Shadowing Practice: 5 Hour Road Trip • Farm Sisters are Finally Getting Donkeys!? 🫏 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Today is definitely a day we did not expect coming because instead of spending our day here on the farm,

we are loading up and heading out on a five -hour road trip.

Now the reason?

Well, we are finally picking up something we've been wanting for a while now.

Along the way there is beautiful scenery, lots of laughs, and plenty of fun while dad does the driving.

But here's the thing, we planned on only coming home with one donkey today instead this farm just got a whole lot cuter

good morning everyone today is sunday and we have been getting lots of rain lately

so outside it's quite gloomy um

but i am currently milking cows right now with my mom

and what are you doing maddie i'm about to go start

the stalls in the back uh like she said it has been raining a lot

so yeah we had them in last night so instead of snow we've been getting rain and mud but

after we get done with morning chores we are going to go out get the trailer ready get all that ready

and we are going to hit the road you guys we have a long road trip ahead of us

and we're very excited yes

right now it is 11 41

and i think we were supposed to leave a little earlier

so running a little bit late we're gonna try to leave by 12

and yeah yeah we gotta get going we gotta hurry this time it's windy

go patty i said i said you should see me in the hayfield Let's go.

We'll be right back.

i think that's pretty set all right we've got straw bedding hay water

and a water bucket so we should be good we're late

so we have to hurry this up let's go road trip something different

now before we leave what do we have to do maddie we're going to check all the tires

and make sure everything's nice and hooked on and nothing's loose

because we would rather not have an incident on the road

as we're done yeah make sure doors are locked as well

good let's go all right who's driving today big papa pump we got dad behind the wheel

you ready oh yeah okay i'm ready all right let's do this this will be fun Oh, I give up.

We are fueling up, everybody.

2018. Do you remember that year?

Yeah.

Easy.

It's cold, it's wet, and it's rainy.

My favorite one.

I could never pull it.

Shall we hit the road?

Yes, let's go.

We have a couple hours ahead of us, so we will let you guys know when we are in our one.

Yes Let's go

We're one hour in.

One hour.

Wow!

Beautiful!

Okay our first stop.

Maddie's in that book.

I have to go to the bathroom.

Motorcycle's just passed by.

It's so hot out.

Okay, we're going to grab some snacks, go to the bathroom, and get back on the road.

I'm tired already.

Me too.

I just hit a red bull.

We're filming on our phone today because our camera is broken.

Devin dropped it.

Look at that, Maddie.

Look at all in there.

Why is it so dirty?

Let's go get some.

all this processed junk we have to get something because i'm starving

it's so pretty in here like the wood and stuff i'll get the chocolate yeah but do we want sugar

this is all i get see the motorcycle people in the room okay this is all we got don't ask

all right we're back on the road uh hold on call

my phone did you bring it in yeah i could just

want to put it in my pocket can you call it

okay we had to turn around what'd you do i left my phone in the bathroom

She was thinking about those motorcycles on the road.

Anyway, we are going to get back on the road now.

We are an hour and 30 minutes in.

Let's go!

We are two hours in you guys,

half hour left, an hour or a half hour, 50 minutes, okay.

It's a little gift shop. So cute.

so it's a composite that's a very pretty view

I don't know what he's talking about google it and it'll tell you exactly what I just said

I'll google it for sure one more motorcyclist press boat oh my gosh you and the motorcyclists wait where's mom

You got the chicken too Yes

That's a really good cookie I got a Reuben Big chips and a chocolate chip cookie And I got a chicken sandwich.

How many minutes are we away?

I'm not sure.

Like 25.

25?

25 minutes.

Wow.

15 minutes.

It's 3 o 'clock, it is 15 minutes away.

We're getting very close, yes.

Okay, we are two minutes away, you guys.

Exciting.

We are making sure, though, when we get there to ask tons of questions about this donkey.

Just as any other animal when you buy a new animal you ask questions so that's our biggest deal here

I want to say that red trash can, that orange, I think the orange one,

I think the orange one, I think the orange one, oh there they are, we're here,

we're here y 'all, oh my gosh,

we're here there's

so many once we got there we could not even fathom

how many mini donkeys were around us i mean absolute cuteness overload you guys

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but the reason we came here in the first place was to buy this specific donkey

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that is right in front of us this is hershey she is a jenny

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but i will say as we were looking at her it didn't feel right just yet

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which one's the jack it's full he's coming at the very best oh look at the brown one oh oh

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that one's so cute he's just staying there like whatever he's like hey What?

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You're cute.

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You're cute.

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This one likes me.

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Mm -hmm.

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It's really cute.

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Yep.

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Let's go look at the other ones.

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Whenever a baby is born at 11 months, they say it's a jack whenever they go the full 14.

