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Translation (Lydia Seng)
The two smart daughters and their father. For a long time, there was a man, who has a wife, later she died and the man remarried another woman. This second wife was evil. It may be common sense that the second wife in the past was not honest. The man had two daughters with his late wife and the youngest one was still toddle and the oldest was already grown up as a child level. And the wife told her husband, "Hey... husband, "Better you throw your two daughters into the forest because it's very difficult for us to feed them every day since we have so many children and we can't afford to feed them either." But the husband wouldn't do that. He also said to his wife, "I couldn't do such a cruel thing." So, the wife said, "Why not?" She kept threatening her husband by saying, "Either you break up with your children or you want to break up with me, choose yourself." As a man, it was hard to separate from their wife, and also, the husband did not dare to isolate his wife. Therefore, the man thought, I should separate my children instead of leaving my wife. Then he called his kids into the forest to shoot the birds. The older girl heard the conversation between the father and her stepmom. She didn't doubt, "Ffather would throw us into the forest with my little sister." Then, the father said to his two little girls, "Let's go to the forest early in the morning." The daughter realized, "My father and stepmother didn't want us anymore," but she didn't tell her little sister. The next day, early morning, they went into the forest, but the girl was smart because she grew up enough to think everything. On leaving the house, the little girl marked the small stone all the way. The two daughters followed their father and dropped the small stone to remember the way to return home. Then they arrived in the deep forest. The girl kept dropping the little rock and just followed their father. When they arrived somewhere in the deep forest, the father said, "Kids, I couldn't get any prey today, so you just stay here for a while." But he wasn't a hunter. He just lied to his children. So, the father was about to leave his children in the midst of the forest. The daughter understood the actions of her father and she said, "Okay, dad." Then the father went back to his house by another path. Almost at sundown, the father did not pick up the two daughters, but the eldest daughter already knew because she had heard the conversations of her parents. Then the girl said to her little sister, "Dad couldn't take us back home, maybe he lost his way and went home." But she kept saying, "Don't worry, I know how to get back, let's go home." Because the girl didn't want her little sister to know about the wickedness of their father's attitude toward them as she had a good heart. The two girls went home after following the small stones which marked their arrival in the forest. Then they came back safely to their house. That evening, their father and stepmother quarreled. The stepmother was furious with her husband and accused that he could not dump his daughters in the forest. She also said, "A worthless husband and I don't want to be with you anymore." "You shouldn't be saying that," the husband told his wife in a loud voice. Then the woman got mad and said, "You brought them back, it was completely unacceptable because I didn't want them to live with us." The husband said, "It wasn't me that brought them home. They knew how to make it home." But the wife yelled at her husband, "Tomorrow, you will send them back again." So, the husband replied, "It was so cruel to get rid of these poor kids like that." The wife responded immediately, "You could not do it because you have a gentle heart." Then, the woman warned him seriously, "Tomorrow, you have to return them to the forest. If you