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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey with young Hans as he
Speaker 3: embarks on a thrilling quest to uncover the hidden mysteries
Speaker 3: of the Bavarian Mountains, learning that magic resides in the
Speaker 3: heart of the believer.
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Speaker 1: zank Martin's tug on the kinder dedolf schulers dunten for
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Speaker 1: vunch than a foundered subahindroten warrenschdagger i'dsti Grouppa does white
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Speaker 1: Martin Concentraten schlich haan stafon ervokta aem for borden and
Speaker 1: fat and white the bladder knestettin on design and fusen
Speaker 1: on dazlichtes nachmetags feel in sanftenstrefen dusty baum khnen their
Speaker 1: fat for the anger on dunkla on Hans Dachte shown
Speaker 1: msokeiren dor dan and dakte a mysterious the fo'th uptracker
Speaker 1: of demboden Seinhert schluk Schneller Flatsley heard the air analysis.
Speaker 1: Surely his garage as came osrichtoon aina kleinen hule Hans
Speaker 1: trusted dize for that seine handed citaden licht, I'd said,
Speaker 1: hulbertrat im innern va school on donke done for ann
Speaker 1: fluchtigen moment zaya and shattenhshen iron shower. I leave him
Speaker 1: iberdin ritten dorm nston Auben black Warder shut and fashwunden
Speaker 1: mate ilam fa werten on sublich aufregenden gil Martesi Hans
Speaker 1: off the rock waked soogrope I'd served by in an
Speaker 1: uncome fracked the greater Noigirich wo vast Hans zuk the
Speaker 1: on shoed mad in shotan Lucas grinst On shutted in
Speaker 1: kopp doc Hans auben Fonten for the highness for lafreude
Speaker 1: he had selted in under a nicht was s gazene
Speaker 1: hatter dor z inneran was the air that it was
Speaker 1: besonderus Afarenhutter Hans thirties for non an m veenichmotiga On
Speaker 1: had a noise traun in the magi der dine di
Speaker 1: manich im a clarenkhan on veren dikindamd irin la tannen
Speaker 1: off the endolph Platz to rikieten wastahans does der geists
Speaker 1: berg as filechtor rialva tamendous fidienigen di daran glaubenweuten.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed in them.
Speaker 1: Kleinendorf in the Bay Russian Albenva, deer Habst and felem Gane.
Speaker 3: In the small village in the Bavarian Alps. Autumn was
Speaker 3: in full swing.
Speaker 1: De boimer trouben leeuchten rote on golden bleta, the der
Speaker 1: wintusti engenstrassen on antlang der houtz fa saden der hoeizer Fichte.
Speaker 3: The trees wore brightly colored red and golden leaves, which
Speaker 3: the wind swept through the narrow streets and along the
Speaker 3: wooden facades of the houses.
Speaker 1: Do you luf for frisch on anhaufenretse lachtxfishen niebligen gipfen.
Speaker 3: The air was fresh, and a hint of mystery lay
Speaker 3: between the misty peaks.
Speaker 1: As far as at Martin's tak Anti Kinder derdolf Schuler
Speaker 1: stanten for anim wisanderen ausfluk.
Speaker 3: It was zunked Martin's talk, and the children of the
Speaker 3: village school were looking forward to a special excursion.
Speaker 1: Hans ein achtiriga jummt anem hatz for la ventoya lost
Speaker 1: conte kum stechtein.
Speaker 3: Hans, an eight year old boy with a heart full
Speaker 3: of adventurous spirit, could hardly stand.
Speaker 1: Still zanellien etzetd in schulan dessi heut digaheimne deer eten
Speaker 1: et selomen on ligenendrigjunkenen lan and verden.
Speaker 3: His teacher told the students that today they would learn
Speaker 3: about the secrets of the old tales and legends of
Speaker 3: the region.
Speaker 1: The hansa and ganspasanderestzil avoided in geistesberg as finten din
Speaker 1: indian geshichten imma vida guhertate.
Speaker 3: But Hans had a very special goal. He wanted to
Speaker 3: find the spirit of the mountain that he had heard
Speaker 3: about over and over again in the stories.
Speaker 1: There's't no meherchen zacht zena freunden greater chute did in
Speaker 1: kopp atzid schulefelisen.
Speaker 3: Those are just fairy tales, said his friend Greta and
Speaker 3: shook her head as they left the school.
Speaker 1: Lucas zen elta freund nicht suchtement.
Speaker 3: Lucas, his older friend, nodded in agreement.
Speaker 1: Hans spurte anenstichtestspifitz ava zenenougier onter vunch zena fainrochen varenschteka.
Speaker 3: Hans felt a twinge of doubt, but his curiosity the
Speaker 3: desire to impress his friends were stronger.
Speaker 1: Adzt grope deswat Kebeite and the near destorfus a reichte
Speaker 1: Trafhans Aine and Schaidong.
Speaker 3: When the group reached the wooded area near the village,
Speaker 3: Haunts made a decision.
Speaker 1: Verant andernzich off tasmerchin on zank martin concentreeten schlichanstafon.
Speaker 3: While the others focused on the zankt martin fairy tale.
Speaker 3: Hans snuck away.
Speaker 1: Der fugta am faiborgen and fat m vt.
Speaker 3: He followed a hidden path in the forest.
