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Once upon a time, our village.

ne³³tho³³ ŋo²¹ ɛ²¹ khua⁵⁵ xɯ⁴².

There was an old man.

tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ²¹ te²¹ ɣə⁴² tsho²¹mo³¹³ɡɚ²¹ te²¹ te⁵⁵.

He had two sons.

tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ zo³³ ȵi²¹ te⁵⁵ dzu²¹.

The elder son was a little bit foolish.

ɣɚ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ te²¹ djo⁵⁵o³³ thɯ⁵⁵.

The younger son was a little bit smart.

a⁵⁵ȵɚ³³zo³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ te²¹ djo⁵⁵zo³³ ɕɔm³³.

His life was not so rich.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ ȵi²¹xa⁴² ɡɚ³³ djo⁵⁵zo³³ ku⁴² so³³.

He went to work in a rich family one day.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te³³na³³ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te³³ ɣə⁴² na³³ pa³³ ʑi²¹.

The older son went to the rich family.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ɣɚ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ʑi²¹.

When the older son got there.

ɣɚ³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ na³³ tɕhi²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The rich household said to him.

dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ de³¹³.

If you worked until on the eve of New Year.

nɚ³³ mu²¹ a³³ sa³³sɿ⁴²wa²¹si³³ pa³³ tɕhi²¹.

I would give you a cow.

ŋo²¹ na³³ ȵi³³ te²¹ tɕi³³ ɡɯ³¹³ ɛ²¹.

Then, wrote it in the paper.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ tha²¹ʑi³³ tha⁴² vɚ⁵⁵ ta⁵⁵ zɚ³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

Recorded a cow in the paper.

m̩ ʑi²¹ thja⁴² ȵo⁴² na³³ vɚ⁵⁵ le⁵⁵.

He couldn’t read and write.

nu³³ ne³³te⁵⁵ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ sɿ³³ ma²¹ sɿ³¹³.

When it was on the eve of New Year.

nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ mu²¹ a³³ sa³³sɿ⁴²wa²¹si³³ tɕhi²¹ la³³.

They did like that.

ȵa⁴² ki⁵⁵ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

However, the rich household didn’t give him the cow.

dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ ȵi³³ ne³³ tɕi³³ ma²¹ ɡɯ³¹³.

The rich family didn’t give the cow to him.

ma²¹ ɡɯ³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

He asked why didn’t give him.

i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ nɚ²¹ a⁵⁵ wa³³ ma²¹ ɡɯ³¹³ a⁵⁵

The rich man told him.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³.

I taught you how to work.

nɚ²¹ ŋo²¹ na³³ mo³¹³ ɡɯ³¹³ te³³dze⁴².

If you could do that I would give you.

pa³³ ɡu²¹ tɕi⁴² ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ na³³ ɡɯ³¹³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

The rich man said to him.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³.

I had something in my big jar.

ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ bə⁴² ɣɚ³³ɣɚ³³ ne³³ mo³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ȵɚ⁵⁵zo³³ ne³³ mo³³ xə⁴² ke⁴².

My head.

ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ i³³dɯ³³.

It is three kilos and a half.

i³³dɯ³³ mo³³ nu³³ sa³³ kɔn³³tsi³³ pa⁵⁵ dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Please weigh it.

nu³³ nɚ²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ tɕho³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹.

It should be accurate.

xo⁵⁵xo⁴² tɕho³³ xo³¹³ ma⁴².

The main room beside the courtyard.

m̩³³ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ʑa⁵⁵tsɿ²¹ tha⁴²ɣo³³ ne³³ mo³³.

There was no sunlight for a couple of years.

ne⁵⁵ ȵi³¹³ sə³³ khu⁴² də³³ mu³³tshu²¹ ma²¹ ɣo³³ lə⁴² la³³.

Please help me move out and bask it.

ȵɚ²¹ wa³³ tɕa⁴² pa³³ du⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ nu³³ thɚ⁵⁵ lə⁴² ʑi²¹.

However the elder son couldn’t do that.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ ɡɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ ɣɚ³³ɣɚ³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵ ma²¹ tɕi⁴².

So he couldn’t do that year.

ki⁵⁵ ma²¹ tɕi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ thə²¹ khu⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

He couldn’t acquire the cow.

