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The story from here, it has a grandmother and a mother.

096-001 Natrauswen ni imer piatlak na , sa ati iskei go , mama ipiatlak iskei , .

They had one girl who lived with them. The girl's father had died.

§ 096-002 Rapitlak teesa nmatu iskei iskotir to . Teesa nmatu ne , temen ga kipe mat .

The mother and grandmother stayed with them, until one time and they wanted to make laplap, they wanted to make laplap.

§ 096-003 Me mama go ati kin raplaker ruto , ruto pan nrak iskei go § 096-004 runa rukfreg kapu , runa rukfreg kapu .

And they said, the mother and grandmother said to the girl, "You go and get saltwater from the sea for us."

§ 096-005 Go runrik- , mama go ati ranrik teesa ki na , § teesa nmatu ki na , " P̃afan gakit sao ntas elau ."

Because in those days they got saltwater, they didn't pay for salt like today.

§ 096-006 Nlaken malpei , aa sool ga ntas , ruta paakot sool taos mees mau .

Go get us saltwater, then we will pour it on our coconut and pour it on our laplap.

§ 096-007 Pan gakit sao ntas , me tukfo pi naniu gakit , § ko tukfi kapu gakit .

The child went, she took a bottle and went to the sea, she took a coconut shell so she could get salt water.

§ 096-008 Teesa ipa , isat botel ipak elau pa , islat laas naniu , ipan na kesao ntas .

She went, then she disappeared, but there is a woman (a spirit woman) who is there, halfway along the road.

§ 096-009 Ina ipan kaipuel , me ipiatlak mtulep iskei , ga ito nmal napu .

This woman is Satan, like a devil.

§ 096-010 Mtulep nen itaos na , ipi na setan , ga itaos ntwam .

She is a devil, but her cave is there, the girl is there, she went to the sea, and was coming back.

§ 096-011 Ipi ntwam , me ipiatlak erfale , ga ito teesa nmatu nen ina ito , ipak elau pan na iler na imai .

And the devil held tight and put them both inside a cave.

§ 096-012 Go ntwam kipuetsoki , ipuetsoki kaipsi ranru to em̃rom , rato nfal faat .

The mother and grandmother stayed until the girl didn't come back, they went to the sea to look.

§ 096-013 Mama go ati rato panpan ki teesa nmatu ipuel , rapan panpan ler pak elau , pan .

Her mother went to the sea, but she was not at the sea, and she knew that she had got stuck along the road.

§ 096-014 Ra , mama ga , raiten ipak elau pan ilerekin ipuel elau , go itae nen kin , kipe mai kon nmal napu ki .

Then she went and saw that her daughter was in this cave here.

§ 096-015 Ina ito kaipa , ipan , ipam̃ori na ga kin ito erfale esa .

And she sang, she called out, her name Litapurong.

§ 096-016 Go ilag isoso , nagien Litapurog .

But the one who was in the rock was called Tam̃am.

§ 096-017 Me tenen ito nfal faat nagien Tam̃am , § nagien Tam̃am .

But this woman's child was called Litapurong.

§ 096-018 Me tetau nmatu ne nagien Litapurog .

The mother wanted to go, but she tried singing: "You go far away, you go far away.

096-019 Raiten ina ipa , me itraem § soso , ilag : " P̃ataf em̃ae e , p̃ataf em̃ae e .

Litapurongo, Litapurongo, You go far away, you go far away."

§ 096-020 Litapurogo , Litapurogo p̃ataf em̃ae e , p̃ataf em̃ae e ."

So Litapurong spoke, she spoke inside, she talked to her mother up above.

§ 096-021 Ale Litapurog ipes , ipes em̃rom , ipo pestaf raiten pak elag .

I want to get out, I want to get out but Nana Tam̃am might eat me

§ 096-022 Anag kataf me ati Tam̃am , ifla miawe , ifla miawe .

Like that, it's like that, yes.

§ 096-023 Tefla itefla , aa .

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