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Hello, buddy. So, so.

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Hello, buddy.

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Roger.

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And raise your own and handle it or the easiest besides one that's already changed.

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You're already a donkey?

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Yeah, you know?

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Yeah.

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But like that little guy over there with his mama, if you take him home and they be a puppy dog now, like he'll be your puppy dog.

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I want a baby.

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They're so cute.

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Little babies.

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If that's a decision, definitely, Devin is.

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Yeah.

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Bye.

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And that's what I saw.

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Now, other than Hershey, this lady did have two other donkeys for sale, you guys.

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A mama and a baby, which was three weeks old.

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Of course, whenever you see a baby,

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you immediately think, how adorable.

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And not to mention, his mama was very sweet

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so right now we are just checking them out walking mama around and just hanging out with them

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We were right around there with the baby or anything.

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Yeah.

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The zoomies.

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No. He just wants to jump up and play everyone.

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They have so much energy.

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Yeah.

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And he holds the suckling honey.

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They're not a big one.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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You are just so sweet.

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you are so sweet you're gonna have sweet babies yeah her coat too

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when did you last eat one uh we do twice a year

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so they all got it in september and is it the same stuff you used for horses

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we switched back and forth we all got the safeguard paste okay

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and then we also have ivermectin the four on the four on the safeguard can be cows or horses

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and then um anything yeah we do it for itching come

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here jet yeah 11 months she's like come back here you have a couple years on her

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so where are you taking my mama she'll be in this pen for a

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while she's so sweet yeah i think her mom was 28

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and a half inches and her dad was 27 and she's 24 and a It's 25 inches right now, so she won't get much bigger.

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Oh my goodness.

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Is that you?

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I know there are a lot, but I think I'm like there.

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She's so sweet.

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I do.

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I like Sadie.

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I don't want to come out of your empty hand.

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It's a long drive.

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I mean, you gotta try it for a reason, right?

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This is okay.

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We're getting them.

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That's what I told the girls.

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I said we should just do a bigger piece of property.

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Yeah, lift your front.

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I think she'll go on it.

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There you go.

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Good girl!

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Here we go.

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And there's some hay in there.

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Did you want to put him with it?

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Yeah!

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You can get on with it!

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Let's do this!

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Alright you guys, we are getting this mama and her baby, oh my gosh, they're so cute.

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Hi!

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Oh, hello, you guys are so cute.

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Alright y 'all, it's a done deal.

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We're taking them home.

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Let's get back on the road.

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Yeah

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What do we think Maddie Thank you dad You're welcome Thank you You bought them I bought them Yeah So pretty

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Bye donkey Bye bye Bye Don't tell the girls yet.

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Don't tell them we got two.

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Yeah, don't tell the girls.

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Very exciting, you guys.

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Very exciting.

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I'm very happy.

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The mama is seven years old, and the baby is...

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How old is he?

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Three weeks.

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Three weeks, yeah.

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So he's got to be weaned off of her.

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We have lots to work on.

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We're going to get back on the road.

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because we got a long drive ahead of us with these two babies in the back.

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All right, we've made our first stop at the gas station.

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We're going to check on the donkeys.

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How we doing?

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They're like, what are we doing in here?

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He's like this Amish boy cut.

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I don't know.

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Okay, the baby said, the lady said we can rename them, so.

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Dale is a cute man, like I can just see it, Dale, come here Dale, Dale, yes, Dale the donkey.

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Yes.

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Hello girls, boys, they pooped, yep, stress poop.

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So it's either Dale or Pablo, and then her, she might be a Daisy.

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Daisy.

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I don't know.

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Those are our name options for now.

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You should use something unique.

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Alright, you two.

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We've got a long ride ahead of us.

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I don't know.

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I like those two names.

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What?

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Dale and Daisy.

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Yeah.

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But I like Pablo better, because he looks like a Pablo.

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Hey, he's your donkey And Pablo off Dale Brisby Come on, we gotta do Pablo I like Dale, but he's your donkey Right,

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but I want other people's opinion I got a long ride Let's get it started Oh,

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that Ford Wow I like that That's such a nice Ford

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It's 2026 and it's time for you to get out there and adventure.

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It's getting dark.

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We are currently an hour away from home.

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We're home, and the girls don't know that we got two, so we're going to surprise them with that

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and we're going to get the reactions but they've been prying yes they've been trying

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okay let's let's get these two up and say

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no tell her we got an ugly I mean Allie don't tell her we got a baby

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they're like what the heck we got two donkeys y 'all surprised

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how's that her baby she looks like oh it's so cute what'd you tell her

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what'd you tell her

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only the baby it was 2 ,000 no wait until you see the baby's face it's mouth is this big

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they're good we gotta get them to the heifer barn And that's Pablo.

