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I will tell you a story.

ŋo²¹ a⁵⁵tɕin⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ te²¹ɣə⁴² po⁴² tɕa⁴².

I will tell you a story and let you listen to it.

a²¹ ku²¹tɕin³³ te²¹ mɚ⁴² khuan²¹ nɚ²¹dzɿ³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ no³³ȵi³³ to³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

The two seniors had three sons.

tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ⁴² ne³³ ȵi²¹ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ a³³zo³³a³³le⁵⁵ sə³³ fɚ³³ dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

His son and daughters.

i³³ zo³³mɯ³³nɯ³³.

They had three brothers.

sə³³ fɚ³³ dzu²¹ a³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The eldest brother enjoyed doing farm work.

ɣɚ³³ a³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ mi²¹ ɡu²¹ xɔ⁵⁵.

The seond one liked doing business.

le⁵⁵le⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ sə³³ʑi⁵⁵ mɯ²¹ xɔ⁵⁵.

The youngest one just liked playing.

a⁵⁵ȵɛ⁵⁵ɣo³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ lɛ³³ɡo²¹ xɔ⁵⁵.

His father and mother made a decision.

ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ²¹ ʑa³³ de³³ ʑa³³ mo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ tsu²¹ʑi⁵⁵ dzə⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

They delivered them what they needed.

xa³³ɕo²¹ ɕi³³ʑau⁵⁵ nu³³ xa³³ɕo²¹ fi³³ a⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ ɡɯ³¹³.

He didn't listen to his parents’ suggestion.

de³¹³ ɡɚ³³ sɿ⁵⁵ tsho³³ ŋɯ²¹ ma²¹ no³³ȵi³³.

His family members persuaded him to do farm work but he didn't want to.

a⁴² te²¹ɣə⁴²bo⁴² mi²¹ ɡu²¹ na³³ pa³³ de³¹³ i³³ ma²¹ ki⁵⁵.

They told him not be idle all day but he didn’t listen to.

ȵa⁴² ta²¹ ɕa³³ na³³ pa³³ de³¹³ ɡɚ³³ i³³ ma²¹ ki⁵⁵.

Then his father and mother began to made a decision.

ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ ʑa³³ de³³ ʑa³³ mo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ tsu²¹ʑi⁵⁵ dzə⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The one who liked the farm work.

mi²¹ ɡu³³ pho³¹³ ki⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

They gave him the cow and the fields.

ȵi³³ fi³³ mi²¹ fi³³ ʑa³³ ɡɯ³¹³.

Ah, parents bought horses for the one who enjoyed business.

a³³ sə³³ʑi⁵⁵ mɯ²¹ xɔ⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ na³³ tɕo⁵⁵ mu³³ vɚ²¹ ɡɯ³¹³.

The one who enjoyed playing, then.

ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ tha⁴²wan²¹ ŋo²¹nɚ²¹nɚ²¹ la³³ɡo²¹ xɔ⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ na³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

Ah, parents bought him a set of instruments.

a⁴² sɿ⁵⁵ɕɛ²¹ te²¹ thɔ⁵⁵ vɚ²¹ a³³ ʑa³³ ɡɯ³¹³.

They were included four-string guitar, urheen, three-string and moon-shape guitar.

sɿ⁵⁵ɕɛ²¹ ne³³ thɔ⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ɚ⁵⁵fu⁴², sa³³ɕɛ⁴², zi⁴²tshi⁴² na⁴² ɯ³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Then they got what they wanted.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ a⁵⁵mɚ³³mɚ³³ te²¹ ɕo²¹ fi³³.

The three brother began to make a living by themselves.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ o⁵⁵ɚ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ a⁵⁵mɚ³³ ɣə⁴² fi³³ phi⁴². na³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹ a⁵⁵mɚ³³mɚ³³ dʑo²¹mo²¹ sɯ³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

The youngest one had no place to go, and had to eat every day.

ȵɛ³³ ɛ⁵⁵ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ma²¹ dzu²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ ȵi⁴² te²¹ ȵi⁴². a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dzo³³ sɿ⁵⁵ dzo³³ ma⁴²sɛ³³.

