ingnar a-no lut-thòt." elephant's ear entered."
Ànsi Recho pu--"Mai! la lobòng lapu Then the King said--"Oh! that plantain-stalk, it seems;
ànpin bòn-he"-- pusi arju-dàm-lo. "O lobòng lobòng! so much (trouble) caused"-- saying he summoned. "O plantain, plantain!
nàng kopi-apòt vo-arbipi a-tar sàp-rai?" you for what reason the sparrow's nest fell upon and broke?"
Lobòng pudèt--"Che! pi ne sàp-rai-re-ji, Hèmphu The plantain said--"Oh! how I was not to fall and break, Lord|
arnàm? Phàk-belèng-pi-si ne kathimur-phàk-le: ne God? The wild boar me rooted me up suddenly: I
thimur-phàk-lo-te ne ingkur kave-dèt-lo-le: kopu-si ne having been rooted up, I root none had at all: how I
karjàp thèk-ji-làng? Thàngbàk ne-ri standing-up was to be able to continue? Any to me-hand
ne-kèng le-kedo kali-dèt-le." to me-leg being, existing, not-at-all there is."
"Mai! la phàk pu àn-pin bon-he," pu "Oh! that pig, it seems, all the (trouble) caused," saying
Recho pulo. Ànsi phak-aphàn arju-dàm-lo. "O phàk phàk! the King said. So the pig (accus.) he summoned. "O pig, pig!
pi-apòt nàng lobòng thimur-phàk"? Phàk pudèt "Pi ne for what reason you the plantain rooted up"? The pig answered "How I
thimur-phàk-phe-ji? Ne chopàn-vèk, mamàtsi could help rooting it up? (as) I was feeding, grazing, suddenly,
hànthar ne-moi keklo-dàp-le: la-helo keso-òng the gourd my back (on) came tumbling down: therefore being in great pain
ne lobòng thimur-phàk." I the plantain rooted up."
Ànsi Recho-- "Mai! hànthar pu àn-pin bòn-he" So the king-- "Oh! the gourd, then, all this (trouble) caused,"
pusi hànthar arju-dàm-lo. "O hànthar hànthar! pi-apòt saying the gourd summoned. "O gourd, gourd! for what
phàk-belèng-pi a-moi nàng klo-dup?" "Pi ne reason the wild boar 's back (on) you fell-plump?" "How I
klo-dup-de-ji, Hèmphu Arnàm? Karle-si ne-kòk could help falling? Lord God? The squirrel my stem (to me)
ne-keròt-pèt-le, ne-ke thàngbàk ne-ri, ne-kèng having cut through, I at all to me hand, to me foot
le-kedo kali-dèt, ne-kòk isi-pèt àn-helo, la-le there-not-existing, my stem, one-only, so much having, that if
ne ròt-pèt-lo-te, ne klo-nàng-po. Phàk-belèng-pi to me is cut through, I must necessarily fall. The wild boar
a-moi keklo-nàng-dup." 's back (on) falling became necessary."
