Josef aa na ba la, dɛ o te deno jem ba, kɛ o ɛ o te kɛŋɔ waa ban jemɛ ken. Asɛ dɛ nyɛɡ ba nɛɛ ŋɔ, “Leperaa he leɔ?” Asɛ ba chaŋe ŋɔ, “Keenan harɛ taa ya le dɛɛ ba ba yawɛ boyu.”
O kpɔ o bala o ne baa ira la jae la dɛ ŋɔ, “N mɛɛ ɡelɔ he ɛ tomkpeɡa, kɛ n te ɛɛ ɡeloo a ɡwaa ɡɛ. Chweremi nee o tɛr he deŋne, kɛ n te ɛɛ kpɔ balansoo tɛr he deŋne!”