Luyện nghe bài hát Esther

It was late one fall night at a fairground near
When Esther first saw the man
Who groveled toward her and by her side
With a bucket that in his hand

His grin stretched the folds of his white cheeks
And his hurled a dollop of murk on the curb
And the from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his hollow stare

He said, "Little girl, you can chop off my
And then off my socks if you want to
But I'd rather you this old puppet from me
That I in my pail as we speak"

And he looking down at the innocent girl
And she stared at the bucket
Then he lifted the for the young girl to see
And a giant smile on his face

She saw the doll's and she couldn't resist
And she the man quickly and ran to the church
And she burst through the with puppet held high
And a hush filled the chapel and the people mean

Esther tried in to pacify the mob
Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle, to brawl
The frenzied congregation struggled to fetch
The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather

Through the window of the church, a storm began to
And Esther the time had come to flee
She scurried down the aisle toward the in the distance
And out into the where she felt she would be free

But the wind was blowing
And her skirt began to billow, until her feet began to lift
And she above the houses and the people and the chimneys
And and the doll were set adrift

higher over the hills
And the valleys and treetops flutter and glide
and turning suspended on air
With the earth far below they'd tumble
And dive through the

And she to plummet earthward
Till she in the nasty part of town
She glanced about the village sure to find the men
Who rob and in the darkest hour of night

Nervously she fumbled for the pouch held the puppet on her rump
Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid
A pile of lumber, where she waited till the dawn
'Cause it have been a blunder
To succumb to a on the prowl

When the came, she wandered through the streets
Along the chilly lake that lay the town
At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she a sound
It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to her down

As Esther and shook her head the joggers were approaching
And she knew she had no choice but to swim
As the water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
She to slide the heavy clothing from her skin

Naked now she made her way the shore
When suddenly she a tiny tugging at her toe
And the she'd forgotten wrapped its tiny
Little arms her ankle and wouldn't let her go

The waves to open and swallow her whole
As the doll pulled her down through the green deep
And the sound of the old man filled her ears
As she away to a tranquil and motionless sleep