pb_cs_batugha

This is how the story is.

Kapisitu toneo.

A seven headed giant.

Poghoro / batugha lava sua.

Then people lived in a village.

Telo pa magnigha lo patu.

And the daughter of the chief there went to wash clothes at the big river.

Te / lo ota lo kaunga loma / gnuba kova ngai lo ngai jai la te / ma pogha / uasili ta boghue lo na.

She went and while she was there, the seven headed giant came, took her and went away.

Bo tulola / gho ota patu / lo poghoro batugha lava sua lo te ba kau boghue lo na.

He went very far and kept her to live with him.

Bua telo kama / sughu toala kama / te bo / ma koma paleghue lo na.

So he took her and married her, the young girl, the chief's daughter.

Telo kau bua telo kama bo kaghaghue lo na ko, / adaki gnuba; / lo kaunga loma gnuba.

They and the chief waited and waited but his daughter didn't come back.

Ze na, / kaunga na / ma taughia taughia taughia kama ghomagho ghoi liaza bai / lo loma gnuba kona.

So he sent messages throughout the whole region.

Tulola lova / vere solo lau talighughue lo na lo tabu sua verauli la.

So they can find his daughter.

Ma teze ko ma- ko gnuba zalaghi tei.

So they started to look for her and didn't find her.

Tulola zeze zalaghue lo na alu zala teze kama oma ghoi sodoaghi.

And then all the ships, all the things looking around on the sea and didn't find her either.

Teze lo / dulo lo vakagha lo dulo kapisigha na kulo lo gnagnui la tei kevai / zala kevai / teze kama oma ghoi keghei.

Then at a time, this old man had no money.

Tulola / pa manga la / lo / ma lo kalugha zepo sue lo / tada mapa na.

And his two sons.

Zu lova edo gnubalo.

They carve out a ship.

Tova / pa / vaka sarilighue lo na.

They carved it and finished the carving and they installed its sail.

Sarilia teto / sarili lajua teto / lova / ma lova poi apoi poragha lo lova sese lo lovui.

Then they took it down (to the sea).

Teto tova / lau kulighue lo na.

One morning, they took it down.

Kam- / ma pa ropola tulola to lau kulighue lo na.

The ship, they took it down and went.

Lo vaka / lau kulia teze zeva / boghue lo na.

Its seven things.

Lova / poghoro poigha.

Like the things accompanying them, they were monkeys.

Pozogho lova / ma / taka bo sua / lo / poigha apoighae ze na poragha / maqegha.

They went, went and went, and went and reached the giant's garden.

Boghue lo na bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze lo, / sua lova suba lomata ze saraghue lo na.

Where he works (gardening).

Lova / aqutu sua mavutu.

When they got there, the elder said: 'you stay and make our food.

Ota sara tulola zeva / lo poi / lo duzi lo teighue lo na no na ata mai samu pala.

So I can go inland and shoot some birds for us.'

Tegne agni na ka zegne bo maiva ela kosu lo lo bola tei.

So the younger one stayed.

Tulola lo / lo gnari lova paleghue lo na.

He stayed to cook food with the seven monkeys.

Palea telo / samu kuroli / zu lo / poghoro / maqegha.

They stayed there for a while and just as the food was ready and served, the seven-headed giant came.

Ze ota patu / lo na ighe toala lo samu lau evua telo / lau rerea / lo poghoro batugha lava sua lova baghue lo na.

He came and walked on the surface of the sea and went seawards.

Baia telo ba / tagha gnagnui latu tetea telo kulighue lo na.

He went seawards and reached the ship and lied to the boy: 'what are the ships outside looking for?' he said.

Kulia telo bo kulo / lo vaka la sara tulola lo / lo lo / gnuba peqoalighue; ei lapoi torongo / zalali sua vakaghae kulo tagha ze na tei.

So when he looked seawards, he (the giant) took all the food and dropped it in his mouth, all the seven plates.