He had to drink every day.

du²¹ sɿ⁵⁵ du²¹ ma⁴²sɛ³³.

He went to play instruments in the mountains.

bɯ²¹ dze⁴² tha⁴² ʑa³¹³ be²¹ȵi⁴² bɚ⁵⁵ lɚ³³ɡo²¹ ʑi²¹.

He spent all his time on playing instruments in the village.

a⁴² khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² ɕa³³ bɚ⁵⁵ lɚ³³ɡo²¹ ʑi²¹.

A fairy observed him in the sky and changed into a young girl to meet him.

ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ sɿ²¹ mɯ⁴² tha⁴² bi³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ kua³³tsha⁴². ɣo³³ kua³³tsha⁴² sə³³ɕɛ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ kua³³tsha⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵. za²¹me²¹la⁴²zo³³ te²¹ te⁵⁵ pjɛ⁵⁵ tshe²¹ lɛ²¹.

She said to him “ older brother, why don’t you loaf about everywere all day?

tshe²¹ lɛ²¹ a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ko³³ko³³ nɚ²¹ a⁵⁵kja⁵⁵ be²¹ȵi⁴² mjo³¹³ ɡɚ³³ ma²¹ mɯ²¹ ʑi²¹

You just played the instruments everywhere the whole day.

be²¹ȵi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ te³³ɕa³³ lɚ³³ɡo²¹ ȵa⁴² bɚ⁵⁵ lɚ³³ɡo²¹ a⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³.

Ah, he said.

i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ a⁴².

My parents had devided the family into subfamily like this.

tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ⁴² ɣə⁴² fi³³ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² fi³³ lɛ⁵⁵.

They gave us what we wanted.

xa³³ɕo²¹ xɔ⁵⁵ nu³³ xa³³ɕo²¹ fi⁵⁵ ɡɯ³¹³.

His elder brother liked farm work, so they gave him fields and a cow.

m̩⁴² i³³ ko³³ko³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ mi²¹ ɡu³³ xɔ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ mi²¹ ȵi³³ fi³³ ɡɯ³¹³.

His second brother likes doing business, they bought him a horse.

ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ sɛ³³ʑi⁵⁵ mɯ²¹ xɔ⁵⁵ na⁵⁵bɯ⁵⁵ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ xɔ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ mu³³ vɚ²¹ ɡɯ³¹³.

Because I don’t like working.

ŋo³³ tɕo⁵⁵ mjo³¹³ mɯ²¹ ma²¹ dzɿ⁵⁵ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ zi³³we⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ wa³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

They bought me a suit of instruments.

sɿ⁵⁵ɕɛ²¹ te²¹ thɔ⁵⁵ vɚ²¹ a³³ wa³¹³ ɡɯ³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

So I played instruments all day.

ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ bɛ²¹ȵi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² də³³də³³ bɚ⁵⁵ ka⁴² tɕi⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

The fairy asked him like this.

ȵa⁴² ki⁵⁵ nu³³ te³³xɚ³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ sə⁴²ɕɛ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵. tshe²¹ lɛ²¹ a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ no³³ȵi³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

You loafed about all day like this. Then what did you eat?

ne⁵⁵ nɚ²¹ te³³xɚ³³ a³³ ne⁵⁵ nɚ²¹ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ dzo³³ ka⁵⁵?

You played instruments like this all day. What did you drink, then?

a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ du²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ bɛ²¹ȵi⁴² te²¹xɚ³³ bɚ⁵⁵ lɚ³³ɡo²¹ a³³.

I…

ŋo²¹ nu³³ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

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En, you know others’ food growing from the fields.

m̩⁴² sɿ²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ne⁵⁵ mi²¹ mi²¹ xɯ²¹ du⁵⁵.

If he or she does a businessman.

sɛ³³ʑi⁵⁵ pa³³ mu³³.

Ah, money is made from business.

a⁴² tɕi³³phe³¹³ tsua⁵⁵ ɡɯ³³ lɛ²¹.

