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Ao mana Koba
na kuli Oniwana
Ao mana Koba
na kuli Oniwana
The Bird and the Crab
by Patson Oniwana
- Nau doko kulia ruka maleho - chikai asana manu Ao mi chikai a Koba. Ruka taovi la chika momoru. A manu Ao e taovi la isuna, mana Koba e taovi la busuna.
- Tataovi ba ma chika tahu mi bira Ao e koe vae, "Doko ba ko soha bira Koba, modoko kulivania chika bongi damika vovolau galia a momoru ne."
- Tataovi me ba soha bira Koba me koe vania ba Koba, "Birao, nau nu loagu tauka datuka vovolau galia a momoru ne." Mi bira Koba e koe vae, "Dou, birao." Maruka titia bongi maruka talua la sarere.
- Lalona bongi nira bira Koba ba me chaulira kesara koba laka, me kulitatea vanira hia mana Ao daruka vovolau galia momoru ne. Sui me talura kesara koba ba ba la isuna, me koe vae, "Ao daka chau ae, madaka haila, mi hoe do haila tuhua koe vae, "Nau nie."
- Sui me bulo la komuna, me tataovi ba, mi bira e chau mai me koe vae, "Birao, nau noko chau mai ne, datuka ge vovolau." "Dou, datuka ba," maruka ba. Chau la lehai nia, maruka tuturiha.
- Ao e lovo, Koba e tagutagu, mana manu lovo me chau nahonaho la isuna me haila, mana koba e haila koe vae, "Nau nie." Mana Ao e lovo me ba chau la rukana isuna me haila, mana koba e haila, "Nau nie, Birao."
- Me chau la toluna isuna me haila laka, mi mala koba tuhua laka, "Nau nie." Me ba la vatina isuna me haila. Koba haila tuhua.
- I mala Ao koe vae, “I bira ne nu koe vae hia tani hila vovolau, mi nia naka ge chau nanaho!” Mi bira Koba e mangisa. Me sui.
I am going to tell you a story about two things, a bird called Ao and a crab called Kokosu. These two lived on an island. The bird lived on one point of the island, and the crab lived on the other side of the island.
One day, Bird thought to himself, “I am going to go see Crab and tell him that one day we should race around the island.”
So Bird went to go see Crab and told him, “Hey, I would like to race you around the island.” Crab replied, “Okay.” The two of them decided to race on Saturday.
While waiting for Saturday to come, Crab went around the island and told some of his crab friends that he and Bird were going to race around the island on Saturday. He put his crab friends at all the different checkpoints. And he told them, “When Bird reaches your checkpoint, and he shouts to find me, call back to him and say, ‘I’m here!’”
When he was done, Crab went home. On Saturday, Bird came to Crab and said “Hello. Here I am. Let’s get ready to race now!” Crab replied, “Alright, let’s go race,” and they went to the starting place.
Bird flew ahead; Crab crawled along behind. When Bird arrived at the first checkpoint, he called out for Crab. Crab’s friend called out, “I’m here!”. Then Bird flew to the next checkpoint and shouted again for Crab. Crab’s friend shouted back, “I’m here!”
Bird flew on, and when he reached the third checkpoint, he called out again. Crab’s friend called back, “I’m here!” And the race continued - Bird flying and Crab crawling along slowly. When Bird reached the fourth checkpoint, he shouted again, “Crab, where are you?” And Crab replied, “I’m here!”
So Bird said to himself, “Wow, I did not think Crab could run around the island well, but he beat me!” Crab just listened and laughed. The End.
If you would like to contribute art for this story we would love a picture to go with each of the 10 lined sections, each one being a page in a book.
Please send any art to the BTLG in Buruburu.
If you would like to contribute art for this story we would love a picture to go with each of the 10 lined sections, each one being a page in a book.
Please send any art to the BTLG in Buruburu.
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