Susanna and Simon

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[SPEAKER_01]: Ahoi, my friends.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome aboard the Afro Tales Barcans.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm your storyteller, Monna Zinger.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Join me as we explore the tales that grew from the people of indigenous and African descent in the Americas and the Caribbean.

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[SPEAKER_00]: After, come and see me.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Chef, who will impart upon me?

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[SPEAKER_00]: It hasn't been for the story you have just made.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So with no further ado, let us set set on this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: New age of exploration.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Susanna and Simon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The once was a man who had a mighty pretty daughter named Susanna.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She was so pretty that she had more sweet hearts than a man has fingers and toes.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But her daddy didn't like any of them.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Still, they kept on coming around and pestering the household.

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[SPEAKER_01]: by and by he gave word that any man who cleared six acres of land and rolled up the logs and powered up the brush in one day that man could marry his daughter.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Of course, this seemed as easy as climbing a grease pole with two baskets of eggs, all the suitors dropped off.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Except a great big strapping fellow who looked like he's strong enough to knock a steered out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This young man's name was Simon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He truly loves Los Angeles, but what was far more important, she loved him back.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, Simon went up to the girl's daddy and said, If anybody can clean up this year's land, I'm the one to do it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At least ways I'm going to try my hot.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The old man just laughed and said That's fine by me You start in the morning Just in Susanna bustling and saying I just have to fix little something in the cupboard

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[SPEAKER_01]: But when her daddy was looking, she took and kissed her hand and blew Simon and kissed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then she nodded, her head to signal her sweetheart that everything would turn out fine.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That was all Simon needed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He went all as happy as a jay bird after he's robbed of Spirrow's nest.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But there was trouble brewing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: For Susanna's father was a witch.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He could conjure anyone who wasn't wearing a rabbit's foot.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Simon always wore a lucky rabbit's foot, his grandma had given.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So the man went away to study, just what he could do if Simon cleared the land.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Unlikely, as that seemed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: However, Susanna's paw had been working at his congeaments, so long that Susanna had learned most of his tricks.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The spunky girl, who was as clever as she was pretty, decided to take the matter of her future into her own hands.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So, the next morning, when Simon came by the house to borrow an axe, Susanna ran and got it home.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When she did, she sprinkled some black sand on it and said, axe, cut, cut, axe.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then she rubbed her hair across it and gave it to Simon along with the little pouch of

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[SPEAKER_01]: Red calls when he took both these things Suzanne said go down by the creek and get seven white petals and put them in this little pouch bag when you want the axe to cut shake them

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[SPEAKER_01]: Simon went off into the woods, and he started to clear up the six acres.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then remembering what Susanna had told him, he shook the red bag right off, the axe flew out of his hands and began to chop the trees so fast that Simon only saw a cloud of wood chips.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Every time he shook the pebbles, the axe would cut, and the trees would fall, and the limbs would drop off, and the logs would roll up together, and the brush would pile itself up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He could have finished by the time they didn't hold him blue, but he hung back because he didn't want Susanna's daddy to know he'd done the work using consummence.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So, he finished the last bit of something.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Two hours before sunset, the whole six acres was cleaned up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Just then, the man came along with Suzanne to see how the work was getting on.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And was he ever surprised?

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[SPEAKER_01]: He knew what to do or say.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He wasn't about to give up his daughter to Simon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: For a time he walked around and around, and told, and told, about how he could get out of his body.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And last he said, look like you real forehanded with your work.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So then a smile and put a finger to a lips.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When I start on a job, I can't stop till it gets done.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Somebody's timble was rough and tough, but I had worse jobs than this in my time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: To himself the witch wondered, what kind of folks is this?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, since you so surprised, there's two more acres close to the creek down.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If you clear them up for supper, you can come to the house and get the gap.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, palpa, that ain't fair.

