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I want to tell you the story of the heron

105-001 Amuurin na kagaag traus natrauswen ni oof .

The heron's child

§ 105-002 Teesa ni oof .

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we know that the heron, when the tide is out,

§ 105-003 akit tutae na § 105-004 oof , malnen elau imat .

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the tide is out, it will be there

§ 105-005 elau imat kefo to §

until, until, until, the sea was gone until when the tide was nearly high, the tide was high

105-006 panpanpanpan elau imat panpan § 105-007 em̃eltig nen kin elau kemu , ko , elau kipe to mu .

And it would be when the heron went to the sea and it would look for fish.

§ 105-008 Go ipo pi malnen oof ipak elau me ileel naik .

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And, this day, this day this heron was there with its two children.

§ 105-009 Go , naliati iskei , naliati iskei § 105-010 oof iskei ito , me iplak teesa ga ranru to .

And the tide was out.

§ 105-011 Me elau imat .

Until, the tide was out in the afternoon.

§ 105-012 Panpanpan me , elau kipe mat pak kotfaan .

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When the heron saw that the tide started to come in

§ 105-013 Malen oof ileka na elau istat mu §

it asked its mother, it said "I would like to go looking for fish in the sea."

105-014 go ipauski mama ga , ipauski raiten kin , itli na , § 105-015 " Kineu me ana kafan lel tete naik elau ."

And its mother said, "No, you can't because you are little."

§ 105-016 Go raiten itli na , " Itiik , ag kukano pan nlaken ag kusees ."

‎‎And it was the afternoon. And the sea was rising.

§ 105-017 Me kipe pi kotfaan . Me elau kipe to mu .

And the heron's child said, "No, I want to look for some fish."

§ 105-018 Go teesa ni oof itli na , " Itiik , kineu amuurin na kafan leel tete naik ."

And its mother said, "No, I don't agree that you go."

§ 105-019 Go raiten itli na , " Itiik , kineu atap trok na ag p̃afan mau ."

‎‎But the heron's child was strong. It wanted to go to the sea.

§ 105-020 Me teesa ni oof ikerkrai . Imuurin na kefak elau .

And it wanted to go and the mother let it go. It went to the sea.

§ 105-021 Me , ina ito go raiten kitao kepa . Ipak elau pa .

It went, but it didn't want to be on the edge of the beach, it wanted to go to the sea at the end of the reef. And the sea was rising.

§ 105-022 Ina ipa go kita muur natik ntas euut mau me ipan namta elau . Me elau kipe to mu .

But this small animal that is on the end of the reef.

§ 105-023 Me teem̃ol sees iskei , ipi tenen ito namta .

‎‎It is on the reef. It has its long hole down. Straight down.

§ 105-024 Ito nskau . Go ipitlak ga nfalen ipram pak , etan . Ileg pak etan .

This animal they call crab.

§ 105-025 Teem̃ol ne rusoso ki makou .

They call it crab and it has two long claws.

§ 105-026 Rusoso ki makou go ipiatlak ga npatin inru rapram .

Each goes out. When the tide was in it would come out because the tide was in.

§ 105-027 Kaaru ipa go kaaru ipa . Malnen elau imu ga me ipo to paakor nlaken elau imu .

It pushed its claws that were long.

§ 105-028 Isaiki rapram pato .

But when the heron was looking for fish, looking around

§ 105-029 Me malen oof itu leel naik itu leeser .

the small heron was looking around, it didn't see the crab.

§ 105-030 oof sees itu leeser panpan ita lek makou mau .

It went, it stood straight in the hole of the crab and the crab grabbed it with its claw.

§ 105-031 Ipan ipalag leg ki nfal ni nana makou , me makou kipe saiki npatin rato .

When it walked straight in the crab's hole, the crab grabbed its foot, it bit its foot.

§ 105-032 Malen ikam leg ki nfal ni makou go makou ipuetsok natwen , ikatsok natwen .

And now it couldn't pull its foot out.

§ 105-033 Me malfane ikano puetlu natuen .

Because the crab held tightly

§ 105-034 Nlaken , makou kipe puetsoki .

It tried to pull out its foot

§ 105-035 Itraem na kepuetlu natuen me elau kipe to mu .

the little heron couldn't

§ 105-036 oof sees ikano .

It started, because it saw that the tide was coming in.

