ADING BOOK LANGUAGE jL-? i\ .L ^ vj v^ r\, v j ^ Ex Libris C. K. OGDEN A BEADING BOOK IN THE SOSO LANGUAGE BI-748, A BEADING BOOK IN THE SOSO LANGUAGE. EEV. P. H. DOUGLIN, INCUMBENT OF ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, LATE 8.P.G. WEST INDIAN MISSIONARY TO THE BIO PONGO, SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA. LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C. 1887. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... 1 THE ALPHABET ... ... ... ... 8, 9 SIMPLE SOUNDS ... ... ... ... 10-13 READING LESSONS IN WOBDS OF ONE SYLLABLE ... 14-21 READING LESSONS IN WORDS OF Two SYLLABLES 22-29 SOME TRAITS OF ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS ... 29 THE CAT 31 THE CAT AND THE RAT ... ... ... 32 THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE RAT. PART I. ... 33 THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE RAT. PART II. 34 RUN 36 SOME NAMES, ra WORDS OF Two SYLLABLES 38 LESSONS IN WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES : THE ALLIGATOR ... ... ... ... 39 THE LOCUST TREE ... ... ... 41 THE MANGO ... ... ... ... 42 THE FABLE OF THE HEN AND HER CHICKENS ... 44 THE LEOPARD ... ... ... ... 45 THE FABLE OF THE DEER AND CHILDREN ... 47 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS ... ... ... 49 THE LION ... ... ... ... ... 50 THE HONEY BEE . 52 1091325 VI CONTENTS. PAGE LESSONS IN WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES continued. THE SUN ... ... ... ... ... 53 SPEAK THE TRUTH... ... ... ... 55 ABOUT A BOY WHO SPOKE THE TRUTH ... ... 56 WHAT CAME OP TELLING A LIE ... ... 58 THE GROUND PIG ... ... ... ... 59 USEFUL INFORMATION ... ... ... 60 THE PALM TREK ... ... ... ... 61 A SHIP ... ... ... ... ... 63 THE RAILWAY ... ... ... ... G6 THE CAMEL ... ... ... ... 68 THE ELEPHANT ... ... ... ... 70 SOME MORAL LESSONS ... ... ... 72 DO NOT STEAL ... ... ... ... 74 HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY ... ... 76 HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY ... ... ... 78 ABOUT THE THREE GOLD-DIGGERS ... ... 79 HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY ... ... ... 81 THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. A FABLE 84 THE FABLE OF THE GOAT AND THE WOLF ... 91 THE FABLE OF THE RABBIT, THE WOLF, AND THE NEW SET OF TEETH ... ... ... 93 A FEW MORAL PRECEPTS ... ... ... 96 PROVERBS ... ... ... ... ... 99 THE CHURCH CATECHISM ... ... ... ... 106 MORNING PRAYER, FOR A CHILD ... ... 115 EVENING PRAYER, FOR A CHILD ... ... ... 116 SUNDAY PRAYERS ... ... ... ... 117 A NATIONAL ANTHEM ... 120 FIGURES AND NUMBERS. ARABIC. ROMAN . Fiifafii ... ... Kerren 1 ... I Firrin 2 ... II Sakh-an 3 ... III Nani ... ... 4 ... IV Suli 5 ... V Seni 6 ... VI Siilufirrin ... ... 7 VII Sulumasakh.an 8 ... ... VIII Siilumanani ... 9 ... IX Fu 10 X Funukerren ... 11 ... XI Fiinuf irrin 12 ... ... XII Funusakh-an . . . 13 ... ... XIII Fiimmani 14 ... ... XIV Fiinusuli 15 ... XV Fiinuseni 16 ... ... XVI Funusulufirrin 17 ... ... XVII Funushlumas&kh-an ... 18 ... ... XVIII Funusiilumanani 19 ... ... XIX Moxonyen 20 ... XX Moxoneyen-nun-kerren 21 ... ... XXI Moxdnyen-nun-firrin ... 22 ... ... XXII Tongos&kh-an 30 ... ... XXX Tongonani 40 ... XL vill FIGURES AND NUMBERS. Tongosuli 50 ... L Tongoseni 60 ... LX Tongosulufirrin 70 ... ... LXX Tongosulumasakh-an ... 80 ... LXXX Tongosulumanani 90 ... ... xc Kenniif kern !! ... 100 ... c Ki- in n ic firrin ... 200 ... cc Kemme sakh-an ... 300 ... ... ccc Kemme nani ... ... 400 ... ... cccc Kemme suli ... ... 500 ... D Kemme sen! ... ... 600 ... DC ... 1,000 M Wullu firrin ... ... 2,000 ... ... MM ... 5,000 ... V Wullu wakh-a 1,000,000 ... M Wulluwakh-a firrin 2,000,000 ... ... MM A BEADING BOOK IN THE SOSO LANGUAGE. INTRODUCTION. INTENDED FOR THE TEACHER. I. THE SOSO ALPHABET CONSISTS OF 22 LETTERS. Form. Name. Power. A, a B, b D, d E, e F, .g H, h I, i J,j K, k L, 1 M, m N, n O,o P,P R, r S, 8 T,t U. u W, w Y,y Ah Bah Dah Aye Fah Gah Hah Ee Jah Kah Lah Mah Nah Oh Pah Rah Sah Tah Ooh Wah Yah Khah SOSO. pronounced like a in " ah," " far," " farrier." b in " but." d in " den." o in " say," and e in "men." /in "far." g in " get." h in " hot." ee in " see," and i in " pin." .; in "jet." k in " king." I in " lot." m in " man." n in " not." o in "bone," and o in " not." p in " pot." r in " rat." ,, s in " sat." t in " top." oo in "moon," and in "full." w in " wet." y in " yet." kh guttural. B INTRODUCTION. II. SIGNS AND MAEKS. THE following orthographical signs are used : 1. The Apostrophe ('). The apostrophe is used to denote that a vowel has been dropped before a following vowel ; as " a fall' a be " (" tell him ") = " a falla a be " ; "a rafariy' urn ma " (" I like it ") = " a rafan'xi um ma ' ; " fokh-e m'ai " (" there's no salt in it ") = " fokh-e mu ai." 2. The Hyphen (-). The hyphen is used to connect two or three words together ; as " ban'xi- o-ban'xi " ("every house"); " birri-o-birri " (" always ") ; " ki-o-ki " (" anyhow "). It is also used to divide a syllable with Ich- from the vowel that follows, as " nakh-a " (sign of the past tense), " sekh-e " (" grass "), mikh-i " (" a person"), " mokh-o " ("to touch"), "sukh-u" (" to hold ") ; to divide a syllable ending with n from the vowel following it, as " sori-e " (" an alligator ") ; and to separate the final syllable nya from the vowels preceding it ; showing, in the three last cases, where one syllable ends and where another begins. It is also used when a diphthong is followed by a vowel ; as " wai-en " (" speak "). 3. The Diseresis ("). The diaeresis is used over a vowel to show that it is to be sounded distinct from the preceding vowel ; as " Tia " (name of a town, pronounced Te-ah) ; ** Bia " (a woman's name, pronounced Be-ah) ; " 16 " (" yes," pronounced ee-oh) ; " bui " (" under," pronounced boo-ee). Sometimes, for greater dis- tinction, both the .hyphen and the diaeresis are INTRODUCTION. 3 used in the same word; as "Fullai-a" ("Fullah," " butter ") ; " Sammai-a " (name of a town). 4. The Dot (). The dot is used over the letter n to indicate that it is to have the nasal sound of ng (like the Spanish n) ; as " fan " (" good ") = " fang " ; " son " (" character ") = " song " ; " sun " ( " to fast "), pronounced suhng ; " sin " (" to drop "), pronounced sing ; " sori-e " (" an alligator "), pronounced song-ay ; " torigo " (" to take "), pronounced tong-go ; " Porigo " (the name of a river), pronounced Pong-go. III. PEONUNCIATION OF VOWELS. a long is pronounced like a in "father," or in "ah." a short a in " fat." e long ay in " say," or ey in "they." e short e in " met." i long ee in " see," or * in " machine." / short i in " pin." o long o in " note." o short o in " not." u long oo in " fool," or u in "rule." u short u in " full." INTROUCTION. IV. DIPHTHONGS AND COMBINATION OF VOWELS. ai is pronounced like * in " mine." au aw in " law." ei ei in "neigh" and "weigh." oi oi in " noise." ou ou in " sound," or ow in " now." ui wee, as " yamfui " = " yam- fwee." " Ya," " ye," " yi," " yo," " yu," preceded by n, form each a distinct sound, as " nya " (" the eye") ; "nye" ("a year") ; "nyi" ("life," " soul," or " spirit ") ; " nyori " (" to finish ") ; " nyu." It is important to keep this in mind. V. NASAL SOUNDS. " Un " or " um," the 1st personal singular pronoun, is pronounced with the mouth closed, and the tongue pressed against the roof of the mouth. The groan of a person, or the grunt of a pig, exactly expresses it. VI. CONSONANTS. G. G is always hard, as in " get," " go," " give." It never has a soft sound. INTRODUCTION. Gb, gm, gn. Gb, gm, gn, at the beginning of a syllable, form one diphthongal sound, as " gbansari " (" only ") ; " gbondori " ("poor in flesh"); "gbe " ("much"); " gbo " (" plentiful ") ; " gbilleri " (" go back ") ; " gme," " gnyare-gnyare." Both the consonants are to be sounded. When the preceding word ends in a vowel, the g runs back to it ; as " male gbe " (" much rice") is pronounced md-leg-bay. H. H is always hard, as in "hot," " hide," "hen." It is never silent. J. / is always soft, as in "jay," "jet," " John." Eli. Kh in a syllable are not to be separated. They form the end of a syllable, as tekh-, suTch-u (to hold) ; nokh-e (dirt, filth) ; doJch-o (to sit). Kw. Kw in a syllable are not to be separated. They form the beginning of a syllable, and are to be pronounced like qu in " queen" and in " quiet." S. 8 is pronounced as in " sit," " sat," " sin." In the Moria dialect s, in certain combinations, is 6 INTRODUCTION. pronounced like sh ; as s in " sure." This is th*> sound given to it by some old people, and by foreigners who began to acquire the knowledge of Soso in the Moria country. But it is not the sound given in any other part of Soso-land. X. X is not the English letter X (), but it is the Greek letter x > an( i 1S pronounced like kh gut- tural. " Xa" (" if") = " kha," pronounced guttu- rally. X never ends a word or syllable. The only exception is when a final vowel is dropped, and an apostrophe is used in its place : " i nya sox' un na " (" your eye fits me ") ; " a tix' a ra " ("he has stood to it," "acknowledged it") "a balax* a ma " (" he has fastened on him "). All the other letters of the Soso alphabet are pronounced as the corresponding ones in English. Particular care must be taken to call the letters of the Soso alphabet by their proper names, and not by the names of the letters of the English alphabet. Pupils must be taught to call the letters in this way: Ah, Bah, Dah, Aye, Fall, Gah, Hah, Ee, Jah, Kah, Lah, Mah, Nah, Oh, Pah, Rah, Sah, Tah, Ooh, Wah, Yah, Khah. ACCENT. In words of two syllables the accent is usually placed on the first syllable : as " male " (" rice ") = ma-le " ; " bende " ( " dirt " ) = " ben -de " ; INTRODUCTION. 7 " kubbe" ("ashes" or " dust ") = "kiib-be"; "heri" (" peace ")="he-ri." In words of three syllables, if they are simple words, the accent isontheantepenult: as "harrige" ("lot" or "portion"); " yammine " ("a king- dom "); "bella x e" ("a hand ") ; " wella x e " ("a wooden slate"). In compound words the accent retains the place it has in the simple words. Care must be taken to master the simple sounds given in the tables that follow; to observe the pronunciation given ; and, in reading, to avoid as much as possible any attempt at giving an outlandish pronunciation to any word. Be careful not to pronounce words ending in a as if they were to be called ar. A has the sound of ah, and not of ar. The teacher is advised to get the pupils into the habit of spelling the words correctly. Copy- ing lessons and dictation lessons will help to form this habit. THE ALPHABET. SMALL LETTERS. a b d e g: h i j l m n o r 8 t u 7 X k P Particular care must be taken to call the letters, Ah, Bah, Dah, Aye, Fah, Gah, Hah, Ee, Jah, Kah, Lah, Mah, Nah, Oh, Pah, Rah, Sah, Tah, Ooh, Wah, Yah, Khah. THE ALPHABET. CAPITAL LETTERS, A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P B S T U W Y X FIGURES. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. SIMPLE SOUNDS AND THEIR PRONUNCIATION. A E I O U la pronounced is pronounced is pronounced is pronounced is pronounced ah. ay. ee. O. oo. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Bound. Pronun- ciation. a ah e ay i ee O O U OO ba bah be bay bi bee bo bo bu boo da dah de day di dee do do du doo fa fah fe fay fi fee fo fo fu foo ga gah ge gay gi gee go g gu goo ba hah he hay hi hee ho ho hu hoo ja jah J jay Ji jee jo jo J u JOO ka kah ke kay ki kee ko ko ku koo la lah le lay li lee lo lo lu loo ma mah me may mi mee ino mo mu moo na nah ne nay ni nee no no nu noo pa pah pe pay Pi pee po po pu poo ra rah re ray ri ree ro ro ru roo sa Mill 86 say si see 80 so 8U soo ta tah to tay ti tee to to tu too wa wah we way wi wee wo wo wu woo ya yah ye yay yi yee yo yo ya yoo xa khah xe khay x* khee X kho X khoo gba gbah gbe gbay gbi gbee gbo gbo gbu gboo gma gmah gme gmay gmi gmee gmo gmo gmu gmoo gnya gnyah gne gnay gni gnee gno gno gnu gnoo kwa kwah kwe kway kwi kwee kwo kwo kwu kwoo nya nyah nye nyay nyi nyee nyo nyo nyu nyoo ( 11 ) N WITHOUT THE DOT. Sound. Pro- nounced. ban ben bin bon bun buhn dan den din don don duhn fan fen fin fon fun fuhn gan gen gin gon gun guhn ban hen bin hon hun huhn jan ; jen Jin jon jun juhn kan ken kin kon kun kuhn Ian ! len lin Ion lun luhn man . men min mon mun muhn nan nen nin non nun nuhn pan pen pin pon pun puhn ran ren rin ion run ruhn an sen sin son sun suhn tan ten tin ton tun tuhn wan wen win won wun wuhn yan yen \ yin yon yun yuhn xan, khan xen, khen xin, khin xon, khon x un khuhn gban gben gbin gbon gbun gbuhn kwau kwen kwin kwon kwuu kwuhn ronu iatio l i bo a* IP a IP 'SJ'SDa'S'SfMbObCj-rS c _ a 2c^"sBc^'9- : -"s-a ''=== -r-3 a_ S fc S .a ' ' ' '|1 ' -g ' 'g 'g -g -g ' 'g 1 1 1 Pro ciat u MMMM olllliilifllililll t-i -^- ^* .^- * ^H - 2 u _= ; -.^ a fi fl & C 1 71 a' a - :S :9 -a -9 :2 -a :S -a : s :S :2 -a -a -a :2 :2 is '% '>> :Sj3T3a taojsi^^s 9 a o.'C'3'.S f XtoM a Pronun ciation. be jjjj 5>C bC s PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHTHONGS. ai pronounced like i in English. au pronounced like aw in English. ei pronounced like ei in "neigh." oi pronounced like oy in "boy." on pronounced like ow in "now." Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. Sound. Pronun- ciation. ai i au aw oi oy OU OW bai bi bau baw boi boy bou bow dai di dau daw del deigh doi doy dou dow fai fi fau faw foi foy fou fow gai gi gau gaw goi gy gou gow hai hi ban haw hoi hoy hou how jai Ji jau jaw joi joy jou jow kai ki kau kaw koi koy kou kow lai li lau law loi loy lou low uiai mi mail maw moi moy mou mow nai ni nan naw nei neigh noi noy nou now pai Pi pan paw poi poy pou pow rai ri ran raw roi roy rou row sai si sau saw sei seigh soi soy sou sow tai ti tan taw tei teigh toi toy tou tow wai wi wau waw woi woy wou wow x ai kin x au khaw x ei kheigh x oi khoy x ou khow gbai gbi gbau gbaw gboi gboy gbou gbow kwai kwi kwau kwaw kwoi kwoy kwon kwow HEADING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. 1. A (pronounced ah). A. A na. A na na. A na ya. A na ba ma. A xa fa. Fa a ra. A sa. A sa na. A sa a ma. Xa a fa, la a ra. A %&. A xa ba ma. A xa ya. Fa a ra, a xa X a ba ma Y 9 - 2. A (pronounced ah). A ba. A ba na. A ba na ma. A sa. A sa a ra. Fa, a x a ba a ma. A xa xa. Xa a wa, fa. A x a wa ha a fa a ra. A xa a ba na. A na a ma. A x a sa na ha a wa. Xa a na, a x a fa ya. 3. E (pronounced as ay in " say "). Fa be. Fa na se ra be. A de sa be. A de ba na. A de x a na se ra. Fa a ra a be. A xa. A x a a ra. He ! a xa. A xa a xa a be ye ra. A de ba. A x a a de ba ya. A xa se ba. Se na a be : a xa a ba. A me a ra. E ua be. 4. E (pronounced as ay in " say "). Be ge a be. A x a ge. A ge na se ra. Fe me. A x a fe me. A xa se te. A xa se ba. E na be ya. Fe m'a ra. Xe xa, sa be ya. Ye na be. A x a te ye ra. Te x a fa. Ye xa fa. Ye na ba ma. E me ye ra. Fe na be. A xa na fe ba a ra. A xa a me e de ra ya. E xa sa e be be. READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. 15 5. I (pronounced as ee in " see "). Di, i xa fa be. I \a, i de ba na fe ra. A ki. Se di fi a ma. A ki se di ra. Na se fi a ma. I xa gi, i fa be. Be li. A si be. Fa be. Fi na i ma ? A x a ' Fi xa, di. Di, i xa na fi xa ye ra. Ye na be. A x a fi x a y a > 7 a - -^i na yi di ma. Fi na yi da i. 6. I (pronounced as ee in/' see"). Si na be ya. Ye fi si di ma. Fa na si di ra be, ye xa fi a ma. A xa ti be. Ye ti a de ra. A xa a de li. Ye xa a de li. A xa sa a de. A sa a xa \i- -^ X a X*- be- -^ ki na se ra. I xa yi ye fi a ma. Di, fa be. La na di ra. A ! fe na be. 7. I (pronounced as ee in " see "). Fi na e ma. E xa x* be. E x a fi x a - I X a a xa e be. A x a yi se di ra. I x a yi ye di fi e ma. Ki x a ti. Ti, ba. A ba na. A fi e ma. Ye ba. Ye sa fi ma. I ge ? I xa na si di de ba na x^ ma. Na di de x a A x a fa na se ra yi be. A xa ki ti. 8. (pronounced as o in " bone "). A bo. A bo be. Wo x a a bo e be. A so i ma. A so a ma. A so e ma. A so wo ma. A xa mo. To, x a wo na fe me > wo X a ^ a be. No na be. Wo to na be, na n'a ra. I x a a xo na, a Xa sa be. I x a X* ^ e *- ^ a de ti be to. Xa so a de sa i ma, i x a wa - I x a wa ti. Xa so a de ti na di ma, a x a wa, na e x a fa. Ki xa ti to. 16 READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. No na be. A ! fe na be to. Xa i ge, i x a te so a ra, a x a ba na. I de ba na fe ra. 9. (pronounced as o in "bone"). A x a mo i fa a fi. Wo x a 8O - A bo. Wo x a a de bo. A de bo to. I x a i de no. Te be, di. Ye so. Di, so be. Sa i x a xi ha a fa. 10. U (pronounced as oo in " moon "). Na di mu fa be to. A bu na. A ma mu be li. Wo x a a lu Ha %i fa wo X a a l u - Di, a ma mu mo. E x a yi se si X e ma * o< ^ m ' a * ? I a to ? I x a na g e > i X a X u 8 i na> -^a X u ra > a X a si ya. A si fe n'a ra to. A mu na be. A ma mu tu. I x a I* 1 be ha a tu. Di fu na e be. Wo Xa fu e ma, wo x a a ba e ma. A x a so e de i. A x a bu ye, i fa a so i ma. 11. To, x a w a k w i me > w X a gi wo ^ a be. Wo Xa fa na di ra wo nyi ra. Di, i de mu na ? Fa i de ra be, yi se x a ea a ma - A ! a ! a de x a X a na se ra. A ma mu x a a ra ? Wo x a a lu. A lu ha na di so, i fa na se ti a ma. A so ki mu yi ra. Xi-de mu be. So-de mu be. A sa be. A fe mu na. A fe so. Fe mu na ra. A so a syi i. 12. No na yi da i. I na fe to ? A a to. Wo m'a to. Xa wo a to, a ba na go. Na no mu wo be. A no na yi be. A no na wo be. Fo yi no mu e be. A x a lu i be. Xa no mu i be, de x a lu i READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. 17 be, go. I xa i de ti be, i xa wa ti. A ! fe na be. Fe na yi da i. Xa a na, xa a mu na, i xa X* na * ^ X a ^ u na, ha a na se fi i ma. A lu. A x a wo lu na - Fa na se di ra i nyi ra, x a i fa. Xa i a lu a nyi, wa na i be be. 1 ba xa lu na. Na di ba x a lu na. A de ba mu na. A de na ho. 13. N (pronounced like ng in " sing " ; as " fan " = " fang " ; " tin " = " ting "). A fan. Yi fang ; na mu fa.ri. Na fan : be mu fan. Na di fan. Yi di mu fan. Xu mu fan a be ya. Xa a mo, a fan a be. Fa e \on. Xa e wa a xori, wo ^a a fi e ma. Xa a mu wa a x on > AVO xa a lu a be, ha a fa wo xori a xa fe ra. A \a ye miii. A ki mu fan, xa a mu ye miri. A ! wo mu fan. Wo to a din be to, go ? Fo wo m'a me. I \a a sin a ma. 14. I xa se buri a be to. 1 \a, a bun yi ra. A ti a ra. A a ti ? I m'a to ? A feri. A na. A a to. Fa a ra be. A fi na di ma. I x a x un na di ra. A xun wo ra nuri ? \\o x& X un a ra > ^ a wo de fan. Wo de ^a fan a ra to. A ^un ti be. A \un na a de i. A mu lari na di ^un ^a lu a de i. A ^a fe me. I x a a kwi me. Xa i tin, i x a i \un siri. Xa i mu tin, i ^a i de ti be. A lu : na lari. Un no yi nam ma. Un nyi Ian yi ma. Nyi nan na ra. 15. Fe nan ya. Yi te gbo. Ye sa a ma. Gi, go. Fa ye ra. Wo fa ! Wo fa ! Wo x a be li. Te ! Te! soso. c 18 READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. Te so ! Ye mu na be. Be gari. A gari to. Yi fe mu fan. A ra, m'a ra. A fari, a mu fan. I Xa te sa, a x a neri. I x a lu a san-na, ha a neri. Xa a neri, i x a se sa a de ra, i x a f ft a ra um be. Fa, um x a ti i be. Wo fa, urn x a ti wo be. Yi mu tin. Wo mu tin. Wo x a tin. Fe mu yi ma. Fe na e ma. Yi de x a fe nm fan. I x a a no. 16. So mu na yi tai i ya. So fu fa be to. Si x a se don. Ayeminnuri? A mu ye miri. Amu lari a x a I 11 na 7 a a mu J e miri. Ye fi a ma. Ye fi so fam ma. A x a a m i n - Ye na ba ma. Te mu na ba ma. Te na ba ma. I m'a me na te na ye i ? Na di te to ba ma to. A fan : a to-fari. Wuri x' a i> um fari x a te to ba ma. 17. Un nya nan ya. Nye fu nan ya um mu na di to. Xi fu nan ya um mu yi se doru Um x a a don to. Nai ba. Kwai so. Di, so, i x a X*- ^ X a x* h a na * ha. Kwai so: fa wuri x a se dori. Fa ye ra, um x a un nyi x a > anuri um de. A dori. a fari. I a nya to. A feri. Ixa a x 110 siri- A nya feri. A nya siri. A \un feri. Di, i nya ba un na. A ti a ra, i son n'a ra. A diri yi ra. A buri yi ra. A buri a x a tu. A mu fari. 18. A de gbo. Ye gbo to. Ye gbe na na. A kwi gbo. Yi di de gbo. A x utn mu na. A de nan na. A ki mu fari. A son mu fari. Um ki READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. 