Tulola lo na kulo tei qelea / lo dulo samu kama loqoa telo pale lo napu la soloi tabu sua / poghoro peletigha.

Then the giant went back.

Lo kama liazaghue lo na lo sua na.

The boy was just cooking again when the brother came down.

Lo gnuba lo mane ghoi ighe kuroa / lo lo lova / pa tone lo mane kuli baghue lo na.

'Eh, are you starting cooking only now?'

Ae zu ighe toala no te kurotu.

And then he said 'yes, the seven headed giant came here and ate all the food.'

Tei te lo na te eo / ata lo lo poghoro / batugha lava sua na ba zaba telo lo dulo samu lou lajui tei.

Then he cooked again before they ate.

Tulola zeva / ma lo na ghoi kuro tulola ze mane zeva / samughue lo na.

The next day was the same.

Izi iva tulola ghoi / tei.

One went bushwards, the younger one.

Lo pa na / ghoi kaghue lo na ma lo gnari.

The younger one went bushwards and shot birds.

Lo gnari lo ka tulola, / lo ghoi bo kosukosughue lo na.

So he (the older brother) cooked and the food is cooked, the giant came again.

Tulola lo na ghoi ighe kuro / lo samu na evu / lo na kama ghoi bazu lo sua na.

The seven-headed giant.

Lo poghoro batugha lava.

He came and also ate all the food again.

Ba tulola lova kama ba lo dulo samu ghoi lou lajughue lo na.

He lied to him.

I lo / lova peqoalighue lo na.

What, he already his something.

Lapoi torongo / lo na kama lo lova / poi.

What is that, his gun, he loaded it and kept it ready.

Apoie lo na poragha mm / kukuro kama / palai vavurulia telo kama lau rere lovu patu.

He lied to the boy to make him look seawards and when the boy turned to look seawards, he pulled the trigger.

Tulolalo lo na peqoali, / tulola lo / lo gnuba na telo / kulo qele tia lo na kama / lo na kulo qelea lo poi la kama pidilizu.

The bullet crashed on the side ribs of the giant and went.

Ailo papale su- ei lo sua lo papale / abara lova ba / kotaliatu lo baboghue lo na.

The giant went away.

Lo lo kama boghue lo n(a); lo sua na.

He went and reached his home and just as he was cooking, the young brother came down.

Bua telo bo / magnigha la sarai zepoe zeva / ighe kuro k- lo lova ighe toala kuro keva / lo pa gnu- lo lova tone lova kuli baghue na.

So they stayed there until morning before they went.

Tulola ze kama ma ota paleghue / a- patu lo ropo la tulola zeva mane boghue lo na.

They went and went and went and reached down seawards from his home, the home of the seven-headed giant.

Bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bua teze bo / ma lo lova magnigha lova kulo toala zeva / bo saraghue lo na / lo poghoro batugha lava sua lova magnigha lova kulo.

When they arrived there, they anchored the ship there.

Sara tulola, / zeva / poi / ma ko vaka ota piniti kovughue lo na.

They anchored the ship and went ashore.

Pingiti kovua teze zeva kaghue lo na.

They went ashore and when they were mid-way on the track, they said: 'we will go separately.

Kaia teze / zeva / kao keva ghobu la sara tulola zeva teighue la na o / levuaza tame.

You go this direction and I'll go this direction; if anyone finds a cave or something else, then give a shout', they said.

Ma no / no na ata ailo papale sala agni ailo papale sala tai ai lova bua pa baba tei kia pa apoi sodoali kia lo kuilighue lo na tei.

And they split.

Tulola zeva / tova levuazaghue lo na.

They split up and the smaller one found the cave.

Levuaza teze bo lo / lo gnari lo te bo lo baba sodoalighue lo na.

Then he shouted and the bigger one came.

Tulola lova kuili tulola / lo gnari lo / ei lo ngai lova baghue lo na.

He came and they asked each other: 'who could go down?'

