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[Narrator:] This is a country
village in Rhodesia

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where about 50 families
have their homes.

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Here is the school where
the children of the village

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receive their education.

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It is the end of the school
year and the headmaster

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is giving a talk to the
boys who are leaving.

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He tells them, now that
you are leaving school

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you should make use of the
knowledge you have gained

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and also try to get more
knowledge by reading

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and learning from
experienced people

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you will meet in the
course of your work.

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Many of you will be
working on the land

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and you must put into
practice what you have learned

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in your agricultural classes.

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It is very important that the
land is looked after properly

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and the right fertilizer
and seed are used.

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In this way, the crop
can be increased.

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And after the
family has been fed,

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there will be produce
left over for sale.

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The money earned should be
used to buy fertilizer and seed

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for the next crop and
also to improve living

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conditions for your families.

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In the course of
time, you will marry.

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And I hope you will
give all your children,

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girls as well as boys,
an education at least

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as good as you have had.

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This will be difficult if
you have very large families,

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but today there are ways by
which the size of the family

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can be planned
according to the income

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and ambitions of the parents.

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This is a new idea
to African people

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but in the changing life
of the modern world,

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it is a good and necessary
part of family life.

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When you marry, you can
get this information

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from the clinics of the
Family Planning Association.

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Tom [?] and Jack
[?] are friends.

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Tom, the bigger boy, is
the son of a businessman

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who owns the village store.

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Tom has not worked
well at school.

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Jack's father is poor and
only has a worked-out farm,

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and Jack has worked
hard at school

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and is two years
younger than Tom.

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[Music]

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The headmaster finishes his talk
and wishes all the boys luck

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with their future.

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He shakes hands with each boy.

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Jack follows Tom
away from the school

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and they talk together
before they say goodbye.

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I am sorry to leave
school, says Jack,

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but my father cannot afford
to pay my school fees.

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What the teacher said
is right, our land

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is not properly farmed.

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Although my father works hard,
we never have any crops to sell

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and the land has
never been fertilized.

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My father wants me
to stay and help him

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but my brother has found
me a job in the city

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and I'm going there.

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I shall save as much as
I can and then come back.

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And use the new ways I have
been taught on our land

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and try and improve it and
help my father that way.

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I am glad to leave
school, says Tom,

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but I won't have
to work on a farm.

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Father has promised
me a job in the store.

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And I know that I will like
it and make a lot of money.

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I will be able to send
my children to school,

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however many I have.

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[Music]

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Well your future seems
good, replies Jack,

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I shall have to work very hard.

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When I marry I'm not going
to have a large family.

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My father did and
although he worked hard,

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it was very difficult for him.

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Only my eldest brother and
I had a decent education.

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The two friends finally
shake hands and part.

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[Music]

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It is eight years later
and Jack's wedding party

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is being held in the village.

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He and his bride stand
together greeting guests.

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Jack has worked hard all
these years, even after paying

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his lobola for his
bride, he still

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has money in the savings bank.

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[Music]

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His father died a few months ago
and he and his wife are going

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to live on the farm with his
mother who cannot work the land

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anymore.

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[Music]

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Tom is at the wedding too. His
father died three years ago

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and left him the store.

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Tom has been married
for four years

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and has three small children.

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Business has been
good at the store

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and Tom has been making
sufficient money to look

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after his growing family.

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They are all happy
and well-clothed.

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[Music]

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Jack says that he is glad
to be back in the village.

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I am going to work hard on my
mother's farm and improve it,

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he says.

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I see you still have the
ideas you talked about when

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we left school, says Tom.

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Do you still plan to
have only a few children?

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[Music]

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Yes, says Jack,
my wife and I have

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been to a family planning clinic
and have been told what to do.

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But Tom doesn't agree with him,
because he wants a big family.

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[Music]

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Another eight years have passed.

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During this time,
Jack and his wife

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have worked hard on the farm
and the land is much improved.

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He has had advice on what
fertilizer and seed to use,

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and bit by bit the
land has improved until now...

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he has a flourishing little farm.

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[Music]

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He keeps pigs, which he sells
to the cold storage commission

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and runs a small herd of cattle.

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Until his small son is
old enough to help him,

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he employs a man to
help him on the farm.

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His wife keeps chickens
and grows vegetables

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and they are able to make
extra money by sending

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produce to the market.

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[Music]

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Jack is a contented man,
because he has planned his life.

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He also has planned
his family and they

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have three children,
aged seven, five, and two

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and have decided to have
no more so that they

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can give their children a much
better education than Jack had.

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They want one daughter to be a
nurse and the other a teacher.

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And they want their son to
go to an Agricultural College

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and then come back
and work on the farm.

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[Music]

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But things have not
gone well with Tom.

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He now has nine children
and the shelves of his shop

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are poorly stocked.

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His wife is always complaining
of feeling tired and ill.

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All Tom has is a pile
of bills which grow

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bigger and bigger every day.

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And he and his wife are
constantly arguing about money.

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Their children are running
wild and are always dirty

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and they no longer have
nice clothes to wear.

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[Music]

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Jack knows that things
are no longer going well

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with his friend Tom
and decides to pay him

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a visit, because his wife
has told him that two

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of Tom's children are ill.

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And so he has brought
some food for them.

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Tom and his wife thanked
Jack for his kindness.

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Things have gone badly
for me, complains Tom.

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Life is nothing but
bills, bills, bills.

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There are so many
children to feed that I

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can't buy goods for my store.

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I have just had a bill for
the five children at school.

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And if I don't pay,
they will have to leave.

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[Music]

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Jack is sorry for his friend.

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You remember, our
headmaster said

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that we should plan our family?

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Well, I'm glad that I did
because your large family has

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made you poor.

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You have no land for
your children to work on

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and your store doesn't
provide work for them.

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If your eldest son is willing
to help me on Saturdays,

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I will pay his school fees.

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[Music]

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Tom is grateful for
this help and tells Jack

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that he will ask his wife to go
to the family planning clinic.

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Better late than never,
says his old friend.

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[Music]