6. WHO CAN SAVE NOOR?

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WHO CAN SAVE NOOR?
/huː kæn seɪv (NOOR)/

A LITTLE BOY IS LOST

/ə ˈlɪtl bɔɪ ɪz lɔːst/

Harun was the smallest girl in primary Five.
(Harun) wʌz ðə ˈsmɔːlɪst gɜːrl ɪn ˈpraɪmeriː faɪv/

she was eleven years old, but she was no taller than the girls in Primary Two .
/ʃiː wʌz ɪˈlevən jiːrz oʊld bʌt ʃiː wʌz noʊ ˈtɔːlə ðæn ðə gɜːrlz ɪn ˈpraɪmeriː tuː ()/

She was so small that she had to have a special desk.
/ʃiː wʌz soʊ smɔːl ðæt ʃiː həd tuː həv ə ˈspeʃəl desk/

the other desks were much too big.
/ðiː ˈʌðər desks hwɜːr mʌʧ tuː bɪg/

Haru could read as well as the others in her class and her writing was very neat.
/(Haru) kʊd riːd æz wel æz ðiː ˈʌðərz ɪn hɜːr klæs ænd hɜːr ˈraɪtɪŋ wʌz ˈveriː niːt/

but she couldn't run fast and she wasn't good at games.
/bʌt ʃiː ˈkʊdənt rʌn fæst ænd ʃiː (wasn't) gʊd ʌt geɪmz/

she was so small that the big girls knocked her over when they ran after the ball!
/ʃiː wʌz soʊ smɔːl ðæt ðə bɪg gɜːrlz nɑːkt hɜːr ˈoʊvər hwen ðeɪ ræn ˈæftər ðə bɔːl/

the other girls and boys were very kind.
/ðiː ˈʌðər gɜːrlz ænd ˈbɔɪz hwɜːr ˈveriː kaɪnd/

they always asked Harun to play.
/ðeɪ ˈɔːlweɪz æskt (Harun) tuː pleɪ/

she knew she was too slow.
/ʃiː nuː ʃiː wʌz tuː sloʊ/

so she usually said she didn't want to.
/soʊ ʃiː ˈjuːʒuːəliː ˈsed ʃiː ˈdidənt wɑːnt tuː/

late one afternoon.
/leɪt wʌn ˈæftərˈnuːn/

she sat on the front step of her home making a mat.
/ʃiː sæt ɑːn ðə frʌnt step əv hɜːr hoʊm ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə mæt/

she heard someone calling.
/ʃiː hɜːrd ˈsʌmwʌn ˈkɔːlɪŋ/

she looked up and saw a woman from the village walking past the house, the woman looked very worried.
/ʃiː lʊkt ʌp ænd sɔː ə ˈwʊmən frʌm ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ˈwɔːkɪŋ pæst ðə ˌhæʊs ðə ˈwʊmən lʊkt ˈveriː ˈwɜːriːd/

, ' haru have you see Noor?
/() (') (haru) həv juː siː (Noor)/

she asked.
/ʃiː æskt/

Noor was the woman's little son.
/(Noor) wʌz ðə ˈwʊmənz ˈlɪtl sʌn/

Harun knew him quite well.
/(Harun) nuː hɪm kwaɪt wel/

' no, she answered , 'he didn't come this way.
/(') noʊ ʃiː ˈænsərd () ('he) ˈdidənt kʌm ðɪs weɪ/

have you lost him?
/həv juː lɔːst hɪm/

' 'yes.
/(') ('yes)/

i left him playing near our house while i was working inside' she explained.
/aɪ left hɪm ˈpleɪɪŋ niːr aʊr ˌhæʊs hwaɪl aɪ wʌz ˈwɜːrkɪŋ (inside') ʃiː ɪkˈspleɪnd/

'when I went to get him.
/('when) aɪ went tuː get hɪm/

he had gone .
/hiː həd gɔːn ()/

I must find him before night comes' ' i'll help you' haru said.
/aɪ mʌst faɪnd hɪm bɪˈfɔːr naɪt (comes') (') aɪl help (you') (haru) ˈsed/

she put away her mat and began to help the woman look for her son.
/ʃiː pʊt əˈweɪ hɜːr mæt ænd bɪˈgæn tuː help ðə ˈwʊmən lʊk fər hɜːr sʌn/

to small to help soon nearly everyone in the village was looking for Noor.
/tuː smɔːl tuː help suːn ˈniːrliː evriːˌwʌn ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ wʌz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər (Noor)/

they looked in the houses and in the gardens and some people went into the forest, calling loudly several of the women stayed in the village to cook food for the others and to help Noor's mother.
/ðeɪ lʊkt ɪn ðiː ˈˌhæʊsɪz ænd ɪn ðə ˈgɑːrdnz ænd sʌm ˈpiːpəl went ˈɪntuː ðə ˈfɔːrɪst ˈkɔːlɪŋ ˈlaʊdli ˈsevərəl əv ðə ˈwɪmɪn ˈsteɪd ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ tuː kuːk fuːd fər ðiː ˈʌðərz ænd tuː help (Noor's) ˈmʌðər/

