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Just then, Betty's father joined them, her mother looked up and smiled. ''Betty dreamed about the moose.''
''Oh,I see,'' said Betty's father. ''Would you feel better if I told yourAunt Ester makes soft shoes? She will make you a pair from your moose.''
Betty smiled, ''Really?''
Her father said, ''Maybe we should all talk more about our traditions, so we do not forget them.''
''You're always gone,'' said Betty.
''Well, that could change.'' said her Dad. ''I am moving back to Fairbanks.''
Her mother jumped up and put her arms around him. ''That is wonderful, David.''
The next day, Betty enjoyed the potlatch ceremony. All the people cooked / big potsof meat and fried bread. Older members of the village stood up to speakabout the unity of the people. They offered prayers to the spirits andeveryone ate.
''I never ate so much in my life.'' Betty said to her mother, ''My moose was very good.''
WhenBetty flew back to Fairbanks, she looked down at the land. Her mother'svillage looked like little dots on the snowy earth.
Back home, Betty was happy to see her friend Debby.
''Look what I brought you! A pair of soft shoes, my aunt made them.''
Debby said, ''I wish I could go to a potlatch.''
Betty said, ''Maybe next year, I will ask my mother if you can come, but if we shoot a moose, you have to help.''
You have heard the native American story ''The Animals Give Themselves'' from the book Cloud Walker. It was written by Joe Montour and adapted into Special English by Karen Legate. Your storyteller was Faith Lapidus. The producer was Lawan Davis. Listen again next week at this time for another American story in VOA special English. I'm Bob Doughty.
今晚打完球没什么精神,就听了这个故事
除了几个单词外其他都听得懂
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