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Learn Filipino by reading along: The Lantern and the Little Fox by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in Filipino 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.
Noong unang panahon, sa isang nayon sa gilid ng gubat, may isang batang babae na nagngangalang Mira.
Mira was not tall and she was not strong, but she was very kind.
Hindi matangkad si Mira at hindi siya malakas, pero napakabait niya.
Every evening, her grandmother gave her a small lantern.
Tuwing gabi, binibigyan siya ng kanyang lola ng maliit na parol.
The lantern had a warm yellow light.
Ang parol ay may mainit na dilaw na liwanag.
Mira carried it to the edge of the village and hung it on an old wooden post.
Dinala ito ni Mira sa gilid ng nayon at isinabit sa isang lumang kahoy na poste.
Why do we do this every night?
Bakit natin ito ginagawa gabi-gabi?
Mira asked.
tanong ni Mira.
Her grandmother smiled.
Ngumiti ang kanyang lola.