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0:00:08 > 0:00:13- If you want to get rid - of any books you don't need...

0:00:13 > 0:00:18- ..you can't do better - than call at a minister's house.

0:00:18 > 0:00:24- Over the years, I've received - so many unwanted books.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27- Countless shelves' worth.

0:00:27 > 0:00:33- Among them several volumes - of Athrawiaeth Yr Iawn...

0:00:33 > 0:00:36- ..by Dr Cynddylan Jones.

0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Thankfully, an old skip...

0:00:39 > 0:00:41- ..you know what a skip is...

0:00:42 > 0:00:44- ..came to the car park in Cemaes.

0:00:47 > 0:00:51- One evening, - like Nicodemus of yore..

0:00:52 > 0:00:55- ..I took a bundle of books...

0:00:55 > 0:01:00- ..stooping like a guilty dog, - to that old skip.

0:01:00 > 0:01:04- I can see myself now, - standing by the skip...

0:01:04 > 0:01:08- ..and throwing them into it, - one big shower of books.

0:01:11 > 0:01:15- The following morning, - before midday, the phone rang.

0:01:16 > 0:01:20- An old woman, her voice breaking.

0:01:20 > 0:01:26- She said that her daughter - had been to the old skip.

0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Indeed, to her surprise...

0:01:30 > 0:01:35- ..she found old Cynddylan Jones - among all the dankness.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41- "Just think, - Athrawiaeth Yr Iawn in a skip.

0:01:41 > 0:01:47- "What would poor Dada say - if he knew someone had dumped it?

0:01:47 > 0:01:51- "Some callous scoundrel."

0:01:51 > 0:01:57- She said, "It's drying by the fire.

0:01:57 > 0:02:01- "Come over to fetch it before noon."

0:02:01 > 0:02:06- I went over and she presented - the volume to me...

0:02:06 > 0:02:10- ..as if she was presenting me - with the Gee Medal.

0:02:11 > 0:02:15- If anyone in this nation - is yet to possess a copy...

0:02:15 > 0:02:19- ..of Athrawiaeth Yr Iawn - by Cynddylan Jones...

0:02:19 > 0:02:23- ..get in touch - and I'll give you one gratis.

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