19 te. I'n ki te. I'n ki ye. Xa i wa na se x on > a na be. Yi fi e ma : a gbe na wo be. Yi gbax' un na. Muri a ra ? Muri i to ? Se m'a to. I ki nan ya ? I ki mu fan. I ti-ki mu fan. I lu-ki mu fan. Wo x a wo n j a a yi ma. Kwai so. Ye so. Nai ba. E yi nam ma, nya so. I^a so fu fen, i xa fa e ra um be. I wa so ^ori ? Fu na urn be ya. I^a fu e ma um be. A x a se ^a. Xa a mu se ba to, i x a na li> i % a ^ u a ma - I X a se hop ba a nyi i. 19. A nya bo to. Tu ti be to. Tu mu fan. Xa syi ba a li, i na nam ma, Tu. Xa i tu, fe mu nyori. I syi nyori be. A loi. Wo fa ! Wo fa ! muku loi ! I x a na lij i x a ^ a e ra b e> -Di, i man Xa fa be. I mu wa yi x on ' ? I n J a mu na ? Xa i de mu na, i nya xa lu na. Um mu lax' a ra na i nya na. Xa i nya na, um lax'a ra na e mu fan. I Xa i nya x a yi se di ra. A fan nya be. I x a Xe bi to. Yi se fi na di ma, a xa a te um be. A mu na fe i. I x a i n y a ti a ra. I x a a so un nyi ra ya, x a i mu wa f e x on - Xa i wa fe x on > a X a lu i nyi, ha um fa be to. 20. Ixa ye gbe sa, na se x a nen ' um be. Um mu se-o-se dori to. Se mu na. Xu go? Um x u gbe to be nun ? A nyori. Se-o-se mu na ya. Um ki te, um x a be gari. Um ki ye, um x a a sa yi te ma. Um ki ye, um xa a miri. Um ki x^, um x a a n yiri um x a a dori. Se mu na. A feri : se na. I mu tiri. Ia tin. Ye fi um ma um & 20 READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. a mill. Se fi um ma, um x a a dori. Si fi um ma, um x a a ti. Se fi um ma, um x a a s Se fi um ma, um x a a X a< So mu na J* ^ai kwi y a - ^ m mu se to. 21. A na e nyi ra. Ixa a ba na di nyi ra. A lu e nyi ra. Fu lu e be. Xa i fu fi nei ma, i x a f' 1 sa be um fam be. Um wa nei \on. Um mu wa yi Xori. Yi mu fan. Nei nan fan. Yi sa. Fa nei ra. Se~xa mu na yi tai. I mu wa se di x 01 * ? Se di fan. Na mu lari. Fa wun de va fan. Na mu na. Um mu tin. I mu fan. Se ne i ra. Um de mu fan se ra. 22. be ge um be. A fi na ma. Yi mu wa a A mu fan. Na kwi xa fe ra, lu be, ha i a to, na a fan. I mu wax' a X on - I fux' um ma ba ? Ba ! I sonx' um ma? Se sox'i ra. Un lax'a ra na se sox' i ra. Ixa se ba. Ixa se gbe fam ba. Xa i mu se gbe ba, i loi. Yi di syi mu na. Be, Xa kwi nyori i de i, i syi mu na. Be, i de x a lu na ; x a i de mu lu na, i loi dun. Ixa fe nya so. A to fa, a fe nya so. Yi fe nya ba um be, um xa a kwi to. Na kai xa fa wo \ori Be kai x a lu be. Xa na kai fa be, wo x a na li- A xa so e de i. I xa ti a san na. I xa a ti e xori. A mu lari i x a na fe ti um ma. I nya sox'uri na. I kwi mu fan. I kwi x a SOD I ^X un n y a * I se sax'un nya i. A donx' a nyi i. A bax' a nyi i. A mu lux' a n y*- A so a nyi ra ya ; x a na m'a ra, a mu lari. Yi ba xa lu be. Fa, wuri x a x un na kwai so. Lu be, wuri x a se READING LESSONS IN ONE SYLLABLE. 21 dori. Um mu tin. I nya so^'un na. Um lu ba ? Mun nya-so nan na ra. I ba nan na ra. Xa i man na fe ti un na, i fe to-ma. So be, di, wuri ^i. Wuri ^a x un to. Xa nai ba wuri \& se bun. Wuri ^a ye miri. Wuri ^a lari. Wuri ^a fari. Wuri mu fari ya. Na mu fari. Xuri-fari fari. I nya ba un na. I de ba na ra. BEADING LESSONS IN WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. A sama. A tiraa. A tema. A x' ma - ^ boma. E soma. E buma. A luma. Wo mu tima be to. A bama ya. A fama. A mato, a to fama. A fan. A to-fari. A mu fori. Uii a fima i ma, x a i se fari-i ba. I a fi urn ma. A foro. Fa fore ra, um x a a sarra. Fore mu fama sonnori. A fall a e be, e x a rninni fore fende, anuri e namma a wurri kanna. A mondo x a xurigbo. lo : konno a sarre batta kanna. 2. Kabe batta mo. Xame mu na. Kabe fan. Atari kabe to mu toma go ? Xa i a sarre ba, i a toma. Xa i a falla a kanji be, Um wama kabe ^ori, i kabe toma. Xa i a sotto, i x a a gari, ama i %a a neri. Xa a batta mo, a dimma ha a lo^o. Kabe moni fan. Wuri x a kabe x e si : anuri wuri x a a kanni dambe de, e x a a sarra. A Ian e x a a sa kuriki kwi e x a a kanni. Wuri Xa a gbe si, anuri wuri x a a to x a n a lamma. 3. Yi male mu tema. A mu fan. A ballaii. I a sarra minderi ? Male tui n'a ra. A HEADING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. 23 Konno se mu na, menne yi sila kerren. Fore batta fa. Sarre fari-i fl a kanji ma. Kansi mu soxi. A di mu na. I a gema? Muku be gema fu. Se mu na a bui. Kansi leggi gbo : konno a di mu na : anun e mu wama a leggi x on - ^ wama a di nan x on - Awa : male x a hi. Walli namma x e fu. 16: muku male bima korre. Konno a walli gbo. Menne i na segge, i na gari, a na yattiri, i male wulli, i a wassi anuri i a kanta. Male fan : konno a^a walli x nn - A x e *a dimma. A x osa ^ an - Xa baude na i be, i mu tore toma. Konno x a bande mu na latti batta gurro i ma. Walli Xa x e - Male x a fen. Donse x a l u i be. Donse ssla wuya. Xa i mu douse don, i tuma. Sixe mu na ra. 4. Xu lama bokh-i. A wurri mu na. Firri n'a ra. A mu lari a firri x a l u bokh-i. Wurri x a sorrori, a x a te a ma. A boggi na bokh-i bin. Xilli dantin na x u be- A \i\li kabbi. A gamma ; a nyimma. A mu buma mode: konno a buma a pissa wurre be. Donse fari-i n'ara. Konno a mu wurre lima. Mikh-ii luma wurre x e s ' ra - Xa male ba a ra, wurre tima sansi birrin nyara. \Vurre x a si a soue ra - 5. Lale ba. Male wulli. Male kabba. Sansi si. Ye batta so. Nirige lama na kuriki kwi. Settei fama uirige ra. Muku batta tirrin muku x a gore ti : konno a mu lari. Gore mu tiina yi bokhi-i, e tima be : konno e mu famma. Se e bum- 24 READING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. ma. Konno nirige pissa. So go ? So mu nye nani tima. Xa i tirriri ki-o-ki ; x a i e dege ki-o- ki; x a i fe-o-fe niri-a e ra, e tuma. Xa i fe-o-fe niri-a e be, e tuma. Be fuye mu fan so be. E famma Futa: konno x a e fa be, e syi mu na. E luxi allo mikh-i fi^e. Mikh-i fixe famma Fote bokh-i ; kono x a e f a mikh-i fore bokh-i, e syi mu kwia, anuri e sembe gbe mu na. Kankari famma a x on ji bokh-i. So subbe mu domma be : konno un a me na bokh-i uncle, a domma. 16: a domma, anuri a sama fifa kwi. 6. Bokh-i ge. Keri kabbu. Bokh-i gema keri ra. Bera kabbu. Wurrifomma berara. Nyeg- ge boma bera ra. Um yefu ixa bera ra. Bera mu um be. Umbe bera fe batta kanna. Awa, um doni doma kerreri, um x a bera kerreri sarra kabbi ma. Um mu tin'xi na ma. Um mu doni tima sonnori. I mu na toma, anuri i urn a mema. Mikh-i mu doni fima : na n'a ra. Um batta xota. Xa se batta i xi n > a ^ an * X a X ota - -^-i go ? I na tima ? 16, um ki tima : konno um ki tima toro miki nam ma. Itan sembe na. Walli mu i be? Walli na um be: konno urn sembe mu gboxi sonnori. Um fatte x lin gbo; konno sembe gbe mu um be sonnori. Um x a fe kerreri falla i be. I namma bere miri. Bere nari batta i kanna. A batta ixa sembe ba na. A batta i syi dun'xe. A batta i findi didi ra. READING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. 25 7. I mama. I heri ? I x e na - I X* ^ e " ? ^ fafe na ? I'nga na ? I tarai na ? I x un j a ' na ? E heri ? E birriri mes tan ? A batta bu kabbi um mu i fafe to. A walli x^x* minderi yi nyem- me ra? A x e 8a \i wullai. A sigga x e ma to ? Ade : a mu minni to. Awa : sigga, i lu a XOii. Heri x a lu i be. I x a ti i fafe bul. I nya rabi. I de rabi. I sanji mate. Wo \a, doma rate wo ma. Wo x a na maxo. Wo x a tirriri, walli x a rafari wo ma. Wo x a sobe sukh-u. Sobe naii mikh-i lamina. Mikn-i mu famma sobe kambi. 8. Sigga to, anuri i x a f a tinna. Walli mu to. ISelli tima to. A laii mikh-ii birriri xa selli to. Alia x a lokh-e n'a ra. Itari batta selli to ? I mu selli ? A mu lari i x a lu i mu selli. Xa i kelli sade ma, a lari i x a selli. Xa i kelli i x a selli sa nu i fe-o-fe niri-a. A lari selli x a fi n di fe sirige ra, mikh-i nakh-an niri-a x a a kunnuri. Auuri kwai ra, a lari a x a findi fe dorixe ra mikh-i nakh-aii niri-a a- fa xi I X a i ^ an ta X u -^^ a ra - Na birri ma i xi ma > ^^ kanta tima i x umma - Atan mu xima. I namma Alia x a lokh-e kanna. 9. Ye batta kworri. Menne wo kuriki radiri korre. Un nakh-a wo xil'i : konno wo nakh-a lu allo x a wo tulli mu na. Anuri ya walli batta fa. Konno Xa wo tirriri, wo a noma. Kuriki mu binja. Awa ! A sukh-u wo sembe birrin na. A sukh-u ! A 20 READING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. benduri ! A ye lima ya. A batta a li. Sigga ; wo fa lalei ra. Wotari x a bakh-i korre. Wuri Xa sigga. Wuri batta bu be. Donse birriri batta nyoii. Konno wun to saxi ye ferri, tore mu na, erne wun to nun fama. Ye sokh-o x a tore gbo. Wuri x a na kuriki kerri, nakh-ari wun nya ra, anuri x a wuri a li, wun x a gbatta. G batta rafan\' um ma. A nyokh-uri. Konno yi kuriki batta bimbim, anuri na, a nene n'ara. O ! fe mu na ra. Wun x a lale ba. Fe mu kuriki ma. A birriri mikh-ii ma. 10. ' Di, i mama. I heri ? I fafe go ? " ' A mu be." ' A na miuderi ? " ' A na xe ma." ' I tara ma mu fa ? " 'A ma mu fa. Umtari kerreri na be." ' I na walli ra be ? " ' Um doxi ban'xi san-na, anun un na se nyiri fe i. Xa um fafe kelli x e ma a rafanx' a ma, a x a a li na donse batta ge." " I fafe xe bixi mirideri ? " "A a bixi Tenne Kurre x un ji ra - -^ male bixi: a funden bixi : a merige : a kabe sixi - a yoka sixi : a kabbi sixi : a bari sixi : a wurre sixi. Xa na birrin fari, muku x a me seri bama muku yette ma." " I batta i fafe x a X e * ? Um mu lax' a ra xa e xurigbo." " E mu x un gbo : konno e pissa. Yigi n'a ra E pissa se mu na be." READING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. 27 11. Ye batta so. A yore batta birra. A mu gbo: konno a batta so. Kige nene batta fa. Uu a to korro. Xi firria n'a ra kabbi a ti. " Itari a to ? " " Ade, hali to umtan m'a to. Um batta na mato, konno um m'a to." ** Awa ! minni i x a a mato, go. Kige na kore ra. Sugge iia kore ra. Tumbui na kore ra." Xa kwai so, mikh-ii \irna,. Kige auuri tumbui toma kwai ra. Fuye mu toma. Konno a seinbe na heri m'a ra. , Xa i nyerre kwai ra, i mu kirra toma, anuri i i sanjii dinirna gemmei ma, anuri wurrii ma, anuri i simma yillii ra, anuri bora i, auuri yanji unde, i a lima na i batta tantari i kirra dantiri torigo. Kwai nyerre mu fan. Konno bokh' unde, e lampi sama kirrai. 12. A xHi um ma um X a i tiri^a, i terige tima ki nakh-ai. A falla, " Kerreri, firriu, sakh-ari, nani, suli, seni, sulu-firrin, sulu-ma-sakh-ari, sulu-ma- nani, fu." I mari x a a falla naki. Alia nakh-a dunia da \ii seni bui. A batta \n seni fi mikh-ii ma, e x a e X a wa lli birriri x e ne i lokh-ei. A batta lokh-e kerreri sa seti kerreri. A batta a falla, na walli namma xe atari lokh-e. Na lokh-e, mikh-i namma x un ' e namma sarre so, e namma se feri, e namma dunia fe raba. E x a l u Alia fe i ; anuri e nyi fe i. E x a I* 1 se ^i le i anuri karrari fe i. E x a mikh-ii tirika. E x a karrari mikh-ii be. E x a Alia fe nyaba nei be, 28 READING LESSONS IN TWO SYLLABLES. nakh-ai mu a kulluri. Isei wuya muku sauna. Wo fe nakh-an kulluri, wo \& a maseri borei ma, nakh-ai mu fe kulluri. 13. " Suri nan te^' um ma." Inye ! A te^i minderi ? "A batta mo ? " " Ade : a mu mo^i. A xonno." " Awa ! i namma a bundu sinderi. I ^a a lu a Xa mo ki-fari-i." " A moma mum birri." " A mu buma sonnori. Sa nu tinna i a lima na a batta lari bundu fe i. I x a ser i boni a ma. Suri mu xo^no allo fese. E firrin birrin batta te urn tarn ma. Konno %a a fukh-i batta minni, a mu xonno sonnori." " 1 x a f a tinna, i x a a bundu um be. Konno, yandi, i x a a bandu doi-doi." " Awa ! um fama. I bonye x a ^ariii un nyara. I x a kesse. I namma gau^u. Gauxu mu x am ~ me rali. Hali ginne a mu a rali. Furre na dunia ma. A na mikh-ii ma, anuri a na subbe ma. Konno a mu subbe lima allo a mikh-i lima ki nakh-ai. Xa mikh-i mu subbe fokh-a, e luma na ha mo-nya e kanni. E luma na ha e taggari, anuri e mu no donse f'ende e yette be sonnori, anuri e mu no gide e bore subbe nyara, anuri e findi donse ra etam be. Konno mikh-ii mu buma naki. Um la%'a ra, na mikh-i fokh-i na ekam ma. E se gbe nan domma, ama e se gbe nan minima, ama e luma ki unde nakh-ari mu syi fima mikh-ii ma, konno a e syi unde bama na. SOME TRAITS OF ANIMALS. 29 14. Nirige namraa sansi kanna. E kerri. I x a e gberigberi, e x a sigga fill ma. E kanni sekh-e gbegbe yirri. A x ^ um ma e X a turra : anuri um wama e x a X^ n o e S^ e ^- Umbe nirige batta yiri korre. A mu nyei suli li sinden, kabbi um gore ti. Urn seri fima umbe nirige ma kige-o- kige ; anuri um fokh-e gbe fima e ma. Um doi-e bama e ma, anuri un nyokh-o sama e ma kirra birrim ma. Nirige x a fe fari ki fari-i. Aginne x" 1 }' 6 fima, anuri rnuku a mimma, anuri muku turre sottom'a ra. Muku a subbe domma. A \irri fari fei gbe- gbe ra. A kworri fari fari, anuri a ferii fari. 15. SOME TRAITS OF ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS. Yirre x ^- Xille gauxu. Xolo san mu xulluri. Xolo x un ji dumbo. Yatte x^-nye. Xulle muri-a. Xulle x u ^i kwia. Nyenne muri-a. Silli x^rigbo. Demui to nyaxu. Kosse kussi nyaxu. Domme XOta. Xummi nyokh-uri. Serren x^i kurre ma, konno a na kalle i. Nyari yamfa. Teri-i sanji kulluri. Barre dunso. Tasi fuma mikh-ii ma. Si sonko tima. Yekh-e mu wama, x^ tore a li. Yalle feri kwia. Munti mu soma tai. Meli luma ye i, anuri a luma karre ra. Sori-e kalle sama karre ra. Tinne kwia, anuri a sembe gbo. So gima. Laba kwonni sanji kwia. Nirige ginne in-e fima. 30 SOME TRAITS OF ANIMALS. 16. I namma wulle falla. I namma muri-a ti. 1 namma kumbi ti. Kumbi mu fari I namma kalli. I namma %uri Alia ^illi ra. I namma kwi nya- ^i falla. 1 namma wai-en nya^i ti. I namma yille x a nrikh-i wai-en nya\i ti. I namma lu mikh-ii san-na nakh-an wai-en nya^i tima, ama nakh-an kalli tima, ama nakh-an kumbi tima. I namma mikh-i kobi findi i furi-a ra. I ^a tin^iri. 1 namma delliri kirra-o-kirra x on '- I namma se torigo igbe mu nakh-an na. I namma wa mikh-i se xri- I namma fe niri-a mikh-i ra, nakh-ari mu rafan;^' itam ma. I \& a niri-a mikh-ii birrin na, erne a ^olli i m a, mikh-ii ^a a niri-a itan na. I namma mikh-i-o-mikh-i ^i'li kanna. I %& i bore rafari allo i yette-kari. Heri ^ a l u itan anuri mikh-ii birrin tegiji. Heri Kanji nan Alia ra. Gerrei mu rafan^i Alia ma. Soriko mu rafan^' a ma. Sei birrin e^a walli ^ema, anuri e mu soriko tima. Sugge mu sonko tima. Kige mu soriko tima, Sansi moma, anuri e mu soriko tima. E se-o-se mu soma e bore karige. E birrin egbe walli x ema - Mikh-i %& tirrin e -^a. e fokh-i raba. Alia nya na yirri birrin. A fei birrin toma, a i'ari-i anuri a kobi. Fe kobi mu rafan^' a ma. Fe fari-i nan nafan^' a ma. 17. Didi kerreri nakh-a birra wurri -^on-no, korro, anuri a nakh-a a sanji kerreri bulluri. A nun neri bama. " A x illi munki ? " THE CAT. 31 A \illi Samba. A fafa \i\li Yane. A unga i Yilli. Didi mo^i n'a ra. A batta wanton torigo. E batta a sanji dandari, anuri sa nu kige seni, a sanji luma allo bore. I x a um yefu i^a finne. I x a um mail umma walli ra. Tara x& X un J a ma li- Xame um ma. I \a um mondo. Um x& nondi kerreri falla i be. I furri nya^i. I x a tirriri i \a i furri x^rru. I x a a X urru ^ a i a no. I namma wa mikh-i se x on - Tirrin i x a igbe sotto. Nya se nakh-an to, furri namma wa a xn- Gbe se nan nyokh-uri. Konno, um tara, itari fan xum-ma. I kwi-nya%u. I de na. Um to a falla i be, i \a. um ki bande mondo kerreri, i batta wai-en um x umm & na i lubba. Itan mu i yette no^i. I x a tirriri i \a i bonye no. I x a i de no. Xa i mu doi-doi, i de fama tore fide i ma sa nu nyei firrin darigi. Xa i mu timma i^a bande ma, i namma tiri. Konno i namma um kumbi. Um mu timma na ra. Awa. Um batta a me. Um mu i kumbi. Um xta gbansari fima i ma, nakh-ari i tima kirra fari-i ma. 18. NTAEI (THE CAT). " Nyari batta di berri." " I nondi, um furi-a ? " " Id : a di berri korro kwai ra." " A dii yerri sotto ? " " A dii suli nan berri. A fore sakh-ari, a fixe kerreri, anuri a gbeli kerreri." " E xungbo ? " '* Ade : e birriri mu x un gbo. Nani x uruu 32 THE CAT AND THE RAT. anuri kerreri gbansari \urigbo. Konno e birriii mu kissi. Firrin batta fokh-a e ra." " Xa nyarii anuri nyennei anuri barrel berri, e mu noma se tode, menne ^a ^ii fu darigi. Barrel fari, anuri nyarii fan. Konno sei nya^i nan nyen- nei ra. E muri-a tima heri m'ara : anuri e mu fe-o-fe famma." " Konno um batta a me na bokb-i unde i, mikh-ii nyennei domma." " Umba ! Nondi mu na ra. Bokh-i mundun nan na ra ? " "Un a me na e nyennei domma Toma Bokh-i." Awa ! umtari mu Toma Bokh-i lima. E fama nyenne subbe fide um ma : anuri um mu wama na X<>ri. A lari barrel anuri nyarii \a, nyennei don, konno mikh-i %& douse mu nyenne ra. A mu fari, a mu lari. A mu dakh-a. Nyari batta derri tai. Konno burruri nyari fan na. Tokh-e sukh-u nyari na, anuri ye nyrai na. Nyari na bokh-i birriri-i. E \u\\u kwia. E nya fari. E sanjii bui lo^o allo moxe duggi. Xa a nyerre, a sanji kwi mu mema. 19. NYARI ANUN NYENNE (THE CAT AND THE RAT). I mu na nyari to^i, nakh-ari sa^i meni ? " 16 : un a toxi." " Nyari x^rigbe n'ara. A x u lli kwia. A x ll ^i sukh-u kerreri. Nyari fari-i nan yi ra. A to fari. A x un ji fix 6 - A. fatte foro. A sanjii gbeli. A xumma dimmei ra: konno sei undei na, a mu XUtnma nakh-an na." THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE RATS. 33 " Nonse nan na ra ? " " A mu xumma nyenne ra." I nondi, um furi-a. Nyenne anuri nyari de mu fan, ball kerreri. Xa nyenne nyari to de-o-de, a bonye dimma. A a kulluri na a yakwi batta fa. Nyenne ^ururi ; anuri ^a a so a^a yilli kwi, nyari mu norna a lide. Konno nyari x a X ** uuya, anuri a tilliri. Xa nyenne so yilli kwi, nyari sama yilli sanna, allo x u a xi ma anun nyenne fe-fa minni, a simni' a ma, anuri a a sukh-u. Anuri ^a a a sukh-u, a^a fe batta b'a ra. Nyari anuri nyenni mu luma bari^i kerreri kerreri kwi. Allo ye^ei ^ungbe a lammai d6*mma, nyari kerreri nyennei kemme kerreri nyomma kige kerreri. Nyennei mu fan. E mu fan. E mu lari tai. E mu lari ^e ma. E sansi domma. E ^a sonto : am a e lu wallai gbansari. Tonji ^a dokh-o e ra tai. 20. NYARI ANUN NYENNEI XA KINI (THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE EATS). Lokh-e kerreri nyennei birrin nakh-a lanji sa, anuri e nakh-a durnbu sukh-u. E nakh-a a falla e borei be, na fe to^i n'a ra, na e yakwi nan nyari ra ; anuri borei nakh-a xta fi borei ma, e luma ki nakh-ai, na nyari namma e sukh-u. Anuri nyennei ungai, anuri nyennei fafei nakh-a e^a dii ^urru ki fari-i. Lokh'-o-lokh-o, e nakh-a a ratu e ma, e nakh-a nyari x a x ota birriri falla e be, anuri a^a yamfe birriri. Nyennei karro- mokh-oi birriri nakh-a e^a karran-dii tirika e gima nyari nyara ki nakh-ai. soso. D 34 THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE RATS. Awa. Nyennei birriri to nun batta x^ a korre, nyari mu no e sukh-u-ra, yamfe-o-yamfe ra ; anuri ^ame nakh-a a sukh-u sobe ra. A nakh-a gbondon heri m'ara. A mu nun luma nyennei tode gbete. Fe to nun batta nyari li yiki, a nakh-a a falla a bonye ma, " Fe m'a ra. Nyennei mu nyori^i. E batta e lukh-uri um ma. Konno fe m'ara. Muku muku borei toma e ra lokh-'unde. E ^ururi um be, anuri e bon-ye fan duri^e. Egbe nan to ra : konno um lax' a ra na umbe nan tmna ra. Nyari to na falla, a nakh-a sa bari^i kwi, anuri a nakh-a a yerigi iti, anuri a nakh-a lu allo x a a nuri batta fokh-a. A nakh-a lu na ha x*i sakh-an dondon darigi sinderi. Na birri ma, nyenne kerreri nakh-a minni, anuri a nakh-a na mato ; anuri a to nyari to a sa^i, a nakh-a gbilleri, anuri a nakh-a a falla a bore unde be. Atari nakh-a minni doi-cloi ra, a nakh-a le^i nade kambi, a nakh-a na mato, anuri a nakh-a gbilleri sonnori. A mu bu a mari nakh-a sigga sonnori, a nakh-a lukh-uri, a nakh-a a mato. A to a to na a nuri na atari ki kerreri, a nakh-a gbilleri, a nakh-a a ma- kwe-kwe a borei be, a nakh-a a falla, " Fa, wuri Xa nyari mato, a to 21. THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE EATS (continued). E gbegbe nakh-a e malari, e nakh-a sigga, e x a na mato. Kerreri nakh-ari bon-ye nun kesse a pissa borei birrim be, atan nakh-a laF a ma, a nakh-a nyerre doi, a nakh-a sigga a x on > anun THE FABLE OF THE CAT AND THE RATS. 35 a nakh-a ti a san-na, a nakh-a a mato. Anuri a to mu a to a yengi-ma, ama fe-o-fe, a nakh-a sigga, a nakh-a a nya mato, a nakh-a a \ulli sukh-u, anuri halisa nyari mu kelli, a mu fe-o-fe niri-a. A nakh-a a diri doi-doi ; konno halisa nyari nakh-a lu allo x a a nun batta fokh-a. Bore nyennei nakh-a fa, anuri etari fan nakh-a a mato. Undei nakh-a a falla, " Yamfe n'a ra. A xi ma< " Konno e to a diri, anuri e to soriko rate, anuri halisa a mu kelli, ama a nya rabi gbete, e birriri nakh-a a falla, A batta fokh-a." E nakh-a %erai yenseri yirrii birriri, tai, anuri \e ma, e nakh-a nyennei mala*ri, e x a sewa. E to fa, anuri e to nyari sa^i to, soriko x un gbe nakh-a te, " Nyari batta fokh-a." " Nyari batta sigga." " A batta fokh-a." " Heri batta lu nyennei ma." "Allatantu!" E nakh-a nyari sanjii sukh-n, e nakh-a a rate kore teggi, e nakh-a a lintari, e nakh-a siggi sa ; anuri e nakh-a farre xungbe ti. Nyennei birriri nakh-a sewa; e nakh-a farre borrori, e nakh-a baga wulli, e nakh-a tubbari, e nakh-a sewa sewa birriri na nyennei nakh-an kulluri. Xammei anuri ginnei nakh-a e nyi sirra, e nakh-a a falla siggi ra, seti kerreri a sama, anuri bore a yabi fima Kotto Nyari tu Eeh! Eeh! Kotto Nyari tu Eeh! Eeh! Kotto Nyari tu Eeh! Eeh! Kotto Nyari tu ! Kotto Nyari tu. E to nun yi siggi sama, anuri yi sewa tin. a, 36 RAIN. nyari nun su^i e nyi i, e ni a lintari. Lou nan na ra, nyari nakh-a a yette ba e nyi ra, anuri a nakh- a tubbari, a nakh-a dutturi e ma, a nakh-a undei fokh-a e ra, a nakh-a undei sanjii girra, a nakh-a undei gurigii girra, a nakh-a sonto gbegbe ti, an mi a nakh-a a niri-a gassi x a birra e ina heri m'a ra. A nakh-a donse sotto, nakh-ari a niri-a a fatte x a gbilleri a ki ra sonnori, anuri nakh-an sembe fi a ma sonnon. Nyari ^ota de ! Nyennei la a ra na lokh-e, na e bore mu nyari ra kirra-o-kirra ^ori. Xota, anuri sembe, kerreri m'a ra. Xota pissa sembe be. Tirriri i x a xta sotto. Xa sembe na i be, i xa tirriri i x a xota sotto, i x a a kaffu a ma. Xa i mu xta, i loima fu, hali sembe, ama se-o-se na i be. 22. TULLE (KAIN). Um fa%i itan fende. Xa um mu i to nuri, um wama nuri. A \o\li i ma, i x a um to um wama ? Um mu to-fari x a um wama. " Um x a fe falla i be tulle xa fe ra ? " " 16, um wama na x 01 *." " I x a su gg e mato. A batta te korre. Sugge, kige, tumbui, lukwii, yi birriri na kore ra. Tulle fan na kore ra. Konno tulle mu luma kore ra birri-o-birri. A fama bokh-i, x a a yanji a li birri nakh-ai. A fama a xa fe fari-i niri-a a x a bokh-i bunda a x a y e fi kwonnii ma, nakh-ai na wullai, anuri subbei ma, anuri mikh-ii ma. " Xa tulle mu fa, sansi mu sima : anuri x a sansi batta si, anuri tulle mu fa a fari-i ra, sansi mu farama. Xa sansi mu fari, xame tore fama ; anuri RAIN. 37 xa a nyaxu agbe-ra, mikh-ii tuma, anuri subbei anuri kwonnii tuma. " Tulle fama nyemme nan na. Male, kabe, merigi, yoka, kansi, borre, tugge, gesse, yi birriri sima nyemme ra; anuri kande soma na yanji i. I a kulluri ^ kande mu so, subbe sansi birriri kanna-ma. Sekh-e solima nyemme ra." "Konno tulle ye kellima minderi?" " A birrin kelli ba ma, anuri dabburi gbe ma. Sugge a bama ba ma, aauri dabbunji ma. A mu a bama bote kwi, ama se-o-se kwi nakh-ari toma. A a besuma axa sembe ra, ha f a te kore ra, anuri na birri ma, a a sama muku x umma allo x a * duggi italla ki nakh-ai. Na birri a xilli lukwi ; anuri xa lukwi binja ye fama. A mu gurroma wu ra. A fama sullun kerren-kerreri. " Xa nyemme teggi batta a li, fuye nakh-ari fama na yanji, a ballari heri m'a ra. Mikh-ii gbe mu nyerre-ma ba ma na yanji. Gauxu mu timma e X bakh-i, e minni ba ma. " A lari wuri xa selli nei be, nakh-ai fama donse ra, anuri duggi ra, anuri sei gbette ra wum be, kelli Fote Bokh-i nyemme ra, ba nyaxu birri nakh-ai, anuri na birri ma fuye birriri ballari, anuri a ki nyaxu. Be anuri Fote Bokh-i, e teggi kwia ; anun ba wullai xa fuye mu luxi allo fuye nakh-ari na xarre de ra. Se-o-se mu na, nakh-ari a sembe unde bama na. Yirri-o-yirri mu na, kuriki gima, a xa lukh-uri nakh-an de. Na tilliri ha a lu allo a bui mu na. Wurre mu sama. Ba wullai, kuriki xungbe luma allo yali lamma lu ki nakh- ai ba de ra. " Alia, I xa nei kanta nakh-ai xa walli na ba ma. A niri-a e x a I kulluri, anuri e x a anuri e a I rafari." SOME NAMES, IN WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. Persons Animals Places. Trees. Plants. Birds. Fishes. Baba Kulle Boffo Neri Male Dom-m Son-e Basi Ninge San-a Karri Mefigi Gabbe Koli Ba x i Yatte Gbinti Snge Ten x i Yubbe Xobe Bosim Xilli Tig Naii x e Kabe Tokh-e Sa-nye Bale M 11 a t i Kissiii Meli Yoka Kange Kurre Bubu Balle Gbanta Tuggi Kabbi Xiimma Kun x o Bella Ten-i Konta Kola Bari Bure Kirre Daka Kurre Bota Gobi Wurre Laba Bobo Dasi Yirre Timbi Bota Fore Pauli Kuppe Douda Nyenn Timbo l/iiiil Fun-nye Nosi Debi Nyari Futa Timme Sore Fata Barre Bind an Simme Suni Fulle Yekh-e Lagbe Mango Kansi Fullei Mikh-i Kitto Xunde Tugge Gbinti Yalle Funtan Xinsi Garre Hanna Bulle Bokh-e Bakh-a Borre Hou-a Minni Tangan Menne AH Demui Mo x e Alfa Bo x i Ten X e Kabba Melli Bakh-a Kedi Silli Katti Dosi Kadde Kwonn Xoni Liisa Liisi Latti Mama Memo Mondo Modu Musa Nene Nana Sori Tamu .( 3 LESSONS IN WHICH WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES OCCUR. SON-E (THE ALLIGATOR). Sori-e mato ! a to tema ye ferri. A lu^i allo wurri, ama allo bari^e, nakh-ari batta rafe ye ra. Sori-e nan fori sei birrim be nakh-ari na dunia ma. Alia nakh-a atari sirige pici da, subbe dantiri birrin nyara. A sirige ra sori-e nuri mikh-i \& furi-a fari-i ra. Konno ya, e de mu fari^i. Xa mikh-i sori-e li de-o-de, a \o\^i a ma, a \a a fokh-a; anuri x a sori-e mikh-i li ye ma, heri mu luma na kanji ma. " Muri a niri-a e va findi e borei va yakwii ra yiki?" Um m'a knlluri : konno yukh-u, dimmei undei wurri raso sori-e de i, na birri ma a nun ^ima ; ama yukh-u e gemme wulli a ma; anuri yi fe nakh-a a niri-a sori-e birriri \& \oni\o mikh-ii birrim ma. Mikh-i fe-fa sigga sori-e x on ji> sori-e a sukh-uma. Anuri sori-e kerreri to didi kerreri sukh-u, mikh-ii birriri nakh-a xonno sori-ei birrim ma. I a kulluri na sori-e tema karre ma yanj' unde. A ^ima nane, anuri a kalle sama nane. Xa sori-e xi ma > i a de kwi toma ha a 40 THE ALLIGATOR. labbe ra. A nenji mu na go. Sori-e mato kifari-i : a to l>at ta a de gbe rabi. Kwonnii mato, e to gbo^i a san-na, anuri a ferri. E donse femma a de kwi. Subbe nakh-ari karikari^i a nyinjii teggi, kwonnii na birriri bama na sori-e be, anuri e a domina. E tiggei fan domma, e nakh-ari lima sori-e de kwi. Nei kwonnii mu timma mikh-i ^a sori-e yamfa. Xa e mikh-i to, a fama, e wama ha sori-e kunnuri ; anuri na birri ma etari gima e be. Na sate na sori-e anuri kwonnii teggi kabbi a folle. Sori-e xota. Xa x ame a sukh-u, a sama na yirri, mikh-ii darigima nakh-ande, x a e wama girri fera, ama na yirri ginnei fumfa tima nakh- ande, anuri mikh-ii fe-fa a sanji ti ye i, a a sukh- uma, anuri a a bendumma tillinji i, auuri a gima, anuri a sama a ferri ; anuri x a mikh-i fokh-a birri nakh-ai, a a kannima yirr'unde, anun a a domma. Nana'ra dimmei x a \ot& sori-e ma. E namma Xuri ye ra agbera. E namma mawu dabbun de ra agbera. Sori-e kiiri ballari. A ballari pissa wurri be. Kunni mu soma a ma. A mu bumma yirri-o-yirri, menne a nya, ama a de, ama a furri seti bin. I Xa a ragatta, i bon-ye ma, na furi-a-mai firriri fatta findira yakwii gbeli ra ekan teggi, nakh-ari de mu famma abbada ; anuri i x a x ota - De-fannya mu kannama menne x a kerreri fe kobi niri-a a bore ra. Anuri itari namma fe kobi niri-a i de-fam-bore ra. I X a a niri-a i bore ra erne a xUi i ma a X a ^ e niri-a itan na kinakh-ai. THE LOCUST TREE. 41 NERI (THE LOCUST TREE). Neri wurri nan ti^i meni. Kemme kerreri anuri tango-seni na na fill ra. E nm sixi : e birriri soli e kan na. Neri, wurri fari-i n'ara, anuri a lari mikh-i xa a si ; koffi a^a fe fan. A wurri lari nyegge ra, anuri kabbi wama a x on e X& a findi bera i'e ra, auuri keri fe. Anuri a wurri i'ari lubi ra. Lubi fari-i n'ara. Anuri a wurri, seri n'ara. Konno neri wurri fari fe nakh-am ma tiggi- tiggi, a boggi n'ara. Xa neri batta kundu, anuri a batta boggi, a boggi yore lu^i allo tugge. Konno a kwia tugge be agbera. Xa neri batta kundu, a to-fari. Xa a kundunji birra, a boggi minnima. Xa a boggi batta kokh-o, heri batta la raikh-ii be. Xauie mu mikh-ii toroma agbera na birri ma. Nei nakh-ai fatta tede wurri x n > nei tema, anuri e a boggi bama. Konno fe magau^u n'ara. Fe- nakh-ara neri wurri mu ballari. A salunji mu lunliri. A x e ^ un ^ er i m 'ara, anuri a mu buma girrade. Nye-o-nye i a mema na mikh-i batta birra neri xonna, anuri a fatte yirr' unde bulluri, ama a a x on j' gi rra > anuri a fokh-a. Konno x a i fatta tede, anuri ^a i bon-ye na, fe-o-fe mu i toma. I x orr i kwia femma, anuri i tem'a ra i nyi i, anuri i neri bama xorri ra. Fullei fatta neri bade, a pissa mikh-ii birrim be. Etari a bama anuri e a matima tai x n sarre daki : anuri yanj' unde, mikh-ii e maxema e x a nep i ba e be. 42 THE MANGO. Xa neri batta ba, i a we-emma, anuri i a domma naki, ama i a sama ye i, anuri i a sakli-umma ye aouri xummi ra, anuri i a mimma. Konno i mu a kworri gerruuima. Donse i'ari-i nan neri ra. Mikh-ii luma neri gbe we-enna, anuri a ragatta lomi kwi nyemme nyara. Undei a dimma, anuri a furi-i ragatta. A leggi fari lubi ra. Mikh-ii a malamma anuri a gamma lubi ra. I a kulluri na lubi fari yambe furii-i ra, donse ra, seri ra, safunji ra, garre ra, anuri fe wuya^i ra. Konno neri kworri x a fe fari, a pissa a furi-i be. A kworri kenda rafallama. Anuri i a kulluri na borre mu domma kenda kambi. Xa i kenda sotto, hali i mu subbe sotto, i^a donse nyokh-umma. A lari mikh-ii x a kenda gbe nyiri, anuri e x a a sarra. E x a lubi gbe gari, anuri e x a a sarra. Anuri x a e a sarra, e namma a nafulli makanna. E x a nyokh-e sa a ma ki fari-i. Konno e namma kenda birriri sarra, e nakh-ari nyiri ; anuri e namma lubi birrin sarra, e nakh-ari gari. E \& e firrin-birrin i'ari-i unde ragatta, e yati nakh-an domma. Neri x a fe to fari naki, a lari mikh-ii x a a is ha a findi a x e anuri a wundi ra ; anuri kari-kari gbe \e ama wundi x a lu a be. Mikh-i namma a bore gbe ramokh-o ; konno karikari \a te agbe gbansari ^ori, anuri a % a agbe gbansari ba. 3. THE MANGO (THE MANGO). "Marigo mu moxi sinderi. A x^i um ma marigo birri x a fa korre. Se fari-i nari maritro ra." " 16 : i nondi. Marigo muku malima ki-lari-i. THE MANGO. 43 Xa male mu i be i nakh-ari nymma bande ra, anuri i mango dori, a x ame bama i ma kifari-i." "Koimo mango sila kerreri pet na yi bokh-i. Mukutari x on j'> s ^ a sen ^ nan na< ^ m batta bokh-i unde xilli me, mango sila torigo-nani na uakh-aude. Nakh-ari na mukutari x on ji> e Xurigbo, anuri e nyokh-uri, a pissa nei be nakh-an na yi bokh-i." "Wotari x on ji na minderi? Um wama nei mango undei xri> i batta nakhari x a fe fall'um be." " Konno, um furi-a, i batta nemu fe kerrem ma. Meni mu lu allo be. I mu tema marigo wurri xori meni, x a igbe m'ara." " I xum-ma. I mu wama um xu g igg a na ; nanara i na fallaxi." "Ade: um sobe. Marigo wurri birriri kanji na. Anuri x a i te mikh-i gbette x a marigo x on ~ na, muri-a nan na ra. Anuri x a a i sukh-u, ama Xa a i to, a tore fima i ma." "Ou! Nanmfari!" I namma a falla naki sinderi. Na fan'. Muri-a mu fari. Alia x a bukha fallaxi, " Wo namma muri-a ti. Wo bore x a se XHi namma lu wo ma : konno karikari x a wallix?, a x a se-rafalla-fe tirika se sotto fera a kam be." Marigo domina a xi Q( ^ e ra anun a nyimma fari. Konno x a a batta mo, anuri x a a batta gbeli, a dori-ki uan na ra. Marigo kworri, x a a gari, lubi fari-i n'ara. A mu lari marigo wurri gbegbe x a l u tai. Furre n'ara. A mu timma fuye fari-i x a so-ki sotto, a Xa fa tai ; anuri na fuye nakh-ari na Man'xo bui, a mu fari. Furre n'ara. A lari kerren-kerren 44 FABLE OF THE HEN AND HER CHICKENS. gbansari x a lu na. A salunjii undei x a seprge na, yanj' unde, anuri wurri bui x a ma X birri-o-birri. Xa a salunji unde segge, a bojrgi gboma. Anun' X a wurri mu diggari, fuye fari-i soma, anuri na famma. Se-o-se mu na nakh-ari fari, allo fuye fari-i. Fuye fari-i, anuri ye i'ari-i, mikh-ii x a tirriri, e x a yi firrin sotto. TOKH-E GlNNE ANUN A^A Dll (THE FABLE OF THE HEN AND HER CHICKENS). Lokh-e kerreri, tokh-ei yore nakh-a sigga e uriga xori, anuri e nakh-a a fall' a be. " Uriga, i x a muku xilli sa. Xilli mu na muku se-o-se be. Xa i xilli ti, menne inuku birriri fa : koffi muku m'a kullari e nakh-ari kerrem ma. Um mu lax' a ra > na * wama muku birriri x on birri-o-birri, i ni xilli ti." E birrin nakh-a atari fe kerreri falla, e nakh-a, " Yandi ! uriga, i x a muku \i\\i sa. Xa i xilli n> muku ma x a i kerreri x^li sa Xeraa, anuri i dantiri xilli sa Gbeti, anuri i kerreri xilli sa Gbeli, anuri i kerreri xilli sa Fore, anuri i kerreri \\l\i sa Bende, anuri i kerreri x^^ a 8a Tigge, annri i kerreri \i\\e sa Latti; x a i Latti ^ilii, Latti gbansari siggama i x on - -^ a i r a f a mma muku birrim ma." E uriga nakh-a a tulli ti e ma, ha e birriri nakh-a wai-eri nyori. E birriri to dundu, a nakh-a a fall'e be. Umbe dii, um batta a me, wo birrin batta nakh- ari maseri. Anuri nondi n'ara. Um fatta \i\li fide wo ma. Konno a x a ^ u na - Umbe dii naii THE LEOPARD. 45 wo birriri na ki kerreri; anuri x a urn funderi kworri kerreri sotto, ama merigi kworri kerreri, urn tima, anuri um a fallama, " Klokh ! Klokh " ama " Klokh ! Klokh Klokh ! " anuri wo birriri gima, anuri wo faina um x on - Anuri nakh-ari singe uin li, atari a torigo ; anuri ^a atari batta lubba, atari a fallama, " Uriga, um mu wa a xori : um batta lubba ; " anuri dantiri a torigo. Anuri Xa a mu rafari na ma, nakh-ari sirign um li, atari Xa a maseri, anuri a a fall a, " tlriga, funderi kworri mu rafarix' umtam ma ; " anuri na birri ma, a rafari nakh-am ma, atari a torigo. " Umbe dii, umtari wo birrin berri. Wo birriri lari um be. !Se-o-se mu pissa a bore be. Xa um wo xilli sa, anun um kerreri \il\i, x.onne fama sode wo teggi, anun na kambi, gerre fama, anuri heri mu luina wo teggi sonnori. Fe-fari-i mu luma wo bon-ye ma wo bore be sonnori : anuri um mu warn a na -^on. Um wama wo x& wo bore rafari. Soriko mu fan. Gerre mu fari. Xon-ye gerre nyaxu : konno barren gerre nyaxu gerrei birrim be. "Awa. Um to mu wo xilli sa, gerre mu na wo teggi, soriko mu na, tono mu na, anuri x nne mu na wo se-o-se bon-ye ma wo boie be. Yi birriri pissa -\illi be, umbe dii. Nanara, um wo birrin x^li ki kerreri. Um wo birrin Klokh ! " 5. BABRETE (THE LEOPARD). Subbe x^-nyexi nyaxi nari barrete ra. A allo nyari : konuo a x un gbo. A x un gbo-ki mar- 46 THE LEOPARD. rama yatte gbe lide, anuri san-kalle x an 7 e xi na a be, allo nyari gbe kinakh-ai. A sembe na kifari-i. Xa a mikh-i sukh-u, a a fokh-ama. Xa a mu barre sotto, ama nirige, ama \i\li, ama burrun subbe, a siggama na kirrai, mikh-ii da- rigima nakh-an na, anuri a tema wurri ^ori, anuri mikh-i fe-fa darigi na, a tubbainma a ferri, anuri a a maboma pici-pici, anuri a a domma. Ama, lokh-'unde a siggama anuri a daxama na fotton di kwi, nakh-ari na kurre fema, anuri \a. mikh-i sigga ye bade, ama \& subbe sigga ye minde, a a domma. Barrete kirri to-fari. A nyirigi^i. A kalle, a kirri, anuri a nyinjii birriri sarrama. Xa barrete sukh-u a yore ra, a xurruma. Kon- no a sukh-u-fe mu nyokh-uri. Lokh-e kerreri, Fote-ai undei to nun nyerrema burrunji i, e nakh-a minni barrete yore kerrem ma. E nakh-a a torigo anuri e nakh-a a kanni e Xonji. E nakh-a a -^irri tasa yulluri^onji ra : anuri a nakh-a x un e ra kif'ari-i. Konno a uriga to m'a li na yirri i, a a lu nakh-ande, a nakh-a sigga a fende. A nakh-a wa a xiU'^ e anuri a%a di nakh-a a ratiri, anuri a uriga nakh-a fa. Barrete di to a uriga to, a nakh-a kelli, anuri a nakh-a yulluri-xonji benduri, ha a nakh-a a bulluri ; anuri a uriga nakh-a sigga mikh-ii teggi, anuri a nakh-a a^a di, torigo, anuri a nakh-a a kanni. A mu mikh-ii danxuri, a mu e ramokh-o, a mu gauxu e x on : anuri mikh-i mu atan na- mokh-o. E nakh-a tin uriga x a a X a ^i torigo, anuri a x a a kanni a be heri. Lokh-' unde sonnori, Fote di unde nakh-a barrete yore kerreri sotto, anuri a nakh-a THE DEER AND HER CHILDREN. 47 A nakh-a derri a ra. A nakh-a lu a be allo di. Anuri xi ma a fokh-ira. Lokh-e kerreri, atari Fote di mm x^ ma > anuri axa barrete di nun saxi a san-na. A nakh-a Fote dibellaxe-sullemaxori allo barre se maxomma kinakh-ai. A nakh-a a maxori ha wulle minni. A to wulli nemmu-nemmu, ax a barrete sonji nakh-a kelli a ra, anuri a nakh-a a besu a ballan'xi ra. Fote-di nun xima tun. Axa x^X ^ i a nakh-a a bellaxe ba barrete de. Barrete man nakh-a a raso a de i sonnori. Xammedi to a ba na, barrete nakh-a a kwi raminni, anuri axa kwi nakh-a Xammedi rakunnuri. A to a nya rabi, a nakh-a barrete to, a a bellaxe besuma sembe ra, anuri a Xa-nyexi allo barrete fori nakh-ari mo wullai. Xa Fote cli a bellaxe ba barrete de nuri, barrete duttumrn' a ma nuri, anuri a a maboma nuri. Fote di na kulluri. Nanara a nakha-a a bellaxe lu barrete de i, anuri a nakh-a gbille-gbille, a nakh-a ax a boidi kerreri xilli, a nakh-a a falla a be a x a fa firixarre ra anuri a x a barrete buri kerren na. Boidi nakh-a na niri-a, anuri a na- kh-a a marrigi rakissi tu ma. Subbe mu a da-nya ki luma. Se mu a sonji rabulloma. 