Òó Mɛlɛka, ba nɔmndo co o heelaa, kɛ nda a co ndu cɔ le. Kɛ a canin dialun fulaan nɔmndon le vanaa nɔmnda, o kon siɛmbulan la toalnin nda. Yinnde n kɛsi le yaamɔaa nɔmnda lomɔɔlen le loamnin nda ma cuulu mungén.
Lende koni o dindinin vanaa-mangalaa-isɔɔa taw o nda vesullo ni. Masaa nɔnin mɛɛ dimia ndu o hɔl te, kani a canin ɲɛ ndóò dimul nda loo, a biinin ɲɛ ndáà tui-yɔ loo bila.
Vanaa-mangalaa-isɔɔa ndáà cɛn a yolɛi, mì kɔltuw nɔmndo cɔmnun, mì telenndo tiiya le yamɛi vanvílɛ́iya kiolɔɔ, le vanaa baalaa nɔmnda, vanaa-tɛɛngaa-diom Hala-a, vanaa diandaa a vanaa vo diola nɔmndan-nda, cuaambɔa a kaasonnda salaa, le vanaa co lɛŋnden tɛɛmbuuo-a tɛɛmbuuo.»
Nduyɛ, n sinà maa sɔɔn kɛ́-kɛ̀ tɔŋndo dimi, vanaa co o tɔŋndo bɛngu-a n dimulun ni, haliko mi sondolan kpow la kumbun, o kon mì vana-vana sɔla yaalaa Hala o hɔl.
N va mamɔɔ, n ve pɛngi le. Sɔɔn maman va naa o lasondo, n va deŋio a condun ɲaalon. Vanaa-mangalaa-isɔɔa va dimio aa: «Mɛlɛka tosa dɛnndan taw le nda.»
I co kpɛŋɛla lemasala masaa kombiaa, mì tɛɛmbuu kpaaya masɛi vanaa-mangalaa-isɔɔa, mì yɔl ɲɛla ɲaanannda ndala soa nan-ndan a vanaa ɲaanun lan-nda. Soa a vanaa ɲaanun o soa coo-a viawnunnin lɛŋ. Vana-vana delnin o mɔɛi cɔvii puapilɛ ndɔɔ bɛngu.