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This existing one is a story about the rabbit and the guineafowl.

Goend'ennoe a aram k'a / gwen fûan / ndoe shoom.

In the past, the guinefowl was (on) her own.

Shoom dok d'e bi doe.

(She) farmed her little farm, a groundnut farm.

Maar la maar doe / maar konkwaan.

(She) farmed (on) her own a groundnut farm.

Maar bi muk a maar konkwaan.

And the farm was good.

Maar hok kuma d'ong.

She prepared (it) beautifully.

Ni nyap nt'it.

The rabbit, however, he just came from some place to see (that) the farm lay (there).

Fûan zak / ni kûût jik ndoe pe de-goe na / maar hok t'o.

(He) also knew that the farm was the farm of the guineafowl.

Man kuma goepe / maar hok a maar / shoom.

(He) just returned (and) arrived at (his) house, and tried hard to lay down a road (from) behind his house until the middle of the farm of the guineafowl.

Ba kûût ya nlu / goe-goe b'ûet wakaam / nk'ong lu muk / har nd'ûûn maar shoom hok.

(He) would go, (he) should see this farm.

T'ong mûaan t'ong goe na maar nnoe.

On everyday, (he) would go, (he) should see this farm.

Ko-mb'it goenang t'ong mûaan t'ong goe na maar nnoe.

Until the journey, uh, (until) the road came (into being and) was ready (and) just lay (there).

Har mûaan hok / uh / wakaam doe nung kûût t'o.

As if (it were) his farm.

Goebi a maar muk yi.

(By) the time that the groundnuts had become ripe, the rabbit went (and) just started with the farm.

Lokashi goepe / konkwaan nung / fûan mûaan kûût t'a nd'ûûn maar.

(He) started to uproot (them), (he) would pluck (them).

T'angoede goe nd'ûaan / t'ong t'ek.

The guineafowl found him here.

Shoom doe kat ni.

Ah, (she) said, do you uproot these groundnuts? (Are they) yours?

A'a / yin goe d'ûaan / konkwaan nnoe fa? A mmakhoe a?

The rabbit said (they are), the rabbit said (they are) his.

Fûan yin a / fûan yin a mmûûn.

Why do you talk (and) say (that they are) yours?

Nye mmoe goe k'wal goe yi a mmak?

The rabbit said (they are) his.

Fûan yi a mmûûn.

(He) said, if she denies (it), she should see the road lying (there from) behind his house, his, until there in the place, until in the field.

Yi pa la b'yool pa goe na wakaam nt'o / nk'ong lu ji / ji / har d'i mpe hok / har nzam hok.

Because of this, this, (it is) his farm.

Sabo ndoe goesek / goesek a maar ji.

(They) gathered themselves together, then before the chief.

War sek mûep / sai de long.

They went and did judgement.

Mûep mûen goe shin shep.

The chief sent them (i.e., some people), (he) sent them (and they) saw (it) here.

Long paar mûep / paar mûep doe na.

They saw the road, indeed, it rose (from) behind the house of the rabbit until inside the farm.

Mûep na wakaam s'een ni yo nk'ong lu fûan / har nd'ûûn maar hok.

They asked the guineafowl.

Mûep tal d'ûe / shoom.

Your road, where is (it), (the road) that is going into the farm?

Wakaam yi nd'e nnang goed'e t'ong mûaan nzam hok?

(She) said, she rises herself on her wings, (and she) would return (and) descend. They said, no, you look for trouble.

Yin doe yool mmat goe shaat doe t'ong ba sam. Mûep yin kwai / yi tang a rikishi.

Because of this, they seized the farm, they gave (it to) the rabbit.

Sabo ndoe goesek mûep b'aam / maar hok / mûep poe fûan.

The rabbit received all the groundnuts, (he) returned home with them, (they are) his.

Fûan lap konkwaan hok dip / wa nni / a mmûûn.

The guineafowl became angry.

T'oornung ya shoom.

The guinefowl remained patient (in) her own way (and) mended (things), in the past, (she) moved around.

Shoom moor bi doe d'ak / dok lang.

However, one day, there (it) was, the rabbit went to buy salt, on the other side of town.

Ndoe b'it zak nd'e d'i / fûan mûaan de-goe ns'eet kûûn / goetûûn lu.

(He) went and bought the salt, one bag, (he) took (it and) hung (it) on his head.

Mûaan goe s'eet kûûn hok buhu goeme / mang lang nk'a muk.

When (he) came out (and) returned home, (he) returned home (and) entered here at the river bank.

Goep'et wa / wa doe ru pûe kong.

(He) crossed the river.

T'a kong t'a haan.

(He) took the bag (and) lay (it) down by the side.

Mang buhu hok b'ûet goet'oor.

(He) took the bag down (and) lay (it) down on the ground.

Sam buhu hok b'ûet nyil.

(He) went (and) lay washing his body in the river.

Mûaan t'o t'ong s'up sek muk yi nkong.

The guineafowl, however, who saw this bag that lay (there) ...

Shoom zak goena buhu nnoe goet'o...

... knew that (it was) the rabbit (who) took (it to) lay (it) down.

...man goepe a fûan mang toe b'ûet yi.

(She) also saw (that it was) a bag of salt.

Na kuma buhu kûûn.

She suddenly seized this bag of salt (and she) took (it and) hung (it) on her head.

Yi dep goe / buhu kûûn nnoe mang lang nk'a muk.

The rabbit rose toward her.

Fûan yo de muk.

So why would you take my bag of salt?

A nd'ang t'ong goe mang buhu kûûn noe yi a?

The guineafowl said (it is) hers.

Shoom yi a mmûûn.

(He) said, (it is) yours, is it?

Yi a mmak ko a?

The guineafowl said, (it is) hers.

Shoom yi a mmûûn.

Why do you talk to him (like this)? (She) said, he should see her head.

Nye bi mmoe yi k'wal yi poe ni a? Yin pa goe na k'a doe.

She took other ones until her head had become bald.

Doe mang nde har k'a doe daal.

Because of this, (it is) hers.

Sabo ndoe goesek / a mmat.

(They) gathered themselves together (and) went to the chief again.

Mûep war sek mûep mûen de long zak-yit.

The chief went and judged the matter.

Long mûaan goe shep k'wal hok.

He well and truly saw (that) the head of the guineafowl was bald, with the load, with the load, uh, (from) taking the load of salt.

Ni na nkwa ns'een / k'a / shoom daal / goe le goe le / uh / mang goe mang goe le kûûn.

They said, hey, rabbit, he does and sees trouble, too.

Mûep yi hai fûan / gwa shin goe na a rikishi zak.

He should leave his load and give (it to) her.

Gwa goe nyet le muk goe poe ni.

They seized the bag of salt, they gave (it to) the guineafowl.

Mûep b'aam buhu kûûn hok / mûep poe shoom.

(She) revenged herself (for) what the rabbit did to her in the past.

Rama k'a muk / goepe / fûan dok shin zak ndoe ni.

(This is) the end of the story.

A boelat aram hok toe.