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Translation (Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
This is a story about a race between a snail and a turtle. Long ago, a snail and a turtle discussed having a race. The turtle thought he would win because he had legs. He proudly said to the snail, "Hey, snail, let's have a race." The clever snail replied, "All right." "But instead of racing on the ground like humans do," "let's race up the surface of a pole." The turtle didn't think much about it and simply believed he would win, so he agreed. So, when they raced up the pole, the turtle, having legs, climbed up very quickly. The snail climbed up slowly. The turtle climbed very fast, but when he got about halfway up the pole, he kept falling off and couldn't reach the goal easily. Even though he got back up and tried again, he kept falling the same way. The snail was very slow, but he never fell off the pole, never looked back, kept his eyes only on the goal, and climbed straight up. In the end, the very slow snail won the race. The turtle, who had legs and had acted proud, lost. So in our lives too, we must not boast about being better than others. No matter how slow we are, if we keep our eyes only on our goal, we can win the race.
Transcription (Lu Awng & Sumlut Gun Mai)
Ya tsun dan na maumwi gaw "Lapawp Hte Taukawk Shingjawng Hkat Ai Lam" nga ai maumwi re. Moi shawng de, lapawp langai hte taukawk langai gaw kagat shingjawng hkat na matu tsun hkat ai da. Taukawk gaw lagaw tu ai majaw shi dang na re ngu nna grai gumrawng ai hte Lapawp hpe "E, Hkau Lapawp, an lahkawng kagat shingjawng hkat na i?" ngu tsun yang,"E Hkau Lapawp, an lahkawng kagat shingjawng hkat na i?" ngu tsun yang, Lapawp gaw zai byeng-ya hte sha, "Mai ai le." "Rai tim, masha ni gaw zawn ga ntsa kaw shingjawng ai hku n re sha," "shadaw ntsa kaw shingjawng ga," ngu tsun ai shaloi, Taukawk gaw atsawm sha mung n myit yu ai sha, shi dang na re ngu myit nna sha, kagat shingjawng na myit hkrum sai da. Dai hku rai nna, shadaw ntsa kaw kagat shingjawng ai shaloi gaw, Taukawk gaw lagaw tu ai hte grai lawan ai hku na kagat lung mat wa ai. Lapawp gaw gaungwi sha rai nna lung ai. Taukawk gaw grai chyang ai hku na lung mat wa ai rai tim, shadaw ka-ang daram kaw du wa ai shaloi gaw bai di hkrat mat mat, bai di hkrat mat mat sha byin taw ai hte pandung de n lu du hkraw ai da. Kade lang bai rawt nna shakut lung tim, myi na hte maren sha bai di hkrat mat mat re ai. Lapawp gaw grai lanyan ai rai tim, hpa di hkrat ai lam n nga, shingdu hte nhtang yu ai lam mung n nga ai sha, pandung hpe sha yu let, dingyang hkawm lung mat wa ai shaloi gaw, hpang jahtum grai layan ai Lapawp gaw shingjawng ai lam hta dang mat wa nna, lagaw tu nna grai gumrawng ai Taukawk gaw sum mat wa ai da. Dai majaw, anhte na prat hta mung masha hta grau ai nga nna n gumrawng na matu hte, lanyan ai gaungwi ai rai tim pandung hpe sha yu nna sa yang, awng dang ai lam lu na re ngu ai maumwi rai nga ai. |