§ 105-037 Istat , nlaken ileka na elau kipe to mu .

‎‎And it started to cry. It cried, and it made it into a song.

§ 105-038 Go istat kai . Ikai me ipreg ipi nalag .

And its crying became a song like this.

§ 105-039 Go nakaiwen ga ipreg ipi nalag itefla .

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It said, its song said

§ 105-040 Ina , nalag ga nen ina , §

But the tide was rising.

105-041 [ song ] Seseria seseri , nalomatarere , naempiripiri , alolipu karia , Lawo kowa sai koroko , koro namaloko , ekatia ekatia oo pa , ekatia ekatia oo pa § 105-042 Me , elau ito mu .

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It was rising and the crab held tight, it held tight. It wanted to go and it sang again.

§ 105-043 Ito mu me makou ipuetsoki , ipuetsok kerkrai ki nen to § 105-044 Ina ito pan kaimer lag .

And the song was its cry.

§ 105-045 Welkia nalag nen ipi nakaiwen ga .

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And a turtle was swimming and it raised its head, it saw the heron there.

§ 105-046 [ song ] Seseria seseri , nalomatarere , naempiripiri , alolipu karia , Lawo kowa sai koroko , koro namaloko , ekatia ekatia oo pa , ekatia ekatia oo pa § 105-047 Me afsak iskei , ito waf me isik np̃aun , ilek oof kin itu .

It dived down and came close, it pushed its head and saw the heron there.

§ 105-048 Inrup̃ pak etan inrus mai isaiki np̃aun me ileka kin oof itu .

And the sea was rising.

§ 105-049 Me elau ito mu .

The turtle dived down, it came and came it went close to the heron.

§ 105-050 Afsak inrup̃ pak etan , imaimaimai ipak natik oof .

It came up and said the heron. It said, "What are you doing?"

§ 105-051 Isak pak elag me ipestaf oof . Itli na , " Ag kuku ?"

And the heron said , "O, I came to look for fish.

§ 105-052 Go oof inrikin ki na , " E , kineu amai leel naik .

I was looking for fish, but the crab grabbed my foot.

§ 105-053 Aleel naik , me makou ipuetsok natuok .

I can't move, and the sea is rising."

§ 105-054 Akano nrus , me elau kipe to mu ."

And the turtle asked, "But do you want me to help you?"

§ 105-055 Go afsak ipauski na , " Me kumuur na kawelu ag ?"

And it said, "If you could help me that would be very good."

§ 105-056 Go kina , " If wel kuf mer welu wou kefo wi top ."

And the turtle would then dive down.

§ 105-057 Go afsak ipo nrup̃ pak etan .

‎‎It dived down and would bite. It bit the claw of the crab.

§ 105-058 Inrup̃ pak etan kin po kati . Ikat npat nana , makou .

And the crab let go.

§ 105-059 Go makou ipo tao natuen .

And the turtle put the heron back on top.

§ 105-060 Ale afsak ipo tu oof pak elag .

It put the heron on top and it saw that it could leave.

§ 105-061 Itu oof natuen pak elag malen ileka na itae tao .

‎‎And it left the sea. It flew away

§ 105-062 Go itao ntas . Inrir pa .

It would fly back to see its mother.

§ 105-063 Ipo nrir pan lek raiten .

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And its mother asked it, "Why did you come in the evening?" That's not when you wanted to come?

§ 105-064 Go raiten ipauski na , " Iku § 105-065 kin kumai [ mei ] malik ? Ita pi malen kuna p̃amai weskin mau .

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And it said, "O mother, you told me not to go, but I disobeyed.

§ 105-066 Me ipo nrikin ki na , " O , raitok kuipe nrik wou ki na § 105-067 kata pan mau , me kineu apsig .

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I went and I found bad luck, but a turtle helped me, it found me, and it helped me."

§ 105-068 Apan me apo paakor nanrogtesan , me § 105-069 afsak iwelu wou , ipam̃or wou , go iwelu wou .

It bit the crab's leg and the crab left its leg.

§ 105-070 Ineu kat makou go makou ipo tao natuen .

It took me up, that's how I came."

§ 105-071 Slat wou pak elag , ga kin apo mai ."

And it is the end of our story.

§ 105-072 Go ipi nametp̃ag ni nafuserekwen gakit .