ȵi³³ ne³³ ɕi³³ ɡɚ³³ ma²¹ ɣo⁴² lo³³.

In the next year.

du⁴²mi⁴² ne³³ thə²¹ khu⁴² na³³ tɕhi²¹.

The younger son went to work for the rich family.

nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵ i³³ zo³³ a⁵⁵ȵɚ³³zo³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ na³³ pa³³ ʑi²¹ to³³.

He worked till on the eve of New Year.

pa³³ ʑi²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ de³¹³ tsui⁵⁵xə⁵⁵ sa³³sɿ⁴²wa²¹si³³ tɕhi²¹.

The rich man asked a couple of difficult questions as before.

tɕo⁵⁵ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³xɚ³³ ɡɛ²¹ vɛn⁵⁵ thi⁴² ne³³ ȵi³¹³ sə³³ mo³³.

His younger brother thought.

m̩²¹ i³³ ne²¹ te⁵⁵ na³³ tshɚ³¹³.

His younger brother, then.

i³³ ne²¹ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Broke the big jar.

pə⁴² ɣɚ³³ɣɚ³³ ne³³ mo³³ nu³³ thɚ⁵⁵ khau³³ thɚ⁴² phi⁴².

Took something in the jar.

nu³³ ve²¹ a³³ a⁵⁵ȵɚ⁵⁵zo³³ mo³³ xɯ⁴² ke⁴² dzɚ³¹³.

There was an iron-handle in the jar.

i³³ ɛ²¹ la⁴²tɕa⁵⁵ te²¹ pa⁴² dzu²¹.

He carried the iron-handle on the shoulder.

nu³³ la⁴²tɕa⁵⁵ pa⁴² kha⁴² zɚ³¹³ na³³ kja⁵⁵.

He hooked all the tiles of the rich man’s house.

dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² ɛ²¹ ŋə²¹ ne³³dze²¹ te²¹dze⁴²po⁴² kə³³ tshe²¹ lɛ²¹.

He did like that.

na³³ ki⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Sunlight could illuminate in the room in this way.

mu³³tshu²¹ pa³³ du⁵⁵ ɡə³³ lɛ³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The rich man’s room could bathe in the sunlight.

i³³ ɛ²¹ tha⁴²ɣo³³ mo³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ɣo³³ lə⁴² la³³.

He brought a kitchen knife with him.

ʑo⁵⁵ po³³to³³ tsa⁴² ve²¹ dzɚ³¹³.

He brought a scale with him.

tɕho³³ dzɿ⁴² ve²¹ dzɚ³¹³.

He went to the rich man’s house with the kitchen knife and scale with him.

na³³ kja⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² xɯ⁴² ʑi²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵.

Your head was three and half kilos.

ne²¹ i³³dɯ³³ mo³³ tɕo⁵⁵ sa³³ kɔn³³tsin³³ pa⁵⁵ dzu²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

I might cut and weigh it if you didn’t believe.

ma²¹ si⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵ nu³³ kha²¹ wa³¹³ dɚ⁵⁵ tshe²¹ lɛ²¹ a³³ thɚ⁵⁵ tɕho³³ ɛ³³.

The landlord said.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵tsu²¹ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Believe, believe, believe.

ɔ²¹ si⁵⁵ a²¹ si⁵⁵ a²¹ si²¹ a²¹ si²¹ a²¹ si²¹ a²¹.

It was right.

ȵa⁴² pa⁵⁵ nu³³ xo³¹³ a²¹ xo³¹³ a²¹ xo³¹³ a²¹.

I would like to tell you another thing.

nu³³ ŋo²¹ na³³ tsi⁵⁵ ɕo²¹.

If you were be able to do that.

de³¹³ a³³ nɚ²¹ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵.

I would keep my promise.

ŋo²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ na³³ ɡɯ³¹³ a⁵⁵ ɡa⁵⁵ na³³ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ e³¹³ na³³ de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The landlord said to him.

ti⁵⁵dzu²¹ te⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ de³¹³.

You helped me make the yard clean.

nɚ²¹ wa³³ tɕa⁴² te³³xɚ³³ ɛ²¹ de²¹mi²¹ dze⁴².

