17 Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɩm mbʋ́ pʋmʋnaa se ɛla yɔ nɛ ɛɛlakɩ-pʋ yɔ, ɛlabɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɩsɩm mbʋ́ pʋwɛɛ se ɩla yɔ. Yee ɩñɩtaa ɩlabɩ-pʋ yɔ, ihikiɣ mɩ-tɩ!
Yee mantaakɔɔ nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩnɩ-wɛ yɔ, pataakʋ pɔ-tɔm se palakɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm. Ɛlɛ́, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, pɛfɛyɩnɩ natʋyʋ se paaɖezini pa-tɩ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ.
Peeɖe ecosi-wɛ se: «Yee ɩɩkɛ yʋlʋmaa yɔ, mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm taawɛɛ mɩ-yɔɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɖenɖe ɩtɔŋ se ɩnaɣ yɔ, mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm wɛɣ mɩ-yɔɔ ḿbʋ́.»
Ŋgʋ́, pasɩm paɣtʋ ndʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa yɔ ɖeu. Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: mbá palakɩ lakasɩ ńzɩ́ yɔ, pʋmʋnaa se pakʋ-wɛ. Pɩtasɩɩnɩ se pɛwɛɛ palakɩ lakasɩ ńzɩ́, ɛlɛ́, pɛwɛɛ patɩnɩɣ ɖɔɖɔ mbá palakɩ-sɩ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ, pɩpɩsɩnɩ mbʋ́ pʋkʋʋ ma yɔ yaa we? Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Kɩwɛɛkɩm kɔnɩnɩ-pʋ. Ḿbʋ́ kɩwɛɛkɩm wɩlɩ pɩ-maɣmaɣ pɩ-tɩ keɣlee: pɩtɩŋnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ pʋkʋ-m. Ḿbʋ́ pɩtɩŋnɩ mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm tɛzɩ pɩ-tɩ wɩlʋʋ kpaagbaa keɣlee se pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu kpem.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɩɩkɩlɩ wee wee se pataatɩlɩ mbʋ́ pʋtʋʋzaa yɔ pʋ-nʋmɔʋ ɛzɩ paatɩlɩ-kʋ nɛ pʋwayɩ palɩɩ kɩ-taa nɛ paatasɩɣ ɖɔm paɣtʋ ndʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa nɛ pɛkɛdɩ-wɛ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ.