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Learn Basque by reading along: The Lantern and the Little Fox by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in Basque and English with synchronized text. Level A2.
A long time ago, in a village at the edge of a forest, there lived a girl named Mira.
Aspaldi, baso baten ertzeko herri batean, Mira izeneko neska bat bizi zen.
Mira was not tall and she was not strong, but she was very kind.
Mira ez zen altua eta ez zen indartsua, baina oso atsegina zen.
Every evening, her grandmother gave her a small lantern.
Arratsalde guztietan, bere amonak lanterna txiki bat ematen zion.
The lantern had a warm yellow light.
Lanparak argi hori beroa zuen.
Mira carried it to the edge of the village and hung it on an old wooden post.
Mirak herriko ertzera eraman eta zutabe zahar batean zintzilikatu zuen.
Why do we do this every night?
Zergatik egiten dugu hau gauero?
Mira asked.
Mirak galdetu zuen.
Her grandmother smiled.
Bere amonak irribarre egin zuen.