don't, then choose between me or your children." He worried also as a man; it was hard to get away from the wife. The husband spoke in a soft voice, "if you did not want them, I would send them again to the forest." The girl found out that tomorrow the father would go into the forest again and throw them away. The girl felt very sad because she often heard in her bedroom that the parent was fighting because of them. The next day, earlier in the morning, the daughter asked before the father called her, "Dad, you're going out hunting in the forest today." Then the father said, "I'm not going to hunt in the forest today." The father purposely told his daughter to be satisfied with them. Then the girl said, "Like yesterday, we wanted to follow the forest to see your hunting wild animals, let's go." The father said, "Well, if you want to go, let's go." The next day, when the daughter persuaded her father to go out, actually he hesitated to do so. Eventually, he took his kids out in the forest. Then they went into the deep forest as before. So, the father told his children to wait here that he was going to hunt somewhere else. Although the girl did not tell her younger sister that the father had already dumped us here, she understood everything. When the sun went down, the father left them alone in the forest, so they just walked around with no idea where they were headed. At last, they found a house. They saw an old woman alone in the house and greeted her. Then the girl told about their stepmother's wickedness for them. "Now she didn't want us anymore afterour mother died and the father disowned us too." But the old lady replied, "All right, all right." The old lady was a demonic old lady. She was satisfied that it was good for her that the two children came there when she is hungry. The girl was well enough to know everything but, the younger sister was still young and did not know anything yet. The younger sister said, "Look, the house is so beautiful, and are we going to stay here?" She was so excited. The little sister was looking cute with chubby body shape. Then, the old lady locked up the little sister in the room. Then she told the older sister: "The sun was almost down, go to draw water to fill the large pot." Then you light the fire and put the pot over the fire to boil it." Within minutes, the water boiled, the girl asked the old lady, "Grandma, the boiling water was ready to be used, what are you doing with that boiling water?" The girl was really clever. So, she realized that the demonic old woman wanted to eat her little sister. Therefore, she immediately locked her into the room and asked her to bring the water and boil it. The girl told her little sister, she knew that this demonic old lady wanted to eat both of them. She would eat you before she ate me. She told her little sister that "The demonic old woman was ready to kill you and eat you, but don't worry, I'll save you from her hand." The little sister had already been scared because her sister spoke about the situation. Then the old demonic woman was about to enter the room with the knife to kill her and cook with boiling water. So, the daughter called the demonic old woman, "Grandma... Grandma...just for a second, it's very important. Look, there's something in the pot, come here and look at it." Then the evil old lady said, "What is in it?" While she bent down and looked, the girl knocked her down in the pot of boiling water and she died. So, the older sister told her younger sister, "Come on, we can't stay here anymore." They left the house and met the elderly hunter on their way. The old man seems happy, but the little sister was afraid because she thought this old man also like the old demonic woman. But, the sister said, let me observe first because the sister has enough knowledge to see things. After that, they entered the house and asked the