6. XILLII ANTJN AXA Dn (THE FABLE OF THE DEER AND HER CHILDREN). Lokh-e kerreri x^li unde anuri ax a dii nun siggama e x a J e m i n kurre i, anuri e nakh-a birra yilli kwi, tai kai nun batta nakh-ari ge e nyara kirra i. Wurri salunjii lammai, anun 48 THE DEER AND HER CHILDREN. i, anuri sekh-e nun savi yilli de ra, nanara e mu x a xi^i sotto a ma. lii to birra yilli kvvi, e nakh-a tirrin tirrin birrin na, e x a te a kwi. Xilli to a to na yilli nun tilliri, anuri na e birriii mu nun noma tede, a nakh-a a falla axa dii be, " Umbe dii, um mu lax' a ra na umtan minni- ma yi yilli kwi. Konno um tirrimma na wotari Xa kissi." A to na falla, a nakh-a filleri, anuri a nakh-a a falla e be, e x a te atan ferri kerreri-kerreri , anuri atari e malima e x a minni-ki sotto. E nakh-a na maniri-a ; konno e mu no minnira. E to taggan na fere i, e uriga nakh-a sa, anuri kwisonji nakh-a a sundunji rafe, ha a nun marra- ma kannara. Axa di unde to a to na a uriga nun kwisorixi agbera, a nakh-a sigga a x n > anuri a nakh-a a x un ji 8a a un ga fe-korri ma, anuri a nakh-a a falla a be, " Uriga ! x a wun minni yi yilli kwi, wuri x a XOta, wun namma so be sonnori." A uriga nakh-a a falla a be, "16, umbe di. Konno wuri x a * yi kwi sinderi." A to na falla, a nakh-a mikh-ii wai-eri kwi me, anuri e nyerre-kwi, anuri a nakh-a a falla ax a dii be, " Wo na kwi mexi ? Mikh-ii kwi n'ara. Yi yilli, wun na nakh-ari kwi yiki, mikh-ii nari a fexi. E a ge mukutam be, na muku x a birra a wi. E a ge fe nakh-an na, na batta niri-a ; anuri e farna muku torigode yiki. E muku birriri tima e maraudi ra. E umtari fokh-ama kerren na, anuri e umtari domma : fenakh-ara umtari batta mo : konno e fe nakh-ari niri-ama THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 49 wotan na, na mu kullurixi sinderi. Kouno mukii birriri takh-uruma to." A fe-fa na falla, mikh-ii nakh-a ti yilli de ra, anuri e nakh-a \illi mo^i bun, anuri e nakh-a a^a dii sukh-u. E nakh-a a moxi subbe unde dori, anuri e nakh-a unde sarra, anuri e nakh-a a kirri findi sellikirri ra. E nakh-a a yore kerreri sarra, anuri e nakh-a kerreri fokh-a, anuri e nakh-a a kirri findi labbe ra. 7. MELLI (THE HIPPOPOTAMUS). Melli mu na yi dabbunji i sonnori. A singera e nuri gbo^i be : konno e mu toma sonnori. E batta tunnuri. Etari luma ye i, anuri e luma karre ra. E x on ji nan e firriri birrin na. E tema karre ma e x a se dori. E sekh-e domma, anuri nyirigi yore. Melli magau^u ye ma agbera. Xa i a ramokh-o ; allo \a i furi-i wulli a ma, a gima kuriki fokh-ira, anuri a tirrimma a ^a a kanna. Konno te ranya^u^' a ma, a pissa se birrim be. Xa a te to kuriki i, latti batta gurro na kuriki kai ma : fenakh-ara melli a masaggattama a ^a a kanna. A yille te ra. Melli-subbe domma. Xa mikh-i melli buri, tai wuya^i malamma, e x a a subbe sammari. A ^ulli fima marige ma. Namunji nan na ra. Melli- o-melli nakh-ari fokh-ama, a xulli ^ ma man g e ma. Melli ^urigbo, anuri a t soso. 50 THE LION. 8. YATTE (THE LION). Yatte batta findi subbei birriri x a mange ra. I mu a yigginji to, a to gbo^i ? Na a masen'xi na mange nan atan na. A sembe na heri m'ara. Anuri a fe niri-ama mange daki ra. A mu se fokh-ama menne x ft Xame a sukh-u : anuri x a a wama se fokh-afera a a niri-ama kennemma. A mu lukh-umma anuri a niri-a. A mu gantan tima. A mu yamfe soma. Xa x ame mu a nia > a mu m ikh-i ramokh-oma : konno x& x ame a ma a birrama a fokh-ira ha yirri makwia, ha a sa a masotto. Subbei birriri gau^u^i yatte xori. Xa a kurrun- duri wullai, e birriri serremma, anuri e birriri gima a nyara, Konno yatte x a " n y e ki-o-ki, addabaderi batta a xurra. I na fe kulluri nakh-ari birra yatte anuri du- nyenne teggi ? Lokh-e kerreri, yatte to nun saxi, du-nyenne nakh-a nyerre a san-na, anun a nakh-a fe 'nde niri-a nakh-an yatte raxonno, anuri yatte nun waraa a fokh-afera. Konno du-nyenne nakh-a wa, a nakh-a maxandi ti na a namma a fokh-a. A nakh-' a falla yatte be, " Yandi, marige, um lu ! Kabarri urn be. Urn m'a rakellix' & ma. Xa i yi lu um be, lokh-' unde, um fe-fari-i niri-ama i be. Um mu i fissiri- ra-wallima." Yatte nakh-' a falla, "I x a i dundu. Um i luma: fenakh-ara um pissa na be, um x& fe niri-a itan na. Konno itan THE LION. 51 mu noma fe niri-ade umtam be. I ^a na wai-enji lu, i fama un na^onnode. Umtan mu wama itari \a fefari-i \oti." A to na falla, a nakh-a du-nyenne rabullo, anuri du-nyenne nakh-a a ^onjemama sa > a nakh- a sigga a be. Awa. Sa nu yanji rakwia yatte nakh-a so gantan-yalle unde, mikh-i nun nakh-an ti^' a be. Anuri a nakh-a tirriri ki-o-ki : konno a mu no a kannade, auri a mu no minnide. A nun nafalla- ^i luti kworri ^urigbe ra. A to tirriri a %a rninni, anuri a to mu no minni- ra kirra-o-kirra ^ori, anuri a to taggari ; a nakh-a sa, a nemmisaxi, anuri a kwisori^i. A to nuri sa^i naki, du-nyenue nakh-a minni- nai, anuri a nakh-a sigga a \on, anuri a nakh-' a fall' a be, " Kurri heri, mange ? " Yatte to a^a tore fall' a be, du-nyenne nakh-' a fall' a be, " I namma kwisori. Itan fe-fari-i niri-a un na lokh' unde; anuri umtan tirrimma um %a na fe niri-a i be, un nakh-an noma. Sembe mu um be : konno sembe mu fe birrin na yi dunia ma. Se- mbe mu fe famraa yi ra." Du-nyenne nakh-a so luti maximfera. A nakh-a a max,in yirri kerreri, ha a nakh-a na bulluri. A to meni bulluri, a nakh-a yirri dantiri ma^m. A nakh-' a niri-a naki ha a nakh-a yatte raminni gantanji i. Yatte nakh-a a x on jemama sa anuri a nakh-a la a ra na lokh-e na sembe fari ki-o-ki, a mu fe birrin gassama. A nakh-a x a X^ sotto na a mu lari mikh-i ^a a nya ragurro a bore ma, ha^e a to 52 THE HONEY-BEE. Xiirunxi, ama ha%e a to toroxi. Amansonnori, a nakh-a karrari na mikh-i x a fefari-i niri-a inikh-i birrin na. 9. XUMMI KWOERI (THE HONEY-BEE). Xummi nyokh-uri agbera. Sukar-i fan nyokh- uri : konno x umm i bore mu na. Mikh-i sukar-i rafallama: konno mikh-i mu x limm i rafallama. Se di dundundi unde nan x umm i rafallama. A xilli x umm i-k worr i. A walliraa sobe ra. A \ota, a tunna-bekh-e, anuri a sobe. A mu yamfama. A mu luma kobi-nya i. A mu yanji makannama. A mu axa walli luma, anuri a ti ie gbette i. I mu na toma, anuri i m'a mema. Sugge-furre i, sugge fe-fa kelli gessegge, x um - mi kworri minnima wallixede. A mu wallixe yanji makannama : konno a dense femma, anuri a a malamma nyemme nyara. Nanara x a nyem- me so, a mu toroma donse fe ra, hali wurri-fugge mu na, nakh-ari xummi fima e ma. Xamme-diinmei anuri ginne-dimmei xa a niri-a allo xummi-kworri. Birri-o-birri e x a lu walli i. E namma lu walli-tarri-nya i. E namma lu Xunji gbansari i. Xun-yanji na, anuri walli-yauji na. Mikh-i namma x un ' walli-yanji. Konno exa gobe sukh-u. E namma wallixe yanji fari-i makan- na. E xa se feri tinna nyara. Heri lokh-e i, e xa tore lokh-e manyokh-uri. E namma sei fari-i birrin don, e nakh-ari sotto: konno e x a unde ragatta tinna nyara. Xummi kworrii mu exa walli x ema nyatirri-nya- tirri. E a niri-ama x u rru-daki ra, manyokh-uri THE SUN. 53 daki ra, anuri x a X^ ra< ^ fe-o-fe birrin niri- ama a ki ra, anuri e sei birriri sama a sade. Xummi kworrii sette birriri teggi, a x un gbe kerreri unde nan na, nakh-ari \i\\i marige-ginne. E birrin atari kwisukh-uma. Xa atari e %e de-o- de, e siggama, anuri xa a e ti walli-o-walli, e a rabama. Anakine, xamme-dimmei anuri ginne- dimmei xa nei kwisukh-u nakh-ai ti^i e xumma. Xummi-kworrii undei na nakh-ai mu wallima allo borei wallima kinakh-ai. Konno etangbe walli fan na. E na mafema, na fnye nya^i nam- ma lu dexe i. Walli fari-i nan na fan na. Itari namma findi a walli-tarri ra : konno itari Xa flndi soberala xungbe ra. I namma wa mikh- i se xon. I xa igbe nari feri. 10. SUGGE (THE SUN). Sugge mato, a to dullama na lukwi bui ! A radiggilirixi, anuri a gbeli. I wama sugge xa fe kullunde ? Awa urn a fallama i be. Sugge tema suggetede birri, anuri a dullama sugge-gurrode birri. Xa sugge te, yanji n'ara. Xa a dulla, kwai n'ara. Alia nari a niri-a na sugge xa te anuri a x a gurro. Konno sugge na minderi xa a dulla birri nakh-ai ? A na dunia meni birri seti. Dunia, muku nyerrema nakh-am ma yiki, a mu lemfeterixi allo mesa kinakh-ai. A radiggilirixi allo lefurre, ama fore mondo. Sugge luma yirri kerreri. Dunia mu luma yirri kerreri. A firri-firrima birri-o-birri. A mu a itirna. Xa yanji n'ara mukutam be, kwai n'ara dunia meni birri seti. 54 THE SUN. I X a a ragatta i bonye ma na sugge ti^i yirri kerreri, konno dunia firri-firrima : anuri na suprge Xa naiyalle dekh-e dunia birri nakh-am ma, yanji n'ara, na birri: anuri na birri ma a dekh-ema yirr' unde, kwai n'ara na yirri ma nakh-ari na dunia meni birri seti. Te birrin kellima sugge ma. Xa sugge mu na, se mu ^a-nyama ; se mu nyirigima, tulle mu fama, naiyalle mu luma na. Bokh-i unde, sugge mu ballari allo mukutari yi bokh-i kinakh-ai, anuri bokh-i unde ximbelli gbo agbera. Yanji unde ^imbolli gboma ha ye xi ha a ballari allo karre kinakh-ai. Dabbunji birriri Xima, ha mikh-i no nyerrera a ma allo e nyerrema bokh-i ma kinakh-ai. Sugge minnima a ballamme ra de nakh-ande, na kai foro, ama e kirri maba: konno a mu rainnima a ballamme ra de nakh-ande, na kai fi\e. Sugge ballari de nakh-ande, nai furrama meni, anuri mikh-ii mu murrufe se soma agbera : konno ximbelli gbo de nakh-ande, subbe kabbe gbe sottoxi, nanara ^imbelli namma e fatte li, anuri mikh-ii murrufe gbe soma. Nei nakh-ai fatte foro, Mikh-ii Fore nan nei ra : anuri nei riakh-ai fatte fi^e, Mikh-ii Fixe nan nei ra. Nei \il\i Fotei, anuri Fote-ai. Anuri yanj' unde nei nakh-ai karranxi, nei xillima Fotei, hali e fatte mu fi^e. I namma yerig'a ma na mikh-i pissa i be, ha^e atari fatte fi^e, anuri igbe foro. Pissa-nya mu torigoma na ma. SPEAK THE TRUTH. 55 11. I X A NONDI FALLA (SPEAK THE TRUTH). I x a nondi falla birri-o-birri. Xa i batta fe- kobi niri-a, i namma tirriri i %a a lukh-uri. I x a ti a ra. I % a a nondi birriri falla. Xa na m'ara, mikh-i-o-mikh-i mu lam'i ra. Anuri hali i kissi bombo ra, ama nyakankatta ra, ama nyama-wulli ra, i batta findi wullemadokh-o ra, anuri sa nun lokh' unde, i derrima wulle ra, anuri fekobi ra, anuri i sonji mu tinximma, anuri i ranyonde mu famma. Wullemadokh-o ranya^uxi Alia ma. Wulle- madokh-oi e^a lude sottoma na dara i, te so^i de nakh-ande, anuri a gamma abbada anun abbada. Alia batta yi falla : anuri axa Kwi mu kannama. I namma fe kerreri falla i de ra, na birri ma fe dantin na i bonye ma. I namma fe falla i mu nakh-am ma. I namma fe kerreri falla to, anuri i fe dantiri falla tin-na. Xa i fe nyabama, fe na ki- nakh-ai, ama fe niri-a kinakh-ai, i x a a nyaba naki. I namma se sa a x umma , anuri i namma se ba a ra. I namma a mafindi kirra-o-kirra x on< I namma fe falla i mu nakh-ari me, ama i mu nakh-ari to. I namma wulle sa mikh-i ma. I namma se ba nondi ra. I x a nondi birriri falla. I namma fe mafindi. I namma i de mafindi. Fe birrin, i nakh-ari falla, i x a i kollori nondi ra. I namma a niri-a na fe-o-fe x a a niri-a i x a fe falla, nondi mu nakh-an na. Xa i fe falla, nondi mu nakh-an na, i x a la a, ra, na ix a yunubi i masottoma. Xa wullamadokh-o nun i ra, x a i lunia fe fallara, nondi mu uakh-an na, i x a ba na 56 THE BOY WHO SPOKE THE TRUTH. na ma. I x a wulle lu. A lu kerren na. A lu kerrengbera. Wulle-madokh-o, mara-nyaxu-se Xungbe n'ara. 12. DIDI UNDE X A FE NAKH-AN NONDI FALLA (ABOUT A BOY WHO SPOKE THE TRUTH). Didi unde nun na, nakh-an nun \i\\i Yoi-i Mikh'i unde nakh-a bera di fi a ma lokh-e unde. Yi bunya nakh-a a kenneri agbera naki, na a nakh-a barixi magbilleri, a nakh-a axa bera de maniri-a se-o-se birrim ma, a bellaxe Ian nakh-am ma. A dorivera a nakh-a sigga a fafe x a wurri unde x n > nakh-an nun nafan'x'a ma a pissa axa wurri birrim be, anuri a nakh-a so a fomfera, haxe a \ a a mato, atari anuri axa bera noma fe nakh-an na. A to a kubbole masegge ha a wurri kanna, a nakh-a taggari, anuri a nakh-a so barixi. Worri a mu bu, a fafe nakh-a darigi na, anuri a nakh-a axa marafari wurri to, a kannaxi kerreng- bera, anuri a nakh-a so barixi i, anuri a nakh-a maxorrin ti unde nun batta yi fekobi x un gbe niri-a. Yoi-i nakh-a serreri, anuri a nakh-a dundu. A nakh-a so a bonye ma a x a a falla na a mu fe-o- fe kullun axa fe ra : konno a mu tin na ra. A nakh-a x &Tin na ^ n ~ a a falla* "Urn fafa, um mu noma wulle fallara. Umtari nakh-a a segge umbe bera ra." A fafe nun xonnoxi : konno Yoi-i' fe-fa na falla, a nakh-a xonne nyiba, anuri a nakh-a filleri axa di x om ma J anun a nakh-a a falla, " Umbe di, a pissa um be um x a g a n wurrii THE BOY WHO SPOKE THE TRUTH. 57 wullu kerreri na, dine umbe di fa findi wullema- dokh-o ra." Na didi nakh-a mo naki, a nakh-a findi mikh-i ra, birrin nun nakh-an binjama, birrin nun lama nakh-an na ; anuri a don^era, bokh-i birrin nakh- a malari, e nakh-a a ma^andi a x a findi e^a mange ra : anuri a nakh-a tin. Anuri bokh-i nakh-a fari a nyi ra. Na didi nun % ai> iri agbera naki, anuri a bonye nun gbo agbera naki, na a mu no wulle fallara. A nakh-a pissa a be a x a nyakankatta rakari, dine a fa wulle falla. A to na wurri segge a^a bera ra, a nakh-a fekobi niri-a. A to nuri a seggema, a mu na fenyagi gbegbe manyokh-uri, a nuri nakh-ari niri-ama. Konno \a, a a matandi nuri, a findima wullemadokh-o ra nuri. A fafe ya- gima a^a fe ra nuri, anuri a m'a kullumma nun, a ni fe fallama, %a a nun nondi fallama, ama ^a a nun wulle fallama. Yi Yoi-i di ^illi rafexi, George Washington n'ara. Xa a wulle falla na birri ma, yala a nun siggama wulle sa ra wulle Xumma ha mikh-ii birriri e nya ragurro a ma, anuri a botte mu lu e be, anuri a findi mayagise a berrimai be, anuri a^a furi-ai be. Konno a to mu wulle falla, a nakh-a findi barriki ra a^a bokh-i be, anuri binja ra dunia birrim be. Mikh-i nakh- an na xoro bonye sotto nakh-ari nun na Yoi-i di be, a mu wulle fallama. Wulle-madokh-o-fe manyekh-eri agbera. Yunubii wuya^i mu na nakh-an igurro a pissa na be, manyekh-enji ra : anuri mikh-i-o-mikh-i mu na nakh-an mu wulle- madokh-o sukh-uma maranyaxti-nya i, anuri botte- raba-nya i. 58 WHAT CAME OF TELLING A LIE. 13. WULLE-FALLA FE X A BARAI (WHAT CAME OF TELLING A LlE). Mange unde nun na, nakh-ari nun luma siggara ballari-ban'xi kwi birri-o-birri, a xa na mato, anuri a xa na fe kulluri. Lokh-e kerreri, a to sigga na, a nakh-a naralaii mikh-ii ra, e minnima walli^ede, korrontei so^i e bella^ei ra. A nakh-a e yamarri e \& ti a nyato- dera, anuri a nakh-a e maxorriri kerreri-kerreri muri a niria e xa so ballari-ban^ii. A singe nakh-a a falla, "Umtari mu fekobi-o niii- a : konno seri x uu ji nakh-a wulle sa um xumma." A n'rrinde nakh-a a falla, " Kitirabo nakh-an um- tari naso be, a nun fe-nya^i ragatta^i a bonye ma um mabirrira. Fe nun batta so muku teggi a ra." A sakh-ande nakh-a a falla, " E nakh-a tantaii fe unde ma, a nakh-a umtan betteri." A nanende nakh-a a falla, " E nakh-a tantari, e nakh-a uintari sukh-u, e yeng'a ma mikh-i gbette n'ara." Anuri e nani birriri nakh-a marige ma^andi a %a e kaifari, anuri a x a e raminni ballari-banxi. Marige nakh-a a nya rafindi a sulende ma, anuri a nakh-a a ma^orim. " Anuri itari go ? Mun itari nasoxi be ? " A sulende nakh-a a falla. " A ! urn fafa ! umtan nakh-a nafulli-sase unde muri-a, nafulli a kwi, anuri umtan mu lalama i tnaxandira i xa um kaffari." Marige nakh-a a falla, " Itari mu lari i xa lu yi tinxin rriikh-ii dondonteggi, nakh-ari a fallaxi na e mu fekobi niri-a." THE GROUND-PIG. 59 A nakh-a a nya rafindi baHaii-ban^i x umma ti ma, anuri a nakh-a a falla a be, " Korrontei ba yi Xammedi ma, anuri i % a a raminni a x a g igg a - Atari mu a^a fekobi ^ummasa wulle ra." Xa borei nondi falla nuri, e birriri xpro-nya sot- toma nuri. Xa mikh-i findi nondi-falla ra, mikh-ii birrin lam'a ra. Mikh-ii birrin birrama a^a waienji fokh-ira. 14. BALLE (THE GROUND-PIG). Balle nakh-a fa be korro kwai ra. A batta yilli x^ngbe ge bari^i kvvi. A^a yilli tilliri, anuri X& i a rafe bende ra, ama gemme kworri ra ki-o-ki, a a kwi bama, anuri a man a gema sonnori. A male sama na, anuri sei fari-i birriri, a noma nakh- ari o nakh-ari sottode. Hali nafulli kworri, anuri Xema, x a a minni e ma, a e kannima a^a yilli kwi. Muri-ati n'ara. A mu wallima a x a agbe se sotto. " Konno um x a a falla wo be, na balle subbe nyokh-uri. Atan nari nyokh-uri subbe birrim be. Muku birriri a domma. Haram-se m'ara. Konno kosse sila unde n'ara. Nyenne m'ara." " Um barrenji, a dori i be. I ma'birri dori, anuri urntarngbe fan. Umtari mu a domma abbada. Kosse subbe rafam' um ma ho, koimo nakh-ari ^u- ruxi tai, un na gbansari domma." " Awa ! i sagwe. Konno i gme^i subbe fari-i ra naki. A bore mu na subbe teggi, ^a nyokh-um fe n'ara." " Yukh-u i nondi. Konno mikh-ii birriri bonye mu lari." 60 USEFUL INFORMATION. Anuri ^a balle fan naki, wo %& e ti allo nirigei tima kinakh-ai, anuri wo ^o undei sarra wo borei ra, a gbindi ra, anuri wo ^a undei fokh-a, anuri wo %& a subbe sarra. Xa wo e \iiru, anuri ^a wo e ti, e famma, anuri ^a wo wama e ^ori yanji-o-yanji, wo e sottoma wo kennen-ki. E wo^a maraud! fain- ma kifari-i. 15. USEFUL INFORMATION. " Xinye kellima minderi ? " " Xinye kellima ninge" " Wurre fore kellima minderi ? " " Wurre fore minnima gemme i" " Na yirri xiH* muriki, wurre-fore raminnima de nakh-ande ? " " A yilli umrre-sullude," " Gbeti kellima minderi ? " " Gbeti gema bokh-i" " Xema kellima minderi ? " " Xema gema bokh-i" " Duggi kellima minderi ? " " Duggi rafallama gesse-futte ra" " Murrufe rafallama mun na ? " " Murrufe rafallama yekh-e kabbe ra" "Kaidi rafallama mun na?" " Kaidi rafallama kotton-i dunkobi ra." " A rafallama muriki ? " " Dunkobi makabbama pici lammai ra, anun a nyimma ye ra ha a lu allo moni." " A birriri nan yj ra ? " "Ade. Yi kambi a sama mashini unde kwi, a rasensemma de nakh-ande, anuri a karrama, a kiimbama, annri a findima kaidi ra." THE PALM TREE. 61 " Kaidi mu rafallama se-o se gbette ra ? " " 16 ; a rafallama sekh-e sila unde ra." " Kaidi sila yerri nan na ? " " Kaidi sila wuya^i nan na. Sebbe-daki na, se mafilleri daki na, ban^i wallunji daki na, anuri se rafalla daki na." " Se mafillen daki ^illi muriki ? " " Se mafilleri daki ^illi Kaidi-xuuji." " Sebbeli tima mun na ? " " Sebbeli tima kalli nan na." " Sebbelitise rafallama kalli gbansan na ? " " Ade : a rafallama dokh-i gabbatan kabbe moxi ra, anuri a rafallama wurre ra." " Safunji rafallaraa muri na ? " "Safunji rafallama turre anuri lubi ra." " Kuriki rafallama mun na ? " "Kuriki rafallama wurri anun kibenji ra, anun yanji unde e rafallama wurre kerre-kerre ra." 16. TUGGI (THE PALM TREE). Um lax' a ra > na wurri-o-wurri mu na nakh-aii mikh-i marandi famma kirra wnya^i ra allo tuggi wurri. A wurri tema a tinxinji. Salunjii mu luma