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In this episode, we'll explore Bram's enchanting journey of sharing the hidden wonders of winter farming, turning a school project into a heartfelt celebration of Christmas and cherished memories on the borderage.
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The veil l'ando la is still under and slower from the snail.
The meadows lay still under a veil of soft snow.
The fela cares lifts up the borderae for lichten at lance hoop are stwinkling the stair.
The bright Christmas lights on the borderage illuminated the landscape like twinkling stars.
De Lucht was helder and sharp. Dhur from hautful fielded the afflms.
The air was clear and sharp. The scent of wood fires filled the evening.
Bine barat varm and hussell vos solt Blum and the koku.
Tafel inside, where it was warm and cozy. Brum sat at the kitchen table.
Zen fingers before the bay nata vel hayesen pen fostild marceen hoft fosrefilt mitid.
His fingers nearly froze as he held his pen, but his head was filled with ideas.
Blum for he che neetch kau shu up to rama rip semoder from devone gamer.
Brum, don't forget to hang up your stockings. His mother called from the living room.
De hour from fiersrabaka paper cook filded de lamb.
To the smell of freshly baked gingerbread filled the space.
Lucas he a hole omitted for s from the boom.
Lucas has already helped with decorating the tree.
Blom chimlachte knickte.
Brum smiled and nodded, IK do it so, mom, I'll do it in a minute, ma'am.
My new vossen acht folepits understricht, says holpoyect over vint Lombaupraktag.
But now his attention was fully focused on something else, his school project on winter farming practices.
Blumst hop acht enkrechn optracht omenprisentat site maca for the kerstva Coomsi.
Brahm was in grop Act and had an assignment to make a presentation for the Christmas holiday.
He must la tin dotat lef op de bordera net say vos for all neat in de winter.
He had to show that life on the borderage was not boring, especially not in the winter.
Zhen frienden Mount and Lucas vistin neatvil oh for buren actividet.
His friends Mount and Lucash didn't know much about farming activities.
Subuffe benitva rom blomzo fac drucvos and minder te tutel de speel.
They didn't understand why Bram was so often busy and had less time to play.
Bloem schrapt zen moutbe.
Ain Brum summoned his courage hey.
Bislot on ferralta fertele mizzen eh cha borderer indhoftol.
He decided to tell a story with his own borderage as the main character.
Hey vil de beuffini met u de dir ver deefourbaret ottukau deeman.
He wanted to start with how the anna animals were prepared for the cold months.
The kuiper greg extra strow, the couiis stundcnus in the varmer's stall, and the tracteur stundehriment clar for the zeltsam of intersost.
The chickens got extra straw, the cows stood snugly in the warm stable, and the tractors were gleaming ready for the rare winter harvest.
Metro to letters srive hey kirst up the borderae.
In big letters, he wrote Christmas on the Borderage hey zau.
Fortell hu de bourderay toronsformeer foot carst faced.
He would describe how the Borderage transformed for the Christmas celebration.
De rita dac bedict met snail, the stall met kerste music op the atjnde and the tredichne. The kerscribe fonstro and aire by the gindre out ad'or pondkerst el kiir na klamac egg.
The thatched roofs covered with snow, the stable with Christmas music in the background, and the traditional Christmas crib made of straw and eggs, which the village children came to view every year around Christmas.
Zenfather klombine kloptop sen schrauder enze dink a ram humor de borderae is implickful forral fertill what you fooled?
His father came in, patted him on the shoulder and said, remember, son, the Borderage is a place full of stories. Tell what you feel.
Blum knichte.
Brum nodded, hey vist d'artid farral nit a laine in vorde must fong mar o kihaste. He knew he had to capture the story not only in words, but also in spirit.
Dus beslowte hey Sen for hal told leef to bring him a takening audu photos and zels inclin Zilf remarked carstology for op the prison tatsi dafel.
So he decided to bring his story to life with drawings, old photos and even a small homemade Christmas Nativity scene for the presentation table alis.
Mus de marchif on the borderae audrig.
Everything had to express the borderage magic.
The d' on the present tatzi was Angrecome.
The day of the presentation arrived.
The Klos sold her bidrite Laus toletervelle brom Sen for hal Fortilde.
The class sat attentively listening as Brahm told his story.
Erzenkrat op de borderai de netsiit for all in the winter jehei matroomsendo.
There are forces on the borderage that you don't see, especially in winter. He said, with shining eyes.
The feif de natur roust marsior o totatle fedor hat.
We give nature rest, but also ensure that life continues.
And met gerst alseat alfon tricht over de fill the dunst and Allah's leg to slap, he said in still a Freute.
And at Christmas when the evening light dances over the fields, and everything seems to sleep. There is a quiet joy Jeanne forral einrte metem persol lucu.
Note barnet fortildo o for de varmed and usella hate from the gerste alfon Lehmtsenfamilli.
His story ended with a personal note where he spoke about the warmth and coziness of Christmas evenings with his family.
Jenne o houstrel de tournee o for de carslichus spruck diet house filled the metsatut.
His eyes beamed when he spoke about the candle lights that filled the house with a soft glow.
Tunith applause klung fool the brom hul from opluchting Entrotz.
When the applause sounded, Bram felt a wave of relief and pride.
Zen Klaus noted sprang enthusioste over zem prisentatsi.
His classmates spoke enthusiastically about his presentation ZiLs.
Mout the earsdacht a borderae saivarre fausnuch inspired.
Even Mount, who first thought border egen were boring, was now inspired.
Opvichnerhaus strokel In toward the snail met Lucas and senzaide really zir de brohm si te mirk hotel alene perhutzef.
On the way home, stumbling through the snow with Lucash by his side, Brum realized that he gained more than just a good grade.
Hey hat selifte forget boorderae opniu ndcht en saint frien de meichnome opseeirees.
He had rediscovered his love for his borderage and had taken his friends with him on his journey op.
De bourderay verte ah fond inchlaut met vor mochaur gola de milk and rim la rositte.
At the Borderage, the evening was ushered in with hot chocolate and smiling faces.
Enzeaux mete saint foyecht tordles bracht enzenhartful for hal fear de bram and caersteful but taken is ende trefool fontaus.
And so, with his project brought to life and his heart full of stories, Brum celebrated a Christmas full of meaning and the feeling of home.
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words. First in Dutch, then in English.
They Lond they London, they lond meadows shlower, schlower slower, bail for liechte, for liechten, for lichte illuminated where whoor who scent before before before froze, caution, caution CAUs stockings, paper, cook paper, cook paper, gingerbread, poyecht, poyecht, po jecht, prod, moot, moot, moot, courage, orberate, urberate, furberate, prepared, clament, clament, flament, gleaming, read, read, read, thatch stall, stall, stall stable, gribe, gribbe, grib crib, geerst
stollagie geerst stollage, curst storage, nativity, grten, grten, grachte, forces, klmsender, klansender, lomsender, gleaming, hoozell right, hoosell ight, hozellt coziness aplaus aplaus aplaus applause, opluchting, opluchting o, little thing, relief, truths, truths, truths, pride and to siost and toust and to giost enthusiastically, the inspirit he inspirit, inspirit inspired strouggland, stroggland, stroggland, stumbling inkloud in heloud, inloud ushered betaken is betaken.
Is betakeness, meaning haste, haste, haste, spirit.
Transform here, the transform here, the transform.
Mere, the transformed still still still quiet earbiader, earbadder, earbader, attentively.
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