old man, "Grandpa...Grandpa... are you staying alone here?" He answered, "Yes, I'm alone in this house." The younger sister asked curiously, "Are you a demon or a human being?" Grandpa said, "I am not demon, I am a human being. I was hunter years back, and now I'm a retired senior hunter. I also had no children." Then the two of them shared their sad story with the old man. As a result, the old man sympathized with them and invited them to stay with him. Both sisters also lived joyfully in the old man's home. Then, the daughter's father felt sorry for his children because they had disowned them in the forest. Actually he was not a hunter, but he sought his children in the deep forest because he thought he could find them. The father often went to the forest to find his children. One day, he unintentionally approached the old man's home in the forest. Suddenly, the two girls saw their father was coming to the house, and they ran up to the father with a loud voice, "Daddy..." "Oh... my daughters," the father cried when he saw his two children. They explained to him, they were very happy there. The daughter said, I thought by now that mom and dad were really happy without us. We also wished that our parent life be good. But the father told them, now your stepmother also repents of what she had done before, and now she has asked me to look you. The step-mom admitted she was wrong because she realized that no one was caring for her small children and also, she felt lonely without the two daughters of the first wife. She understood the big girl's love for all siblings and the way she cared for her younger sister, including her small children as well. Besides, the big girl and her little one left the house to keep her parents from fighting about them. She was such a smart girl who understood her parents. At last, the two daughters lived happily in the house of the old hunter, and the father was also satisfied with his children. The stepmother also repented from her action. They spent the rest of their lives very peacefully.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Kawa hte myitsu ai kasha 2 num kasha 2. Moi shawng de da dai la wa mung shawng e num kaba langai mi lu ai, dai shaloi madu jan gaw n nga mat re hpang she madu jan n nga mat ai hpang shi gaw hpang num langai bai la ai da. Dai hpang num bai la re shaloi gaw hpang num dai gaw n kaja ai moi na prat na hpang num gaw n kaja sam ai goi, n kaja ai da. N kaja ai da, n kaja re na shi kasha num kasha 2 kaw langai mi gaw kaji ai langai mi gaw loi kaba ai da. Retim mung dai hku byin she dai ram kaba sai, e la nang e na kasha yen hpe nam de sa sa kau shat jaw sha tam sha gaw yak ai hte ngai n ra ai nye kasha ni gaw law ai hte na kasha yen hpe shat tam sha yak ai. Nam de sa wa ngu shi wa gaw a nmai na re law, kanu n mai na re law, e mai ai sa sa kau deng gaw nang na kasha yen hte n hka na i, ngai hte hka na i ngu tsun ai da. Retim mung shinggyin masha ngu gaw la ngu ni gaw madu jan hte hka na matu gaw grai yak ai gaw nhka gwi yang she hpa mi nga nga nang hte hka na malai gaw ma yen hte hka ra na re nga ai ngu na she ma yen hpe wa she e a shawng yen kanau e nan 2 gaw a wa hte i u sa gap sa ga ngu na tsun ai da. Tsun re she kana shawng gaw na kau sai le, kanu yen kawa tsun ai dai na. Na ai re majaw hpa mi nga nga ndai an nau hpe nam de kabai kau na matu tsun ai re ngu na tsun ai da. Dai hku myit la ai myit la ai hpang she kawa gaw jau jau gaw an wa ni sa sai yaw ngu tsun ai da. Kasha gaw shana shang sumru yu ai i, an nau hpe n ra na re ngu na dai hku myit retim kaji ai wa hpe n tsun dan ai le i. Dai she kaja hpang jahpawt gaw sa sai da, sa re she kana gaw ndai kana gaw nyan rawng ai le i, loi kaba sai re majaw oh ra shan 2 hpe gaw woi hkawm ai lam shagu hta n lung dai hku masat mat wa ai da. Nlung masat mat wa re shaloi she kawa gaw shawng de hkrai hkawm taw le i, shan 2 