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Orphanage Night: Unleashing Halloween Magic
Fluent Fiction - Irish: Orphanage Night: Unleashing Halloween Magic
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Ga: San oíche fhionnuar i mBaile Átha Cliath, sa dílleachtlann bheag chluthar, bhí Aoife agus Cillian ag breathnú amach an fhuinneog.
En: On the cool night in Baile Átha Cliath, in the small cozy orphanage, Aoife and Cillian were looking out the window.
Ga: Bhí na duilleoga órga ag titim, ag cruthú cairpéad iontais ar an ngaineamh.
En: The golden leaves were falling, creating a wondrous carpet on the sand.
Ga: Ba é Oíche Shamhna é, agus bhí brionglóidí ag Aoife ar feadh seachtainí ar phlean speisialta.
En: It was Halloween, and Aoife had been dreaming for weeks about a special plan.
Ga: Bhí Aoife cliste agus lán d'íomhánna éagsúla.
En: Aoife was clever and full of various images.
Ga: Bhí sí deich mbliana d'aois agus bhí a croí líonta le fonn eachtra.
En: She was ten years old, and her heart was filled with a desire for adventure.
Ga: Baile mór dóibh an dílleachtlann seo, ach uaireanta bhí sé fuar agus gan saol.
En: The orphanage was their home, but sometimes it was cold and lifeless.
Ga: Ní raibh rothair ná scáthanna scéal nua do Cillian, a deartháir is sine ag ocht mbliana.
En: Bicycles and shadows were nothing new to Cillian, her older brother at eight years.
Ga: Bhí sé ciúin, ach i gcónaí ag líníocht marbéalaí a bhfantasacha.
En: He was quiet but always drawing fantastic marbles.
Ga: "Caithfimid Oíche Shamhna a dhéanamh speisialta, Cillian," a dúirt Aoife le tiomaint.
En: "We must make Halloween special, Cillian," Aoife said with determination.
Ga: Bhí cuimhní sóiléir uirthi faoin mbealach a ndearna a dtuismitheoirí an féile speisialta sin sna blianta roimhe.
En: She had clear memories of how their parents made that holiday special in previous years.
Ga: "Níl gá le haon chabhair.
En: "We don't need any help.
Ga: Bainfimid úsáid as ár samhlaíocht!
En: We'll use our imagination!"
Ga: "Chuaigh Aoife ar thóir rudaí timpeall na dílleachtlainne ar an gceapachán.
En: Aoife went in search of things around the orphanage on the assignment.
Ga: Fuair sí sean-oireannach éadach, sconnaifhiona, agus clúdaigh týle sórtálachta.
En: She found an old cloth outfit, candlesticks, and sorting tiles covers.
Ga: D’fhuáil sí, dheimhnigh sí, agus rinne sí maisiú is costasach as na picetaut.
En: She sewed, assembled, and made the most costly decorations from the patches.
Ga: An tráthnóna sin, bhí sé deacair ar Cillian fós grin a bhaint amach.
En: That evening, it was still hard for Cillian to crack a smile.
Ga: Bhí gá le draíocht.
En: Magic was needed.
Ga: Le tinneas éigin ina ionad, kitheadh Aoife na maisiúcháin a bhí fuála aici, na scáthanna atá creamsailte leis an cór.
En: With some sickness in its place, Aoife set up the decorations she had sewn, the shadows woven with the choir.
Ga: Bhí ducht agus dathanna faoi mhíchúram déanta ag an ealaíontóir is soineanta i lár an phósaidh.
En: The most innocent artist created careless ducts and colors at the center of the marriage.
Ga: Chuir an dílleachtlann síos go binb an craic a chreataigh Aoife.
En: The orphanage buzzed with the fun that Aoife had crafted.
Ga: Na páistí eile a bhí ar fónagóir.
En: The other children were on tip-toe.
Ga: Thíos ón díon, tugadh faoi deara na cúramóirí.
En: Down from the roof, the caregivers took notice.
Ga: Tháinig an cuaire faoin gciall mar bhí siad súileograí.
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