attim ma allo bore wurri kinakh-ai. A salunji raminnima : konno e birraina, sa nu yanji unde. E xi^i pense. Bnraxe nan e ra do. Turre gbeli sottoma tuggi ma ; tuggi-bere, turi- kworri, gbonte, safunji, seggeti, lubi, yaba, yi bir- riri sottoma tuggi ma. Anuri a birriri mu yi ra. Sauninji sottoma tuggi buraxe ma, anuri tuggi buraxe kande rafallama ; a bate rafallama, a luti rafallama, a debbe rafallama, anuri undei penti-sose 62 THE PALM TREE. rafallama tuggi ra. Turi-kworri anuri turre gbeli rasambama Fote Bokh-i. Kurikii fauaa birri-o- birri e bakh-ide. E^a fe fan kifari-i. Sauninji luti kworri rafallama nakh-ari ye^ei sukh-u-ma, anuri nakh-ari fumfa-yalle rafallauaa, anuri bambam yalle. A lari mikh-ii \& sauninji gbe bo, anuri e %a. luti foli, anuri e x& a sarra. Tuggi lamma x^i sara; anuri nakh-ai batta kwia, nei \i\\i gbillinji. Mikh-i tema tuggi ^ori muriki, ^a a salunji mu na ? E samme tima a ma ? Ade. E bate rafallama. Xa e warn a tefera, e bate fullumma, anuri e a ragbillemma tuggi ra, na tuggi xa lu a kwi, anuri e a xirrima naki. Anuri na kanji nakh-ari tema, a x un ji rasoma bate kwi, anuri a bate sama a teggi, anuri a a sanjii tima tuggi ma, anuri a bate seti kerreri sukh-uma a nyifanji ra, anuri a bore seti sukh-uma a kola ra, anuri a bate gbissimma, anuri a mate dundundi, anuri a a sanji mate dundundi, anuri a tema nakine xta ra. Xa a pattaxi meni, fe-o-fe mu a be menne fokh-a. Konno mikh-ii mu darigima Mikh-ii undei tema tuggi i lokh-o-lokh-o dokh-ode firriri, tuggi bere x a fe ra - Na ye nakh-ari minnima tuggi i, x& i a sokh-o bukh-e ra, na nan xilli tuggi-bere. Mikh-ii tell-ii sirigam- ma na yirri ma yalle futtaxi de nakh-ande, anuri tuggi-ye sullumma tellii kwi. E na ye ragurroma, anuri e a minima. Tuggi-ye fari tami rafalla fera. Atari nari a mri-ama tami x a te. Lebben nyokh-e n'ara. Anuri a findima finnigar ra. A SHIP. 63 Tuggi wurri mil ballari agbera ; konno gbillenji unde serama anuri a findima fote ban^i kallambei ra. Tuggi to fan naki, a lari mikh-ii ^a e si e ^a findi x e ra. Xa e na niri-a, nafulli mu darigi na ra. Konno yakosi, mikh-ii mu tuggi sima. E memme tima ha yubbei turikworri rabirra yirr' unde, anuri a soli, anuri a mo. Fefari-i mu na ra. A lari e ^a turikworri gbegbe torigo, anuri e ^a e si seffe-seffe ra, anuri e %a nyokh-osa e ma. E namma tin te x a e g an 5 anuri e namraa tin mikh-ii x a e matoro. Xa e na niri-a, e turre nakh-ari sottoma, na famma, a pissa na be, e na- kh-ari sottoma ya, anuri a gboma fari. Yi bokh-i famma agbera, x a mikh-ii tiri e % a xiHi rawalli- fera, anuri ^ a e sobe sukh-u walli fera. 17. A KUNKI SHIP. A singera ye kerre-kerre nun na dunia ma. Wurri mu nun toma, ama nyingi-o-nyingi, anun hali karre gbete mu nun toma : fenakh-ara a birriri nun na ye bui. Konno nyei wuya^i gbe- gbe to darigi, ye unde nakh-a kworri na ra, anuri Alia nakh-a a niri-a na yirr' unde nakh-a gurro na ra, anuri a nakh-a findi hai-hata yilli ^ungbe tillimme ra, anuri yirr' unde nakh-a mate a ra, anuri a nakh-a findi gea aite^i ra: anuri yirr' unde nakh-a findi yilli tillim-me kwia ra. Ye birrin nakh-a gurro yi yillii x un gbe, a nuri yi yillii igurro^i kwi. Ye nakh-a lu a kerreri ma, anuri karre nakh-a lu a kerrem ma. Karre nakh-a 64 A SHIP. sigga minnira ye teggi, ye de ra, anuri ye ragbil- lenji ra. Mikh-ii anuri subbei, anuri kwonnii nakh-a lu karre ma, anuri yexei nakh-a lu ye i. Konno sa nu nyei wuya%i darigi, a xolli nakh-a mikh-ii sukh-u e x a yexei sukh-u e x a e doii ; anuri e nakh-a e manyokh-uri, e nakh-a wurri fori, e nakh-a e xirri bore ra, anuri e nakh-a dokh-o e ferri, e nakh-a x on ji w ulli, e nakh-a yexei sukh-u. Anuri x ui *-kanji unde nakh-a a manyokh-uri na wurri kerren nun fatta mikh-ii marandi fan-na. Anuri a nakh-a xunde x un gbe tinximme fen, anuri a nakh-a a fori, anuri a nakh-a a x un ji bulluri a ra, anuri a nakh-a a kwi ge, anuri a nakh-a a ferri nmsoli ; anuri a borei nakh-a a mali ; anuri a nakh-a a benduri ha na nakh-a a ragurro ye i; anuri e nakh-a dokh-o a kwi, e nakh-a a wurresa, e nakh-a yexe sukh-u. A wuyaxi nakh-a a moli torigo, anuri e nakh-a Xunde fori, anuri e nakh-a a soli. E nakh-a yi kunki sila xillisa ban^e. Sa nun yanj' unde, a xolli nakh-a mikh-ii sukh-u e x a nyerre x un ~kvvia torigo, anuri e to yirr' unde li, e nakh-a dabbunji Xungbe li, e mu no girrira nakh-an na. E nakh-a tirriu e x a falle rafalla a x umma > konno a nya nun magbo agbera. E nakh-a wurri fori, e nakh-a barixe soli, anuri e nakh-a lale rafalla, anuri e nakh-a girri, e nakh-a exa walli x e > anuri e nakh-a gbilleri. Na kambi, e nakh-a bakh-i barixe kwi, e nakh-a gurro, anuri e nakh-a te, e xa bokh-i fugge anuri a labbe mato, anuri e nakh-a so nyerre fera barixe kwi. Xa e x e sa fuggera, e nun luma male bakh- i-fera e a ragurro barixe i. Anuri mikh-i unde nakh-a a falla, na barixe xururi atam be ; anuri a A SHIP. 65 nakh-a se unde bambam, a nakh-a a xilli kunki. Atari nuri ^ungbo bari^e be, anuri a nun noma siggara yirri makwia, anuri hali ye nun ^a-nye, a nun noma darigira. Anuri a nuri noma kote gbegbe torigode. Alia nuri batta a dokh-o mikh- ii bonye ma na e namma lu yirri kerreri, konno e Xa bokh-i birriri torigo. Anuri ha^e e x& yi niri-a, a nakh-a sei fari-i takh-uri bokh-ii birrim ma. Se nakh-an nuri na bokh-i kerreri, na mu na bokh-i dantiri. Se unde nun famma bokh-i kerren a pissa bokh-' unde. Anuri mikh-ii nakh-a ne sei bakh-i kuriki kwi nakh-ari nuri gboxi etan Xonji, anuri e nakh-a sigga bokh-i dantiri ne sei fende nakh-ari mu nun etan x on j^ & sirig e nun lale gbansari nan bama. Konno sa nun yanj' unde, e nakh-a wurri salunjii girra, e nakh-a e ti, fuye x a e ma li kuriki kannide, anuri na kambi, e nakh-a exa doma xirri lale ra, na x a e mali, anuri a don'xe, e nakh-a bela degge, anuri e nakh-a kuttini ti. E to bela degge, e nakh-a a fere sotto e x a sigga n ^i bokh-ii nakh-ai mu masottoma menne mikh-i ba xurigbe bulluri. E nakh-a bela sakh-ari sa kuriki, anuri undei nakh-a a rapissa na be. Undei nakh-a kuriki Xungbe rafalla nun kige seni biasi tima sa nu a ti karre ma. Anuri sa nuri yanji unde, mikh-i unde nakh-a a falla na bela kuriki x a tore gbo ; na axa biasi buma ; anuri na, haxe a to buma, fuye ballamme luma a masottora agbera, anuri a radul- la, anuri a mikh-i sorito, anuri kote raloi. Nanara undei nakh-a so turi kuriki rafallafera. Anuri a dorixera, undei nakb-a so kuriki rafallafera wurre ra. E kurikii undei rafallama ya wurre kerre- kerre ra. Kibenji-o mu luma e ma. E kote gbe soso. F C6 THE RAILWAY. kannima, anuri e nyerrema mafurre. E siggama yirri-o-yirri. Konno kurikii mu rafallama kote karmifera gbansam ma, ama mikh-ii kannifera. Undei rafallama gerre ^illi ma. Gellidii bakh-ima e kwi, anuri e sarigallama magaux"xi kannima e Xumma, anuri e bore kurikii ragerrema. E furi-i wullima e ma ha e e kanna naki na e dullama, ama ha e tubi e be. Kuriki undei na, nakh-ari fama birri-o-birri e Xa fa kaidii ra, anuri kote ra, na mikh-ii x a na fe kulluri nakh-ari niri-ama dunia ma, anuri e \a e wa^onse sotto. Undei na, nakh-ari nyerrema e x a borei kuriki kanta, anuri na e \& a to na mikh-ii nya^i namma fekobi niri-a e x ori -kai ra ba ma ama karre ma. Xa yi kurikii mu na nun, mikh-ii nyaxi fuma kurikii ma ba wullai, anuri, anuri e kote bama e nyi ra, anun mikh-ii undei gerre kannima, anuri e fuma tai, anuri bokh-i ma, anuri e mikh-ii x a nafulli, anuri e^a se bama e nyi ra. Kunkii fama donse ra muku be, anuri sosei. Xa kunkii mu fa, x ame tore gbegbe fama. Feya nan kuriki matinximma. A na a korre yirri. A lari mikh-ii birriri x a feya sukh-u-ki tirika. 18. KARKEMA KUNKI (THE RAILWAY). Um batta kuriki sila wuya^i x a & ^ a ^ a i be, kunkii lammai, anuri kunkii x^ngbe. Ban^e na, tira na, yali na, pattili na, Bullomi- kuriki na, bambamji na, anuri bela kurikii sila wuyaxi, anuri turi kunkii na. Yi birriri nyerrema ye THE RAILWAY. 67 Konno kunki sila unde nan na, nakh-ari nyerre- ma karre ma. I a kulluri na ye gbo karre be agbera, anuri yi muku malima kifari-i. Fenakh-ara fokh-e, anuri sei binja mu makannima x un ji ma kelli Fote bokh-i ha be. Anuri x a male mu fari bokh-i unde, sonto gbegbe tima nuri, xa male nun ma- kannima x un ji gbansam ma. Nanara Alia nakh-a ba gbe rafalla, anuri dabbunjii gbe. Konno halisa fe unde nun luxi. Yanji unde mikh-i wama siggafera yirri makwia nakh-an ma- sottoma karre kirra gbansan na, anuri yanji unde mikh-i wama kote gbegbe makannifera kelli yirr' unde ha yirri dantiri. Na kote mu makannima mikh-ii x un jii> anuri x a soi > ama sofallei, am a baggalei, ama ningei a benduri kurra ra, tore n'a ra : a buma, anuri nafulli makanna gbegbe n'ara. Nanara x a X^i gbegbe kanji unde nakh-a a fere raminni, kote \ungbe, anuri kote binja ma- kannima, anuri mikh-ii nyerrema karre ma ma- furre nakh-an na. A nakh-a kurra wuyaxi rafalla, a nakh-a e xi rr i e borei ra, anuri a nakh-a wurre kallambei rafallaxi x un gbe kwi-a-kwi-a firriri sa bokh-i kurra sanji ragima nakh-am ma. Yi nari xilli karrema kuriki. A siggama ma- furre, a pissa turi-kunki be : anuri a siggama yirri-o-yirri, dammin na wurre kallambei rafallaxi saxi a be nakh-ande. Karrema kuriki na nakh-ande, mikh-i mu nyerrema e sanjii ma. E nafulli bama kirra sarre ra, anuri e bakh-ima yi karrema kuriki i. Mikh-ii TQ.U toroma kote kannifera, ama kaidi, ama se- rakirri rasambafera. Ea sama yi karrema kunki kwi, anuri a siggama mafurre. 68 THE CAMEL. Karrema kuriki na nakh-an-o-nakh-an de, na bokh-i mu buma fande. Karrema kuriki kuttini mu na, anuri e lale mu na. E nyerrema te ra, allo turi-kunki kinakh-ai. Te nen'xi killarige nan a niri-a-ma e \a, nyerre. Karrema kuriki x a fe fari : konno e^a fe ma- gauxu agbera. Yanji unde tan tan fama, anuri firrin nalamma kirra kerreri, anuri e firrin birrin kannama pici-pici, anuri mikh-ii birrin malakh- atama, allo se gbantu^i. Karre-kuriki nyerrema mafurre-mafurre allo kwonni dangima korera kinakh-ai. 19. NYOKH-OME (THE CAMEL). nyokh'-o-me ma-kwi'-a me-en'-ji bar'-re-te lan-teg'-gi ye'-xolli fokh'-a-ma gir'-ri-ma min'-ni-fera tag'-gam-ma nya'-i-lari kar'-ra-ma ma-fur'-re kan'-ni-ma I batta nyokh-ome x& fe me, konno halito i mu nyokh-ome yati to. Nyokh-ome, subbe ^ungbe n'ara. A mate. A x un Ji X urun : a X on ji kwia ; anuri hai-hata kutti ^iingbe do^i a ferri. Nyokh- ome walli ^ungbe nin-ama. A mikh-ii maraudi famma kirra wuya^i ra, anuri fenyaxi-o mu na, a nakh-ari niri-ama. I m'a mema na nyokh-ome mikh-i fokh-ama, x& donse xolli a ma, allo yatte a ma barrete a niri-ama kinakh-ai. Nyokh-ome mu na niri-ama. A wallima mikh-ii be nai-o- -naiba, anuri a mu taggamma mafurre. Nyokh-ome na nakh-ari THE CAMEL. 69 E x on ji makwia be ra : anuri yamfui x un gbe na na bokh-i anuri mikh-i dantiri \onji lanteggi. A luxi allo ba kinakh-ai. Mikh-ii mu girrima a Xumma e sanjii ma. So mu girrima meni ; anuri karrema kuriki mu na lima. Alia batta nyokh-ome nyailari a %a girri na yamfui ma. Atari girrima na, anuri a kote gbe kannima. Meenji nan gbo^i na yamfui ma; anuri fuye ballamme minnima na. Meenji kirra rades- sema, anuri kurrei birriri. Ye mu toma na. Nanara mikh-ii nakh-ari girrima na yamfui ma, menne e ye gbe kanni e xumma, anuri dense gbe. Awa ! Nyokh-ome mikh-i kannima, anuri a^a kote binja, anuri a^a ye. A x ame gbe rakamma, anuri yexolli gbe, anuri a mu taggamma mafurre, anuri a san-kulluri. A xta agbera. Xa na fuye nya^i wama min- nifera, nyokh-ome a kulluri, anuri e ximbisimma, anun e e nyu-e tima bokh-i, ha fuye dangi. Na fuye furra; anuri x a mikh-i ama subbe a rate, a e kwi birriri karrama ha e fokh-a. Anuri na fuye me-enji ratema, anuri a a rasiggama a nyara allo gea xungbe nyerre^i. Nyirigi-o mu toma na yirri na fuye nya^i minnima denakh-ande. Xa nyokh-ome batta a maseri na na fuye fama, mikh-ii fari fillemma bokh-i. Yanji unde meenji e birrin malukh-umma, anun a malamma e ferri, anuri e birriri sontoma na. Ama yanji unde fuye anuri meenji anuri yexolli e birrin sontoma. Nyokh-ome sanjii daxi yamfui ragirrife xilli ma - '1 Arab mu na yamfui ragirri-ki kullumma nuri, anuri a mu na yamfui ragirri fere sottoma nuri, X& a mu axa nyokh-ome fari-i x a mali sotto nuri. 70 THE ELEPHANT. Nyokh-ome x urruma a U yekh-e. E batta a xilli sa, " Yamfui Kuriki :" anuri na xilli a rali^i. Nyokh-ome x a X' n y e mimma, anuri a subbe domma, anuri a kabbe duggi rafallama, anuri a na walli x un gbe> anari walli fari-i -^ema,, um batta nakh-an x a fe falla i be na kunki nyokh-e walli, anuri na x a X^i ^ walli, nanara x^rruse fari-i-fari-i nan nyokh-ome ra. Fe makabaxi m'ara na '1 Arab kai nyokh-o-sama exa nyokh-ome ma kifari-i. 20. SILLI (THE ELEPHANT). ma-gir'-ra-ma a-gbe'-ra sa-lun'-ji Xa'-nye gban'-sari bu-ra'-xei bel'-la-xei ra-gi'-ma gan-tan'-ji Silli x^ngbo, anuri a to-nyaxu. A x^ngbo kar- rama subbei birrim be. A magauxu fari. Wa- yenti minnima a bunde. Konno fe magauxu xi n'ara : fenakh-ara a x a ' n 7 e a gbera. A sembe na heri m'ara. Xa a xonnd, a wurri salunjii magirra- ma a nimme ra. I nimme kullun ? Silli gbansari nimme sottoxi. A fe niri-ama na ra erne mikh-i fe niri-ama a bellaxei ra kinakh-ai. A buraxei magirram'a ra, a nakh-an domma. A ye besum'a ra. A kote torigom'a ra, anuri a kote sukh-um'a ra, anuri a a kannima allo mikh-i se kannima a bellaxei kwi kinakh-ai. Be, mikh-ii silli subbe domma, anuri e e nyinji sarrama Fote-ai ra. E mu fe-o-fe niri-ama silli ra na kambi. Konno India bokh-i, e silli x^rruma. India kai e xurruma ha e wallixe a pissa nirige be. E e maraudi famma e ra kifari-i. E dokh- THE ELEPHANT. 71 oma e ferri, anuri e e ragitna, x a e wama siggafera yirri-o-yirri. E e xurruma ha e e kannima gelli. E a niri-ama e x a kote kanni e nimmei ra. E wurrii x^ngbe kannima, mikh-ii mu noma nakh- ari kannide. E fallei rafallama, anuri e yewullei kannima, anuri e e nyailamma allo mikh-ii e nyailamma kinakh-ai. E mikh-ii fokh-i rabama kifari-i. Xa silli na burrunji, a tai-o agbera : konno x a a batta ^urru, a ^urruma a pissa so anuri nirige be nakhari berri^e tai, anuri tai se nan nakh-an na. India kai sillii moxi x urru X^ un ^ei rasambama burrun sillii teggi, e x a e unde yamfa, e \& e melleri, e x a e raso * a i ama gantanji unde kwi. Undei ex a walli rabama kabannako xota ra. Yi Affrika bokh-i yirr' unde, e silli wa-nyema tambe nan na. Mikh-ii kessexi kemme kerreri dondon minnima burrunji silli gbegbe na nakh-ande, anuri mikh-i kerreri silli x un gbe kerreri sugandima nakh-ari mu makorroxi borei ra, anuri e satam'a ma na e x a na X uii gbe tirriri ; anuri e tirrimma e x a a kambi masotto. Anuri mikh-i kerreri makorrom' a ra kifari-i. Silli tulli to x un gbo, a mu tiri a x a mikh-i to nakh-ari fama a kambi. Mikh-ii tirrimma na exa fuye namma sigga silli birri ra : fenakh-ara a se kirri mema mafurre. Xa a batta makorro a ra kifari-i, a tambe wuliim' a ma a sembe birrin na, anuri a siggama a gira. Silli gima a fokh-ira : konno silli mafindi x onno > a nuri sa nun a mafindi, X a mmedi batta sigga yirri makwia. Konno silli sanji kulluri, anuri a x a-n y e X^ kinakh-ai, x a a lu X a medi kerreni ma, a a sukh-uma. Konno a mu luma atan kerrem ma. Silli fe-fa a mafindi, mikh-i 72 SOME MORAL LESSONS. gima a fokh-ira, anuri kerren tambe kerreri wulliin a ma sonnori. Yi tambe firrinde fe-fa a fatte li, silli tirrimma a \a. na ^ammedi firriude masotto, nakh-ari a wulli a ma. Anuri na birri ma a na masaggatama, dantiri tambe wullim'a ma. E dari- gima a niri-ara naki, ha silli birra ha\e tagganji ra, anuri wulli makanna fe ra, anuri na birri ma, e a fokh-ama. Undei yilli x un gbe gema, anuri e wurri anuri sekh-e auuri bura\e mayensemma a xumma, anuri \& a silli masokh-o tambe ra, a gima na yilli birri ra, anuri silli birrama a fokh-ira, anuri ha\e a to x a ~ n y e xi> a mu bkh-i mato, a a nya tinia Xammedi gbansam ma, anuri a birrama yilli kwi, anuri e a luma nane ha a fokh-a akan na, ama etari a fokh-ama, a nyinjii gbefera. Silli mu di berrima menne \a a nyei torigo- sakh-ari sotto ; anuri ^a a di kerren berri, a mu se berrima sonnori, menne \& nyei torigo-sakh-ari darigi sonnori. Anuri a dii sakh-ari pet berrima. 21. SOME MOKAL LESSONS. SPEAK THE TRUTH. I namma fe falla nondi mu nakh-an na. Xa i fe nyabama, ama x a i fe madokh-oma, i batta nakh-an to, ama i batta nakh-ari \a fe me, a nyaba allo a niri-a kinakh-ai, ama a na kinakh-ai. I namma fe-o-fe mafindi, anuri i namma se sa a ^umma, anuri i namma se ba a ra. Xa i batta nemu unde ma, i \a a falla na i batta nemu. Mikh-ii nakh-ari nondi rafan^i, etari mu wulle SOME MORAL LESSOXSL 73 ., hali birre ra. I nmm i de ai" m a wuile KEEP YOUR PROMISE. I \a i maDvokh-ari kifari-i i fa laiiri sukh-u. Xa i a falla na i fe unde niri-ama, anuri i mu a niri-a, i batta wrulle falla. I batta findi wullema- dokh-o ra : anuri mikh-ii mn lama i ra sonnori. Mikh-ii ma daukaniyama i kwi ma sonnori. SPEAK so BAD WORDS. I namma i nenji manokh-o kwii nya\i ra. I \a i tollii radesse, sa nan i tnlliti wai-enji nya\i ra, ama kwi mauokh-o\i ra. Ama, \a i kwii nya\i me, i \a i tirriri e \a nemu i ra. Anon \a i ma no e nemade (fenakh-ara e nemo ^onno). i namma tin e e \a minni itari de abbada. I \a tirrin na fe birrin i nakh-an falla, \a feiari-i niri-a nei ra nakh-an a kwi me. I namma wai-en kobi tt Do SOT HE. Xa i batta fe kanna, i namma a matandL Hali i gan\n\i na i nvakankatta sottoma a\a fe ra, i namma a matandL Xa i nemmisa na fe \a fe ra, i batta nakh-ari niri-a, anuri \a i tirriri i namma a niri-a naki sonnori, yanji unde, mikh-ii mu i nyakankattania, anuri e ma Yonnoma i ma affbera, I rafunma e ma, i to nondi falla. A a niri-ama e x* manyokh-uri na e fatta dankannyade na fe ma birri-o-birri, i nakh-ari Mlama, ha\e e to ma i to i wulle ft llama, hali i\a fekobi lokh-urifera annri iyette rakissifera nyikankatta ma. I \a i makwia wailemadokh-o ra. Mikh-i nya\i ma dang' a ra. Barrete pissa a be, Barre plssa a be. 74 DO NOT STEAL. AGAINST CRUELTY. I namma na x un ji *i nakh-an mikh-i ma^on- noma, ama dalise-o-dalise. Subbei anuri kwonnii wuyaxi fokh-ama, katugu muku wama e x on donse fe ra : anuri a wuyaxi fokh-ama katugu, X& mu e lu, e x a xa-nya, e fe-nya^i niri-ama muku ra. Konno dimmei namma tiggei fokh-a; e namma e gabbetanjii ama e sanjii purruntiri ; e namma tokh-o-tokh-oma sukh-u, aiiuri e fokh-a fufafu. E namma kwonnii yorei muri-a e te ma. E namma kassa anuri dari^e anuri ^olo fokh-a. E namma kwi-nya^u kewalli-o-kewalli raba. AGAINST MISCHIEF-MAKING. I xa tirrin tirrin birrin na i namma findi wulle- madokh-o ra, ama kallabanti ra, ania femagi, ama teggi-so, ama munafaggi, ama bunsululu, ama bunsunubu. Setan nyokh-e nan yi mikh-ii sila birrin na. E na kewalli rabama Setan nakh-an nabama. E namma sumbu mikh-ii ra, munafaggi nan nakh-an na. I x a i makwia e ra. leso nan e ra. 22. I NAMMA MUN-ATI (Do NOT STEAL). Fe unde nan na, um wama i x a X a X^^ sotto nakh-ari xa fe ra. Na fe, muri-a n'ara. Mikh-ii birriri mu x a X^li sotto axa fe ra kifari-i, anuri mikh-ii birriii mu a sukh-uma a ki ra. Xa i se torigo, igbe mu nakh-an na, muri-a nan na ra, anuri muri-ati nan itan na. Xa duma n'ara, DO NOT STEAL. 