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FREE TRANSLATION |
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The Story of an Egg. |
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A hen went down and was hatching behind the village gate. A wild
cat came, killed and ate up the parent (i.e.the hen). The egg,
to avenge its parent’s death went rolling down. A khulinyo (a
beetle-like insect) asked, "Egg! where are you going"? "Since
the wild cat killed and ate up my parent, I am going to take
revenge" said the egg. "Oh! we will" said the khulinyo and like
this they were going together; they met dziera
(a locust-like insect) on the way. Dziera
asked "where are you two going?" The egg gave the same answer.
"Oh! we (all) will" said the dziera
and they all went together and reached the wild cat’s house. |
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They let the egg go and lie in the fireplace; (they let)
khulinyo lie on the inner room floor (Kiluo), and (they let)
dziera sit on the roof
top (kipr). Later,
when the wild cat came and was making fire, the egg exploded and
splashed on his face. So while the wild cat was running to the
couryard it tripped on the khulinyo and fell down. Being
severely hit, it lay on the floor. On seeing this, dziera
laughed profusely and so its neck gave way. Its neck was
repaired with the stem of Johny,
a particular kind of grass. |
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