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One day, there was a married couple.

qōn̄ vōwal e ruwa mēn gunuruō

The two lived on and on, and then

durum 'ogo 'ogo vaavan

the woman got pregnant and gave birth to a little girl.

n ren̄e 'anē ne wotoqtoqo ne visis ēn ni'i ren̄e

The two looked after the little girl, and then

durum ... durum 'ēn gōr ēn ni'i ren̄e 'anē vaavan

the mum of the little girl died.

ote mun e ni'i ren̄e 'anē ne ma'

Her father looked after this little girl, and then

e duruk 'ēn ... en 'amagi ne 'ēn gōr ēn ni'i ren̄e 'anē vaavan

her father died.

'en 'amagi 'anē ne ma'

So then the little girl stayed with an uncle of hers,

'en ni'i ren̄e 'anē ne 'og'og birin̄ ēn marugi

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living like this on and on.

'og 'og 'og vaavan

Then she got pregnant.

'en ... n ... dim wotoqtoqo

Her uncle killed her,

dim ... 'en marugi 'anēm vus die

took her to the litter place and killed her.

'ōn ... 'ōn di lēn 'ōnō 'ev'ē voruo' vus diē

Then they went up and stayed in the village,

'alē dirē ... dirēk van sagē dirēk 'og'og lēn vunuō

lived there on and on,

;ogo 'ogo vaavan

until the aunt of the ...

'en en an... 'anti mun e ... 'ēi

a close friend of this woman came,

vuvuluk mun e ... 'e ren̄e 'anēm 'ē van ma

went down in order to throw away garbage and saw two babies crawling around.

ne ... van rōw so ne 'ev'ēn voruo' ne 'ēn e tētē ne vōruōs kalkal 'i

The two babies crawling around, she took these babies,

tētē ne vōrus kalkal 'i di ne len 'erē tētē 'anē

hid them on her back, went up and put them next to a tree.

'ilin̄ ba'a 'an kologi van sar mom 'an 'uvu woqe'enge ne vōwal

Then, (she) went up for her husband and said: "Hey, I've found two babies right down here, boys."

'alē van sar sirēn gunugi tek so ei nom 'ēn sier ēn tētē ne vōruō sa rōwmanēn 'erē 'a'am̄an

"What about them, then?"

'en ... so durum da sivie so

"The two are hungry, drink rain water here and there, from coconut shells, from nangae leaves."

durun milin̄sal ēk inin ēn bē 'am̄ēn wede olbaot lēn wovinqa lēn dudu n̄ar

So the uncle of that woman that had died said:

'alē e ... n marun e ren̄e am ma' nē ne tek so

I think right this woman that we have killed, it's her two children, twins.

ba wunva san ren̄e a dēm vus ēn ni'igi sa ne vōruō 'anē n varaba

Then took them right up there, and this woman cared well for them.

e 'ōn ... 'ō duru sarmanē nēn ren̄e 'anē ne da menteg sir duruō

The two put their clothes on and washed them well.

duruk ..e.. sor mē durun gogov men̄men̄ menteg duruō

Their aunt looked after them, looked after them, on and on

duruk ...'ē .... 'anti muru 'anē ne 'ēn gōr duruō 'ēn gōr duruō vaavan

and now the two had grown up. They went to a shooting contest.

nei duru man luwo wal e dirēk vanvan lēn ... n babara

Their uncle cut bows for them

ē dirēk ..e..n uncle muru 'anē ne 'es murun vus

and gave them arrows, and then the two went.

e len murun wō'iqē duruk van

went down there, everybody shot and were succesful, but the two didn't succeed, so everybody made fun of the two, and the two cried.

van suw 'asenē e ragak ..e... babarak kasem ba duru kasem ros e wo e ragak bor sa duru duruk rara

The two went back up ...

e duru ... duruk van kel sarma vavavan 'e dē...

the two went to see their mother again that had died.

duruk vanēk 'ēn'ēn kel sa a ote muru am ma' 'i bēne ē

The two went down and saw a chicken egg, and

duruk van rōw 'ēn ēn 'ili tōo ne vōwal ba

It was a big one, and the chicken egg had twins.

n kēlgin ... ban 'ili tōo ēn varaba

The two went upwards with it.

duruk van 'ō sarma

Then, everybody there said that the chickens will die.

e e raga 'anēk tek son tōo me ma' nē

because it is not broken open, yet. Then the two saidː

sirē dir 'ēn nē duruk tek so

"No, they will be alive."

o me ēs

So the two looked after this egg

e duruk da gōr ēn 'ili tōo 'anē

the two watched ... it was two fowls, males.

duruk ..e.. 'ēn ēn .. n tōo ne vōru ban 'erē 'a'am̄an

Then the two said to this woman that was looking after them:

e duruk tēk mēn ...en ren̄e as 'ēn'ēn gōr duru 'anē so

"Weave us a chicken basket."

von nōmadu ēn bēlēl tōo

And this woman, weaved it for them.

'en ren̄e 'anēm vo mē duruō

One took his, and the other took his, and the two then looked after them, looked after them, looked after their fowls until

duruk ... le ... ge 'ew'i ne len nōgi ge 'ew'i ne len nōgi duruk 'ēn gōr 'ēn gōr 'ēn gōr 'ēn gōr ēn tōo nōru vaavan

the fowls had become pretty big.

tōo 'anē ne luluwo wal

Their uncle said to them: "Hey,

'en ... n maruru ne tek mē duru so ēi

there are some m̄ala eggs over there, but its very hard for you to get them."

'en 'erē 'ili m̄ala wōl gēn ba 'amē nike kasem ga ... ga hard wal 'amē nike kasem

The two said: "Let's go and try."

'e duruk ... e duruk tek gēduk vanēk traem

Told this woman about it, and the woman roasted some yams for them.