75 ama x a duggi n'ara, muri-a n'ara. Xa nirige n'ara, ama x a tokh-e n'ara, atari muri-a kerren n'ara, anuri muri-ati nari itan na. Hali i sembe kerreri torigo, hali i yoka gbilli kerreri torigo i uriga Xonji, muri-a n'ara. I namma se-o-se muri-a. I namma se-o-se torigo igbe mu nakh-an na, hali sembe, hali gesse, hali tami di. Xa igbe mu se ra, i namma i bella^e mokh-o a ra. Xa ^ame i ma, anuri i minni donse ma, i namma a dori. I namma i bella^e mokh-o a ra, x a igbe m'ara. I namma se muri-a, i a findi donse sarre ra. Anuri i namma se dori x a i a kulluri na muri-a se n'ara. Xa mikh-i muri-ase fi i ma, i namma a torigo. Xa mikh-i i x e se torigode, itari a kulluri na na kanji gbe m'ara, konno a warna a muri-afera, i namma tiri. Xa mikh-i wama muri-ase taxufera i ra, i namma tiri, i namma a ragatta. Hali i mu kaffu mikh-i ma se muri-ade, x a i muri-ase ragatta, wo birriri na mikh-i batta lari. Muri-ati nan atan na, anuri muri-ati nari itari na. Mikh-ii undei, x a e g igo a yi rr i i> anuri e mu mikh-i li na, e se-o-se torigoma, e bellaxe Ian nakh-am ma. Xa i na dondon mikh-i x e se sarrede, menne a unde ba a ra kirra i. Xa a se- o-se to, anuri x a a n se torigora, anuri x a a n se purruntinde a ra, anuri mikh-i mu a to, a a iniri-ama. Mikh-ii undei, x a e na walli, e walli- kanji x a se torigoma. E axa yoka anuri ax a se torigoma nyatirri. Xa nei mikh-ii sila na sar- reso walli, e nafulli kanji x a se muri-ama. Undei na sonnori, nakh-ari, x a kwai so, e niinnima muri- atide. Xa mikh-ii mu e to, e yerig' a ma, e mu fekobi niri-ai. 76 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. Mikh-ii nyaxi nan J l mikh-ii sila ra. E sonji nyaxu. Nyarii pissa e be. Barretei pissa e be. I namraa nyerre na mikh-i fokh-ira muriati nan nakh-an na, ama muri-ati nun nakh-an na. Mikh-ii firriri mu fnri-a-nya sukh-uma e borei ra, x a e sonji kerreri m'ara. Xa i se to kirrai, igbe mu nakh-an na, i namma a findi igbe ra. I x a a kanni x un ti?gi x on > anuri i X a a fall* a be, na i a burru^u kirra i, anuri a maxandi a x a a ragatta, anuri a x a kwie rabirra ha a kanji minni nai. Xa balle ix a se torigo, a mu rafari i ma: x a nyenne ama nyari ixa se ton go, a mu rafari i ma : X a kunkosarre ixa tokh-e torigo, a mu rafari i ma. Xa mikh-ii ix a tokh-e-kalle muri-a, ama ix a tokh- e dii torigo, ama ix a se-o-se, a mu rafamma i ma. Awa ! anakine, x a itari mikh-i x a se-o-se torigo, a mu rafamma a ma. Nakh-ari mu rafari itam ma, i namma a niri-a i bore ra. Marige Gbe, nakh-ari a ragirrima dunia birriii Xumma, atari nari a fallaxi, I nammati. I namma se torigo lukh-un daki ra. I x a walli-ki tirika, anuri i x a walli, i x a igbe se sotto. Mikh-i se, i namma wa a x n - 23. TiNxiN-NYA NAN KlRRA FAN-I BA (HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY). Xammedi unde nun na nakh-ari mu mm walli sottoxi : anuri lokh-e kerreri, a nakh-a sigga nafulli kanji unde x on walli fende. Konno na- fulli-kanji nakh-a a falla a be na a mu wa wallixe Xammedi nakh-a yungu rabirra, anuri a HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. 77 nakh-a gbilleri. A nakh-a nemmisa kifari-i : fenakh-ara a nun batta bu kabbi a mu walli sotto, anuri a nun batta so torofera. A bonye nun te%i walli sottefera yi nafulli-kanji ma. Fe unde nun na na Cammed! ma, nakh-an a niri-a nafulli kanji nakh-a yabu a ra, anuri atari fan nun nemmisaxi na a mu nun noma a ragatta- fera ; anuri a^a nemmisa nakh-a gbo a to a to na \ammedi nyateggi nakh-a gurro a to a me na a mu nuri walli sottoma. Anun a nakh-a ti winder- ri, a nakh-a a mato a to nuri siggama. Xammedi to nun miunima kande-de ra, a nakh- a sembe to a sa^i bokh-i, anuri a nakh-a filleri, a nakh-a a bella^e ragurro a nakh-a a torigo. Konno a mu a ragatta. A nakh-a a sa dokh-ose ferri, nakh-ari nuri kande-de san-na. Nafulli-kanji to a to a na niri-a, a nakh-a a \illi, anuri a nakh-a a maxorriri a mun sa na dokh-ose ferri. Xammedi nakh-a a falla, "Um sembe kerreu to a rabirra^i bokh-i, arum un nakh-a a burru^u, anuri un nakh-a a sa dokh-ose ferri." Nafulli-kanji nakh-a a ma^on-in, " Munfera i m'a torigo iyette be ? " Xammedi nakh-a a falla, "Um mu no a torigora umyette be, katugu umgbe m'ara. Umtari mu a sa na : umtan mu a rabirra na. Um mu noma se torigora um gbe mu nakh-an na." Nafulli-kanji to axa tin^m-nya to, anuri a to a to na fe botte nun na a be, a nakh-a a falla a bonye ma, " Yi Cammed! tin^iri. A torc^i gbettera : konno a mu se torigoina agbe mu nakh-an na, 78 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. hali sembe kerreri. Halale-se nan nafanx' a ma. Anuri urn batta a to na a nyokh-osama se ma, na hali sembe n'ara, a mu timma a x& rabullo." A nakh-a a falla xammedi be, " I fe nakh-ari niri-a yiki, a rafan'x um ma agbe- gbera, annri i a niri-a fe nakh-an na, na rata-n^' um ma. Um batta a to na fefari-i na i bonye ma. Um mu wama walli^e \on: konno un i torigoma." A nakh-a walli fi a ma a^a tiuxin-nya gbefera. Anuri xammedi uakh-a lu a fokh-ira yanji rakwi- a, a nakh-a nyokh-osa nafulli-kanji ^a nafulli ma, a nakh-a agbe fen. A mu walli-kanji ^a se-o-se torigo ; a nakh-a wassa so a masundi ra, a nun nakh-ari nawalli^i. A nakh-a tide gbe sotto : fenakh-ara walli-kanji nakh-a a xilli fari-i falla : anuri a nakh-a findi nafulli gbe kanji ra. 24. -NYA NAN MlKH-II MARAUDI FAMMA A KIRRA RA (HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY). Lokh-e kerreri di-fari-i x un gbe unde to nun darigima kirra i, didi kerreri nakh-a sigga a \on, anuri a nakh-a kullamati a ma. Di-fari-i nakh-a a falla a be na ^ema gbansan nun na a nyi ra, na nafulli kunkurri-o mu na. A to na falla, didi nakh-a a falla a be, " Urntan noma siggara um gira sarreso \onji, anuri um masarra nafulli kunkurri ra." Na mu di-fari-i bonye sukh-u : konno ha^e a Xa a niri-a didi x& kelli a fokh-ira, a nakh-a \em& nafulli pici kerren fi a ma, batarixe n'rriri daki, a X sigga a masarra nafulli kunkurri ra. A nun a x a X^^ ragirrixi na didi mu nun ABOUT THE THREE GOLD-DIGGERS. 79 gbillemma sonnori. Konno sa nun sakh-anji wuya^i darigi, didi nakh-a fa a gira, nafulli su^i a nyi ra, a kunkurri ra. A to a terige, a nakh-a a to na a nun ^ammelixi. Se-o-se mu nun ba^'a ra. Na di-fari-i nakha-a kaba : anuri ha^e didi x a tinxin-nya to rafari a ma, a nakh-a a kanni a X n ji> anuri a nakh-a a falla a be, " I namma minni kullamatide sonnori : Umtari i buitima ha i no se sottofera i yette be." A nakh-a a razatta, a nakh-a a vurru, a nakh-a * . 11- a nm-a a x a karranji ra-nyon, anun a x a walli tirika, anuri na kambi, a nakh-a tide gbe sotto. Xa na didi mu gbilleri nuri, a na batan^e firrin sottoma nun nondi ra ; fenakh-ai a na difari-i mu a kullun nuri. A mu a nya-teggi kulluri, ama a lude, ama a x^li- Konno a mu nun se sottoma na kambi. Anuri a nun siggama nyare muri-ati- fera, anuri sa nun yanji rakwia, a nun findima darika ra. Konno a to gbilleri nafulli ra, a nakh-a heri sotto a bonye ma, anuri a nakh-a heri sotto^ dunia ma. Itari x a lu allo na didi tinxinxi. Hali i toroxi ki-o-ki, i namma tinx'n-nya nyiba. I namma se- o-se torigo igbe mu nakh-an na. Hali agbe na a kanji be, i namma a tongo. Hali mikh-i mu i to, i namma a tongo. 25. XEMAGEI SAKH-AN X A F E (ABOUT THE THREE GOLD-DIGGERS). Mikh-ii sakh-an nakh-a lu na nakh-an nun Xema gema. E to mu nun x ema X^ e sottoma e kerren x nn j^ ma > e nakh-a kaffu e nakh-a sata 80 ABOUT THE THREE GOLD-DIGGERS. e kan teggi na e nakh-an-o-nakh-an sotto, e %& a takh-ari ekan teggi, anuri na se-o-se gbe namma pissa a bore gbe ra. E to na ge ha yanji rakvvia, e nakh-a minni ^ema kutti gniigbe sakh-am ma. E nakh-a e kanni e\a da^a i, anuri e nakh-a e ragatta. Donse to nun nyon^i e nyi ra, e nakh-a a falla e Xa x ema kutti kerreri masarra nafulli ra, anuri e Xa na ragatta donse sarrefera, anuri e maraudi gassafera. Kerreri to sigga a masarrade, anuri donse sarra- de, anuri atan donse nyailande, a borei nakh-a dumbu sukh-u, e nakh-a lari-a-ra e x a a fokh-a, anuri e x a x ema torigo e firrim be. E nakh-a wurri nyailari e nun a mabornboma nakh-an na. A nakh-a fa niri-a na a sigga-birri nafulli masarrade, e nun sori-e fokh-a^i tai, anuri na Xammedi nakh-a sumbu tai-kai ra, a nakh-a subbe unde torigo. A nakh-a lukh-uri a nakh-a sori-e boli muri-a, bore mu a to. A nakh-a a lukh-un ; anuri e to mikh-ii birriri x a doma bin mato, atau sori-e boli fende, anuri e^a se-sa-se birriri, e mu a to. Xammedi nakh-a a falla a bonye ma, " Xa um nei mikh-ii firrin fokh-a, na x ema findima umtan kerren gbe ra. Anuri un na fere tirrimma." A to donse nyailari, a nakh-a sori-e boli sa sori-e subbe ma, anuri a nakh-a a rafalla kifari-i. A fe-fa donse dokh-o, e nakh-a a terren-na, e nakh-a diri a ra, e nakh-a a kobe mabombo wurri ra, e nakh-a a fokh-a. E to ge a fokh-ade, e nakh-a a gbimbi raminni, e nakh-a a rabullo fili ma. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. 81 E to gbilleri, e nakh-a e bella^e ra^a, e nakh-a dokh-o se donde. Subbe to nun nyokh-uri agbera, e nakh-a a don ha e nakh-a a birriri nyori. Sa na wahatti wuyaxi darigi, e firriii birriri na- kh-a fokh-a kinyaxi ra - Tinxin-nya nan kirra fari-i ra. Nafulli rafamfe nan fekobi birriri sari^e ra. Nakh-ari-o-nakh-ari tirrimma a xa nafulli sotto kirra dun'xe ra, e yagi sottoma, ama yagi kaffuxi nyakankatta ra, ama tu ra; anuri a ranyonde, a siggaraa abbada nyaka- nkatta yirri. Alia batta a ragirri na mikb-i xa a kwi-e furre fokh-i dori, anuri na karikari x& walli a xa se sotto a yette be. A nakh-a, "I bore x a se xUi> namma lu i ma. I namma wa a xri. I Xa igbe nan tirriri." Yarafe mu fari. I namma mikh-i-o-mikh-i yamfa. I namma se rapissa nyi be. I namma nafulli rapissa mikh-i be. Hali subbe, i namma a fokh-a o nafulli sotto xHi- 26. NAN KlRRA FAN-I RA (HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.) Lokh-e kerreri xammedi unde nuri wurri seg- gema nakh-nn nun tixi ye xumma, annri ax& bera nakh-a talla a nyi ra, anuri a nakb-a biira ye i. A to nun sunuma axa fe ra, ye-berri nakh-a minni-nui, anuri a nakh-a a maxorriri a nun wama fe nakh-ari x* fe ra. Xammedi nakh-a a falla a be na axa bera nun birraxi ye i, anun a kerreri nun na a be, anuri dantiri sotto-ki mu nun na a be. Ye-berri naka-a nemmisa a be, anuri a nakh-a soso. G 82 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. dulla ye bui, anuri a nakh-a ^erna bera kerren nate, anuri a nakh-a a ti Cammed! ma, anuri a nakh-a a ma^orim x a agbe nun na ra. Xammedi nakh-a a falla a be, " Ade ! umbe mu yi ra." Ye-berri nakh-a a falla a be, " Um memme : um x a na mato sonnori." A mari nakh-a dulla, anuri a nakh-a gbeti bera kerreri nate, anuri a nakh-a Cammed! maxorriri X a agbe nun na ra. Xammedi nakh-a a falla a be, " Ade ! umbe mu yi ra." Ye-berri nakh-a a falla a be, " Um mari x a na mato." A mari nakh-a dulla ye bui, anuri a nakh-a wurre fore bera rate, anuri a nakh-a x amme di maxorriri x a agbe nun na ra. Xammedi nakh-a a falla, " 16 : umbe nari yi ra." Ye-berri nakh-a axa nondi-falla-nya anuri ax a tinxin-nya barai, a nakh-a axa bera fi a ma. Atari xammedi to so tai, a nakh-a a madokh-o mikh-ii be axa bera siri ye ma kinakh-ai, anuri ye- berri fa a xon dokh-ode sakh-ari kinakh-ai, anuri a Xema anuri gbeti anuri wurre bera ti a ma kerren- kerreri kinakh-ai, anuri a maxorriri x a agbe n'ara, anuri a to agbe to, a to axa fe falla ye-berri be, a a fi a ma kinakh-ai. A nakh-a atari bera maseri e ma. A to ge a madokh-ode, xammedi unde nakh-a a falla a be, " Itan bonye mu ua. A to x ema daki ra * e ' a lari i x a a f a U a a be na igbe nan na ra. Xa i na falla nuri, i x ema daki sottoma nun, anuri i wurre HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. 83 daki wuyaxi sarrama nun, ^a i wa a ^ori. Konno i rnun niri-ama bera ra x a i na x ema dondon sotto nun ? " Xammedi nakh-a a falla a be, "Urn batta umgbe sotto. Xa um sobe sukh-u a ra, yukh-u a um malima um x a um mabirri anuri um harrige sotto. Ye-berri mu um maxorriri x a um wa nei berai x on - -A- nakh-a um uaaxorriri ^a umgbe n'a ra." Bore x ammef tt nakh-a a falla a be, "Itari bonye mu na. Umtari mu lu^i allo itan. Wun gessegge." A to na falla, a nakh-a sigga a x on ji> anun ' a nakh-a ax a bera torigo, anuri a nakh-a sigga na yirri, a bore x a bera sin ye ma de nakh-ande, anuri a nakh-a lu allo a nun wurri sep:gema, anuri a nakh-a bera rabullo a x a s i n Y e i- A to siri a nakh-a dokh-o, anuri a nakh-a gbille-gbille yen- den daki wa ra. A to nun soriko ratema naki, ye- berri nakh-a minni-nai, anuri a nakh-a a kuri-hVri sa. Xammedi nakh-a a falla a be, " Umbe bera fari-i fari-i sirixi ye i. A kerren pet nun na um be, anuri um se sottoma atan nari gbansari sabbura." Ye-berri nakh-a a falla a be, " Um memme : um x a be mato i be. A siri minderi nuri ? " Xammedi to a yirri maseri a ma, ye-berri nakh-a dulla ye buii, anuri a nakh-a x ema ^ era rate, anuri a nakh-a a ti x amn i e( ii ma, anuri a nakh-a a maxorriri x a a gbe nun na ra. Xammedi to a to, a nya nakh-a dekh-e, anuri a bonye nakh-a te, anuri a nakh-a a bellaxe italla bera fokh-ira, a nakh-a a falla mafurre. " 16 : atan n'ara. A siri nan yi ra." Ye-berri nakh-a a falla a be, 84 THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. " I to mu tin'xin, anuri i to wulle falla^i ; i to wama se x on igbe mn nakh-an na, i to wama muri-atifera, anuri um mayendenfera, i mu yi sottoma, anuri i mu igbe fan sottoma. Ye-berri to na falla, a nakh-a %ema bera rasiii ye ma, anuri a yati nakh-a dulla na ra sonnori, a mu te sonnori. Xammedi nakh-a gari a^a bera ra, a nakh-a gbilleri tai, a nyigelli, haxe a^a tinxin-tarri-nya Xa fe ra. Bore Cammed! nakh-a a^a bera sotto, a nakh-a fari a sabbura, haxe a^a tin^in-nya x a fera. 27. THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB (A FABLE). Si mu noma tede wurri xn-na. Yekh-e fari mu noma tede : konno atari hattai m'a ma. A maraudi mu siggax' a ma, anuri a^a fe mu suma a bonye ma. Kouno a x ^ 1 na g i ma a X a ^ e wurri xn-na. Birri-o-birri i si toma a tema yirri aitexi x on ~ na - -^ tema gemme xurigbe ferri ; a a magima wurri saxi ferri ; anuri i a toma birri-o- birri a nyarera sanjii tixi wurri sambunji ma, a Xolli a ma a x a te a xn-na. A a fere tirrimma : konno a mu a ki kulluri. Yi birrm, dalili a ma. Muku a me forii ra na Alia to nun xt a fi ma nei dalisei ma a nun nakh-ai daxi, a nun a ragirrixi a xa x * 8 - fi g i &i ma, a tema wurri xon-na kinakh- ai. A da-nya nakh-a a rakelli. A nakh-a a \i\li anuri a nakh-a a falla a be, THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. 85 " Xa i wama tefera wurri xon-na, i x a i nyarera sanjii ti wurri sambunji ma yiki." Si di fe-fa na me, anuri a sanjii fe-fa ti wurri sambunji, a nakh-a a x 11 ^* di lintari, a nakh-a a de rabi, a nakh-a a x un Ji ma te, a nakh-a a magur- ,ro, a nakh-a a falla, "Umhm! Umhm! um a kulluri korre. Um kore te-ki kulluri korre." Alia nakh-a a falla a be, " Awa i to batta a kulluri, i x a te korre." A nakh-a kelli a xurnrna, anuri a mu tiri fe-o-fe masemfera a ma na kambi. Si di fari mu nemu^i na dundundi ma nakh-ari nun maserix' a ma, anuri a \olli mu baxi a bonye ma. A tirrimma tun : konno a mu a fere suttoma. Nyei wuyaxi to darigi, si di nakh-a minni \otsi unde ma, nakh-an nun xota fima a ma. A nakh-a a falla a bonye ma, " Xulle tema wurri xon-na heri m'ara. A xt a na atam be. Xa um yirriri a ra, anuri um furi-a-nya x^ TT1 a ra > um kore-te xt a sottom' a ra. Mikh-i mu noma fe lukh-unde axa furi-a tiggi-tiggi ma. Hali um mu a birriri sotto a ra, un unde di mema, anuri un unde di toma. Um luma a mera mikh-ii ra birri-o-birri na, ' Nya Sima sokh-o mu xri no '' Xa um um tulli kaffu un nya ma, kirra sono-nyama um be kifari-i." A to yi falla, a nakh-a sigga a de madonde fili ma, anuri a nakh-a nyerre ha a sigga fottonji de ra, xullei nuj i daxaxi ^ e nakh-ande. A nakh-a sa meni ; anuri x u ^ e i * gurro e manyerrede, si di nakh-a so wai-emfera a moxi kerren na, anuri a nakh-a de-fan-nya sukh-u a ra. Lokh-o-lokh-o a nun luma siggara na, anuri a xuri x u lle ra, anuri e fe madokh-o e bore be. Atan nun luma tai fe 86 THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. fallara x u ^ e be, anuri X u ^ e nun l nnQ a burrun fe fallara atam be. E de nakh-a fan naki, na lokh-e kerreri si di nakh-a a falla \ulle be na a Ian e xa exa de-fan-nya raxammeli a \& fiudi barren-nya ra kerren na. E xa ginne fi a bore ma korre. Xulle nakh-a a falla, " Um furi-a, um batta a me, i fe nakh-ari falla^i, anuri a sabbabu n'ara. Konno fe nene n'ara, anuii fe x^rigbe n'ara. Umtari mu noma a niri-ara um kerreri. Um mu noma yabi gbete fira i ma a^a fe ra, menne un a rali forii ma. Xa i a rakellixi i sobe ra, i xa fa kola nani ra, anuri um forii ma- lamma, anuri un a ralima e ma." Si di to nun kola nani femma atari kewalli \& fe ra, a nakh-a a falla %ulle be, " Um furi-a, i mu um tirikama tede kore ra ? Sei fari-i wuya^i na kore ra, nakh-ari botte mu itam be; anuri fuye fari-i sottoma nane, anuri bura^ei nyokh-umme. Buraxei rafan^' um ma, anuri e na korera fu ; anuri umtari mu noma tede. Yandi, i xa um tinka." Xulle nakh-a a falla a be, " Um yabi firna i ma tin-na. Fei x lln obe, anuri fei nene, i x a i manyokh-uri i-fa yabi fi exa fe ra." Nai to ba, si di nakh-a xurrun, a nakh-a sigga xori> anuri e to e bore kaibu, si di nakh-u a maxorriri, " A muriki go, um furi-a ? Muku fe nakh-ari falla korro ? A luma muriki ? " Xulle nakh-a a falla, Um batta kewalli mato, anuri a mu lamma. A tonji batta dokh-o. Dumbu batta din axa fe ra, nanara, itan ma mu axa fe me. Muku batta kalli THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. 