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Title: Hoppies (Part 1)

Audio by Soph from Rutland | in writing, fiction, characters

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A dictation of my short story, Hoppies. 1930, Hoppies, South Afrika. Malan Coetzee, a young Afrikaner, learns a thing or two about inequality, unfairness, and the human condition. Apologies for my bad attempts at any kind of Afrikaans accent or language.

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    • 1. At on 27 Jan 2010, kim wrote:

      Absolutely love it, it comes alive when you read it. Excellent reading.

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    • 2. At on 28 Jan 2010, English Host wrote:

      Hey Soph - thanks for posting this again - I've been so keen to hear this from your own mouth! It really comes alive as you read, I love the bully so much...

      I look forward to the next bit very soon!!

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    • 3. At on 01 Feb 2010, Pearl wrote:

      Yes, it feels more real hearing it. I could practically smell the fetid pond. Good story and good reading.

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    • 4. At on 01 Feb 2010, Pearl wrote:

      This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the .

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      Malan, afrikaans, boy, characters, education, fiction, growing up, life, pond, poor, school, south africa, unfair

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