'alē tek mēn ren̄e 'anēn ren̄e 'anē ne m̄ōn gorun dom

The two went with them, took their fowls and went.

'e duruk van 'ō gis ēn nōrun tōo 'anē duruk van

Went and then climbed onto a nambanga tree.

vanēk re.. rem 'an baka

One hung his fowl over the shoulder, the other hung his fowl over the shoulder.

ge 'ew'i ne sibēnēn nōgin tōo ge 'ew'i ne sibēnēn nōgin tōo

Then the two cut off a nambanga vine,

'alē duruk 'ar kirm̄ōn gaga baka ne vōwal

and the younger one swung first.

'en lasbon ne vrig ... ne dam 'ow'ow

Swung over there and stood.

dam wōl ne 'irē

Then the older one was gonna swing over here.

'alēn ... 'en fesbon ne dam ma 'anē

Came over, but just hung there and didn't make it, he was gonna fall now.

van ma 'anēm dam rēn e din̄ ros ē so ne m̄es va'anē

Then the younger one said:

e lasbon ne tek so

"Keep hanging there calmly for the moment, I'll swing over again, and both of us, we will get over to the other side again."

dam mulumlum qe'i nok dam kel mulō duk van kel 'avalgi

So the younger one swung over again for him,

e .... en lasbon ne dam kel mulō sir die

the two swung over to the other side again.

duruk dam kel 'avalgi

Then the younger one said: "Me first!"

'alē 'e lasbon so e no 'ow'ow

So, the younger one swung over here, stood, then

'alē lasbon ne dam ma ne 'irē qē'

the older one swung over here, too, and stood , too.

ne ... 'e ... fesbon ne dam rek ma ne 'irē rek

The two saw the m̄ala eggs and picked up the m̄ala eggs, and they forgot to hold tight the vine, their way.

'alē duruk ... durum 'ēn ēn 'ili m̄ala 'anē duruk bobon 'ili m̄a... n 'i'ili m̄alan ... n lō... n lorum qōn̄ so duruk ..e.. gis taet ēn gagan mē'ēsalaruō

They were so enthusiastic about the m̄ala eggs that they let go the vine.

en m̄alarōm row sirēn 'ili m̄ala 'an̄ vē'ēn gaga

The two collected the m̄ala eggs, and then

durum boobon 'ili m̄ala so

then were gonna get back, but how would they get out of there?

sok mul kel me mul den sivie

The two then were gonna jump for the vine.

so duruk row kel sirēn gaga

The younger one said: "Me first!"

'en fesbon ... 'e las... 'e lasbon so ē no 'ow'ow

The older one said: "Me!"

'e fesbon so ē no

The older one, swung over like this, missed it,

'alē fesbon ..'e fesbon dam mulō 'asenēm mestem di 'anē

fell right down into this hole and died.

m̄es qel wal 'an qaran̄a 'anē ne ma'

The younger one said:

'e e lasbon so

"To prevent that when I come home again

den so nok mul kel

everybody is giving me a hard time

'e e ragam ... eragak keskes no

I'll reconsider you.

nok dōm kel nike ba

If you are dead, then I'm gonna die, as well.

nik wom ma' ba nok ma' rek

Then he jumped, too, and he died.

'e ba di ne row rek ē di ne ma'

Then everybody was looking for them, looking for them, looking for them, looking for them, on and on

'en ... eraga 'anēk sik duruō sik duruō sik duruō sik duruō vaavan

they went to the bush, and they heard fowls crowing.

dirēk vanvan ma lēn wōm̄ōm̄ō' dirēk rōn̄ ēn tōos tōrtōrōk

And when they came to that nambanga tree they saw fowls on top.

dirēk van din ̄man 'uvu baka 'anēk 'ēn sag ēn ... ēn tōo

They kept looking downwards but didn't spot the two.

dirēk 'ēn'ēn suwō 'ēn'ēn qal ros duruō

They searched and searched, on and on, and the fowls started to fly.

'e dirēk sikē sikē vavan 'erē tōo 'anēk gav

Flew and flew until they got down to the sea, and at once they flew landwards along this gorge,

gaagav gav din̄ wal rōw ēn naw ē mak gav kal 'a'ag man qorogi 'anē

came flying inland, came flying inland, on and on,

gav kal ma gav kal ma vaavan

reached the two that had fallen into it.

gav din̄ ma e ruwam m̄es bēne 'anē

The fowl of the older one plucked off the top of the small finger of the older one.

tōo nōn e fesbon ne 'ēr wal ēn ni'i qe busun e ..'e.. fesbon

The fowl of the younger one plucked off the top of the small finger of the younger one, and the two flew.

tōo nōn e lasbon ne 'ēr wal ēn ... ēn ni'i qe busun e lasbon e duruk gav

Flew out to the sea again, flew up inland again, climbed up that nambanga tree again, then flew down to all these people.

gaagav lu kel 'a lo gav kal kel ma rem kal kel lēn baka 'anē qē' gav qel suwō sirēn 'erē 'an̄sara 'anē

The two put down the top of the fingers of these two and plucked on them.

'e duruk mom sur suwōn 'erē qe busun e ruwa 'anēk 'ē'ēr

They were plucking at it and and then the two said ...

dirēk 'ēr'ēr ē wana e ruwa 'anē so

... these people said: "Oh, but we are looking for the two, and the two are already dead."

'e.. e raga 'anē so 'o ba ..'e.. gēdēs siksik duruō ē duru man ma'

So they took the two's fowls again

ēk le kel ēn 'erē tōo nōru 'anē

and went home again with them.

dirēk mul 'ō kel

And the two would be lying there. That's it.

wo ... n.. duruk ōn wal 'i kēnē ē qē'