[Note: this traNscriptioN was produced by aN automatic OCR eNgiNe]

#1
11
fl
ii
i "1
NATIVE TEXTS 727
THE TURTLE AND 1-1-No Bust! TURKEY
NNmbwa Ho verzei ZeN MIm1Na1‘,' ivabvah lm Nrambromb m'N NNai
The turtle dwelt oN laNd at MbriiNai; she ? iN P iN the
malah, EN metew malau iio lau iuahvah lm
malah tree. ANd the bush turkey dwelt P iN the water, she ? iN
mates. EN {top mbwelmg vere ZeN NimbNiNai; Hes
the sea. ANd she jumped uNto the laNd at NimbriiNai; she saw
mzmbwu ,' iwN : " I mmgk, Nambwu, uspzrasve, amt
the turtle ; she said 1 “ Look here, turtle, you are Not stroNg, so that
Nimor silt geles mmgk at gembwil mmgk; ileh wut kimmgk
aNy maN may see thee aNd may kill thee; it is good that I
NiNggolo 1/Nee gm wut NiNggdes Nimorot sflt at
I should dwell oN laNd because I caN see aNy maN aNd
1u'/Nggotop, NiNggorop lmm.“ EN mzmbwN iloNg i1/to
I caN jump [away], I caN ruN away." ANd the turtle weNt ?
lam m mtew malau im lm MlmiNai, ivahvah
P iN the water, aNd the bush turkey dwelt at MbriiNai, she ?
iNN mzmlNva lm Nrombromb MN mzai malah. EN Nambwa
she resembles the turtle iN P of the malah tree. ANd the turtle
iva 141 pi: gai/ah IaN Neies, ital mial lis, ivah
? ? she will Lay [eggs] iN the sea, back agaiN, she lays [eggs]
vzrez hw NimbiNmaN, aN ital Ngamgar [is mbalNu, ivmN pix um!
oN laNd by (aloNg) the saNd, aNd she P quickly agaiN ? ? P that
golo I/era, u/at mtew malau 1's1'm17sim? iN.
she will dwell oN laNd, iN the place where the bush turkey settled.
STORY or rm-; LARGE Bum Nam'mb AND ‘Nus SMALL Om: Nevilala
Nwilala iNiim Mlm imbou; Nooimb mieN ivari.
The Nu/ilala had large a voice; the Nazrimb his voice was little.
Na/11' suNwNdew NiN Niuuv itop Raai. Nemm
The goNg-rhythm sumï¬ÅNdzw of the izur daNce ? souNded. All the
mah rNiruNg um! rev!/er’ IN teuv, raial.
birds heard (wished) that they might go to mu they might siNg.
EN Nuoimb isump ,' iNrimiirim Mr mieN
ANd the mmimlr sat dowN; he remembered about his voice [that]
ivafl, aN 4'11/er biNggm Nwilala : " NiNggzlip
it was little, aNd he said uNto the Nwilala: “I will take
Nelvm NiNggaial Nilaur ! " New/ilala
thy voice, I will siNg (i.e. wish to) the taurl“ The mvilala
iu/er : “ Nowuswus, guviim sump ! " Nooimb
said: “I1 I ask you will let me have it back!" The Nuoimb
iwer mial lis: “NiNggas iriimva, NiNggaial mah Nitaur at
replied agaiN: "I will Not keep it, I will ï¬ÅNish siNgiNg tzur aNd
NiNggelip mial biNggam.â€ù Nevilala iN/er: “Ba1aNggm) "
I will take (it) back uNto you.â€ù Nzvilalu said: “Truly? "