16 Ɛlɛ́, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, mɩ mɩkʋndʋʋ nɛ ɩɩsɩɣ mɩ-tɩ pʋ-cɔlɔ. Pɩtɛ kʋndʋʋ ḿbʋ́, pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu.
Pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu se ɩkpazɩ mɩ-tɩ. Ɩtatɩlɩ se potuu eduuye se: «Sɔsɔɔna pazɩ yekina nɛ somtu huúú yaa we?»
Ɛlɛ́, yee ɩlakɩ ɛsɩsɛmɩyɛ kadadaɣyaɣ nɛ ɩkɛɣyɩɣ ɖama yɔ, ɩtaakʋndɩ, ɩtaakpɛzɩ mbʋ́ pɩkɛ toovenim yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa pʋwɛ kɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ḿbʋ́ yɔ: kɩdɛkɛdɩm mbʋ́ ɛyáa sɔɔlɩ labʋ yɔ, ɛsɛ naɣnaɣ nɛ ñɩm yɔɔ tɩ kpazʋʋ. Pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩlɩnɩ kedeŋa yɔɔ, pɩtɛkɛ Caa Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa.
Ɩcɔzɩ-tʋ nɛ iyele tɩ-ɛsɛ ñɩŋ tam ɛzɩma mbʋ́ tɩkʋndaa nɛ tɩsʋʋ ajana taa yɔ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, tɩmaɣzɩɣ tɩ-taa se: ‹Weyi ma mɛnkɛ abiɖe yɔ, mancaɣnɩ cɩnɛ. Mɛntɛkɛ lelu, maakaɣ caɣʋ leɣa nakɛyɛ kaʋ.›