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[SPEAKER_01]: protested Susanna.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She was being careful not to let her daddy know that she wasn't the least bit worried on a count of the magic she had given her sweetheart, meanwhile.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Simon scratched his head because he wasn't sure if those pebbles would hold out, but Suzanne gave him a wink.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So he put on a bold face in Tofu's and his father.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, sir, I'll go close then clean up the two acres soon as I risk a beat.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The conjure man went on

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[SPEAKER_01]: But Susanna Lingard, just long enough to rub her hair once more over the accident.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then she gave her a boon, a quick kiss, and ran after a five.

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[SPEAKER_01]: As soon as the others were out of sight, Simon jumped across the creek and shook the pebbles at the two acres of woods.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Slick as outgreens, the trees were cut down and piled up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: As soon as Susanna got home her daddy said to her,

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, daughter, it sure looked like Simon is won't get you for his bride.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Clever Susanna just hung her head and looked fretful and said, Oh, I don't care nothing special about him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She was a sharp-eyed girl who just saw how angry her paw was getting because Simon had cleared the land.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He could be a mighty mean witch and she was afraid he might get suspicious if she seemed too happy about marrying Simon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, when Simon come up to the house and said the twakers were clear, the daddy made like he was glad for the way things turned out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But Susanna could see that he was really a sour ass a week old but a man.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When he went across to the barn, she took Simon by the hand and pulled him into the kitchen and

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[SPEAKER_01]: If we don't run off the way it is very many, that can kill you for sure.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then she snatched a hint of egg out of a basket, a meal bag, and a skillet.

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[SPEAKER_01]: At first time I said, oh, I can't believe what you telling me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But Susanna just took him to the window and showed him where her daddy was coming across from the barn in the moonlight, carrying a big old night, and looking as angry as an old bull.

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[SPEAKER_01]: One C is worth 20 years.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Simon then argued when Susanna grabbed his hand and took off run.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he had a mighty hard time keeping up the girl who ran and swiftly as her startle did.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Susanna didn't even look back up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She hauled Simon alone with one hand while

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[SPEAKER_01]: She held egg, meal bag, and skillet in the other.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When the witch man saw Simon and Susanna run away, he took right on the afternoon, faster than life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: With his knife in his hand, he was so mad.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He stood it like a horse.

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[SPEAKER_01]: While Bruce Moke came out of his nose and his eyes turned red as a

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[SPEAKER_01]: He kept gaining on until, by and by, he had almost caught them, but Susanna yelled to sign him, fling down your coat.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The instant his coat touched the ground, a big, thick wood sprang up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But the daddy, he just cut his weight through it with his big old knife and kept chasing after.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Pretty quickly, he caught up to him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: but Susanna dropped her hands eight on the ground and when it broke, a big fall rose up out of the ground for time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The man got lost.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he conjured some fierce winds and that blew the fog away.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So he was chasing after the young folk again, pretty quickly.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But when he got so close that he could almost grab Simon's shirt down, so then he dropped the meal sack and a big pond of water covered the ground where it fell.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The man was in such a hurry that he first tried to drink it dry.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He found that he couldn't do this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He sat on the bank and blew on the water.

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[SPEAKER_01]: His breath was hot at the furnace and straight away the water blow off.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then he was after Simon and Susanna again.

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[SPEAKER_01]: As fast as the two lovers ran, the witch man ran fast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Having nothing left to try, Susanna dropped the skillet, instantly, a thick, dark cloud fell down.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The man didn't know which way to go.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he had plenty of magic tricks up his own, and quickly he made the darkness lift up so that he could see where the others had gotten to.

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[SPEAKER_01]: he made up for lost time and pretty soon he was as close to them as bark on the tree.