Why don’t you have nothing to eat and drink?

a³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ dzo³³ tsha⁴² dzu²¹ a⁴² nɚ²¹ te²¹ dze²¹. a³³ ki⁵⁵ tsha⁴² ma²¹ dzu²¹ a³³ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ kja⁵⁵?

The fairy said to him like that.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The fairy’s words made his heart broken.

nan⁴²tu⁵⁵ ne³³ xɔ⁵⁵ ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵. ɡuɚ⁴² a³³ i³³ ȵi⁵⁵mo²¹ a³³ tsho²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

He was worried and cried.

sɛn³³ tɕi⁴² a³³ ŋɯ²¹.

He was crying.

ŋɯ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The fairy said to him.

sə²¹ɕɛ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³.

What do you want?

ne⁵⁵ nɚ²¹ a⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵ ɕi³³ʑɔ⁵⁵.

Ah ya, I need nothing.

a⁴² ʑa⁴² ŋo²¹ te²¹dze²¹ ɡɚ³³ ma²¹ ɕi³³ʑɔ⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

My parents had given me what I needed.

ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ te³³xɚ³³ a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ⁴² ɡɚ³³ wa³¹³ fi³³ ɡɯ³¹³ la³³.

They gave me what I wanted. I have no choice.

ŋo²¹ te³³ xɔ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ mo³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te³³ xɔ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵. ŋo²¹ a³³ fi³³ ɡɯ³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵fa²¹ ma²¹ dzu²¹ la³³ na⁵⁵.

The fairy helped him made an idea.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ sɛn⁴²ɕɛ³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tsu²¹ʑi⁵⁵ dzɿ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³.

I gave you some fields to plough.

a⁴² ɣa³³phɚ⁴² nɚ²¹ nu³³ nɚ²¹ mi²¹ ɡu³³ ɡu³³ ʑi²¹.

If you plough the fields.

zu⁴²ɡo²¹ nɚ²¹ mi²¹ pa⁵⁵ ɡu³³ ʑi²¹.

Then.

ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ na³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

You have no cows.

nɚ²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ȵi³³ ma²¹ dzu²¹ a³³ ne⁵⁵.

But you would have cows.

ȵi³³ ȵi³³ dzu²¹ tɕa⁴².

She said to him like that.

a³³ de³¹³ nu³³.

Then he promised to plough the fields.

ɡu³³ ʑa²¹ na³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ xui²¹ thə⁴² la³³.

If he didn’t listen to him. It was really no other way.

xui²¹thə⁴² a³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ pa⁵⁵fa²¹ ma²¹ dzu²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

If it was like that.

ne⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² pa³³ ŋɛ³¹³ ne⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹.

He had no cow to plough the fields.

ȵi³³ ne⁵⁵ mi²¹ mo³³ ne⁵⁵ ȵi³³ sɿ⁵⁵ ma²¹ fi³³ ma²¹ dzu²¹ la³³.

His parents had given the cow and horse to his two brothers. So I had no idea to solve the problem.

i³³ ko³³ko³³ la³³ fi³³ phi⁴² la³³ mu³³ sɿ⁵⁵ ma²¹ dzu²¹ la³³ ne³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵fa²¹ ma²¹ dzu²¹.

The fairy said to him.

nu³³ sɛn⁴²ɕɛ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³.

You went to a gourd and tried to call.

nɚ²¹ ʑa³¹³ fu²¹lu⁵⁵ ne³³ mo³³ xɯ⁴² ʑa³¹³ ɯ³³ ʑi²¹.

You will call out two dogs and they can help you plough the fields.

khui³³ te²¹ dzə²¹ ɯ³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a³³ na³³ nu³³ i³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ na³³ tɕa⁴² mi²¹ mo³³ to³³.

Then ploughing.

mi²¹ mo³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ si²¹ də³³mə²¹.

Bringing some pies with him for calling the dogs.

khui³³ ɯ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ pa³³pa³³ mo³³ a²¹.

After that.

nu³³ i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne²¹.

The fairy called the dogs in the front.

sɛn⁴²ɕɚ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ɣə³¹³dzə²¹ tsha⁵⁵ khui³³ mo³³ khui³³ ɯ³³ zɚ³¹³.

