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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Many years ago, the egret and the crow were best friends. They were together and maintained their friendship. One day, they decided to compete against each other over who could have more babies. The crow was the one who said to compete against each other. It thought, "I can eat more than the egret. I eat everything. I believe I can have more babies than her." The egret agreed to compete. They decided to compete over who could have the babies more. When the time was close for them to give birth, the crow told the egret, "I will build my nest on the tree. You build your nest on the ground." The crow could eat food from the tree, on the ground and in the water, while the egret could eat only fish in the water. The egret had to suffer a lot. The crow was a bit arrogant because it could fly and could find food easily in the sky or on the ground. It was wicked too. It told the egret, "Let's see who will give birth to more babies! Let's see who will have a bigger family more and more." When it was time for them to lay eggs, the crow said, "I will build my nest on the tree. You build your nest on the ground." Then the egret laid its eggs on the ground. The egret built its nest on the ground and the crow built its nest on the tree. And they laid their eggs in their nests. Unexpectedly, the crow couldn't lay lots of eggs. But the egret had lots of eggs. The crow was jealous because the egret laid more eggs than her. So it stole some of the egret's eggs and put them in its nest. And it brooded the eggs until they hatched. The crow had more babies than the egret. Then the egret felt suspicious of the crow. It thought, "How could the crow have more babies than I do? I laid eggs a lot more than she did, but she has more babies. Maybe she stole my eggs. Something is suspicious." It felt suspicious and accused the crow. The crow denied the fact that it stole the egret's eggs. Finally, the crow said, "We need someone to decide our matter. We can't just keep arguing." The crow had lots of acquaintances, so it was arrogant. It told the egret, "We must not keep arguing. We need some judges to decide our matter. You can call your relatives or acquaintances. I will call mine. Let them decide." The crow invited its relatives to decide their problem. It invited lots of birds that could fly in the sky. Meanwhile, the egret didn't have any relatives or acquaintances. It didn't have anyone to invite, so it was helpless. At last, the egret invited the owl to be the judge from its side. It explained, "The crow stole my eggs and hatched them. We are having a problem with her eggs and mine. To decide our problem fairly, we need judges. So, please be my judge." The egret invited the owl. On that day, there were many birds from the crow's side. The birds were talking a lot about the issue. They favored the crow and said that it was right. At that time, the owl didn't say a word and just sat there. When it sat, its head was down. Then the egret said to the owl, "My brother, I trust you and invited you to be the judge for me. Why are you just sitting down there without saying a word?" The owl replied to it, "The black colour bird will give birth to black babies. The white will have the white." Then every bird looked at the baby birds of the crow. Most of the babies were white. There were only four black baby crows. There were many white baby birds, so the birds that the crow invited said, "Right. The black will have only black babies. The white bird will give birth to white baby birds." In the end, the egret could get all of her babies back from the crow. The owl was wise. It didn't say much. It just said reasonable facts wisely. It could solve the problem in a wise way. Therefore, the egret could get her babies back thanks to the owl.
Transcription (La Ring)
Moi shawng de da hka u hte ndai u hka hte hka u shan gaw manang rai na nga ma ai da. Shan manang tai na tam lu tam sha rai na shan lahkawng nga ma ai da. Shaloi lani mi na aten hta e shan lahkawng gaw kasha kadai grau law law ngu na shangai kasha shangai shingjawng na matu shan lahkawng tsun hkat ma ai da. Dai shaloi u hka gaw shi grai law hpa myit marin rawng ai majaw shi gaw i "Ngai gaw lu sha mung hka u hta grau lu sha ai hpang amang kaw na hkawt i gara kaw na hkawt shi grau lu sha ai dai majaw ngai gaw kasha grau law lu shangai na re" ngu na shi gaw ndai hka u hpe e shingjawng na hku kasha shangai shingjawng na hku ngu na shi gaw tsun ai da. Dai shaloi hka u mung e i shan lahkawng tsun hkat ai hte maren hka u mung hkam la ai. Hkam la na shan lahkawng gaw kasha shangai shingjawng na matu shan lahkawng gaw tsun hkat ai da. Dai shaloi she shan lahkawng kasha shangai aten du wa ai ahkying aten hta gaw shan lahkawng gaw e u hka gaw tsun ai da u hka hpe e "Ngai gaw ntsa de atsip galaw nna nang gaw ga de nga rai na e an lahkawng dai hku na e galaw ga". U hka shi gaw i ntsa na mung lu sha kata na ga na mung lu sha hka u gaw ntsa de na nlu sha shi gaw ga dai hka kaw na hkyet jang hka kaw na nga chyayat chyayaw ni sha sha rai na e shi gaw dan rai na nga ai re majaw shi gaw matsan mayan rai nga ai da. U hka gaw shi gaw loimi gumrawng gumtawng ngu na hku nga shi gaw pyen ai pyen na lu sha hkawm ai hpa mung lu galaw sha hkawm re majaw shi gaw e loimi gumrawng gumtawng myit rawng ai. Loimi myit marin ai majaw shi gaw ndai hk au hpe shi gaw um dai hku ngu na tsun ai da. "Kadai kadai kasha grau law law lu shangai kade na amyu grau law law" ngu na shi gaw dai hku ngu na hka u hpe tsun ai da. Dai shaloi shan hka u shan lahkawng dai hku tsun hkat ai shaloi u di di na ahkying aten shan lahkawng du mat wa ai shaloi gaw u hka gaw "Ngai gaw hpun dung de la na. Nang gaw aga kaw di u ngai gaw hpun ndung de la na hpun ndung de u tsip tsip na kasha shangai na kasha shakraw na" ngu na shi gaw dai hku tsun ai da. Dai hku tsun ai shaloi hka u gaw ga de nga ai. Hka u gaw ga de nga na she u hka gaw ntsa kaw tsip tsip na shi gaw u di di ai da. Dai shaloi she u di di ai shaloi u hka gaw u di law law nlu di ai da. Hka u gaw u di law law lu di na she shi gaw grai law hkra dai hku di da ai da. Di da ai shaloi she u hka gaw ndai hka u na u di grai law wa ai majaw shi gaw manawn wa na hku rai nga. Shi tsip kaw e shi na u di gaw nlaw wo hka u na u di gaw grai law rai jang shi gaw manawn nna shi shi tsip kaw she ndai hka u na u di hpe sa lagu la na she e shi tsip kaw e bang na shi gaw dai hku na e hpum na shakraw ai da. Shakraw ai shaloi she hka u na u kasha gaw nlaw ai da ndai u hka na kasha ni rai jang gaw grai law hkra rai na e kraw da ai shaloi gaw ndai hka u gaw u hka hpe grai ntsen wa ai da. "Ndai wa gara hku i ngai na u di lagu la nna shi e u tsip tsip nna hpum nna rai kun gara hku kun ngai na u di grai law hkra di da ai ya nye kasha gaw nlaw ai ndai u hka na kasha gaw grai law taw nga ai" ngu na shi gaw ntsen ai majaw shan lahkawng gaw tsun hkat ai da. Tsun htai lai hkat ai i nang tsun ngai tsun rai na htai lai hkat ai shaloi u hka mung ningdang na hku nga. U hka mung ningdang rai jang gaw hka u mung dai hku tsun tsun tsun