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The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti
The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti

Chapter I

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By T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 1 of The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti by T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Interspersed with Poems.
BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.
Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.
In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.
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The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Interspersed with Poems.
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BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.
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Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.
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In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.
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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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All

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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appalling

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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blwm

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.

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Catti

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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CHAP

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From this reading CHAP.

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cherrig

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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dissolve

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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eleni

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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fear

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Fîn

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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gwaeddi

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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head

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Interspersed

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From this reading Interspersed with Poems.

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J

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From this reading BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.

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lead

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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lightning

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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like

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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llevain

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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LLEWELYN

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From this reading BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.

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loud

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Mae

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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massy

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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mawr

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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mountain's

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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n

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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nadd

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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nature

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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ovn

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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pity

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Poems

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From this reading Interspersed with Poems.

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PRICHARD

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From this reading BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.

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Rhag

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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scathes

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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shout

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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shudders

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Shôn

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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stones

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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T

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From this reading BY T. J. LLEWELYN PRICHARD.

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ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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thrills

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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toddi

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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tread

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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tumult

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Twm

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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wailing

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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weeping

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Interspersed with Poems.

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year

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From this reading In Ystrad Fîn this year, appalling The tumult loud, the weeping, wailing, That thrills with fear and pity; The lightning scathes the mountain’s head, The massy stones dissolve like lead, All nature shudders at the tread And shout of Twm Shôn Catti.

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Yn

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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Ystrad

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From this reading Mae llevain mawr a gwaeddi Yn Ystrad Fîn eleni A cherrig nadd yn toddi ’n blwm Rhag ovn Twm Shôn Catti.

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