The Farmer’s Wife
There was once a gentleman farmer in a town in the south, who planted fruit trees and raised a small number of horses.  He once had a young and beautiful wife; whose smile felt like the sunshine warming up his face, and whose laughter fell upon his ears like tiny ringing bells.  She used to run amongst the trees in her bare feet, and take horses for rides around the farm without a saddle.  Such was the abundance of her spirits that her breath escaped her often. 

May isang haciendero sa isang bayan sa katimugan, na may plantasyon ng mga punong namumunga at alagang mga kabayo.  MInsan siyang nagkaroon ng kabigha-bighaning asawa na may ngiting tila banayad na sikat ng araw sa kaniyang mukha, at kung tumawa’y tila kuliling ng maliliit na kampanilya. Hilig niya ang tumakbo sa kakahuyan nang nakayapak, at sumakay ng kabayo sa paligid ng bukid nang walang siyá. Lagi siyang puno ng lakas at sigla na kung minsa’y kinakapos tuloy siya ng hininga.

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