?
Speaker 3: His father came in, patted him on the shoulder and said, remember, son,
Speaker 3: the Borderage is a place full of stories. Tell what
Speaker 3: you feel.
Speaker 1: Blum knichte.
Speaker 3: Brum nodded, hey vist d'artid farral nit a laine in
Speaker 3: vorde must fong mar o kihaste. He knew he had
Speaker 3: to capture the story not only in words, but also
Speaker 3: in spirit.
Speaker 1: Dus beslowte hey Sen for hal told leef to bring
Speaker 1: him a takening audu photos and zels inclin Zilf remarked
Speaker 1: carstology for op the prison tatsi dafel.
Speaker 3: So he decided to bring his story to life with drawings,
Speaker 3: old photos and even a small homemade Christmas Nativity scene
Speaker 3: for the presentation table alis.
Speaker 1: Mus de marchif on the borderae audrig.
Speaker 3: Everything had to express the borderage magic.
Speaker 1: The d' on the present tatzi was Angrecome.
Speaker 3: The day of the presentation arrived.
Speaker 1: The Klos sold her bidrite Laus toletervelle brom Sen for
Speaker 1: hal Fortilde.
Speaker 3: The class sat attentively listening as Brahm told his story.
Speaker 1: Erzenkrat op de borderai de netsiit for all in the
Speaker 1: winter jehei matroomsendo.
Speaker 3: There are forces on the borderage that you don't see,
Speaker 3: especially in winter. He said, with shining eyes.
Speaker 1: The feif de natur roust marsior o totatle fedor hat.
Speaker 3: We give nature rest, but also ensure that life continues.
Speaker 1: And met gerst alseat alfon tricht over de fill the
Speaker 1: dunst and Allah's leg to slap, he said in still
Speaker 1: a Freute.
Speaker 3: And at Christmas when the evening light dances over the fields,
Speaker 3: and everything seems to sleep. There is a quiet joy
Speaker 3: Jeanne forral einrte metem persol lucu.
Speaker 1: Note barnet fortildo o for de varmed and usella hate
Speaker 1: from the gerste alfon Lehmtsenfamilli.
Speaker 3: His story ended with a personal note where he spoke
Speaker 3: about the warmth and coziness of Christmas evenings with his family.
Speaker 1: Jenne o houstrel de tournee o for de carslichus spruck
Speaker 1: diet house filled the metsatut.
Speaker 3: His eyes beamed when he spoke about the candle lights
Speaker 3: that filled the house with a soft glow.
Speaker 1: Tunith applause klung fool the brom hul from opluchting Entrotz.
Speaker 3: When the applause sounded, Bram felt a wave of relief
Speaker 3: and pride.
Speaker 1: Zen Klaus noted sprang enthusioste over zem prisentatsi.
Speaker 3: His classmates spoke enthusiastically about his presentation ZiLs.
Speaker 1: Mout the earsdacht a borderae saivarre fausnuch inspired.
Speaker 3: Even Mount, who first thought border egen were boring, was
Speaker 3: now inspired.
Speaker 1: Opvichnerhaus strokel In toward the snail met Lucas and senzaide
Speaker 1: really zir de brohm si te mirk hotel alene perhutzef.
Speaker 3: On the way home, stumbling through the snow with Lucash
Speaker 3: by his side, Brum realized that he gained more than
Speaker 3: just a good grade.
Speaker 1: Hey hat selifte forget boorderae opniu ndcht en saint frien
Speaker 1: de meichnome opseeirees.
Speaker 3: He had rediscovered his love for his borderage and had
Speaker 3: taken his friends with him on his journey op.
Speaker 1: De bourderay verte ah fond inchlaut met vor mochaur gola
Speaker 1: de milk and rim la rositte.
Speaker 3: At the Borderage, the evening was ushered in with hot
Speaker 3: chocolate and smiling faces.
Speaker 1: Enzeaux mete saint foyecht tordles bracht enzenhartful for hal fear
Speaker 1: de bram and caersteful but taken is ende trefool fontaus.
Speaker 3: And so, with his project brought to life and his
Speaker 3: heart full of stories, Brum celebrated a Christmas full of
Speaker 3: meaning and the feeling of home.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words. First in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: They Lond they London, they lond meadows shlower, schlower slower,
Speaker 1: bail for liechte, for liechten, for lichte illuminated where whoor
Speaker 1: who scent before before before froze, caution, caution CAUs stockings, paper,
Speaker 1: cook paper, cook paper, gingerbread, poyecht, poyecht, po jecht, prod, moot, moot, moot, courage, orberate, urberate, furberate, prepared, clament, clament, flament, gleaming, read, read, read,
Speaker 1: thatch stall, stall, stall stable, gribe, gribbe, grib crib, geerst
Speaker 1: stollagie geerst stollage, curst storage, nativity, grten, grten, grachte, forces, klmsender, klansender, lomsender, gleaming,
Speaker 1: hoozell right, hoosell ight, hozellt coziness aplaus aplaus aplaus applause, opluchting,
Speaker 1: opluchting o, little thing, relief, truths, truths, truths, pride and
Speaker 1: to siost and toust and to giost enthusiastically, the inspirit
Speaker 1: he inspirit, inspirit inspired strouggland, stroggland, stroggland, stumbling inkloud in heloud,
Speaker 1: inloud ushered betaken is betaken.
Speaker 3: Is betakeness, meaning haste, haste, haste, spirit.
Speaker 1: Transform here, the transform here, the transform.
Speaker 3: Mere, the transformed still still still quiet earbiader, earbadder, earbader, attentively.
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