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Maria: Hivi karibuni nimekuwa nikikumbuka ngano alizotuhadithia nyanyangu.

Frank: Yaonekana zilikuwa muhimu kwako kama unaweza kuzikumbuka hadi sasa.

Maria: Ndio, na hasa linalohusu kijana mmoja aliyeomba chakula sokoni.

Frank: Laonekana nilakuvutia.

Maria: Kijana huyu angezuru maduka kila mchana kuomba chakula.

Frank: Kisha?

Maria: Lakini kulikuwa na bibi mmoja aliyemchukia na kujaribu kumpa sumu kwa madazi.

Frank: Laogopesha.

Maria: Kijana huyu alikuwa msadikifu kwa watoto waliokuwa wakirudi nyumbani baada ya shule.

Frank: Lazidi kuogopesha.

Maria: Siku ya ndazi sumu, alikutana na mwanawe yule bibi na kutitimuka kumgawa ndazi hilo.

Frank: Ewe! Tafadhali usiendelee.

Maria: Jambo ni, ukifanya mema, wajifanyia, ukitenda mabaya, wajifanyia.

----Formal English----

Maria: Recently, I've been remembering stories my grandma used to tell us.

Frank: They must be important to you if you can remember them up ‘til now.

Maria: Right, especially the one about a boy who begged for food in the market streets.

Frank: Sounds interesting.

Maria: The boy would visit the shops in the market every day at lunchtime to beg for food.

Frank: Then?

Maria: But there was a lady who hated him and attempted to poison him with a donut.

Frank: Sounds scary.

Maria: The boy was friendly to other kids whom he'd meet on their way home from school.

Frank: Sounds scarier.

Maria: On the day of the poisoned donut, he met this lady's child and was excited to share the donut.

Frank: Oh no... please don't go further.

Maria: The point is, if you do good, you do it to yourself. If you do bad, you do it to yourself.

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