1 Ale min mayiginɛ mansaya-sigi-fan wo rɔ, n ya gbolo-lamininɛ yen a bolo-nyimɛ rɔ. A tɔnkɔn filɛ bɛɛ masɛbɛnɛ. A dɛ gbalɔnnɛ li-kɛɛn la dinkira wɔrɔnfilɛ.
Nɛbinuna ko-rayen fenfen-kɔrɛ ti lɔn i bolo bawo anu dogonnɛ i ma. I mani de iko kɛdi min balanta. I wa ta a la karan-mɔgɔ do wara ko a ni a rakaran, a si a fɔ ko a ti ke a karanna bawo a balannɛ.
Wo ni Marita dali-fannuta buku bi ka a karan. Nima-fan kɛ su bɛɛ si taran nyɔ. Nima-fan bɛɛnubɛ ala musi si taran nyɔ. Mari nyɛrɛ ara ban a latɛgɛla wo nya na le. Ale nyɛrɛ-nyɛrɛ le si anu kele nyɔ.
“N bɔ-san sɔgɔma-ani-wurala-saraka bɔ-koe min takaranna i yala, ko-rayen wo si bɔ-a-la. Kɔnɔ i kana a fɔ mɔgɔ-wo-mɔgɔ ye. A to i hɛnkili ma bawo yanni kɛ damasi ni bɔ-a-la, a si mɛ fɔlɔn.”
A yakɔrɛ ye malan-malanna iko kuru-da-gbɛlɛ minnu tɔgɔ yasipa anubɛ karinɛliyan. San-duri ye mansaya-sigi-fan wola foolɛ bɛɛ rɔ. Wo mafɛlɛn-nya manɛ iko kuru-da-gbɛlɛ min tɔgɔ ɛmarɔdi.
Dali-fen nani wonu bi tola bonyɛ anubɛ gbiliyɛ anubɛ baraka-birɛ bɔla a ye tumɛ bɛɛ, ale min mayiginɛ mansaya-sigi-fan rɔ, kɔni. A nimayanɛ nyɔ habadan! Anu tenbi wo mala,
Dali-fan minnu bi san-kole rɔ wo, minnu bi dugu-kole kuma wo, minnu bi dugu-kole kɔrɔ wo, minnu bi kɔgɔ-yi rɔ wo, anu bi a fɔla ko, “Ale min mayiginɛ mansaya-sigi-fan rɔ, alamɛ tantolɛ anubɛ bonyɛ anubɛ gbiliyɛ anubɛ sɛnbɛ-ba dira ale anubɛ saga-dan ma habadan!”
Wo kɔma, n ya a yen, saga-dan ya li-kɛɛn bɔ a fɔlɔtɛ ma ka a rafulen. N ya dali-fen nanɛ wo kelen kan lamɔɛn. Wo kan manɛ iko san-sɛrɛn-kan. A ko, “Bɔ gbɛ ma!”
Anu ya anu kuli mayɛlɛ kɔnkɛnu anubɛ farɛnu ye ko, “Wo ni bui ma kuma ka ma dogon alako min siginɛ mansaya-sigi-fan rɔ, wo kana na ma yen. Wo ni ma bɔ ale saga-danta diminyɛ kɔrɔ,
Gbolo-lamininɛ da-gbalɔnnɛ li-kɛɛn min na, saga-dan ya wo wɔrɔnfila nyɔgɛ bɔ a ma tumɛ min ka a lafulen, a sigira-a-la yen Arinyɛni tɔ hawa talɛ nyɔgɛ kɔrɔ.