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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The title of the story I am going to tell is 'a lion which caught a mouse lost his life'. Once upon a time, there was a lion in a forest. And there was a fox which lived near the lion. As the lion was the king of the animals, he could easily get the meal for him. The lazy fox lived like a parasite to him. It was because the fox didn't want to find the food by himself. He ate only the leftover of the lion. He was satisfied with that. So, he always stayed near the lion. After some days and weeks, his thought was changed. He thought to himself, "Now, I can eat the leftover of the lion easily and without doing hard work. If I could eat the heart of the lion, I will be a lion and could catch the animals easily. But now, I am getting thinner and thinner because I could eat only the leftover of him. I will try hard to be able to eat the lion's heart." One fine day, the lion went out to find his food. While he was eating his meal, a little mouse stole one small piece of meat from the lion's meal. And she took it into her burrow. The fox saw that and told the lion, "There! A mouse took your meat." Then, the lion said, "How much meat a mouse can take!? Let it take the meat. It's okay." Soon, the mouse came back again and took another piece. The fox said, "My Lord, you didn't take any action on that mouse. You always said 'let it be'. But how shall we do if the mouse gets used to and keeps coming here to take meat?" When the fox kept telling about it many times, the lion was angry with the mouse too. So, the lion tried to catch the mouse as soon as she went into the burrow. He put his hand inside the mouse's burrow to catch her. There was a stone inside the burrow too. When the lion put his hand inside the hole hard, his claws were hit with that stone strongly. His claws were broken off. He was hurt and shouted, "Ouch! My claws are broken off." At that time, the fox said, "Don't worry, my Lord! We can go to the owl, the medico, to get treatment. He can join your claws back." The lion totally believed what the fox said. And he bent his body in order to pick his broken claws up from the mouse's burrow. While he was picking his claws, the fox took one big stone and hit hard on his head. The lion was dead. When the lion died, the fox scratched and cut the dead lion. And he ate the heart of the lion. After that, he thought to himself, "I will be a lion now because I ate the lion's heart." Then, he imitated the lion and walked like a lion. He walked out of the forest. He kept walking and walking. Then, he reached the plain area. There was a big rock too. And it was really high. He went towards that big rock. There were many foxes there too. He walked like a lion near the other foxes. But he walked past them. He just walked past the foxes which were the same species like him. He went towards the big rock and sat on it like a lion. The other foxes felt surprised and told each other, "The fox which is the same species like us didn't talk to us. Why?" After some time, he came down from the big rock and walked past his friends. They asked him, "My friend, where are you going?" "I am not your friend anymore. I am a lion now because I have had the heart of the lion," he said. The other foxes didn't say anything to him. Then, he walked past them. He reached another forest. He was spending his time there and sat on a fallen tree again. He sat there like the way the lion sat. After a while, a group of lions came near him. They saw him sitting there. But they didn't say any words to each other. After some time, he produced his voice to roar like a lion. When he roared like a lion, only the sound of the fox was made. Then the other lions asked him, "Why are you trying to roar like a lion?" "I am a lion now, so I roar like a lion. I have eaten the lion's heart. So, my body will change into the lion's body soon," he answered. The other lions asked him, "Then, roar one more time." So, he roared again. But only the fox's voice had come out. The other lions were so angry. And they said angrily, "You! Such a small fox wants to be a lion? You ate the lion's heart?" Then they killed the fox. At last, the fox lost his life because he wanted to be a lion and pretended like a lion.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ya ngai bai tsun na maumwi ga baw gaw Yu rim ai Hkanghkyi asak sum mat ai maumwi re. Moi shawngde e da ndai maling langai mi kaw e gaw ndai Hkanghkyi nga ai da. Hkanghkyi nga ai dai shaloi gaw shi kaw e ndai chyahkyawn langai mi mung sa hkan nga ai da. Ndai Hkanghkyi ndai gaw shi gaw n gun grai ja ai dusat ni na hkawhkam ngu ai hku na nga ai rai yang she shi gaw shan tam sha ai shan rim sha ai raitim mung shi gaw aloi ali rai na lu rim sha lu tam sha ai re majaw gaw shi kaw gaw chyahkyawn langai mi e chyawhkyawn lagawn kun-hkan langai mi sa nga taw ai da Chyahkyawn dai gaw shi shan gaw nchye tam sha nkam tam sha rai na she ndai Hkanghkyi wa sha ai a ngaw a ngam hpe e shi lu sha sha re da. A ngaw a ngam hpe lu sha sha re dai hpe e hkru kat dum nna shi gaw dai Hkanghkyi ai makau kaw galoi mung sa nga ai da. Raitim mung ndai Chyahkyawn ndai gaw gara hku myit a ta nga yang she ndai hku,lani mi gaw ning ngu myit ai da. "Aw ngai ya gaw Hkanghkyi a, a ngaw a ngam sha ngai sha lu ai" ngu ai da. "Ngai lama na Hkanghkyi na salum sha da lu yang gaw ngai Hkanghkyi zawn zawn rai na n gun ja nna dusat du myeng ni hpe e ngai nan nan aloi ali sha lu rim sha lu tam sha rai na re,ya gaw ngai ndai Hkanghkyi a,a ngaw a ngam sha sha yang gaw nlaw sha ai ten mung nga ai rai yang gaw lasi lamun rai na grau n gun nrawng wa ai de she du wa na she dai majaw ngai gaw ndai Hkanghkyi na salum lu sha hkra ngai shakut na re ngai bawnu daw na re" ngu na myit ai da. Shing ngu na myit rai nga yang wa she kalang mi na she Hkanghkyi gaw shat,shan tam wa shan tam wa rai na she nga taw nga dai shan sha taw nga yang she dai Yu langai mi wa she dai shan hkyep kasha wa sa lagu sha da e,sa dun mat wa na aw Yu hku de dun bang mat wa ai da. Shaloi she Chyahkyawn gaw hpa baw nga i nga yang she Hkanghkyi hpe se " Oh Yu langai mi shan dun mat wa sai" ngu dai hku tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw Hkanghkyi gaw "Eh yet ai Yu dun ai shan sha maw kade law ai nrai ra mi dun sha nga u ga" ngu na dai hku tsun ai da. Dai hku tsun rai yang she ya hkring kalang mi bai sa wa dai da Yu dai gaw shan hkyep kasha mi bai sa hpai mat wa sai da. Shaloi she ndai Chyahkyawn gaw i "Eh Hkawhkam wa e,hkawhkam Hkanghkyi wa e nang gaw Yu e rai u ga, rai u ga nga na gaw ya hkring gaw Yu gaw man nna dingyang dingyang sa taw na ra ai" ngu na dai hku tsun ai da. Dai hku tsun re shaloi she ndai Hkanghkyi gaw Chyahkyawn nau aput apai nga na shi hpe nau tsun ai majaw pawt mayu wa na she ndai Yu dai hku de lup re hte she Yu dai hpe she sa hkan rim ai da. Sa hkan rim ai ngu na she a ja wa shi na lata hte Yu hku de sa manaw rim dat ai ngu wa she dai kaw she nlung ma rawng taw ai da. Dai Yu hku kaw gaw dai Yu hku makau de gaw nlung ma nga taw re re majaw gaw dai nlung kaw e sa manaw shi lata hte a ja wa rai na n gun dat rai na sa manaw rim dat ai nga yang shi na lamin ni she dai Yu hku kaw e Yu hku kaw e adawt,aw she Yu hku kaw na nlung kaw e adawt nna lamin ni shadaw kau ai da. Shaloi jang she dai Hkanghkyi gaw "Ar kar a grai machyi sai nye lamin ni ma daw mat sai" ngu dai hku ngu jang she dai Chyahkyawn tsun ai gaw "E Hkawhkam Hkanghkyi e hpa nra ai dai lamin ni gaw aw ndai bum tsi sara U hku wa kaw e lamin ni hpai nna bai sa ga shaloi jang e shi bai matut ya na ra ai" ngu ai da. Shaloi jang e she ndai Hkanghkyi gaw kam nna she ndai Yu hku kaw na lamin ni htaw daw mat ai lamin ni hta nna dai kaw naw gum dagum taw nga jang she ndai Chyahkyawn ndai gaw nlung langai mi hta la na she dai Hkanghkyi e baw kaw adup kabai a nyawp dat ya na she Hkanghkyi gaw dai kaw si mat ai da. Hkanghkyi si mat ai hte she ndai Chyahkyawn gaw dai Hkanghkyi na,Hkanghkyi hpe a mya baw nna she dai Hkanghkyi na salum sha sai da Hkanghkyi salum sha la rai na she shi myit hte sha gaw "Rai sai ya ngai gaw Hkanghkyi na salum sha sai re majaw ngai gaw,ngai gaw Hkanghkyi tai sana re" ngu na myit ai da. Myit nna she shi gaw le lam hkawm ai pyi naw gaw Hkanghkyi hkawm ai zawn zawn rai na hkawm dai kaw na hkawm pru wa sai da. Aw maling kaw na i hkawm mat wa rai she hkawm hkrai hkawm hkawm hkrai hkawm rai yang she pa langai mi kaw du mat wa ai da pa langai mi kaw du rai yang she e i dai pa kaw gaw nlung tsawm ra mi tsaw ai nlung langai mi nga ai da. Nlung kaba langai mi nga ai dai kaw she shi sa wa ai da sa wa rai na she dai makau hkan e gaw Chyahkyawn ni mung grai law hkra nga taw ai da. Shaloi jang she shi gaw tsawmra mi i lam hkawm yang pyi naw gaw Chyahkyawn zawn zawn nrai hkra Hkanghkyi zawn zawn rai nna hkawm sa wa ai da. Hkawm sa wa rai yang she dai kaw mung lai kau da rai sai da. Lai kau da rai na she shi Chyahkyawn shi hte bung ai Chyahkyawn ni hpe mung lai kau da rai na bai hkawm mat wa rai sai da. Aw dai Chyahkyawn ni nga ai makau kaw she nlung langai mi nga ai da law nlung langai mi nga dai kaw she sa dung sa hpum la ai da shi gaw Hkanghkyi zawn zawn rai na sa hpum la rai na she e Shi gaw Chyahkyawn awra ni gaw mau ai da "Ya anhte hte bung ai Chyahkyawn wa mi dan rai na mi anhte hpe nshaga ai gaw " ngu na mau rai nga taw da. Raitim mung shi gaw dai kaw na bai yu wa sai da nlung kaw na yu wa rai na she ndai Chyahkyawn ni nga ai lapran hku lai wa yang she Chyahkyawn ni gaw "Eh manang wa e nang gaw gara de sa wa law e" ngu jang she e "Ngai nanhte na manang nre ai" ngu da "Ngai gaw Hkanghkyi she rai mat sai" ngu ai da. "Ngai Hkanghkyi salum sha da sai" ngu na tsun ai da. Shing ngu na she awra ni gaw dai kaw na hpa nngu sai shi gaw dai kaw na bai lai mat wa rai na she Oh maling langai mi kaw bai nam maling langai mi kaw bai du sa wa ai da. Dai kaw bai sa nga nga rai yang she hpun pawt langai mi kaw bai sa hpum taw nga sai da. Myi na Hkanghkyi na shi hpum ai hku i shi dung ai hku shi mung dai hku na sa galaw taw nga sai da hpum pawt dai, dai hku na galaw taw nga rai yang she Dai shaloi gaw Hkanghkyi manang ni wa mung she Hkanghkyi u hpung ni mung tsawmra mi rai na wa dai makau hkan e sa wa sai da e sa wa rai yang she shi gaw dai kaw hpum taw nga rai yang she a katsi nga awra ni mung nshaga shi mung nshaga rai raitim mung ya hkring wa shi wa she shi gaw Hkanghkyi zawn zawn rai na ngoi shabam dat ai ngu ai hku na ngoi dat sai da shi ngoi marawn dat ai wa she Chyahkyawn nsen sha pru wa ai da shi gaw shaloi jang she awra Hkanghkyi ni gaw shi hpe "Dai gaw,dai gaw hpa majaw dan nga na ngoi yu ai rai ta" ngu shing ngu jang she "Ngai gaw Hkanghkyi rai sai gaw dai majaw ngai gaw Hkanghkyi hku na ngoi nga ai"ngu da Hkanghkyi hku na ngoi ai re ngu dai hku na tsun ai da. Raitim mung awra ni gaw aw "Ngai Hkanghkyi hku na ngoi ai ngai Hkanghkyi salum sha da sai majaw gaw ngai ya Hkanghkyi tai na rai sai ya ngai na hkum hkrang ni Hkanghkyi zawn zawn tai mat sana rai sai nanhte hte bung na rai sai" ngu na tsun ai da. Shaloi na she "Kalang bai ngoi yu" ngu shing ngu tsun jang kaja wa shi mung kalang bai ngoi dat ai ngoi dat ai raitim mung shi gaw Chyahkyawn nsen sha rai taw ai da. Dai majaw Hkanghkyi awra Hkanghkyi ni gaw grai masin pawt nna "Nang Chyahkyawn wa mi Hkanghkyi tai ai nga gaw nang wa i Hkanghkyi salum sha da" ngu na she shi hpe masin pawt nna jawm amya sat nna ndai Chyahkyawn wa gaw shi Hkanghkyi tai mayu nna ndai kaw e asak sum mat ai da. |
