THE BROKEN PROMISE. This Magical African Tale Will Change How You See Patience FOREVER!
Afrigriot Folktales
[{'start': '1.480', 'end': '12.260', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '16.920', 'end': '24.480', 'text': "Mama, I'm hungry. I want to eat now."}, {'start': '21.520', 'end': '26.519', 'text': 'Patience, my child. If you eat the corn'}, {'start': '24.480', 'end': '30.000', 'text': "before it's ready, it will hurt your"}, {'start': '26.519', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'stomach. But if you wait, you will taste'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '38.079', 'text': 'its true sweetness. But waiting is hard.'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '41.160', 'text': 'Eh, that is true. But I want you to know'}, {'start': '38.079', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'that best things come to those who wait.'}, {'start': '41.160', 'end': '47.120', 'text': 'H, can I tell you a story about patience'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '51.200', 'text': 'while we wait? Yes, mama. Please tell me'}, {'start': '47.120', 'end': '55.879', 'text': 'the story. A long time ago, so long ago,'}, {'start': '51.200', 'end': '55.879', 'text': 'and in a place so far away,'}, {'start': '62.620', 'end': '66.960', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '65.199', 'end': '69.680', 'text': 'In a village at the edge of the great'}, {'start': '66.960', 'end': '73.360', 'text': 'Omena forest, there lived a beautiful'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '78.040', 'text': 'queen named Mia. Queen Mia was the last'}, {'start': '73.360', 'end': '80.439', 'text': 'and favorite wife of a great king named'}, {'start': '78.040', 'end': '82.880', 'text': 'Odallo. Though she was kind and'}, {'start': '80.439', 'end': '85.280', 'text': 'hardworking, Sorro filled her days as'}, {'start': '82.880', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'she had no child of her own.'}, {'start': '85.280', 'end': '89.119', 'text': 'As a result, she was laughed at and'}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '92.320', 'text': 'mocked behind her back by her fellow'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '94.799', 'text': 'wise. She prayed to the ancestors,'}, {'start': '92.320', 'end': '98.240', 'text': 'offered gifts at the river, and sought'}, {'start': '94.799', 'end': '100.280', 'text': 'the wisdom of elders, but still her arms'}, {'start': '98.240', 'end': '103.600', 'text': 'remained'}, {'start': '100.280', 'end': '106.479', 'text': 'empty. One night, unable to bear her'}, {'start': '103.600', 'end': '108.960', 'text': 'grief any longer, Nia ventured into the'}, {'start': '106.479', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'forbidden forest where spirits were said'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '115.119', 'text': 'to roam. She walked until she reached an'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '116.439', 'text': 'ancient baobab tree, its roots twisting'}, {'start': '115.119', 'end': '119.600', 'text': 'like great'}, {'start': '116.439', 'end': '123.560', 'text': 'serpents. There, in the hush of the'}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '126.719', 'text': 'night, she whispered her deepest'}, {'start': '123.560', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'desire. A cold wind stirred the leaves,'}, {'start': '126.719', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'and from the shadows, a spirit emerged'}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '135.640', 'text': 'from the tree. A tall figure with eyes'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '141.120', 'text': 'glowing like embers.'}, {'start': '135.640', 'end': '144.000', 'text': 'You seek a child? Yes, Mia pleaded. I'}, {'start': '141.120', 'end': '145.560', 'text': 'will give anything. The spirit gazed at'}, {'start': '144.000', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'her with a solemn'}, {'start': '145.560', 'end': '152.239', 'text': 'intensity. Listen carefully, it said,'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '154.800', 'text': 'its voice like the rustling of leaves. I'}, {'start': '152.239', 'end': '158.120', 'text': 'will grant you the gift you seek, but'}, {'start': '154.800', 'end': '160.560', 'text': 'there are two parts before you. It'}, {'start': '158.120', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'paused, allowing the weight of the words'}, {'start': '160.560', 'end': '165.680', 'text': 'to settle in.'}, {'start': '162.560', 'end': '168.640', 'text': 'First, the spirit continued, "You may'}, {'start': '165.680', 'end': '170.879', 'text': 'wait in patience, and in due time, a'}, {'start': '168.640', 'end': '174.160', 'text': 'daughter will be born to you a child of'}, {'start': '170.879', 'end': '176.920', 'text': 'great promise, free from any price. But'}, {'start': '174.160', 'end': '179.760', 'text': 'you must wait and let nature take its'}, {'start': '176.920', 'end': '182.640', 'text': 'course." The air around them seemed to'}, {'start': '179.760', 'end': '185.120', 'text': "grow still as the spirit's eyes gleamed"}, {'start': '182.640', 'end': '187.920', 'text': 'with a darker light.'