21.Sui-ming builds a farm

Sui-ming builds a farm/ suɪmɪng bɪldz ə fɑːrm/

Next morning, Sui-ming counted twenty-two chickens

nekst   ˈmɔːrnɪŋ    suɪmɪng   kaʊntid    ˈtwenti    tuː    ˈtʃɪkɪnz

that belonged to his mother and father.

   ðæt     bɪˈlɔːŋd    tuː    hɪz    ˈmʌðər    ænd      ˈfɑːðər

Often, they laid their eggs in the wood or in secret places

  ˈɔːftən  ðeɪ    leɪd     ðer    eɡz    ɪn    ðə    wʊd     ɔːr    ɪn    ˈsiːkrət     pleɪsɪz   

where no one ever found them.

   wer   noʊ   wʌn    ˈevər     faʊnd    ðəm

 Sui-ming went into the forest

   suɪmɪng    went     ˈɪntuː    ðə          ˈfɑːrɪst

and cut down branches

   ænd    kʌt    daʊn    bræntʃɪz

from the trees to make a fence.

   frʌm    ðə     triːz    tuː    meɪk    ə    fens

He worked hard,

   hiː    wɜːrkt     hɑːrd

making many posts for the fence

   meɪkɪŋ    ˈmeni    poʊsts    fɔːr    ðə     fens

and hammering them into the ground.

   ænd    ˈhæmərɪŋ    ðəm    ˈɪntuː    ðə     ɡraʊnd

Then he caught the chickens

  ðen    hiː    kɔːt    ðə  ˈtʃɪkɪnz  

and put them inside the fence.

  ænd    pʊt    ðəm    ɪnˈsaɪd    ðə  fens

 ‘Now I’ve got a chicken farm’, Sui-minh said.

  naʊ   aɪv    ɡɑːt   ə   ˈtʃɪkɪn    fɑːrm    suɪmɪng    sæd  

 ‘ So hurry,chickens!

   soʊ     ˈhɜːri    ˈtʃɪkɪnz   

Lay some eggs for me to sell’.

   leɪ    sʌm    eɡz    fɔːr    miː    tuː   sel

 But the chickens did not lay many eggs.

   bʌt   ðə    ˈtʃɪkɪnz    dɪd    nɑːt    leɪ    ˈmeni    eɡz

 Sui-ming was busy for the rest of the week,

   suɪmɪng    wəz    ˈbɪzi    fɔːr      ðə    rest   ʌv   ðə wiːk

collecting food for them

  kəˈlektɪŋ     fuːd    fɔːr       ðəm  

and cooking for eggs.

   ænd  ˈkʊkɪŋ    fɔːr    eɡz 

After one week,

  ˈæftər    wʌn   wiːk 

he had filled only four boxes

  hiː   hæd    fɪl   ˈoʊnli    fɔːr    bɑːksɪz

with very small eggs.

  wɪθ   ˈveri     smɔːl    eɡz 

He took them to town

  hiː    tʊk    ðəm    tuː   taʊn  

and sold them at a shop

 ænd   soʊld   ðəm    æt   ə     ʃɑːp

 ‘They are very small eggs’, the owner said.

   ðeɪ    ɑːr    ˈveri    smɔːl   eɡz     ðə    ˈoʊnər    sæd  

‘Bring me some big eggs  

  brɪŋ   miː    smɔːl    bɪɡ     eɡz

and I’ll pay you well for them’.

  ænd     aɪl    peɪ    juː    wel    fɔːr    ðəm