Ba tulola tova / ma tova mapamapa / laka savulighue ai na elakati au tai tei.

So the smaller one said 'you are the oldest.

Telo lo / gnari na tei / no ne te ngaie no na.

If anything happens, you are the one to lead.'

No na te elakati / apoi lova maitei kia no elakati / no na te elakati / sikosiko tai tei.

But the bigger one said, no 'I'm not fit, you the smaller one must go.

Tulola lo / duzi na tei aaa / agni na / ghomagne kati mananali tai lo gnari no na te kama bo tei.

So the smaller one said: 'if so, let me go' he said.

Tulola lo gnari lova teighue o tei kia no lovu kegne agni na bo tei.

Then they dropped down a rope.

Tulola lova / ropu / tova ropu sologhue lo na.

They dropped a rope and it reached down the bottom of the cave.

Ropu solo telo neu lo duru lo puto la saraghue lo na.

So the bigger one hold the rope above and the smaller one went down.

Tulola lo / zepo zeva / ei lo lo / lo ngai lova tagha lo lo/ ropu late tulola lo lova / lo gnari lova aughue lo na.

He went down, down, down and reached the bottom of the cave.

Aua aua aua aua aua / neu lo, / duru puto la saraghue lo na.

The bottom of the cave was filled with bones, human bones.

Zu lo duru putoe lo tovolo pono / lo mapagha zeva tovolo ponoe ota.

So he walked on top of the bones and went.

Tulolalo kama lo tovolo la tetea kelo ka boghue lo na.

He went and went and went and found a first man looking after a fence.

Bua telo bua telo bua telo bua telo bua telo bua telo / bo / pa ela sua, / ma lo bani leghe sala sua mapa sodoali.

Then he asked: 'where are you going?'

Telo, / ae / ala no botu tei.

No! The seven-headed man asked me to go and see him today.'

Oma / poghoro batugha lava mapa na ngoignizu tegne / ailo ivaghu la bo leghe tei.

Then he said 'No-one ever goes and sees him.

Telo tei ae / lole ghoma pa mapa lo bo leghe sue lo na.

He takes what is down and takes what is on top.

Neu sua laua telo tagha sua lau sue lo na.

He grabs and takes.'

Saqusaqua telo laulau sue tei.

Then the man wanted to kill the boy but he just killed him with his axe and the man died and laid down there and he went.

Tulola / lo lo mapa na / ailo gnuba ba lali tei tulola ailo mapa na / mala alu butu lo lo na kilekile pono ka / ailo mapa ba lali / telo ota neu paughue lo na; lo lo ka boghue lo na.

He went and found a second one.

Bua telo ghoi bo edo sua sodoali.

The he asked: 'where are you going?'

Telo / ae ala no botu.

'No! my uncle, the seven-headed told me to go today', he said.

Oma aiva kulagha / poghoro batugha na gnaka savuli tegne ailo ivaghu la /bo tei.

Then he said 'where can you go, we are those he left here to look after this place.

Telo / ae / ala no na bo tai ave te / lova / ma ata gnovu soghae ave na teve ata leghe sala.

He left us here and no man passes through here.

Eo / aveva / lova ata ave gneghe sa- / ave gnovughu la ghoma pa mapae atatu babo sua.

He grabs and takes, he takes seawards and takes inland, he takes westwards and eastwards.

Saqusaqua telo lau lau sue / kulo sua laua telo kao sua laua telo neu sua laua telo tagha sua lau sue.

No-one goes through here.'

Oma pa lo ba bo sue ata tei.

So he fought him again and the boy fought him down and left him lying down there and went.

Tulola lo kama ghoi lali tulola / lo gnuba na lo ghoi lali lau laru ota neu lo pau patu lo lo ka boghue lo na.

He went and found the chief's daughter sitting there sewing clothes.

Bua lo kaunga loma gnuba kona ota epiatu / pogha sukilia palei.