Luyện nghe bài hát Esther (alternate Version)

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

His stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks
And his lips hurled a dollop of on the curb
And the from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his eyed stare

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

And he stood looking 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 and the people looked mean

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

Through the window of the church, a storm began to
And Esther knew the time had 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 harder
And her skirt began to billow, until finally her feet began to
And she rose above the and the people and the chimneys
And and the doll were set adrift

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

And she began to plummet
Till she landed in the part of town
She glanced about the village sure to the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the hour of night

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

When the morning came, she wandered through the
Along the chilly lake that lay beside the
At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a
It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her

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

Naked now she her way toward the shore
When she felt a tiny tugging at her toe
And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its
arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go

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