rai yang gaw "Shan hkrai sha tsun hkat nmai ai" ngu na she u hka gaw shi gaw amyu mung grai law rai na shi gaw grai gumrawng gumtawng rai na hku nga. Dan rai jang she "An hkrai sha tsun hkat yang gaw nmai ai u amyu i ndai anhte na amyu ni nang mung na amyu ni hpe shaga u ngai mung nye amyu ni hpe shaga na" ngu na she tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw u hka mung shaga sai da shi amyu ni hpe shaga rai na she tsun hkat na hku ngu na shaga sai da. Dai shaloi she u hka gaw e ntsa kaw pyen ai shi zawn zawn rai na chye pyen ai u ni law law hpe shi gaw shaga da ai da. Shaga da ai shaloi she ndai hka u gaw shi a amyu i shi a amyu mung nlu hpa mung nlu rai na she shi gaw shaga na matu jinghku mung nlu rai na shi gaw matsan mayan rai na hka u gaw dai hku na re ai da. Dan re aten hta she u hka gaw amyu grai law hkra shaga da rai yang shi gaw kadai hpe nchye shaga na she shi gaw ndai u hku ndai u hku myi wak nga ai ndai baw u hku hpe shaga la nna she "Ya u hka hte e ndai shi nye kasha nye u di ni lagu da na shi u kasha ni kraw ai. E shi dan re lagu da ai tsun hkat na matu an hkrai sha tsun hkat yang gaw nbyin ai" ngu na she u hku hpe shaga sa ai da. U hku dai u hku salang dai wa hpe she shaga sa ai da. Shaga sa na shanhte gaw tsun dai kaw u hka hte dai tsun ai shaloi she u hka shaga da ai ni gaw i ndai u tsa zawn re ni hpa ntsa kaw pyen ai ni grai law ai hku rai re nga. Dan re law ai shaloi she dai kaw na ndai u hka hpang de na u ni gaw grai e chyip chyip chyap chyap ngu na shanhte gaw grai tsun grai tsun. Shanhte kam ai hku tsun u hka kaw lawm nna i shanhte gaw dai hku tsun. Dai shaloi tsun ai shaloi gaw ndai hka u gaw woi sa wa ai u hku gaw e shi gaw ndai hku dung jang gaw baw gum dagup mat mat re da. Shi gaw dai hku baw dagum dagup na sha sa dung taw ai da. Sa dung taw ai shaloi gaw hpa mung ntsun tsun rai na sa dung taw ai shaloi gaw ndai hka u gaw "E hpu u hku e nang gaw ngai nang hpe dai ram kam nna she woi sa wa yang wa mi nang gaw hpa mung ntsun ai dai hku na me sa dung taw gaw" ngu na shi gaw u kawp gaw hka u gaw shi hpe dan ngu tsun ai da. Tsun ai shaloi she hka u gaw u hku law u hku gaw e ning ngu tsun ai da. "Chyang ai wa na kasha gaw chyang nna hpraw ai wa na kasha gaw hpraw na" ngu na shi gaw dai ga hkaw lahkawng sha tsun dat ai da. Dai shaloi she wo dai u hka shaga da ai u ni mung yawng dai u hka na kraw da ai dai kaw sa yu rai yang she dai kaw sa yu rai yang she kaja sha wa she ahpraw wa grai law taw hku rai re nga. Achyang gaw kachyi sha achyang gaw mali sha lawm ai da. Ahpraw gaw grai law taw rai na achyang gaw mali sha lawm rai na she shanhte dai kaw sa yu yang wa she kaja sha ahpraw wa law taw jang she dai u hka shaga da ai u dai ni mung "Aw rai nga ai hpraw ai wa na kasha gaw hpraw chyang ai wa na kasha gaw chyang rai nga ai" ngu na she shanhte gaw dai kaw na she ndai u hku na aga hte maren shanhte gaw ndai u kawp gaw shi kasha ni hpe shi la nna i tengman ai wa gaw tengman ai hku na shi kasha ni hpe shi yawng la rai na e wa mat ai da. Dai majaw ndai u hku gaw i hpaji rawng ai a majaw shi gaw hpa law law ga nshaga ai sha shi gaw dai gahkaw lahkawng hte sha rai na shi gaw i tengman ai lam hpe lu hparan kau nna e hka u kawp gaw hka u gaw shi kasha ni hpe e shi lu woi la na wa mat ai da. |