night came and still no one had found the little boy.
/naɪt keɪm ænd stɪl noʊ wʌn həd faʊnd ðə ˈlɪtl bɔɪ/

the people returned for food.when hey had eaten, they decided to continue o look for Noor in the dark they went inside
/ðə ˈpiːpəl rɪˈtɜːrnd fər (foodwhen) heɪ həd ˈiːtn ðeɪ dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː kənˈtɪnjuː (o) lʊk fər (Noor) ɪn ðə dɑːrk ðeɪ went ˌɪnˈsaɪd/

and got their torches.
/ænd gɑːt ðer ˈtɔːrʧɪz/

the men siad that the older boys and girls could help .Harun heard this and ran to get a torch but when the men saw her they told her to go home again ' no harun ' 'they said."
/ðə men est ðæt ðiː ˈoʊldə ˈbɔɪz ænd gɜːrlz kʊd help (Harun) hɜːrd ðɪs ænd ræn tuː get ə tɔːrʧ bʌt hwen ðə men sɔː hɜːr ðeɪ toʊld hɜːr tuː goʊ hoʊm əˈgen (') noʊ (harun) (') ('they) ˈsed/

" you 're too small to help you must stay at ome with the smaller children.
/() juː ('re) tuː smɔːl tuː help juː mʌst steɪ ʌt (ome) wɪð ðə ˈsmɔːlə ˈʧɪldrən/

poor Harun was very unhappy.she gave her torch to a bigger girl and went to home.
/pʊr (Harun) wʌz ˈveriː (unhappyshe) geɪv hɜːr tɔːrʧ tuː ə ˈbɪgə gɜːrl ænd went tuː hoʊm/

from her window .
/frʌm hɜːr ˈwɪndoʊ ()/

she watched the men and bigger boys and girls leave the village .she saw the lights of their torches movving far away among the trees.
/ʃiː wɑːʧt ðə men ænd ˈbɪgə ˈbɔɪz ænd gɜːrlz liːv ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ʃiː sɔː ðə laɪts əv ðer ˈtɔːrʧɪz (movving) fɑːr əˈweɪ əˈmʌŋ ðə triːz/

harun's idea for a long time harun lay in her bed and listened to the people calling to each other in the forest.
/(harun's) aɪˈdiːə fər ə lɔːŋ taɪm (harun) leɪ ɪn hɜːr bed ænd ˈlɪsənd tuː ðə ˈpiːpəl ˈkɔːlɪŋ tuː iːʧ ˈʌðər ɪn ðə ˈfɔːrɪst/

she could not sleep what had happened to NOOR ?
/ʃiː kʊd nɑːt sliːp hwʌt həd ˈhæpʌnd tuː (NOOR) ()/

perhaps he had been bitten by a snake, she knew that there were dangerous snakes in the forest .
/pərˈhæps hiː həd bɪn ˈbɪtn baɪ ə sneɪk ʃiː nuː ðæt ðer hwɜːr ˈdeɪnʤərəs sneɪks ɪn ðə ˈfɔːrɪst ()/

once a voman had been killed by a snake when she went to gather wood.
/wʌns ə (voman) həd bɪn kɪld baɪ ə sneɪk hwen ʃiː went tuː ˈgæðʌr wʊd/

suddenly harun remembered the well.
/ˈsʌdnliː (harun) rɪˈmembərd ðə wel/

she got up and ran outside.
/ʃiː gɑːt ʌp ænd ræn ˈaʊtsaɪd/

there was no one in the village .
/ðer wʌz noʊ wʌn ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ()/

but she saw some lights far away in the dark.
/bʌt ʃiː sɔː sʌm laɪts fɑːr əˈweɪ ɪn ðə dɑːrk/

she ran towards them and saw a group of men walking back to the village.
/ʃiː ræn təˈwɔːrdz ðem ænd sɔː ə gruːp əv men ˈwɔːkɪŋ bæk tuː ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ/

they looked trired and unhappy.
/ðeɪ lʊkt (trired) ænd ənˈhæpiː/

' have you found Noor yet?'
/(') həv juː faʊnd (Noor) (yet')/

' harun called to them ' who's that ?
/(') (harun) kɔːld tuː ðem (') huːz ðæt ()/

oh it's you harun!
/oʊ its juː (harun)/

no, we can't find him anywhere' the men replied sadly.
/noʊ wiː kænt faɪnd hɪm (anywhere') ðə men riːˈplaɪd ˈsædli/

'i have an idea!'
/('i) həv ʌn (idea')/

' Harun cried.'
/(') (Harun) (cried')/

' do you remember the old well ?
/(') duː juː rɪˈmembər ðiː oʊld wel ()/

when I was a little child everyone in the village got their water from it.'
/hwen aɪ wʌz ə ˈlɪtl ʧaɪld evriːˌwʌn ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ gɑːt ðer ˈwɔːtər frʌm (it')/