gaw hpang de n lung dai hku masat mat wa ai hpang she hto nang grai sung ai de du tim shi gaw dai hku masat dingsat n lung hte sha tawn da mat na sa mat wa ai hpang she hpang e gaw shi grai sung ai nam de du ma yen nau ndai kaw jahkring nga mu yaw wa i nam nga kaba naw tam yu ga ngu dai ni n lu gap nga ai ngu na hku re nga shi gaw jaugawng la ma nre. Retim kasha yen hpe i dai hku shakram kau na hku nga. Shakram mayu na dai she hpang e gaw kasha makaw wa gaw chye na she mai ai ngu tsun ai da, mai ai ngu na kaja kawa gaw lam nre ai hku na wa mat ai da. Lam nre ai hku na wa mat tim jan du wa tim kawa gaw bai nsa woi la, retim kasha makaw wa gaw chye ai, mi nta kaw na kanu tsun taw ai hpe na na shi chye taw ai. Retim mung e kanau e an 2 hpe wa n woi la sai, wa wa mat ai re na sai, lam dam ai re na re ngu da, kasha malu wa hpe gaw kawa n kaja ai lam n kam tsun dan ai le i, kana gaw myitsu ai re majaw, wa shi lam shut na an nau hpe n woi wa ai re na sai ngu na shi gaw sa a shawng lam chye ai ngu na bai n htang wa woi ai da. Nhtang wa woi na mi shi nnan n lung masat dingsat galaw da ai hku na bai wa re yang mare de bai du re shaloi she dai shana wa kei a gying bai ga-law ai da. Madu jan hte nang i dai ma 2 hpe pa n sa sa, sa n byin ai nang zawn zawn re la nang hte gaw n kam pawng ai hka nan hka na ngu na hku nga. E num nang dai hku gaw nmai nga law, nga ai, nra ai ngu na nang hpe wa sa shangun yang me bai woi wa ai ngai woi wa ai nre, shan 2 chye wa ai re nga, hpawt de nan bai sa sa ngu da. Hpawt de nan bai wa sa ngu nga yang gaw ga a num nang e dai ram matsan shayen ma ni hpe wa wa sa nga, nang ding re myit rawng ai majaw she n lu wa sa ai re nga, nang hpawt de bai wa sa, nang ma yen hpe hka na i, ngai hte hka na i ngu tsun yang ga a la ngu ni gaw num hte n lu hka ai le i. Dai re nga e hpa mi nga nga hpawt de bai kalang bai sa sa kau ga le nang dai ram wa n ra yang ngu tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu na kaja sha hpang jahpawt bai rai, kasha makaw wa dai hpe bai na sai da. Na re shaloi ninghku ngu tsun ai da, nwa sa , dai hku hpang jahpawt du yang kawa gaw wa sa na lam re n tsun shi ai she kasha makaw wa hku na tsun ai le i, nu yen wa an nau nga yang n pyaw ai hpe shi myit dum ai le, yup ra kaw na na she a wa dai ni gaw shan gap nsa na i ngu tsun ai da. Um nsa sai ngu kawa gaw kasha ni hpe myit shapyaw ya ai le dingsang n sa sai ngu na, sa ga le, sa ga an nau hkan nang na sa mayu ai an nau gaw mani na zawn zawn re shan gap ai de hkan nang mayu ai sa ga ngu tsun ai da. Dai she kawa gaw e le nang sa ga nga tsun yang mung nan nau sa ga nga yang mung sa ga le ngu na hku nga. Sa ga ngu na kaja wa she hpang jahpawt gaw kawa gaw grai n kam ai le i, grai n kam ai sha myit hta myit hkam sha yak ai sha sa mat wa ai da. Sa mat wa re shaloi she grai tsan ai de le, mi yet na zawn sha re, gai nan nau dai kaw naw nga taw mu yaw wa naw dai naw la na ngu na shi shan naw gap na ngu na bai tsun re she kasha kaji wa gaw kanau kaji wa gaw hpa nchye tim kanau gaw yawng chye da, dai shaloi she jan du wa tim shan nau gaw tawn kau da sai le, tawn kau da re hpang she shi gaw hkawm mat sai la dai gaw wa mat wa re yang she shan nau gaw dai hku hkawm she nta langai mu lu ai da. Nta langai mi mu lu ai da, nta dai gaw dinggai grai dinggai sai langai mi nga taw na hku nga, a dwi ngu na dai kaw sa shachyen na dai kaw sa an nau dai hku dai hku re, an nau hpe i a nu ni a wa ni anu kaji n ra ai majaw dai hku dai hku re nga , mai sa mai sa sha nga, shi gaw nat dinggai re nga she shi gaw ngai pyi ya shat sa tam sha hkawm na ngu re wa ya chyawm me hkrak re sai ngu na hku nga, kaba ai wa gaw chye na sai le i, kaba ai wa gaw chye na sai, kaba ai wa gaw chye na sai, kaba ai wa gaw kaba sai re majaw chye na, kanau gaw hpa n chye na le i, dinggai nta grai pyaw let nga saka nga dai hku pyaw, a shawng an 2 ndai kaw nga na re i nga grai pyaw sai