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I'm going to carry the baby.

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I'm going to carry the baby.

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Mom, he's coming in the house.

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Uh, no. You got it.

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Hello, Pablo.

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Hello, Pablo.

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Okay, somebody come over here.

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You're going to close this door.

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I'm going to go.

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I got it.

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Coming.

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I'm excited.

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I'm going to walk this door.

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Go all the way to the cow gate?

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Good girl!

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Okay, light the way.

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Skinny legs.

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Oh my goodness.

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Oh my dogs.

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They're used to dogs barking.

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They had lots of dogs.

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Mr. Pablo's might want to break.

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I should have carried him.

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Shorty's like, who are they? Who are they, bubby?

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Oh, Shorty.

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Oh, Shorty.

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We got a jack, so boys are jacks, girls are jennies.

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And they have a baby.

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It's like horses and it's foaling.

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Go ahead, you can go up to him.

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Come pet him.

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His coat is so soft.

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She's probably very protective of her baby right now because it's somewhere new.

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He's probably a little in shock from the ride.

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Yeah, I think so.

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Tiring, but we did it.

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Yes.

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Feel his coat.

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Oh, I'm so happy.

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Come on, Ross.

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Yeah, you guys, I have been asking for a donkey for a long time now.

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This is exciting.

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Yes.

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I've been saying, like, I want a donkey.

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Yes, yes. And here we are.

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This is so exciting, and this was a very, very awesome trip.

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Yes.

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I had fun.

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And we tend to try to pay for a lot of our own stuff that we want.

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Like, I pay for my horse.

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She paid for her donkeys.

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We're doing good on the right track.

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All right, let's go get these two little donkeys settled in.

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Yes, let's go.

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And I will get my bike.

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Yes, Maddie wants a motorcycle.

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I want a Kawasaki 500cc. So far.

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Black and white one.

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Yes.

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Let's go.

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he said uh can i get a ride get out here

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he said okay am i gonna ride oh no come on he's driving i love it

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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She needs a trip.

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See, I like daisies.

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Her middle neck could be safe.

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Her middle name could be Daisy.

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Sadie Daisy.

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I do like Pablo.

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Yeah, Pablo's a good one.

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Perfect.

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Good.

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I think we'll do Sadie Daisy and Pablo Dale.

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Dale.

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Pablo Dale.

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And there's Ghost Pony in the back.

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mr pablo and miss sadie yes sadie daisy i think we'll keep sadie

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and her middle name will be daisy and then we have pablo dale

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but the dale will be short for dale brisby yes the bull rider

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you two are so cute brock rider i thought he does both he has a school

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yeah so mr pablo is going to have to be weaned off of his mama

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and eventually gilded so that's another work in progress yes

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but overall these two are happy campers she's really sweet

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and we're glad we got a sweet one we're dead tired

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though very tired anyways thank you guys for coming along on

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this journey with us to get another addition to our farm

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um we're very excited for these two thank you for watching everybody yes thank you for watching

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and i hope y 'all enjoyed it yeah okay everybody said

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we're tired our brains are not working right now thank you all for watching

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and i really hope you enjoyed this video

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and we will see y 'all in the next one bye bye

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and do not forget to hit that notification bell so you do not miss any new videos like this one.

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Bye y 'all.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “5 Hour Road Trip • Farm Sisters are Finally Getting Donkeys!? 🫏”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: trip, donkey, dale, baby, pablo. This video has 345 sentences and 2644 words to shadow. The speech runs for 29:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 88 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
donkey noun	/ˈdɑŋ.ki/	A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
dale noun	/deu/	A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
daisy noun	/ˈdeɪ.zi/	A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
coat noun	/ˈkoʊ̯t/	An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
motorcycle noun	/ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/	An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
bull noun	/bʊl/	Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
chip noun	/t͡ʃɪp/	A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
cow noun	/kaʊ/	An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
hurry verb	/ˈhʌ.ɹi/	To do things quickly.
goodness noun	/ˈɡʊdnəs/	The state or characteristic of being good.
cookie noun	/ˈkʊki/	A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
rider noun	/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/	An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
get out verb		To leave or escape.
come back verb		To return to a place.
come over verb		To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
get on with verb		To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
give up verb		To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
jump up verb		To move from one position to a higher position by one jump.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Do you remember that year?
Shall we hit the road?
How many minutes are we away?
You're already a donkey?
They're like, what are we doing in here?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	we've been wanting · have been getting · has been raining
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are locked · is broken · is born
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should see · should be · should just do
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was thinking · were looking

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 92 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shock /ʃɔk/, trash /tɹæʃ/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, ivermectin /ˌaɪ.vɚˈmɛk.tɪn/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like donkey, dale, daisy.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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