' 'oh yes .
/(') ('oh) jes ()/

i remember it 'said one of the men the top is voered with long grass and it is very hard to see now .
/aɪ rɪˈmembər ɪt ('said) wʌn əv ðə men ðə tɑːp ɪz (voered) wɪð lɔːŋ græs ænd ɪt ɪz ˈveriː hɑːrd tuː siː naʊ ()/

do you think Noor might have fallen in there?
/duː juː θɪŋk (Noor) maɪt həv ˈfɔːlən ɪn ðer/

the men hurried away to look .
/ðə men ˈhɜːriːd əˈweɪ tuː lʊk ()/

with harun running behind them they ran down a little path , they had to push through some small trees before they came to the well .It was very narrow and one side had fallen in
/wɪð (harun) ˈrʌnɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ðem ðeɪ ræn daʊn ə ˈlɪtl pæθ () ðeɪ həd tuː pʊʃ θruː sʌm smɔːl triːz bɪˈfɔːr ðeɪ keɪm tuː ðə wel ɪt wʌz ˈveriː ˈnæroʊ ænd wʌn saɪd həd ˈfɔːlən ɪn/.

is he dead?
/ɪz hiː ded/

' quick!
/(') kwɪk/

point a torch down the well' one of the men cried , the torch lit up the deep , narrow hole and there at the bottom .
/pɔɪnt ə tɔːrʧ daʊn ðiː (well') wʌn əv ðə men kraɪd () ðə tɔːrʧ lɪt ʌp ðə diːp () ˈnæroʊ hoʊl ænd ðer ʌt ðə ˈbɑːtəm ()/

lay the little boy.
/leɪ ðə ˈlɪtl bɔɪ/

' Noor, Noor!
/(') (Noor) (Noor)/

are you hurt?
/ɑːr juː hɜːrt/

the men shouted.
/ðə men ˈʃaʊtɪd/

Noor but Noor did no answer.
/(Noor) bʌt (Noor) dɪd noʊ ˈænsər/

he did not even move' is he dead?'
/hiː dɪd nɑːt ˈiːvən (move') ɪz hiː (dead')/

' Harru whispered.
/(') (Harru) ˈhwɪspərd/

perhaps he is one of the men replied .
/pərˈhæps hiː ɪz wʌn əv ðə men riːˈplaɪd ()/

looking very worried what can we do?
/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈveriː ˈwɜːriːd hwʌt kæn wiː duː/

the well is so narrow that none of us can go down it .
/ðə wel ɪz soʊ ˈnæroʊ ðæt nʌn əv ʌs kæn goʊ daʊn ɪt ()/

we are too big, he said.
/wiː ɑːr tuː bɪg hiː ˈsed/

looking at it again .
/ˈlʊkɪŋ ʌt ɪt əˈgen ()/

how can we get Noor out ?
/haʊ kæn wiː get (Noor) aʊt ()/

the men thought hard.
/ðə men θɔːt hɑːrd/

then Harun said quietly I am very small but harun .
/ðen (Harun) ˈsed ˈkwaɪɪtli aɪ æm ˈveriː smɔːl bʌt (harun) ()/

you aren't strong enough someone argued.
/juː ɑːrnt strɔːŋ ɪˈnʌf ˈsʌmwʌn ˈɑːrgjuːd/

I can do it.
/aɪ kæn duː ɪt/

she said ' if you tie a rope around me and hold the end .
/ʃiː ˈsed (') ɪf juː taɪ ə roʊp əˈraʊnd ˈmiː ænd hoʊld ðiː end ()/

i can go down the well.
/aɪ kæn goʊ daʊn ðə wel/

then i can tie the other end of the rope around Noor too, and you can pull us both up.'
/ðen aɪ kæn taɪ ðiː ˈʌðər end əv ðə roʊp əˈraʊnd (Noor) tuː ænd juː kæn pʊl ʌs boʊθ (up')/

' 'i think she could do it' said one of the men .
/(') ('i) θɪŋk ʃiː kʊd duː (it') ˈsed wʌn əv ðə men ()/

he ran back to the village to get a long rope .
/hiː ræn bæk tuː ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ tuː get ə lɔːŋ roʊp ()/

soon , they heard him running back through the trees .
/suːn () ðeɪ hɜːrd hɪm ˈrʌnɪŋ bæk θruː ðə triːz ()/

' i've got the rope' he shouted.
/(') aɪv gɑːt ðiː (rope') hiː ˈʃaʊtɪd/

the other men took the rope .
/ðiː ˈʌðər men tʊk ðə roʊp ()/

they tied it carefully around Harun and showed her how to tie it around Noor .
/ðeɪ ˈtaɪd ɪt kerfəlliː əˈraʊnd (Harun) ænd ʃoʊd hɜːr haʊ tuː taɪ ɪt əˈraʊnd (Noor) ()/

then they held the other end and slowly put her down the well.
/ðen ðeɪ held ðiː ˈʌðər end ænd ˈsloʊli pʊt hɜːr daʊn ðə wel/

mud and wet earth fell on Harun as she went down .
/mʌd ænd wet ɜːrθ fel ɑːn (Harun) æz ʃiː went daʊn ()/

she held her torch in her hand .below , she could see Noor's small body.
/ʃiː held hɜːr tɔːrʧ ɪn hɜːr hænd bɪˈloʊ () ʃiː kʊd siː (Noor's) smɔːl ˈbɑːdiː/