You couldn’t use water.

m̩²¹ ʑi²¹dʑa⁵⁵ ma²¹ nɛn⁴² tə⁴².

Swept and mopped the yard cleanly.

na³³ kja⁵⁵ wa³³ tɕa⁴² de²¹mi²¹ de²¹ thɚ⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵ so²¹ tho³³ so²¹.

Used plant-ash.

kja⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ lo²¹ ne³³na³³ khu³³mɯ²¹ ne³³dze⁴² khu³³mɯ²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵.

Twisted a rope, tied and wound the house.

tsa⁵⁵ ku²¹ vɚ⁴² nu³³ ŋo²¹ ɡɛ²¹ xɯ²¹ kɚ³³ na³³ zau⁵⁵ tu³³ lɛ²¹.

He said like that.

ȵa⁴² de³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The younger son.

a⁵⁵ȵɚ⁵⁵zo³³ a⁵⁵ȵɚ⁵⁵zo³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵.

He was at the rich man’s house.

tɕo⁵⁵ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² ɛ²¹.

He poured a bottle of sesame oil on the ground.

zə³³ʑi³³ ne³³ bjɚ²¹ te²¹ bɚ²¹ bo²¹ to⁵⁵ si⁵⁵ phi⁴² na³³ kja⁵⁵.

He began to mop the floor.

zə³³ʑi³³ ne³³ bjɚ²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ tɕa⁴² m̩³³ ti²¹pa²¹ tho³³.

He fetched a bundle of straw. Twisted a rope with straw.

ʑo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ tshe²¹ pə²¹ te²¹ khui²¹ ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kia⁵⁵ tshe²¹ pə²¹ ne³³ khui²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ tsa⁵⁵ te²¹ ku²¹ vɚ⁴² na³³ kja⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹.

Wound on the wall of the rich man’s house.

ne³¹³dzu³³bu⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ xɯ²¹ na³³ zau⁵⁵ zɚ³¹³ nu³³.

Made a fire on it.

mɚ⁵⁵tu⁴² pɚ⁵⁵ ve²¹ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ tu⁴².

The straw rope had been burnt. The burnt straw rope changed into plant-ash.

thɚ⁵⁵ tu⁴² phi⁴² na³³ tɕhi²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ zɿ³³be³³ ne³³dze⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ thɚ⁵⁵ tu⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ khu³³mɯ²¹ phja⁴²phi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵.

He used its ash.

i³³ ɛ²¹ khu³³mɯ²¹ ne²¹dze⁴² ɡɯ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹.

The ash rope still enclosed the rich man’s house.

tsa⁵⁵ ku²¹ vɚ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ xɯ²¹ kɚ³³ we⁴² dzɛ³¹³ la³³.

The rich man had lost.

dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ dɯ³¹³ phi⁴².

He couldn’t give up the cow even if he had lost.

dɯ³¹³ phi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ na³³ ȵi³³ tɕi³³ ɡɯ³¹³ na³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ ʑo⁵⁵ sə²¹ ma²¹ do²¹.

The rich man couldn’t break the promise.

ma²¹ ɡɯ³¹³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵ ne³³xɚ⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² de³¹³ ku⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

The rich man.

ȵa⁴² de³³ ɡɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ dze³³mo³³pho³¹³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

En, this kind of person.

te³³ xɔ⁵⁵ m̩³³.

He began to make an evil plan.

kui²¹ tsu²¹ʑi⁵⁵ mo³³ dzɯ⁵⁵.

The rich man told the younger son.

i³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ne³³ te⁵⁵ na³³ de³¹³ a⁵⁵ la³³.

I didn’t say that I would give you a cow.

ŋ̥o²¹ ne³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ na³³ ʑi⁵⁵ thjau⁴² ȵo⁴² na³³ ma²¹ de³¹³ lo³³.

I did say that I would give you a gourd of oil.

ʑi⁵⁵ phja⁴² ʑo⁴² na³³ de³¹³ le⁵⁵.

So.

tɕo⁵⁵ te³³ te⁵⁵ na³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

The rich man gave the younger son a gourd of oil and made him leave

tɕo⁵⁵ zə³³ʑi³³ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹ phi³³bi³³ ɡɯ³¹³ lo³³ ɡa⁵⁵.