}, {'start': '185.120', 'end': '190.239', 'text': 'Or it said, "You may have what you'}, {'start': '187.920', 'end': '193.120', 'text': 'desire now, a daughter at this very'}, {'start': '190.239', 'end': '195.280', 'text': 'moment. But know this, on her 12th'}, {'start': '193.120', 'end': '197.680', 'text': 'birthday, you must return her to this'}, {'start': '195.280', 'end': '199.000', 'text': 'very tree, or all that you hold dear'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'will be lost'}, {'start': '199.000', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'forever." The spirit\'s presence seemed'}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '206.920', 'text': 'to deepen as it awaited her decision.'}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '210.959', 'text': 'The silence thick with the weight of her'}, {'start': '206.920', 'end': '212.879', 'text': 'choice. Nia paused, her mind racing. The'}, {'start': '210.959', 'end': '215.519', 'text': 'temptation of holding her child in her'}, {'start': '212.879', 'end': '217.360', 'text': 'arms right away, of silencing the'}, {'start': '215.519', 'end': '220.280', 'text': 'whispers and mocking eyes of those who'}, {'start': '217.360', 'end': '223.519', 'text': 'had doubted her was almost too much to'}, {'start': '220.280', 'end': '226.879', 'text': 'resist. She longed to prove them wrong,'}, {'start': '223.519', 'end': '229.280', 'text': 'to show the world that she was capable,'}, {'start': '226.879', 'end': '231.959', 'text': "that she could have the life she'd"}, {'start': '229.280', 'end': '234.400', 'text': 'always dreamed of. The thought of'}, {'start': '231.959', 'end': '238.000', 'text': 'waiting and enduring the ache of'}, {'start': '234.400', 'end': '240.920', 'text': 'unfulfilled longing seemed unbearable.'}, {'start': '238.000', 'end': '243.920', 'text': 'The decision came swiftly, almost'}, {'start': '240.920', 'end': '247.599', 'text': 'impulsively. Patience, she realized, was'}, {'start': '243.920', 'end': '250.560', 'text': 'a luxury she could no longer afford. "I'}, {'start': '247.599', 'end': '252.480', 'text': 'want my child now," she thought. The'}, {'start': '250.560', 'end': '255.280', 'text': 'words a quiet rebellion against the'}, {'start': '252.480', 'end': '257.759', 'text': 'world that had tried to hold her back.'}, {'start': '255.280', 'end': '261.479', 'text': 'Without a second glance at the spirit,'}, {'start': '257.759', 'end': '261.479', 'text': 'she made her choice.'}, {'start': '262.720', 'end': '268.600', 'text': "True to the spirit's word, soon after"}, {'start': '265.919', 'end': '272.800', 'text': 'she gave birth to a beautiful girl named'}, {'start': '268.600', 'end': '275.600', 'text': "Zoya. Mia's life became full of joy."}, {'start': '272.800', 'end': '278.400', 'text': 'Zorya grew strong and clever and the'}, {'start': '275.600', 'end': '280.800', 'text': 'village adored her. But as the years'}, {'start': '278.400', 'end': '284.240', 'text': "passed, the memory of the spirit's"}, {'start': '280.800', 'end': '285.759', 'text': "bargain became a distant shadow in Nia's"}, {'start': '284.240', 'end': '288.800', 'text': 'mind.'}, {'start': '285.759', 'end': '290.880', 'text': "On the eve of Zoya's 12th birthday, the"}, {'start': '288.800', 'end': '293.759', 'text': 'wind howled through the trees,'}, {'start': '290.880', 'end': '296.919', 'text': 'whispering warnings. The villagers spoke'}, {'start': '293.759', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'of illmans. The crows gathered on'}, {'start': '296.919', 'end': '303.280', 'text': 'rooftops. The river ran still as glass.'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '305.360', 'text': 'And the night was thick with silence.'}, {'start': '303.280', 'end': '308.039', 'text': 'But Nia could not bring herself to take'}, {'start': '305.360', 'end': '312.320', 'text': 'her daughter into the forest. How could'}, {'start': '308.039', 'end': '316.000', 'text': 'she? Zorya was her heart, her life. When'}, {'start': '312.320', 'end': '319.199', 'text': 'the sun set and the promise was broken,'}, {'start': '316.000', 'end': '322.080', 'text': "great darkness fell upon Nia's home. The"}, {'start': '319.199', 'end': '325.600', 'text': 'sky swirled with storm clouds and the'}, {'start': '322.080', 'end': '329.800', 'text': 'earth trembled beneath her feet. Then,'}, {'start': '325.600', 'end': '332.960', 'text': 'as if swaned by the wind itself, Zorya'}, {'start': '329.800', 'end': '336.400', 'text': 'vanished. In her grief, Nia ran to the'}, {'start': '332.960', 'end': '339.919', 'text': 'forest, calling out for the spirit. Take'}, {'start': '336.400', 'end': '342.479', 'text': 'anything else. Take my home, my land.'}, {'start': '339.919', 'end': '345.120', 'text': 'Please just give me back my child. The'}, {'start': '342.479', 'end': '347.759', 'text': 'spirit emerged once more, its eyes'}, {'start': '345.120', 'end': '353.600', 'text': 'burning with ancient fire.'}, {'start': '347.759', 'end': '356.880', 'text': 'A bargain broken cannot be undone.'}, {'start': '353.600', 'end': '360.479', 'text': 'And with that, everything Mia had, her'}, {'start': '356.880', 'end': '364.560', 'text': 'home, her voice, her very name was swept'}, {'start': '360.479', 'end': '366.560', 'text': 'away like dust in the wing. To this day,'}, {'start': '364.560', 'end': '369.199', 'text': 'the villages say that if you walk near'}, {'start': '366.560', 'end': '371.280', 'text': 'the edge of Amena forest at dusk, you'}, {'start': '369.199', 'end': '373.680', 'text': "may hear a woman's voice carried by the"}, {'start': '371.280', 'end': '377.560', 'text': 'wind whispering the name of the child'}, {'start': '373.680', 'end': '377.560', 'text': 'she lost to the spirits.'}, {'start': '379.270', 'end': '400.649', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '402.319', 'end': '405.400', 'text': 'Heat. Heat.'}, {'start': '405.850', 'end': '416.059', 'text': '[Music]'}]