20 Pewelesi nɛ panɩɩ: mansɩŋ nɔnɔɔ taa nɛ mamakɩ pɔɔyʋʋ. Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛnɩ man-taŋ nɛ ɛtʋlɩ yɔ, mansʋʋ ɛ-tɛ nɛ ma nɛ ɩ ɖɩkpɛndɩ ɖɩtɔɔ.
Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ pʋwɛɛ. Yee ɩkɔm ɩnaɣ pɩtɩŋa payɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɩtɩlɩ kpaagbaa se Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ talɩ mɩ-cɔlɔ kpam.
‹Wolo ŋlɛɣzɩ wondu nɛ ŋwolo ŋlabɩ-m tɔɔnaɣ nɛ ŋkɔna. Mɛntɛm tɔɔʋ nɛ mɔñɔɔ lɛ, ŋŋcaɣ ŋtɔɔ nɛ ŋñɔɔ?›
Kaɖaɣ yɔɔ ɖaŋɩyʋ tʋlʋʋ-ɩ nɔnɔɔ nɛ ɛ́yáa paa e-heu weyi ɛ-hɩɖɛ nɛ ɛ́lɛ́ nɩɩ ɛ-nɔɔ nɛ ɛlɩɩnɩ kaɖaɣ taa.
Taabalaa! Ɩtaatɩmnɩ ɖama, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, Ɛsɔ hʋʋnɩ-mɩ nɛ ɛkʋ mɩ-tɔm. Ɩcɔnɩ ɩna: tɔm hʋyʋ talɩ nɔnɔɔ taa!
Ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ tiyiyu heyi-m se: «Ma se: mbá paya-wɛ Heɣa halɩkpaɣyɛ kazandʋ tɔɔnaɣ ɖeɖe yɔ, pehiɣ pa-tɩ!» Ɛtasɩ-m heyuu se: «Tɔm ńdʋ́, tɩkɛ Ɛsɔtɔm maɣmaɣ siŋŋ.»