He ploughed the fields after them. The two brothers envied him very much.

i³³ ʑo⁵⁵ te³³ bi³³ tsha⁵⁵ mi²¹ mo³³ zɚ³¹³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ o⁵⁵ ȵi²¹ fɚ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ȵi³³dɯ³¹³ a⁵⁵la³³.

The dogs needed to be fed.

ʑo⁵⁵ tso³³ mo³³.

No matter it was cloudy or fine, they had to do farm work.

mɯ³³ʑi⁵⁵ mɯ³³li³¹³ də³³ du⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ mo³³.

He stayed at home all day.

i³³ bɛ²¹ȵi⁴² xɯ³¹³ ɕa³³ zɚ³¹³ xa⁵⁵ mi²¹ mo³³ a³³ xɚ⁵⁵ xɚ⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

The dogs could help him and they ate very little.

khui³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ mo³³ ʑo⁵⁵ dzo³³ ɡɛ²¹ mə⁴².

It seemed.

nu³³ xa⁴²ta⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

The younger brother was very jealous.

le⁵⁵le⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ mja⁵⁵ ȵi²¹.

Ah, my brother.

a⁴² ɕɔ³³ti⁵⁵.

I want to talk with you.

ȵa⁴² pa³³ ki⁵⁵ nu³³ na⁵⁵ fɚ³³.

I want to change your two dogs with my horse.

pu⁵⁵na⁴²nu³³ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ mu³³ te³³ ɣɚ⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵. nɚ²¹ ɡɛ²¹ khui³³ te³³ ȵi²¹ mo³³ po³³ na³³ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³.

That is OK.

ɛ⁴² nɚ²¹ po³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ po³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵ nɚ²¹ xa³¹³ʑa⁵⁵ tɕi⁴².

It's no problem.

po³³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ po³³.

Then he used his two dogs to change his second brother’s horse.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ po³³ a⁵⁵ i³³ ne²¹ i³³ ne²¹ne²¹ te⁵⁵ ɡɛ²¹ khui³³. te³³ dzə²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ po³³ a⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ²¹ ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ na³³ ɡɯ³¹³ phi⁴².

So his second brother broght the two dogs with him.

ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ na³³ ɡɯ³¹³ phi⁴² nu³³ ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³ ʑa³¹³ ɯ³³ ki⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³.

He let the two dogs plough the fields.

mi²¹ mo³³ ʑi²¹ ne⁵⁵.

The dogs were tied together but they didn’t move.

khui³³ te²¹ dzə²¹ ŋe³¹³ na³³ ne⁴²phi²¹tu³³lɛ²¹ a³³ mi²¹ mo³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ma²¹ sə³³.

The dogs ate a piece of pie if he wanted to let them plough.

ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ pa³³pa³³ te²¹ ɡu²¹ te³³xɚ³³ ɡuɛ⁴² a³³sa³³.

The dogs asked for a piece of pie each time.

khui³³ ɯ³³ ne⁵⁵ pa³³pa³³ te²¹ ɡu²¹ mo³³ ma⁴².

Without a pies, the dogs wouldn’t work.

ʑa³³ ma²¹ ɯ³³ pa³³pa³³ ma²¹ ki⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ ʑa³³ tsho³¹³ ki⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

His brother was angry and said that it was foolish to let the dogs plough rather than cows.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵ ʑo³³ ʑo³³ a⁵⁵ ne³³ xɔ⁵⁵ de³³ khui³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵. də³³ mi²¹ mo³³ phja⁴²le²¹do²¹ ȵi³³ də³³ də³³ mo³³ phja⁴²le²¹do²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

He was very angry.

ȵa⁴² ki⁵⁵ nu³³ pu²¹ si⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

He was too angry.

ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕi³¹³ dʑi³³ ma²¹ do²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

He beat the dogs to death.

ʑa³³ khui³³ dzə²¹ khau³³ se⁴² phi⁴².

After that.

khui³³ dzə²¹ khau³³ se⁴² phi⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹nɚ⁵⁵ɕi³³ne³³.

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His second older brother regretted for that.

a²¹ ʑa³³ le⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵ xui⁴² a³³ tɕo⁵⁵.