87 fe ra. Xa un i tirika, borei umtari fokh-ama, anuri e um dembai-a birrin sontoma. " Menne fe kerreri. Xa itan fatta kallira na itari mu axa fe masemma se-o-se ma, anuri a bimbimji, barre ma, yukh-u i a fere sottoma." Si di nakh-a a falla, " Um kallima. Xa i kallise-o-kallise raminni, um kallim' a ra. Umtan gbefe mu na barre x a fe i. Xa barre mabirri nan i bonye toroma, i x a i x a X^i ragirria x a fe i-" Xulle nakh-a a falla a be, " Xa muku i sukh-u go, i barre tirikama? Muku Xa mun niri-a i ra ? " Si di nakh-a a fella, " Xa wo um sukh-u um barre tirikama kore tede, wo x a um fokh-a, anuri fe-o-fe nakh-an wo kenneri, wo x a a niri-a si hop ra abbada, anuri wo namma la muku ra sonnori." Xulle nakh-a a falla, " Awa. Um batta na fe me, i nakh-an fallaxi. Yi xota- mu n*xi birrim ma. A fixi mukutam gbansam ma, anuri yendekh-ei ma, anuri nyarii ma. A xHi unde ma sobe ra, e x a a kulluri ; anuri x a e a kulluri, a e maraud i famma kifari-i. Konno e mu a fere sottoma. Anuri um mu lax' a ra x a e a f ere sottoma yi dunia raa. Subbei undei sembe sottoxi e ekari kantama nakh-an na: undei ferii sottoxi : undei sanjii ikulluri : undei ma- gauxu, anuri undei \ot&. Mukutan mu yi se-o-se sottoxi : konno muku kore kulluri, anun muku mu dunia birriri natema meni muku fokh-ira. "Um batta tiri itari tirikafera Fa,um x a karranji singe fi i ma. Konno i x a a ragatta i bonye ma na, Kenda kworri kerreri nan kurre kirri manya- 88 THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. " Xa i wama tefera, i x a i nyarera sanjii ti wurri sambunji ma yiki." Xulle nakh-a si di nyarera sanjii sukh-u, anuri a nakh-a e nyailari, anuri a nakh-a a fa 1 la si be, " I xa a maniri-a korre." Si di nakh-a a niri-a allo vulle a maseri a ma kinakh-ai : konno, x a a niri-a ki-o-ki, a mu fatta ; anuri xulle nakh-a a falla a be, " Ade : Naki m'ara." Xulle nakh-a a maseri a ma ha wahatti firriri dondori, anuri a falla a be, " A x* lu naki sinderi. I xa lu yi maniriara ha lokh-e gbette. Fei birriri mu kullumma lokh-e kerreri. Kuri-kuri, i a kullumma, x a i tunna bekh-e, anuri x a i X^ a - Konno i namma nemu. I namma a maseri barre ma. I namma wai-eri a ra kore-te fe ra. Muku yakwi gbeli n'ara." Xulle to sigga, a nakh-a kanta ti si x umma " Atari yati nakh-a kanta ti. A nakh-a dokh-o wurri aitexi unde x on a nun noma si tode de- nakh-ande, anuri a kwi mede. A nakh-a lukh-uri buraxei teggi, anuri wurri salunjii kambi. Worri sa nu xii firrin darigi, a nakh-a si anuri barre to e Xumma wurri bui, anuri e fe madokh-oma. Xulle nakh-a nyerre wurri x on - na doi, ha a nakh-a makorro e ra kifari-i. A nakh-a lexi wurri karnbi; anuri a nakh-a tulli-ti. A nakh-a fei birriri me, e nakh-an madokh-o. A nakh-a si di kwi me, a to a falla barre be, na a mu buma atari tema wurri x n " na allo \u\le a niri-ama kinakh-ai. Barre nakh-a a falla a be, "I tema munki? I mu fatta. I mu a ki kulluri." THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. 89 Si di nakh-a a falla, " Un a tirikamane. Fatta mu berri. Konno Tinka nan berri. Anuri, a maniri-a, tinka mu buma fade unitari xori. A maniri-a um batta lari sabbu fa'ri-i ma." Barre nakh-a a maxorriri, " I karromokh-o uude ra ? " Si di nakh-a a falla a be, " Kore-te kanji yati nari um tirikama. Um furia- fari-i fa Xulle nari um tirikama a sila di ra." Barre nakh-a a falla a be, " Kabarri'm be. Konno i wulle. Um mu lax' i ra. Xulle mu axa \ota. masemma itam ma, itari nakh-ari de na agbera naki. Umtam mu lama na ra abbada. Dammiri um mu xalle to, a i tirikama, ama dammiri i mu na fe maseri uni ma, a i tirika nakh-an na, um i sukh-u-ma wull^madokh- ra, anuri um mu lama i ra sonnori fe-o-fe ra." Si di to na me, a nakh-a fe birrin maseri barre ma, Xulle nun nakh-ari yet maseri a ma, anuri a nun nakh-ari fallax' a be. Barre to nun xta, a nakh-a lu allo a mu xaxilli sotto si wai-eri kwi ma, haxe si xa a madokh-o a be dokh-ode wuyaxi, na a xa lu a bonye ma. Si nakh-a barre nyarera sanjii torigo a nyi ra, allo x u ^ e agbe sukh-u kinakh-ai, anuri a nakh-a e rate, a nakh-a e ti wurri sambunji ma, a nakh-a a falla a be, " Xa i wama tede wurri x on > i a niri-ama yiki. 1 Xa a niri-a-yiki, ha i fatta. Worri a mu xonno." A fe'-l'a na falla, \\i\le nakh-a soriko e fema, a nakh-a a falla, " Wo mama ! Fa Si Yamfa, i mama ! I batta karrandi sotto. Inuwalli ! " 90 THE REASON THE GOAT CANNOT CLIMB. A to na falla, a nakh-a tubbari ; a nakh-a te .wurri ^on-na, a nakh-a sigga a be. Barre nakh-a wori-wori a fokh-ira : konno a mu no a sukh-ura. Xulle nakh-a a dokh-o a bonye ma na a hat- tai-o mu luma si %a fe i sonnori. A nakh-a a falla, " Yamfe-mikh-i-o mu darigi a ra. De-ma-nya gbansari mu yi ra. Yamfe gbegbe nan sumbux' a ra. A um de bui gema, na a x& um kwi kanni barre ^ori. Anuri na gbansari m'ara. A na yamfe i, a \a, kore-te-ki xota. fi barre ma. Konno fe m'ara." A mu tin si %& makorro a ra sonnori. A nakh- a a masigga birri-o-birri, ^a a si to a fama. Lokh-e kerreri si nakh-a a fere sotto a x& ma- korro a ra, anuri a nakh-a a falla. " A ! um furi-a ! Kurri-heri ? Munfera i mu tiri^i um tofera yi ^ii ma ? Lokh-e kerreri ^a fe namma nye %& furi-a-nya kanna. Non
  • i X a * de sukh-u. I x a i de no. I namma wulle falla. I namma sate kanna. I namma mikh-i yami'a. 28. Si DI ANUN XALUMA \A FE (ABOUT THE GOAT AND THE WOLF). Lokh-e kerreri si nakh-a minni a manyerrede. A nakh-a fa niri-a na x a l uma fan nun minnixi a manyerrede atan lokh-e, anuri a bin-in si nakh-a ralari yirr' unde. Si to x a l uma t a nakh-a gau^u agbera : konno a nakh-a tirriri, anuri a mu a^a gau^u maseri kennemma. Ha^e x a l uma namma x a x^' sotto na a nun gauxuxi, a sirige nakh-a wai-eri. A nakh-a xaluma kaibu, a nakh-a a falla, " Unde ya ? Ta Xaluma ? I mama." Xaluma nakh-a a ratiri, a nakh-a a falla, " 16 : umtari n'ara. Anuri itari fari ; unde itan na? Si?" Si nakh-a a falla, " 16. Umtan n'ara." Xaluma nakh-a a falla. " Awa. Xa itan n'ara, i x a ti meni. I namma darigi na ra hali sukh-u kerren." Si nakh-a serreri gauxu ra. A x a x^i nun ' batta ragirri na x^luma nun a fokh-a-ma. Xaluma nakh-a a mato; a nakh-a'bu a matora ha, a fa wai-eri. A to wai-eri, a nakh-a a falla, " Itan si, i lalama minnide na kirra ra umtan nyerrema nakh-an na ? " 92 ABOUT THE GOAT AND THE WOLF. Si nakh-a a falla a be, a kwi serremma, "Um m'a kulluri i'xa nyerrede nan yi ra. Xa um batta i rax<>n no tantan na, um batta tubi. Yandi, kabarri'm be." Xaluma nakh-a a falla. " ! Itan de nan birrax' i ra. Konno fe m'ara. Muku batta muku bore to to." " Um kwi rame kerreri. I de to birrax' i ra, i na nakh-ande ya, i xa nondi sakh-ari fall' um be, nakh-an xa nondi-nya igbe^i naki, na mikh-i mu no a matandira, ha^e a to sa^i kennemma. "la me. Xa i mu nei nondi sakh-ari fall' um be, tef mu i be. I mu i yette sottoma to, hali kerreri. I mafurra fari." Si nakh-a a manyokh-uri dundundi, anuri a nakh-a a falla, Um Ta Xaluma, um % a nondi sakh-an falla i be ? Awa ! kerren nan ya. " A sirige. Xa um a kulluri na itan nun min- nima yi kirrai, umtam mu minnim' a ra nun." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " I nondi : kerreri nan na ra." Si nakh-a a falla. " A firrinde. Xa um gbilleri tai, anun um a falla um borei be na un naralari Ta Xaluma ra kirrai, e mu lam' a ra." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " I nondi : firrin nan na ra." Si di nakh-a a falla, Anuri, a sakh-aude, Um Ta Xaluma, x ame mu i ma." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, "Id, i nondi. Xa na m'ara, itam mu i pellu-xu- pelluxuma yiki. I xa Alia tantu, i xa sigga i be." THE RABBIT AND THE WOLF. 93 Si di nakh-a sigga, anuri na kambi a nakh-a kifari-i, x a a nun rnanyerrede, a kirra nakh- ari torigo. 29. YIRRE ANUN X ALUM A X A FE (THE FABLE OF THE BABBIT, THE WOLF, AND THE NEW SET OF TEETH). Yirre x urun ' : konno a xota pissa subbe birrim be. Atan nan \ot&. Lokb-e kerreri, a^a kabe to nun batta mo, anuri a to mu nun vvama x a l uma X a se ^ori a ra > a nakh-a se fi^e unde torigo, anuri a nakh-a a pattu a nyinjii ra, x a a nakh-a lu allo a nyinjii mm ^X a X 1> -A- ^ na n iri~ a > a na-kh-a sigga x a l uma kaibude. A to na li, birri-o-birri a nuri yillema. Xa atan fe-o-fe falla, a nakh-a yille ; anuri x a Xaluma fe-o-fe falla, a nakh-a yille, hali yillemafe mu nuri a ra. Anuri hali fe-o-fe mu falla, a nakh-a yille, allo^o a nyinjii masemfera. Xaluma to a nyinjii to, a nakh-a a falla, "Um Ta Yirre, i nyinjii to-fari^i agbera to." Yirre nakh-a yille, a nakh-a a falla, " Inye ! Konno umtan mu e feri tofari x\[\i ra. Un e feri walli nan bu ^i'li ra - Umbe kabe batta kokh-o, anuri um batta un nyinjii fori birrin ma- talla, anuri um batta a nene feri. Etari nan ya. E fari, anuri e x an ~ an a pissa a forii be. Um batta kelli kabe domfera. Um mu x umm ' a ra. Un a niri-ama kabe x a um s be kulluri." Xaluma to na me, a bonye nakh-a te, anuri a nakh-a yirre maxorriri unde agbe nyinjii rafalla. Yirre nakh-a a falla a be, 94 THE RABBIT AND THE WOLF. "Kabbi nakh-an na Mango bum-ma, atan nari e rafalla. A wallima kifari-i. A bella^e walli kulluri. Konno a wallima kinakh-ai, a^a sarre gbo%i nakine. Umtari nakh-a batari^e seni ba yi seni ^a fe ra." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " Fe mu na ra. Umtan se bama nakh-an nei sila firna um ma. Hali batan^ei fu, um a bama, allo^o um. x a kabe doriki fari-i sotto. Um siggama na tin-na." Yi wai-enji to ge tira, Yirre nakh-a kelli, anuri a nakh-a sigga kabbi x on > anuri a nakh-a a falla a be dumbui, " Xa ^aluma fa i ^ori nyinjii fe ra, i X* a falla." " ! itari fari wama i nyailarifera kabe nyara ! Korro yirre nakh-a fa be, anuri un nakh-a a nyin- jii birrin masarra, anuri a kabe domma ya heri m'ara." A nakh-a nafulli unde fi kabbi ma; anuri kabbi nakh-a a falla a be, " A lu umtam be turi. Umtan a nyailamma i be a kirra ra." Allo -^aluma, a falla yirre be kinakh-ai, a nakh-a sigga kabbi x on > anuri a to a a dantegge, kabbi nakh-a nei kwii birriri falla a be, yirre nun nakh-ari falla^' a be. Kabbi to na wai-enji ti Xaluma be, ^aluma bonye nakh-a te agbegbera. A nakh-a a falla kabbi be a \& mafurra a a agbe niri-a allo a yirre gbe niri-a kinakh-ai. Kabbi nakh-a x a l uma X un ji sa wurre lungurri, a nakh-a na ra^i a ma, a nakh-a sukh- ume torigo, a nakh-a so a nyinjii matallafera. A to a singe matalla, x a l uma nakh-a gbille- gbille. Kabbi nakh-a a falla a be, " Um memme. THE RABBIT AND THE WOLF. 95 Yirre di, fe nakh-an nakari, itari namma gbille- gbille na ma. I x& a rakari allo ^amme moxi fe rakamma kinakh-ai. A nyomma ya. Kabbi nakh-a e birriri matalla. A to ge e matallara, a nakh-a wurre furre torigo te-yirri anuri a nakh-a na yirri gari, nyinjii nun kelli^i nakh-ande. A nakh-a gbeti daki nyinjii kabbu, a nakh-a e raso a forii yalle ra. Xaluma to gbilleri a x on ji> yirre nakh-a sigga, a kaibude, anuri a to a to, a nakh-a a mayille, a nakh-a a falla. " Um furi-a! A munki ? I nyinjii nene munki?" Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " A ! urn furi-a ! I mun niri-ax' un na yiki ? I batta um balli^i." Yirre nakh-a a falla, "Ade. A falla na i batta i yette hallixi. Umtan mu sigga i fokh-ira. Itari a niria^i ikan na." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " Konno itari nakh-a ax fe falla falla' um be. Na birri ma, i mu nondi Yirri nakh-a a falla a be, " Um furi-a, itan a kulluri na x a um m u yi niri-a nun, um mu kabe-o sottoma i nyi ra. Itari a birrin domma nun. Modi, ixa fe n'a ra. I sonji nan yi bendunxi i xumma." Xaluma nakh-a a falla, " Konno, yi xo nn J " Yirre nakh-a a falla, "A rakari! A mu buma. A xinibellima. Sa nu tin-na, a batta ximbelli." Xaluma nakh-a a maxorriri, " I nondi, um furi-a ? " 96 THE WORLD IS ROUND. Yirre nakh-a nakh-a a falla. " Id. A ^imbellima. Hali te n'ara a ^imbel- lima. Sa nu tin-na, yi vfanbeUima. Katugu, sa nu tin-na, ^a i do mikh-i se domma gbete, i a domma Xalata : Konno be mil na ra sonnori." 30. A FEW MORAL PRECEPTS. I namma findi nyamaselli kanji ra. I namma tin'xintarri-nga naba. I namma wulle falla. I namma mikh-i bessen-xonne-nya. I nammamihk-i to-nyegge. I namma kallabanti-nya ragi. I namma muri-ati. I namma kwi nya^i falla. I namma kumbi ti. 31. THE WORLD is BOUND. Dunia radiggiliri^i allo lefurre ama lorronse. A mu lemfet< j rixi allo mesa, erne a lu^i kinakh-ai, anuri erne mikh-ii % a X^' a ma kinakh-ai. A sirigera mikh-ii mu yi kulluri nun. A nakh-a bu kifari-i e fa, x a X'Ui sotto a ma na dunia nun nadiggilirixi. Na birri ma e mu nun dunia yirrii birrin kulluri^i. Mikh-ii mu nun kunkii ^ungbe eottoxi, allo nei kinakh-ai nakh-ai na e nyi ra ya. Turi-kunkii mu nun na e be: anuri e mu nun kunkii ranyerre-ki kulluri^i kifari-i, allo e a kul- luri^i kinaKh-ai ya. E nun dunia seti kerrenji gbansari THE WORLD IS ROUND. 97 Bokh-i unde nan na, nakh-ari xilli India. Hai- hata banna bokh-i n'ara. Nafulli bokh-i n'ara. Xammedi unde nun na nakh-an nun x un Ji fari-i sotto agbera. A x a X^ nungbo agbera. Atan nakh-a a falla na a batta la a ra na dunia mu lemfeten'xi. A nakh-a a falla, Um fe nakh-an to, na a masenx'.um ma na dunia radiggileri^i. Anuri um lax' a ra > na X a um kunki x un ji *i a tinxinji, anuri x a um mu a ha na ma > X a y an ji unde darigi, um gbillemma na yirri, um kelli xi nakh-ande. Na birri ma India masottofe nun xonno agbera. Xammedi unde nakh-a a falla na atan nun kirra raminnima. A nun kunki x un ji tima a ji, yirri kerreri, anuri a nakh-a la a ra, na a nun India lima naki. Na x am niedi nun x^i Xristof Kolombosi. A nakh-a na fe maseri mangei ma, anuri Xuntiggi mikh-ii, anuri nafulli kanjii. Konno nei nakh-a a falla na a nun dakh-u-fe fallama : anuri e mu tiri a malifera nafulli ra. Anuri a mu no na biasi xun-kwia tongora nun, xa a mu nafulli gbegbe sotto. A nakh-a darigi a masen-na, ha marige unde nakh-a ax& fe sukh-u, anuri a nakh-a a mali, anuri a nakh-a sabbu fari-i sotto a x a nainni. A nakh-a tore wuyaxi to. jAxa mikh-ii nakh-a murrute a bui. Biasi xuri to kwia, anuri halisa e mu karre-o to, e nakh-a a falla na e mu nun birrama na se-so fokh-ira sonnori. Konno sa nu yanji rakwia darigi, e nakh-a suri unde to, nafulli gbegbe nun sottoma nakh-ande. A nakh-a gbilleri a x on J^ a nakh-a na nafulli unde kanni, anuri bu-nya gbegbe ; anuri na kai soso. H 98 THE WORLD IS ROUND. undei nakh-a birra a fokh-ira. E nakh-a suri dan tin undei to sonnori. E to yeng' a ma na India labbe birri n'a ra, e nakh-a nei surii \i\li sa West India Surii. Amm na \i\\i nakh-a lu e ma, hali na birri ma e na kulluri kifari-i, e nakh-a i sotto, na na nun makwia^i India bokh-i. fe nakh-an to, na nakh-a mange kenneri, anuri a man nakh-a e rabullo e %a sigga sonnori ; anuri e to darigi West India Surii, e nakh-a xarre gbe li. Mikh-i nakh-an singe ti na karre ra, a nun xilli Amerigo. Anun atan ^illi nakh-a te na bokh-i xumma. E nakh-a na xillisa Amerika. Na gbo. Hai-hata karre gbe n'ara. PROVERBS. 99 TALII (PROVERBS). 1. Yigi pissa luba be. 2. Yigi pissa banna be. 3. Si mu sarrama a wa-kwi ma. 4. Kwonnii gabbatanjii malari^i, na nan kwi gbo. 5. Fatta mu berri ; Tirika nan berri. 6. Xa barrete yekh-e sukh-u, ^a i a ba a nyi i, menne a subbe unde lu a de i. 7. Kobe sallaxuri fanje nakh-am ma, yalle- bambam mun nuri-ama na ? 8. Fuye nakh-an mu wullunji luma, a kabbanji luii? 9. Sori-e nakh-a neriba sukh-u, yekh-e-sukh- uma mu kissima na nyi ra ? 10. I namma i yakwi bombo tarami kwia ra. 11. Mange ^era mu doma bellaxe boma. 12. Kwonni dangima tai ^umma. Konno mikh-i mara. 13. Gea nakh-ande lambari, e kirra sama nane. 14. Xaluma to so, mange ^a nirige nakli-a loi. 15. Xa xulie takh-uri, anuri a lagi bokh-uri, mikh-i ni takh-uri, atari mun bokh-umma ? 16. Marige ^a ginne to yill' i ra, itan nakh-a, menne i a teri^e to. 17. Simiiiui tu : Dori^e na. 100 PROVERBS. 18. Nirige gbillerixi mil gore kannama. 19. Di birrama a'masukh-uma nan nyi i. 20. Di a bella^e ratema a torigoma ma. 21. Mikh-i inu tolari a yakwi be. 22. I namma xilli n y a X* 8a y a ll e kobi ma. 23. I do^i kirri ma, kabbe in 'a ma. 24. Dammiri i mu kurre kworre dokh-o te i, a mu a x un ji rarninnirna. 25. Xa silli gbondori ki-o-ki, a mu girrima falle ma. 26. I ni fatta so ragide ki-o-ki, i mu dokh-oma a nyu-e-xulle erri. 27. Didi fatta gide : konno a mu fatta lukh- unde. 28. Yekh-e kuntunji, a xunsin'xi, konno a lakh- ansarre kulluri, anuri selli-fanna. 29. Nirige kambira x, uns i n X' konno a xix* m'ara. 30. Mukutari fe nattama : konno Alia a ragir- rima. 31. Xa te kuntunji sisixi ki-o-ki, a mu a nya raxama ye ra. 32. Xa barre sisi ki-o-ki, a te kulluri. 33. Nya Simo sokh-o mu xonno. 34. Maidokh-o donse nam ma; subbe nyingi nan domma. 35. Xa i sekh-e moxi makabba ki-o-ki a mari kellima. 36. Burrunji ni gari, sumgbenji e borei toma. 37. Takh-unde ikwia ; lande ikorro. 38. Gemme nya mu na kwai ra. 39. Manisa xta : konno a mu a kobe toma. 40. Nyegge maburruxuxi mu silli nyimma. 41. Wun to dulla, ye ba lu wuri ximbii ma. PROVERBS. 101 42. Tannuri x a turre fillixi tannuri x a bande ma. 43. Seri makwia mu yoka bura^B ra. 44. Seri makwia mu taide buraxe ra. 45. Un nakh-an to a farre borromma kwai ra, atari mu umbe paipi kannama. 46. Mikh-i dugguma domma kwoi nam ma, konno a mu a kworri torigoma, a sauti a x un ji- 47. Tumbe rameluri sambama a yore nan na. 48. Sanjii birriri mu gurroma ye i kikerreri. 49. Xaxilli gorei nakh-ari te, ningei mu soma e birriri kwi. 50. Xa i matima mu i mati, i sarrama mu i sarrama. 51. Feri-e-sarra xta ginne-futtu be. 52. Yexe m'a kulluri ria a nun fama a nyinde ye nan na. 53. Kummi soxi xi m bi : a talla-ki mu na. 54. Mikh-i bannama gbendi kobi nan nyaxorri. 55. San-nadiri wulli mu soma nya i. 56. Nyakh-ale moxi x onno xi su bbe fera, anuri itan a de rabombo korro-monji ra. 57. Domme xotama tokh-e maburrunde. 58. Xille gauxuxi nan feri kwia. 59. Xa i kommite to yendekh-e x umma bur- runji, nyenne nan a kannixi na. 60. Tagfgan mikh-i mu kansi-kworri kulluri. 61. Mabullunji pissa kondonji be. 62. Mikh-i nakh-an te soma a dekabbe ra, atan nari a rakubberi-ki- kulluri. 63. Mikh-i kerreri nari wantari nyaxi deggema tai. 64. Dunia mu ragirrima gbengbe furi-i ra; a ragirrima yambe furi-i ra. 102 PROVERBS. 65. Mondo ^ungbe mil doni fima, konno a a rakattima. 66. Gbengbe gbilli mu xonno : fo a kworri. 67. Wurri i sokh-oma i nya i kerreri. 68. Xa i soma nade ra, anuri i i x un ji din, i * Xunji magurroma : x a a mu i din, i mu a magur- roma. 69. Xa nirige gbeli i diri, x a i kindan gbeli to na kambi, i gauxuma. 70. Xa bokh-imase i -^m, x a * x u ^ * na kambi, i gauxuma. 71. Xun-nye maborrori a nyaxi-nyaxi ra, a niri- ama a va kwi raminni, kwi minnide mu nakh-an na. 72. Sari-firriri Alia mu na. 73. Wun x a ye min, wun namma a kworre mato. 74. Kulle moxi mu xurmma. 75. Bulle a bore luma tubban singe. 76. Xa sori-e i mama sukh-u i namma a falla a tix ye de, nanara. 77. Kabbi kabarri so dunia na, dimmedi mu fori kulluri. 78. Nyakh-ale fori mu siggama gelli, konno a selli tima. 79. Si fixe nan mayallari kulla kwi. 80. Denkeri nan a niri-ama saggale x a bombo bellaxe ra. 81. Sa batta mafindi. 82. I namma kabbi ye miri yagi ra. 83. I namma yabbe wai-en : a kworri mu na. 84. Xa tokh-e bokh-i yiggiliri agbera, a a unga XUri-benxe toma. 85. Sate buraxelibbima : konno a mu karrama. 86. Si wulla-kari, x a l uma bomfe-kari, nyi gelli pissa e birrim be. PROVERBS. 103 87. Kenda kworri kerreri nan kurre kirri birriri 88. Addabaderi belli mu na. 89. Barre kwoi: konno a mu a ^on kirri domma. 90. Berri pissa derri be. 91. Tulle madin'xi dakh-u nan bomboma. 92. Xa i xuri barre ra, a i de raxomma. 93. Lan na ; konno tekh mu na. 94. Xolo rafalla gbegbe, a x un ji dumboma. 95. Si di kirri, anuri masidi \il\i, kerren n'ara. Konno sidi kirri mu soma masidi. 96. Tambumlumbe magau^u sekh-e. 97. Si di xuribore mu yekh-e ra. 98. Xa bulle gbondon ki-o-ki, a mu silli dege tima. 99. Dimmedi nakh-ari nyemmera kenda to, i Xa atari xe a makullade. 100. Dunkobi mallabude kurre kirra ra. 101. Tokh-e kumbira mu tubbamma te xumma. 102. Igbe tokh-e ra, konno tokh-e gbe na a kalle ra. 103. Latti masallaxuri la^a be. 104. I namma ye x or i n kobe x umm a. 105. Xun-nye ragberigberi bonye mu furrama. 106. I namma um mayenderi x^luma gbi ra, anuri a falla um be na tami na ra. 107. Kulla dalun mu na. 108. Diggi-enji kirri nyokh-uri : konno tone kansi ne. 109. Xinye xunsin'xi : konno a ye mu fillima. 