Number 35, exercise 55.0:02
Listen to the text Willful Nadya and do tasks B and C in your student's book, Willful Nadya.0:05
In the distant land of glorious palms, sand and camels, where Arab Bedouins move their tents from place to place, there lived a girl whom everyone knew as Nadia the Willful.0:17
Though she was illiterate and incapable of doing sums, she had a lot of common sense.0:32
Obviously, she was a gifted girl.0:38
Her talents were unlimited, but she always had her own way.0:42
She was also kind and generous.0:47
Nadia's father, Sheikh Tariq, had six sons beside Nadia.0:51
Hamed, the eldest, was his favourite child.0:57
One day Hamed got on his father's Arabian horse and with some men rode to the west, heading for new grazing grounds for the sheep.1:02
The life of the Bedouins much depended on good grazing grounds.1:12
They waited for him for a long time before some news arrived.1:18
But that was sad news.1:22
Hamid and his people had a battle.1:25
His injuries were severe and he soon died.1:30
But the battle was not wasted.1:35
Now Sheikh Tariq had a lot of land with good green grass.1:38
Everyone was in grief.1:44
Nadia screamed and cried passionately and fiercely, and nobody could stop her from for a long time.1:47
Then, at some point, Tariq couldn't bear the grief any longer and ordered never to mention his son's name.1:54
I'd punish anyone who will remind me of Hamed, this gift of heavens which I have lost.2:03
Like the rest, Nadia saw the dangerous flames in her father's eyes and had to obey.2:11
One day, as Nadia idly passed the place where her little brothers were playing, she stopped to watch them.2:21
They were absorbed in one of the games that Hamed had taught her.2:27
But the little boys were playing it wrong.2:32
Without thinking, Nadia called out to them.2:36
You're wasting your time.2:38
That's not the way Hamed taught me to play it.2:40
And she told them Hamed's rules of the game.2:45
And she told them of other marvellous games Hamed had taught her.2:48
The more Nadia spoke of Hamid, the better she remembered him.2:53
And those memories filled her heart.2:57
And then she went to her father and bravely spoke to him.3:01
Talking of Hamed helps me to remember him, she said, and began speaking of Hamid to her father.3:06
She spoke of their walks and jokes and what he had taught her and the marvellous stories he had told her.3:13
Nadia's words made the Sheikh cry, but they also made him feel better.3:22
It was like Hamid was with them again.3:28
Tell my people to come before me, he said.3:32
I have something to say to them.3:36
When all were assembled, Tariq said, from this day forward, let my daughter Nadia be known.3:40
Not as willful, but as wise.3:48
For she has given me back my beloved son.3:51
And Hamid lived again in the hearts of those who remembered him.3:58
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