Speaker 1: Have you ever had a toy that didn't work quite right?
Speaker 1: And did you ever find a different way to play
Speaker 1: with that toy? Welcome to Lingo. Listen. Story Time today
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Speaker 1: Once upon a time, a long time ago in China
Speaker 1: lived a woman named Chang Chung. Chung Chong means sing
Speaker 1: in Chinese, and she loved singing. La la la la la.
Speaker 1: Chang Chong lived in a house at the top of
Speaker 1: a mountain. It was a beautiful place to sing, but
Speaker 1: the mountain top didn't have any running water. So every
Speaker 1: day Chang Chung went down down down mountain to the
Speaker 1: river carrying two wooden buckets. She dunked the buckets into
Speaker 1: the river to fill them up. Then she walked slowly
Speaker 1: back up the dirt path to the top of the mountain.
Speaker 2: Up up up the mountainside, my bucket swinging at my side.
Speaker 1: One day, when she got to the top of the mountain,
Speaker 1: she saw that one bucket had a crack in it.
Speaker 1: A lot of water had leaked out the bucket, noticed
Speaker 1: it too, Oh, no.
Speaker 3: For sure, she's going to throw me away.
Speaker 1: I don't think so, said the other bucket.
Speaker 2: She's too kind.
Speaker 1: Before bed that night, Tung Chong tried to fix the
Speaker 1: cracked bucket with some clad. The next morning, Chang Chong
Speaker 1: went down to the river as usual to fill up
Speaker 1: the buckets. Then she headed back up.
Speaker 2: Up, up up the mountain, inside my bucket, swinging up
Speaker 2: my side.
Speaker 1: Oh no, whispered the leaky bucket, because guess what. The
Speaker 1: bucket was leaking again. I'm no good and I feel
Speaker 1: like i'm I'm crying. Don't worry, said the other bucket.
Speaker 1: Of course, you're good. That night, Tangtong sat down next
Speaker 1: to the empty buckets, but she didn't try to fix
Speaker 1: the bucket again. Instead, she and the buckets made music together,
Speaker 1: and then she decided to name her buckets. She called
Speaker 1: them leak a Lot, we know which one that was.
Speaker 3: And.
Speaker 1: Bongo. The next morning they went down the mountain as usual,
Speaker 1: even though lek a Lot was well leaky. This went
Speaker 1: on for days and weeks and months and maybe even years.
Speaker 1: One day, leek a Lot felt he could cry no
Speaker 1: more tears. He was sick of leaking water out on
Speaker 1: the path. It was time to speak up.
Speaker 3: Oom excuse me.
Speaker 1: Chang Chung didn't hear at first, and then she looked
Speaker 1: around for a minute before she realized who was talking.
Speaker 1: She was oh surprised. She couldn't find the right words
Speaker 1: eh oh, but did give it a wh.
Speaker 4: Yes, it's me.
Speaker 3: I'm just no good.
Speaker 1: Bongo here gets to the top of the mountain every
Speaker 1: day completely full, and me I'm always half empty. You
Speaker 1: mean half full, said Chang Chung.
Speaker 4: Well, I don't know, but I'm useless useless.
Speaker 2: You are not.
Speaker 1: Haven't you seen the mountainside lately? Oh no, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: usually too busy crying.
Speaker 2: I don't look around much.
Speaker 1: So Chang Chong asked the bucket to please do his
Speaker 1: job one more day, but this time take a good
Speaker 1: look at the path as they climbed back up the mountain.
Speaker 1: If Lek a Lotte still felt that he was useless,
Speaker 1: well then he didn't have to come down to the
Speaker 1: river anymore. So she dunked the buckets and started up
Speaker 1: the mountain path. Ooo, that's the sound Leak a Lot made,
Speaker 1: because do you know what he saw? Next to the
Speaker 1: path were flowers of all colors and sizes, and bees
Speaker 1: buzzing and butterflies fluttering but on the other side of
Speaker 1: the path, closer to Bongo, it was brown with just
Speaker 1: a little bit of grass.
Speaker 4: You see, leagal Lot. Long ago, I thought you were imperfect,
Speaker 4: and I tried to fix that crack of yours sory
Speaker 4: no no. Then I realized that you are perfect in
Speaker 4: your own way for a different job, and I began
Speaker 4: throwing seeds along your side of the path so that
Speaker 4: you could water them on our way back up. And
Speaker 4: that's how leek a Lot learned that Chang Chong had
Speaker 4: been grateful all.
Speaker 1: These years for his leak. Together they had made a
Speaker 1: beautiful mountainside garden.
Speaker 3: Boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo
Speaker 3: boo boo boom up up up the mountainside, my bucket
Speaker 3: swinging by my side.
Speaker 1: We hope you liked the story. Lingo listeners, have you
Speaker 1: ever used an old toy for a new job? Think
Speaker 1: about it. Goodbye until next time.