110. Mikh-i xa kurre ragelli kutto kurre ragbo lokh-e. 111. Kwonni yigiyaxi kunde i, konno male x* xonye n'ara. 104 PROVERBS. 112. Mikh-i ni taggari ki-o-ki, a dokh-oma sinderi a fa sa. 113. Furri mu wama sose \on : konno a wama a makuttose ^ori- 114. Furri mu kote kannima, konno a a binja kulluri. 115. Taggan mikh-i mu sade kulluri. 116. I kulluri mikh-i nari i gbondonxi sar- rama. 117. Se nakh-ari mu lari Wuttibe, a mu lamma Belli 118. I kanya domma doxo nakh-an sate i, i m'a mabama dimmei nya^orri. 119. Kelli mu lukh-umma ximbi ma. 120. I teggema kunsi nakh-ai, i makirri ba- minji minnima nane. 121. Bokh-imase na bokh-i, annri samfette na bokh-i, a ni bu ki-o-ki, e e bore toma. 122. Bellaxe sulle-kerreri mu xari wurruma. 123. Kullnnji anun derri kerren m'ara. 124. Si fokh-ama fundenji ma. Funden bi tarri, si na Futa. 125. Mikh-i nakh-an xulle buri, a mu dakh-u buri. 126. I ni %eeri falla, i gemba lu kurre i. 127. Bellaxe-sulle kerreri, a x*" fokh-ama, konno a mu a torigoma. 128. Mikh-i namma gari lukh-uri gemba ra. 129. Xa i i dumbunji lukh-uri i se diri bore ma, ixa male mu fixama. 130. Serreri-xolli kurra ma : konno a na kallei. 131. Fori nari se fori garixi kulluri. 132. Alia sebbe, anuri mori sebbe, kerreri m'ara. 133. Xirri gbo marige tai ki-o-ki, birrin a ia-ki. PROVERBS. 105 134. Xa i i%a gbunji malari kambi gbe mikh-i ra, itan dokh-oma bokh-i. 135. Dunkobi mu tundii gurrode kurre. 136. Birrin mama fa^i : konno a lari unde x a sutara. 137. I x u ri tambumlumbe ra ; kbnno i namma a x u Ui ramokh-o. 138. Simfera ye, na mu mikh-i findima sori-e ra. ( 106 ) A CATECHISM, THAT IS TO SAY, AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CON- FIRMED BY THE BISHOP. Ma\orrinji. IXlLLI nrnriki ? Ydbi. N.oiM. Mayprrinji. Uncle yi xilli fix' l ma ? Yabi. Umbe Alla-fafei anuri Alla-urigai umma Xunxa i, un findi Xristi salunji unde ra nakh-ai, Alia xa di, anuri arriana yammine xe-kanji. Ma\orrinji. I^a Alla-fafei anuri Alla-urigai muri niri-a i be na yanji ? Ydbi. E nakh-a lairii sakh-ari sukh-u, anuri e nakh-a sate x 111 * ^ e sakh-ari i umtari ^illi ra. A sirige ; Na um ^a Satan x& fe nyiba, anuri um Xa a yakwi-nya, anuri ax-a kewallii birriri, yi dunia kobi xa x um f a i> anuri xa fu-fa-fu-nya, anuri fatte yunubi-nya waxonsei birriri. A firriride ; Na um Xa dankaniya Xristian Dankaniya xun-xunjibirrim ma. Anuri a sakh-ande ; Na um x a Alia sagwe seniyerixi ragatta, anuri a^a yamarrii, anuri um xa nyerre etan nan na um syi-nya lokh-ei birriri i. Maxorrinji. Itan m'a manyokh-unxi na ixa kewalli n'ara na i x a dankaniya, anuri i x a a niri-a erne e lai-iri sukh-u i be kinakh-ai ? THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 107 Yabi. 16, nondira ; anuri, Alia ^a mail sabbura, un na nan niri-ama. Anuri um ^onjemamasama wurixa arriana Fafe ma, um sundunji birrin na, a to batta um xilli yi marakissi-nya tide Isa al Masia sabbura, wuri Marakissima. Anuri um selli- ma Alia ma, a %& a^a yaffe fi um ma, na um x& lu atan tide i, ha um syi ranyonde. Catechist. I x& ixa Dankaniya xun-xunji materige. Yabi. UM Dankaniyaxi Alia Fafe ma, Sembe birrin Kanji, Arriana anun dunia Da-Mange. Anuri Isa al Masia ma, Axa Disottoxi Kerrem- ma, Wuri Marrigi ; Nyi Seniyerixi Nakh-ari sotto; Manama Sungutunji Nakh-an berri; Ponsus Pailati nakh-ari nyakankatta ; Nakh-ari nun bam- bamxi wurri bangalorixi ma, a nakh-a fokh-a, anuri e nakh-a a malukh-uri. AXI sakh-ande, a nakh-a kelli tu ma. A nakh-a te Arriana. Anun a doxi Alia Nyifanji ma, Fafe nakh-ari Sembe birriri kanji ra, Anuri a kellima nane anun fama a X& a tutarri anuri a tuxi rakiti. Anuri um dankaniyaxi Nyi Seniyerixi ma, Ka- tolik Malanji Seniyenxi, i Yunubii Kaffari-nya, Fatte Bakelli-nya, anuri abbada Nyi. Amina. Ma^orrinji. I nonse tiggi-tiggi tirikama yi Dankaniya fei-xunji ma? Yabi. Asirige, Un a tirika um x a dankaniya Alia Fafe ma, Nakh-ari um da, anun dunia birrin. Afirrinde, Alia Di ma, Nakh-ari um x unsarra > anuri addabaderi birrin. 108 THE CHURCH CATECHISM. Anuri a sakh-ande, Alia Nyi Seniyenxi ma, Nakh-ari un naseniyemma, anuri Alia \& sugandi- toi birriri. Maxprrinji. I a falla nun na iva Alla-fafei, anuri i%a Alla- ungai lairi sukh-u i be, na i nun fama Alia ^a Yamarrii ragattade. A falla umbe, e yerri n'ara. YaU. Fu. Maxprrinji. Munduri e ra ? Yabi. ETAN n'ara Alia nakh-ari dokh-o Ek-hodos Sura moxonyende, a to a falla, Umtan nan Marrigi ra, ixa Alia, Nakh-ari i raminni Misra bokh-i, Xunji-nya bari^i kwi. I. I namma Alia gbette sukh-u umtan nyara. II. I namma se-o-se maniri-a kabbu ikam be, nakh-an maniri-ama Alia ra; i namma se-o-se maniri-a rafalla nakh-ari na i xumma kore ra, ama nakh-ari na i bui be dunia ma, ama nakh-an na ye ma bokh-i bui. I namma i x un 8 'ri e nyara, anuri i namma e battu: fenakh-ara umtan Marrigi i^a Alia, Alia tono^i n'un na; anuri un nei fafei ^ a yunubii \& nyakankatta dokh-oma e^a dii ma a, ha bonsei sakh-ande ma, anun ha bonsei nanende ma, nakh-ai un na-nya- ^uma ; anun um kinni-kinni musemma ha bonsei wullu-wullui ma, nei ma nakh-ai un nafamma, anuri nakh-ai umbe yamarrii ragatta. III. I namma birri Marrigi ixa Alia Xilli ra : fenakh-ara Marrigi mu na mikh-i sukh-uma bet- tentarri ra, nakh-ari birrima a y\\\\. ra. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 109 IV. I x a i manyokh-uri i %a Mallabu lokh-e raseniyeri. Xii seni i x a walli, anuri i x a i^a kewallii birrin caba: konno ^i sulufirrinde, Marrigi i^a Alia x a Mallabu lokh-e nan na ra. Na lokh-e i, i namma walli-o-walli x e > itari, ama ixa di-xamme, ama ixa di-ginne, ama i^a xanime- boidi, ama ixa ginne-boidi, ama i^a xurruse, ama na x on 7 e nakh-an na ixa kandei kwi. Fenakh- ara x*i 8en i Marrigi nakh-a kore da, anuri bokh-i, anuri ba, anuri se-o-se birriri nakh-an na e ma; anuri a nakh-a mallabu lokh-e sullufirrinde ma ; nanara Marrigi nakh-a duba lokh-e sulufir- rinde ma, anuri a nakh-a a raseniyeri. V. I x a i fafe anuri i unga binja, na i syi x un Xa kwia na bokh-i ma, Marrigi, ixa Alia nakh-ari fix' i ma. VI. I namma nyi ba. VII. I namma yene niri-a. VIII. I namma muri-a ti. IX. I namma seri nyaxi ti i bore mabirrira. X. I bore xa ban'xi X^ namma i sukh-u ; i bore x a ginne x ^ namma i sukh-u ; ama axa Xamme-boidi, ama axa ginne-boidi, ama axa nirige, ama axa sofalle, ama se-o-se, i bore gbe nan nakh- an na. Ma^orrinji. I mun fe tiggi-tiggi tirikama yi Yamarrii ra ? Yabi. Um fei firriri tirikama: umbe kewalli Alia mabirrira, anuri umbe kewalli um bore mabirrira. Maxprrinji. Ixa kewalli fall' um be Alia mabirrira. Yabi. Umbe kewalli nan yi ra Alia mabirrira ; 110 THE CHURCH CATECHISM. Um va dankaniva A ma, um va e^uvu A von, , ** " f . , -^ . . e , . 'V * anun um xa A ralan um sundunji birr in na, um Xaxilli birrin na, un nyi birrin na, anuri um sembe birrin na ; um xa A battu, um xa A xonjemamasa ; um xa um wassa birrin so A i, um xa maxandi ti Atam ma, um xa A \illi Seniyen^i binja, anuri Ava Kwi; anuri um va A battu alavivera um i i i_ i syi-nya lokn-ei birrin i. Naxorrinji. I^a kewalli fall' um be i bore mabirrira. Yabi. Umbe kewalli nari yi ra um bore mabir- rira ; Um xa a rafari allo um yette-kari, anuri um Xa a niri-a mikh-ii birrin na, erne a \o\li um ma kinakh-ai, etari xa a niri-a un na ; Um xa um fafe anuri un unga rafari, anuri um xa e biuja anuri e bui'ti ; Um xa Marige binja, anuri um xa a kwi- sukh-u, anuri nei birriri nakh-ai tixi maragirri tide i, atam bui : Um x a umkam magurro nei birrim bui nakh-ai a ragirrima um x umma '> umma karromokh-oi, Morii, anuri uu nyi matiri- Ximmai: Um xa umkan kanni magurro-nya ra, anuri bioja-nya ra, nei mabirri ra, nakh-ai piss' um be : Un namma fekobi niri-a mikh-i ra, kwi ra, ama kewalli ra : Um xa nondi sukh-u, anuri um xa tirixiri umma kewallii birriri i : Un namma bessenxonne-nya ama maranyaxu ragatta um sundunji i ; Um x a um bellaxe ragatta se torigo fe ma, anuri muri-atife ma; Anuri um x a uu nenji ragatta fe nyaxi fallafe ma, wulle madokh- ofe ma, anuri mikh-i xilli kannafe ma, um xa um fatte ragatta doi-doi-nyai, maximbelli-nya i, anuri tinse-nya i; Mikh-i gbette x a sei x^^ namma lu um ma, un namma wa e x n konno um xa a ki tirika, anuri um xa walli a sobera, um xa umgbe THE CHURCH CATECHISM. Ill se sotto ; anuri um x a umbe ^ewalli niri-a na syi- nya tide i, a batta Alia kenneri A x a um X^ nakh-am ma. Catechist. Umbe marafan Di, i ya yi kullun, na i mu noma ijifei niri-ara i yette ra, anun i mu noma nyerrera Alia ya yamarrii i, anun Alia battufera, Aya mali kairibi, A nakh-an fima ; Anun i ya a tinka i ya atan yaffe mayandi a ma a solera lirri-o-birri, selli ra. Nanara, um ya a me ya i noma Marrigi ya Selli fallara. Yali. WUN Fafe, Nakh-an na arriana, I y\\\i ya, seni- yeri. I ya, yammine y& fa. I sagwe y& niri-a dunia ma, erne a niri-axi arriana kinakh-ai. Muku ki to muku^a lokh-'o-lokh-e buitise ra. Anuri I x a muku^a fekobii kaffari, erne mukutan nei kaffarima kinakh-ai nakh-ai fekobi niri-a muku ra. Anuri I narnma muku raso fekobii Konno I ya, muku rakissi fekobi Kanji ma. Amina. Mayorrinji. I nonse maxandima Alia ma yi Selli i? Yabi. Um Marrigi Alia maxandima, wunxa arriana Fafe, fefari-i birriri fikanji nan Nakh-an na, a x a a X a ya^ 6 fi umtam ma anuri mikh-ii birrim ma, na muku x a -A- binja, A battu, anuii A kwisukb-u, erne a lari muku x a a nin'-a kinakh- ai. Aniiri uri Alia max a ndima ra a x a sei birrin nasamba wum ma nakh-an dakh-axi wun nyiibe anun wun fattei be ; anuri na A x a kinni-kinni wum ma, anuri A x a wun yunubii kaffari ; anuri 112 THE CHURCH CATECHISM. na a x a A kenneri A %a wun nakissi, anuri A x a wuri kanta masiboi birriri i, nyi-nya daki, anuri fatte-nya daki ; anuri na A x a wun natariga yunubii birrim ma, anuri fekobii birrim ma, anuri wun nyi-nya yakwi ma, anuri abbada tu ma. Anuri um wassa so^i na A%a kinni-kinni-nya i, anuri AX& fefari-i-nya i, A yi niri-ama, Isa Masia sabbura wun Marrigi. Anuri nanara un a fallama Amina, nakh-an fasarri, A x a niri-a naki. Mayorrinji. ISA Masia batta Sakramentii yerri dokh-o A^a Selliban'xi Malanji i ? Yabi. Firriri gbansari, erne nakh-ari lari mara- kissi fe ra mikh-ii birrim be ; anun etan nan yi ra, Xunxa, anuri Marrigi x a Donse. Ma^prrinji, I x a X^ sottoxi mum ma yi kwi ra, Sakramenti? Yabi. Kwi-nya yaffe unde, anuri nyi-nya yaffe unde, nakh-ari fixi muku ma, Sakramenti nan na yaffe ferrima tarikumase ra nakh-ari toma ; na tarikumase unde n'ara, Isa Masia Yati nakh-ari nagirri, erne na sabbu ra, muku yaffe sottoma nakh-ari na, anuri erne sexe se ra nakh-ari danka- niya fima muku ma ax& fe ra. Ma\orrinji. Setii yerri na Sakramenti i ? Yabi. Firrin : ferrima tankuma se ra na, nakh- an toma, anuri kwi-nya yaffe na, nakh-ari nyi-nya daki ra. Mayorrinji. Mun na i'errima seti nakh-ari toma, ama na tankuma ra Xurixa Sakramenti i ? Yabi. Ye n'ara, mikh-i x un X ama nakh-ai Fafe Xilli ra, anun Di ; anun Nyi Seniyen\i. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 113 Ma\orrinji. Mun na kwi-nya yaffe nakh-ari nyi-nya daki ra ? Ydbi. Tu-fe n'ara yunubi ma, anun berri-fe n'ara a nene ra tin^in-nya x n : fenakh-ara WUQ to nun berrixi yunubi i wun da-nya ki ra, anuri Xonne gbe dii to wun na, wun iindima yaffe dii ra atan Xuri^a sabbura. Mcf\orrinji. A lari nei x a muri sotto nakh-ari fama ^uri^a fera ? Yabi. Tubi-nya, anuri Dankaniya Tubi-nya ; e yunubi rabulloma nakh-an na ; anuri Danka- niya, e dankaniyama a laxix era Alia x a lair'i ma nakh-an na, a nakh-an sukh-u e ra yi Sakra- menti i. Mayorrinji. Xa a naki, dii yorei x un X ama murifera ; fenakh-ara, ha^e e%a yore-nya x etari mu noma yi fei firriri gassara ? Ydbi. Fenakh-ara e yi fei firrin-firriri x sukh-u, nei sabbura nakh-ai ti e be; nakh-an lairi, x a e mo birri nakh-ai, a luti x^xi e * an yati ma exa a gassa. Mavprnmfi. Marrigi x a Donse Sakramenti, na Munfera ? Yabi. Isa Masia x a Tu x a ^a,rraxe abbada manyokh-unji x a fe ra, anuri nei fefari-i manyokh- unji x a fe ra, wun nakh-an sotto atari Tu sabbura. Mayorrinji. Mun na ferrima seti, anuri tariku- ma ra, Marrigi x a Donse i ? Yabi. Tami anuri Waini, Marrigi a yamarri wun x a nakh-an nasukh-u. Ma\orrinfi. Mun na kwi-nya seti ra, ama na se, a nakh-an matalima? Ydbi. Isa Masia Fatte anuri Wulli a'ara, dankamyatoi nakh-ari torigoma, anuri e nakh-an soso. I 114 THE CHURCH CATECHISM. nasukh-uma nondi ra, anun alaxix era > Marrigi x^ Donse i. Maxprrinji. Mun nei fefari-i ra, wuri nakh-an sottoma atan sabbura. Yabi. Wun nyii masabbatima, anuri e rawas- sama Isa Masia Fatte anuri A wulli sabbura, erne wun fattei kinakh-ai na Tami anun na Waini sabbura. Ma^orrinji. A lari nei x a mun niri-a nakh-an fama Marrigi x a Donse ma ? Yabi. Exa ekam mato kifari-i, x a e tubi^i nondira e%a yunubii ma, e batta nakh-ari birrin niri-a ; anuri x a e batta a dokh-o e bonye ma alaxix era na e 8 yi nene kannima ; x a 6 dankaniya nyiri-e sottoxi Alia x a kinni-kinni i, Isa Masiii sabbura ; anuri x a e -A-X a ^ u nianyokh-umma xonjemamasa ra ; anuri x a e luma marafanji i mikh-ii birrim mabirrira. MORNING PRAYER. FOR A CHILD. >B Fafe Xilli ra, anuri Di, anuri Nyi Seniyenxi. Amina. Un nakh-a sa, anun un nakh-a x*> anuri um man battakelli sonnori, fenakh-ara Marrigi nakh-a un nagatta. Un dankaniyaxi, etc. OARRIANA Fafe, un i xonjemama sama I to kanta ti um x umma yi kwai nakh-an darigi. I x a un nagatta to lokh-e fei birrim ma nakh-an maraxonno daki ra un nyi be, anun um fatte be. A niri-a um x a um manyokh-ari na Itan nya tixi um ma. Um tirika na um x a g au x u ^ X^ anur i um x a I rafari a pissa fei birrim be. A niri-a um Xa umkan kanni lan-daki ra um fafe anuri un unga mabirrira, anuri nei birrin mabirrira, nakh-ai tixi um xumma. Xa Sentana um maniri-a um x a Xonno, a niri-a um xa um manyokh-uri na yabi maximbellixi x onne n y a rafindima. Um mali, I Nyi Seniyenxi sabbura, um x a um makwia nei ra nakh-ai mu fari, um xa nondi falla birri-o-birri, anuri um x a tinxiri manyokh-unji, kwi, anuri kewalli ra. Yi niri-a, Fafe, Isa Masia gbefera. Amina. OKINNI-KINNI Fafe, I x a kinni-kinni sa um fafe anun un unga ma, um tarai anun um \unjai ma, morii anuri karromokh-oi ma, anuri 116 EVENING PRAYER. nei birrim ma nakh-ai batta fe-kobi niri-a un na. Muku mail na muku x a lu yi dunia ma naki, na muku x a findi I^a mikh-ii laxix 6 ra birri-o-birri, anuri na, Ixa feeniyentoi fokh-ira, muku x a abbada - nyi sotto ; Isa Masia sabbura, wuri Marrigi. Amina. Wuri Fafe, etc. ^ Alia Fafe x a um barriki. Isa Masia x a um kanta. Anuri Nyi Seuiyenxi x a a niri-a urn X a seniyeri, anuri um x a f an > anuri A x a um findi nondi kanji ra, anuri kwi sukh-u kanji, yi to- lokh-e, anuri birri-o-birri. Amina. EVENING PEAYER. FOR A CHILD. B Fafe Xilli ra, anuri Di, anuri Nyi Seniyen'xi. Amina. Un Dankaniyaxi, etc. OKINNI-KINNI Alia, un i xo n j emama sama I to nyokh-o-saxi um xori yi to-lokh-e, anuri kinni-kinni wayaxi gbefera. Um kaffari um to nei fei lu a rabatarri, a lari um x a nakh-an naba ; anuri um to nei fei niri-a, a mu lari um x a nakh-an naba. A niri-a um x a nemmisa a laxix era > anuri I x a sunduriji x a xi fi um ma a nuri I x a nyi nene matirixirixi raso um kwi. Yi niri-a, O Alia, Ix a marafari Di gbefera, niuku Marrigi anun Mara- kissima Isa Masia. Amina. OKINNI-KINNI Marrigi, I x a um fafe anun un unga barriki, um tarai anun um xunjai, morii anun karromokh-oi nakh-ai na be, anuu GRACE BEFORE MEALS. 117 nei birrin un nakh-ai rafan'xi, anuri birriri nakh-ai batta fekobi niri-a un na. Muku ta^u Ix a Malexei seniyerixi nyi ra yi kwai ra. Muku mail na muku Xa lu yi dunia ma naki, na muku x a findi I% a mikh-ii laxix 6 ra birri-o-birri, anuri na, Ixa Seniyentoi fokh-ira nakh-ari batta yi dunia lu, muku x a abbada nyi sotto. Isa Masia sabbura, muku Marrigi. Amina. *& Alia Fafe, Alia Di, anuri Alia Nyi Seniyenxi Xa um barriki. E x a nyokh-osa um x on > anuri e Xa un nagatta yi kwai ra, anuri abbada. Amina. Grace before Meals. OMARRIGI, I x a barriki sa yi donse ma muku be, anuri I x a muku mali muku x a I battu alaxix era > I ga Masia gbefera. Amina. Grace after Meals. OMARRIGI, I Xilli Seniyenxi x a * a ntu yi donse gbefera, anuri Ixa kiuni-kinnii birriri gbefera muku mabirrira. Amina. Prayer before Service in Church. ^ I X a Marrigi battu axa Seniyen-nya yirri i : dunia birriri a a ^^ A OMARRIGI, I x a um dekirrii rabi na e x a duba I Xilli Seniyerixi ma. I xa um kanta na umbe manyokh-unjii namma sigga e tantanna, anuri na un namma umkan kanni erne mikh-i nakh-ari gbefe mu na ; anuri a niri-a na umbe tantu x a findi marasukh-u daki ra I x on - I ga Masia gbefera. Amina. 118 SOME RULES FOR A GOOD LIFE. After Service in Church, say, UM kaffari, Marrigi, nei fekobii bin-in gbefera um batta nakh-an niri-a I%a Sellibanxi Seniyen'xi kwi, anuri I x a Ix a barriki fi um ma, anuri mikh-ii birriri ma. Amina. Wun x a g igg a he i- Marrigi >B Xilli ra. Amina. I x a sundunji xa%i fi um ma, Alia; anuri I x a Xayilli nene matirixinxi raso um kwi. Yabi maximbellixi x onne n 7 a rafindima : konno kwii koroxome xonne ramokh-oma. Wullemadokh-o nenjii ranyaxuxi Marrigi ma : konno mikh-ii nakh-ai fefari-i rabama, Axa nyaxa- linsei nan nei ra. Marrigi Nya na yirri birrin. A nei matoma nakh-an mu fan, anun nei nakh-ai fan. Un yi fekobi x u ngbe nin-ama muriki ? I X a i Da-Mange manyokh-uri ya, i yore-nya Some Rules for a Good Life. 1. I X a Alia tantu gessegge-o-gessegge, I fefa kunnuri. 2. I x a se lli lokh'-o-lokh-e, gessegge, I fefa kunnuri, anuri kwai ra i fa sa. 3. I x a gi fei birrin nyara nakh-ari seniyentarri, allo x a i nun gima Sentan nyara : Anuri I nammu fe-o-fe niri-a, ama fe-o-fe falla, i fatta yagide nakh- an x a f era - 4. I namma fe-o-fe falla, a mu rafamma I ma, SOME RULES FOR A GOOD LIFE. 119 Alia x& nakh-am me. I namma fe-o-fe niri-a, a mu rafamma I ma Alia x a nakh-an to. I namma fe- o-fe sebbe, a mu rafamma I ma, Alia x & a folia I be nakh-ari x& fera, " A masen um ma." 5. I \SL sigga sellide, anun Sunday karrande. I namma tubban yi xumma. 6. I x a unde karrari Alia x Kitabu Seniyen'xi ma lokh-e-lokh-e. 7. I x kewallii birriri, i x* Alia manyokh-uri. A NATIONAL ANTHEM, IN ENGLISH, FOR AFRICAN CHRISTIANS UNDER A NATIVE GOVERNMENT. GOD bless our Native Land ! May Heaven on Afric's strand Its mercies shower ! May Peace its calm extend, Transforming foe to friend, On war no more depend A nation's power ! Of Thy protection sure, Long may our King secure Amongst us reign. His head inspire and move With wisdom from above, And in a nation's love His rule maintain. May just and righteous laws Uphold the public cause, And bless our land ! Spread Light, Love, Industry ; Transplant here Liberty ; Show'r down Prosperity With bounteous hand. And not our Land alone ; But be Thy mercies known From shore to shore. Lord, make all nations see That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world o'er. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCI.ES. from which It was borrowed. REC'D ID-URL \v A i >! MIII muni mi A 000 085 229 3 SoxH