Original text - English - I begann at six years old. They lifted me up on a...

I began at six years old. They lifted me up on a chair to work, as I was not big enough to get up myself.
We start at 6 in the morning and often work till 8 or even 11 at night. I have often worked all night on Friday. I have a cough. It is from the dust made by the machines.