Frogs were once common in gardens and rice fields, where they helped control pests and their calls were a familiar sound. However, people began killing frogs to eat or sell and used various instruments to eliminate them, driving many frog species to extinction. Without frogs, pests now destroy crops freely. Farmers use chemical pesticides instead, but these are expensive, harmful to health and environment, and provide less income in the long run.
4. BYkeKrs;enAkñúgvalERspgEdr . enArdUvvsSa
eBleKacUleRkal k¥at;TaMgLayyMkgrMBg
hak;dUcR)ab;fa raRtIkalnwgcUlmkdl;ehIy .
The frogs also lived in the rice fields. In the rainy season,
in the evening when the cows went to the shed,
ka-ats cried loudly to announce the night to come.
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5. ral;yb; eBlmanePøógFøak; kEgáb hIug
yMRThwgGWgGab; . PaBRtCak; KYbpSMnwgsMelg
TaMgenHBaJúaMgeGaybriyakasmenarmüNas;.
Every night when it rained, frogs welcomed the rain with their
loud voices. This noisy sound and the cool temperature made
the people feel good.
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snÞÚc GRgut lb rhUtdl;GaKuyEdlCa
]bkrN¾sMlab;pþac;BUC.
To Kill Them, they used all local instruments such as the
santouch, the angrut, the lorp. And they used the genocide
instrument, the electric battery.
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