retim mung hpang e she dai kaw du re shaloi wa she kaji ai wa hpe gaw a hpum a sau re na hku nga. Gai kaji ai wa hpe gaw sharawng da da yaw, ning re a kan kaw sharawng da na she, gai gai makaw jan du wa sai nang chyawm me hka ja u, di dam ndai ram kaba ai wan wa wut wut na she dai di dam kaw hka hpring hkra shadu she hpring hkra shadu na ndai wa gaw ndai num sha wa gaw tsun ai da, kana wa gaw a dwi hka grai prut sai le hpa baw di na ma ngu, retim ndai kana wa gaw nyan grai rawng ai. Nyan grai rawng ai majaw nye kanau hpe sat sha na matu re, du ai hte nye kanau hpe dai de sharawng da ai, ngai hpe gaw hka ja bang, an nau hpe sat sha na matu nye kanau hpe shawng sat sha na re ngu shi gaw dai hku nyan chye ai hte kanau hpe sa tsun ai da. Kanau nang hpe le da ndai dinggai sat sha na hkyen ai re, nang hkum hkrit yaw a shawng hkye la na i, hkye la na nang hkum hkrit yaw ngu tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu tsun, um ngu tsun ai da, kanau mung hkrit mat sai da, retim mung kanau gaw dinggai dai wa she n htu lang di na she dai ma rim da ai i, rim da ai de sa wa na sat na ndai hka hpum lum hte shadu sha na hku le a dwi a dwi nang jahkring naw sa wa yu, jahkring naw sa wa yu ning grai a hkyak ai nang di kaw hpa kun rawng ai ngai, di kaw hpa kun rawng ai sa wa yu ngu tsun na she kaja wa she dai dinggai wa mung hpa baw rawng ata? ngu tsun dat she dinggai dai hpe kanawng bang kau dat ai da, kanawng bang kau di na she hpa hpumlum kaw kanawng bang kau dat na dinggai dai gaw dai kaw si mat ai da. Si mat re na she shan 2 gaw a kanau e an 2 gaw n dai kaw n mai matut nga sai, ndai kaw matut nga yang gaw n mai sai ngu na bai hkawm mat ai da, bai hkawm re shaloi she moi na jaugawng la dingsa dai hte dai wa mung grai pyaw na nga taw ai da, grai pyaw na nga taw, grai pyaw na nga taw shaloi kanau gaw hkrit mat sai, kanau gaw mi na dinggai zawn re na hkrit na hkrit mat sai, retim mung kanau e naw myit yu ga, a shawng naw yu yu na, a shawng kaw i chye chyang ai lam ma gaw nga ai, dai majaw a shawng naw yu na yaw, a shawng chye ai ngu na she, woi mat sai, shang mat wa sai, a ji a ji hkrai nga ai i ngu san ai shaloi re lo ngu tsun ai, dai kaw dai yen nau gaw kaji ai wa gaw nang hku san kau na hku nga. A ji nang nat re i, masha re i ngu san ai da, a ji gaw nat nre masha re jaugawng dingsa re moi na jaugawng dingsa re a ji gaw ning kaw nga ai kashu kasha ma nlu ai dai she a ji kaw wa na re, shan 2 na lam tsun dan ai da. A nu ni nra ai dai hku byin na ngu tsun dan ai she dingla dai gaw matsan dum mat na she wa nga ga wa rit ngu tsun ai da, wa nga rit ngu tsun ai shaloi she wa nga sai, ma dai gaw dai kaw nga na grai pyaw na nga mat ai da. Grai pyaw na nga mat re shaloi she kawa wa gaw jaugawng gaw nre retim shi kasha yen hpe myit hkoi hkrum kun nga myit loi rawng ai le i, nam de grai sa mayu ai da, nam de grai sa ai da, nam de grai sa na dai shani wa she shi wa dai dingla na nta makau kaw mu hkrup na sa wa ai da. Sa wa na she dai ma 2 yen le wa, a wa nga tsun ai le i, tsun ai shaloi she kawa gaw dai kaw myipri si pru ai le i, hkrap ai le i, i a wa da grai pyaw ai nang kaw nga yang grai pyaw ai. A nu hte a wa grai pyaw sa na, grai myaw mu ga, a nu yen a wa ma grai pyaw sai ngu tsun ai, retim kanu gaw nta kaw myit malai lu sai le i, ma yen hpe sa tam mu ngu tsun ai re da. Ngai shut ai re sai ngu na kawa hpe ma yen nau n nga ai hpang shanhte na garen ai lam i, kasha kaji ai hpe mung kadai n rem ya, re na grai yak hkak ai kasha makaw na tsawra myit kade ram nga ai ngu kanau ni hpang nta kaw grai chye rem ai num kaji na kasha ni hpe mung grai chye woi rem ya, dan na ndai kasha na tsawra myit kade ram kaba ai, kade ram myit su ai shan la ga- law hkat na hkrit na dai hku mung sa mat ai ngu grai myitsu ai re, kasha yen gaw da dai jaugawng la kaw nga mat na ndai kawa ma grai kabu mat ai, grai sim sa mat ai, kanu ma myit malai mat ai da. |