Speaker 1: Di bletterknisterttn on tazan and fusen ont slichtes nachmetags feel
Speaker 1: and zanftenstreifenduchti baum kornen.
Speaker 3: The leaves crackled under his feet, and the afternoon light
Speaker 3: fell in gentle streaks through the tree tops.
Speaker 1: Der fatvo de enger on dunkla on Hans sachta shown
Speaker 1: omso kiren.
Speaker 3: The path became narrower and darker, and Hans thought about
Speaker 3: turning back.
Speaker 1: Dorhtan and dikte musterious a fos uptrouka of Demboden.
Speaker 3: But then he discovered mysterious footprints on the.
Speaker 1: Ground seen hat schluk Schneller. His heart beat faster, fletlychurte
Speaker 1: eer ain lisis surely his garage.
Speaker 3: Suddenly he heard a soft, eerie noise.
Speaker 1: Escame os rechton ana kleinen hule.
Speaker 3: It came from the direction of a small cave.
Speaker 1: Hans tested desicheforvats.
Speaker 3: Hans carefully moved forward.
Speaker 1: Seenehinded cittacht, i'd said hu lebetrat.
Speaker 3: His hands trembled slightly as he entered the cave.
Speaker 1: Im innern vascol on tonke.
Speaker 3: Inside it was cool and dark.
Speaker 1: Then for an inn fuchtigen moment, zaya and un shuten hoshin.
Speaker 3: Then for a fleeting moment he saw a shadow flit.
Speaker 1: By iron shower. I leave imberin roten dormnaesten aubun blik
Speaker 1: varder shatn fashwunden.
Speaker 3: A shiver ran down his spine, but in the next
Speaker 3: instant the shadow was gone.
Speaker 1: Matt anam fawirten on sogle alfrigenden geful Martesi. Hans often
Speaker 1: rokvik grope.
Speaker 3: With a confused yet exciting feeling Haunts made his way
Speaker 3: back to the group.
Speaker 1: As Vida by in an uncome fractic greater noigirech vo
Speaker 1: vast Hans.
Speaker 3: When he rejoined them, Greta asked curiously, where were you, Hans.
Speaker 1: It took the.
Speaker 3: Shortn He just shrugged innocently.
Speaker 1: Lucas grinste On schuteter din kopf.
Speaker 3: Lucas Grendon shook his head dor.
Speaker 1: Hans aubenfon ketenfgaheimnis for la freude.
Speaker 3: But Hans's eyes sparkled with mysterious joy.
Speaker 1: Er etstin under a nicht ra sergeizen hate.
Speaker 3: He didn't tell the others what he had seen.
Speaker 1: Dor zanim inerno was theer do it was byzonderous afarenhatte.
Speaker 3: But inside he knew he had experienced something special.
Speaker 1: Hans furtisich fon and envenich mootiger on ttenois fatraun in
Speaker 1: the Marghi de dine di manich ima a clarenkan.
Speaker 3: Hans felt a bit braver from then on and had
Speaker 3: newfound trust in the magic of things that cannot always
Speaker 3: be explained.
Speaker 1: On verend kinda mit irin la tannen oftendorf plettkieten was
Speaker 1: the Hans does de guys does bergis filechtorrialva tamendous fidiinigan
Speaker 1: di darn glaubenwoten.
Speaker 3: And as the children returned to the village square with
Speaker 3: their lanterns, hunts knew that the spirit of the mountain
Speaker 3: might indeed be real, at least for those who wanted
Speaker 3: to believe in it.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.
Speaker 1: Dustolf, Dastolf, dust Dolf village, dear habst, de habst, dear
Speaker 1: habst autumn, that's rietze, that's rietze, does rietze.
Speaker 3: Mystery nebly nebly knee ble misty.
Speaker 1: The album Toyer lost, The album Toyer lost, the arbuentyer.
Speaker 3: Lost, adventurous spirit, their house fluke their house, fluke, their
Speaker 3: house fluke excursion, diligender, the legender, dele gander Legend, der Stich,
Speaker 3: der stich, der stich twins de noy gear deny geer
Speaker 3: de noygear Curiosity, the Eindrocken, the Eindrocken, the Eindrocken, Impress
Speaker 3: their footh uptroc, their footh uptrog, their foos uptrog footprint
Speaker 3: show a lich shower, lich shower lich eerie.
Speaker 1: They are shutting. They're shutting, they're shutting.
Speaker 3: Shadow.
Speaker 1: There's for to town De's for town does fa town
Speaker 1: trust the latana, the latana, the latana lantern. There geist
Speaker 1: there geist their geist spirit. That's white gabet, that's white gebet,
Speaker 1: that's white gabeat, wooded area. They're pat they're part, they're part. Path,
Speaker 1: the baum corner, the bound corner, the baum corner, treetop,
Speaker 1: the Huler, the Huler, de Huler Cave. They're Augenblick. They
Speaker 1: are augenblick. They're augenblick. Moment does g fool does gafo?
Speaker 1: Does g fool? Feeling motich moutich mootich brave distrasse distrasse
Speaker 1: di strasser street. Deah, how deah, how dear, how hin
Speaker 1: deah gipfe de gipfe de gie peak delirein delirein delirein
Speaker 1: teacher dad speife, dad speife dead, sweife, doubt des garoche
Speaker 1: does garouche, does grouche, noise de written dere written der
Speaker 1: ritten back.
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