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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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