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[SPEAKER_01]: After this, Susanna said to Simon, take the red cloth I give you and drop a pebble.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Simon did this and a high hill sprang up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But the witch climbed it, liquidy split and kept on come.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Susanna said, drop another pebble.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This time Simon dropped the bigger pebble and a higher mountain popped up.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But that man crawled up and down him and came right on after the lovers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Then Susanna said to Simon,

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[SPEAKER_01]: It was so high that the Witchman couldn't get over it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He ran up and down the limp of snowing and shouting.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he couldn't find any.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Finally, after a long time he gave up and went home.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On the other side of the wall, Susanna sat down beside Simon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Took his hand and hers and said,

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now we can rest, and that, with our stories.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Wow, this was a great story, and as I'm thinking about it, I don't think we've done many stories like this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This story comes from cut from the same cloth, American women of myth, legend, and tall tale by Robert Asusian, Ryan Picney.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This story about a man trying to gain a woman's hand and having to do tasks to do it in the girl or woman helping him out is they are wonderful stories about love, you know.

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[SPEAKER_01]: and I appreciate it because it's a mutual love.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's not just, oh, coming to rescue rescue a damsel in distress type.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sorry.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is two lovers that want to be together, but for whatever reason,

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[SPEAKER_01]: the father figure in the story, whether that just be a actual father or a king or the devil or whatever, makes it almost impossible to gain the daughter's hand.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like you can look at these two ways.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It could be an overbearing father, doesn't want to let his daughter go, and therefore he tries to create a task that no man can complete.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Because he doesn't feel any man is ever good enough for his daughter, or

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is a loving father who is just trying to ensure that the right man is coming for his daughter when who truly deserves her.

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[SPEAKER_01]: but I'd probably say it's the first one.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Since normally the father figure gives chase.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He gives chase after the couple and then you know, do the task and want to head on out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So, but I like these stories.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm trying to think of top my head if I put other stories up done like this, I'd have to go hopefully there'll be some in the show notes for you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I don't have much videos, I like the magic of her using her hair too.

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[SPEAKER_01]: help him out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I like the items she use, they're not conventional items using a pan and an egg, eggs are normal in these types of stories, but pebbles and you know, it reminds me a lot of like, who do magic, you know, and

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[SPEAKER_01]: I love it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't have a lot to say about this story.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a love story, you know, and basically saying that nothing can keep to people that really want to be together, apart.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If they want to be together, they'll be together.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, and if you have somebody like that in your life, be with them, you know, be with them.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Anyway, go see Chef.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He has a wonderful Southern recipe for you this week, and until we meet again, thank you for coming on this voyage, and thank you for sharing with everyone you have shared with.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And until next time, as always, have a blessed day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome my friends to the Gary.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I am your chef, chef, and today we have a wonderful recipe inspired by the story of this recipe.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Today, we will be creating some other Southern accents.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, what do you need for this delicious recipe?

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[SPEAKER_01]: two pounds of octaves, one cup of onion, four cups of beef broth, two tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, four tablespoons of browning, one tablespoon of brown sugar,

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[SPEAKER_00]: a quarter cup of all-purpose flour, a quarter cup of butter, one teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon of onion powder, one teaspoon of garlic powder, one teaspoon of black pepper, and one teaspoon of kosher salt.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, how do we put this together?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Easy.

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[SPEAKER_00]: First, add the browning, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper to the oxtails.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Mix that well and set aside until later.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, set the slow cooker to browning.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If you do not have the browning setting saute or see a setting on your slow cooker, you will just do this in a skillet.

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[SPEAKER_01]: on your stuff.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If not, you can use the dump and go where you just don't have anything in this look and go about your day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Press add the onions and saute for 2 minutes.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Add the flour and whisk until it is golden brown.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Add the beef broth, brown sugar, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, then mix.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Add the orks tail, then bring your liquid to a light semang.

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[SPEAKER_01]: cover, then change the settings from running to slow cook, allow them to cook for 4 hours, and that is it my friends.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Now go, make this recipe yours, and until I have another one of recipe for you, remember the love of Susana and Simon, and until next time my friends, as always, enjoy!

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