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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The title of the story I will tell is 'A toad'. Once upon a time, a female toad gave birth to many tadpoles. Even when the tadpoles grew in size, the mother toad did not let them leave water. They only stayed in the water. The mother toad took the responsibility to find food for all. Also, she taught her children, "No one is bigger than me. I, your mother, is the biggest animal on Earth." The toadlets believed what their mother said. They had never seen other animals, so they believed that their mother was the biggest. One day, the mother toad left the water to search for food for them. They tried to go on the land while their mother was away as they were curious. They were fascinated since they had never been on the land. At that moment, a big buffalo was walking over them. The buffalo was walking over them along the way. He did not see the toadlets. He accidentally stepped on them. Some toadlets were dead due to his steps. The alive toadlets were scared and shaking. At that time, the mother toad came back and saw them on the land. She asked them, "What are you guys doing there?" They answered in a shaking voice, "Mom, the huge animal walked past us. He stepped on some of our brothers and sisters to death. Some of us are dead." She was upset to hear it. She asked them, "Who killed my children? What kind of animal is he? How big is he?" They said, "He is really big. We have never seen that kind of animal before." She asked them while expanding her belly, "How big is he? Is he this big?" They said, "No, Mom. He is bigger than that." She expanded her belly bigger than the first time and asked them again. They said, "No, Mom. He is much bigger than that." Then she tried her best to expand her belly again and asked them, "Is he this big?" They shook their heads and said, "He is much, much bigger, Mom." At last, her belly exploded, and she died. Then, their mother's death separated them from her. The toadlets always live wherever they want till today. They live in the lake or stream. This is the end of the story.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya ngai tsun na maumwi a gabaw gaw shu chyit a lam re. Moi shawng e da dai shu chyit gaw da shu kasha ni hpe shangai da ai da, shangai da na she dai shu chyit ni gaw dai hku kaba wa, kaba wa shaloi i, dai shu chyit ni kaba wa shagu kanu gaw i dai kasha ni hpe kawng ntsa hkan n shalun ai da. Dan re hka kata sha nga da shangun ai da. De hpang e she shat ni sha hpa ni re yang mung da kanu sha kawng ntsa lung na tam jaw ai re ai da. Dai shaloi i kasha ni hpe ma tsun sharin shaga ai da. Ndai mungkan hta nga ai dusat dumyeng hta kaba jahtum gaw nu re yaw ngu na tsun ai da, kasha ni mung kam ai le, re nga ai dusat ni hta kaba jahtum gaw anu sha re nga ai ngu na kam ai da. Shanhte mu ga ai mung shi nu sha kaba htum re nga dai shi nu hpe sha mu ga ai da, dai majaw kaba jahtum re ngu na chye da ai da. De hpang kanu gaw hpang jahtum gaw i, kanu gaw hkan nau ni sha na matu lusha sha hpa dai hku kaga de i tam sa mat wa ai da. Tam sa mat wa re shaloi she i, dai kasha ni mung kanu dai hku tam sa mat wa ai hpang she, kanu nmu ai shaloi kawng ntsa de, kalang ma nlung ga ai ngu na shanhte gaw kawng ntsa de lung di na she, dai hku nga hkawm chyai taw shaloi she, ndum shami grai kaba ai wuloi langai mi lai wa ai da. Dai wuloi gaw shanhte chyai taw ai dai lam hku na she lai mat wa ai da. Dai wuloi mung dai shuchyit ni hpe nmu ai majaw dai shu chyit ni hpe kabye ai da, kabye gumpa na she pu she male hkra nan kabye gumpa kau. Nkau mi gaw si mat ma ai da, si mat she nkau mi gaw dai hku si mat ai ni hpe yu na she hkrit kajawng na gari taw nga ai da. Gari taw dai hku gari taw na nga taw ai shaloi she kanu wa ai da. Kanu wa re yang she ma nan nau ni hpa byin taw nga ai, dai kaw hpa di taw nga rai ngu she, nu i mi yet sha i grai kaba ai i dusat langai mi lai wa na an nau ni ndai kaw nga taw ai shaloi i, ya kanau ni hpe mung ndai zawn kabye pu she male hkra kabye gumpa kau ma sai. Nkau mi gaw si pyi si ma sai, ngu dai hku tsun she, kanu mung dai kaw na i grai myit npyaw ai da. Grai myit npyaw na ya ndai kanau ni hpe i kabye sat kau ai pu she male hkra kabye sat kau ai gaw, kade sen kaba ai rai, kade sen kaba ai dusat rai ngu na tsun ai da. Dai she dai kasha ni mung nu dai dusat gaw grai kaba ai, kalang mi pyi nmu ga ai dusat re ngu tsun ai da. Dai she ma e dai dusat kade sen kaba ai rai ngu tsun ai da, dai kanu mung kade sen kaba ai rai ngu na shi n gun nga hte daram shi gaw shi na kan hpe she shabawng dat ai, shawbawng dat ai i, nu dai sen nre, dai hta naw kaba ai ngu she kanu mung i, kalang bai shabawng dan sai da, bai shabawng dan she, nu dai sen nre shi ai, dai hta naw kaba ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai hta naw kaba ai ngu tsun ai da, kanu mung i kalang bai shi na n gun rang ai daram kalang bai shabawng dan sai da, kalang bai shabawng re she nu dai sen nre shi ai, dai hta grau naw kaba ai ngu tsun ai da, grai naw kaba ai ngu tsun she i kanu mung hpang jahtum shi kaw nga ai atsam dai hte shi gaw kanu gaw di dat sai da, kalang ta nsa sa, nsa kaba hte i shi kaw nga ai atsam mahkra hte nsa sa dat ai dai kaw na nau kaba na she kapaw mat ai, kapaw mat na kanu mung i si mat, kanau ni nkau mi mung si mat, dai kaw na dai kanu hte mung nlu nga mat ai da. Dai kaw na ya duhkra timmung da, shu ni i shu kasha ni shangai da timmung da dai shu kasha ni gaw ya du hkra retim shanhte shanhte kam ai shara kaw nga ai da. Hkanawng hkan, hka kasha hkan nga ai, maumwi hpe ndai hte kaw hpum dim ai law. |
