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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2016-12-12

End Date

2016-12-12

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This is the story of an orphan boy who cut trees for his living. There were an orphan boy and his grandma in a village. They cut wood and sell them for their living. One day, he saw that one man was sharpening the knife while he was going out to cut trees. Then he thought, "Ahh, I have seen that kind of whetstone. I use that kind of whetstone to sharpen my axe which I use for cutting trees." When he cut the trees before, he accidentally touched on many jade stones. He didn't know that was jade. Then he took one stone and used it as a whetstone in his house. Then, one of the families from the village asked the boy to come and cut wood for them. The man from the family told him, "Can you cut wood for us today? Gather firewood for us." He replied, "Okay, I will. Let me go to sharpen my axe first. After that, I will cut wood for you." Then he went back home to sharpen it. When the man who asked him to cut wood came to him, he saw that the boy was using jade as a whetstone. The man asked him, "Where did you get that kind of stone?" Then he said, "Grandpa, there are lots in the place where I cut wood." The man asked the boy, "Then take me to the place where you cut wood." When they arrived there, they saw that there were many jades. Then the man told him, "My grandson, you don't need to cut trees and sell them anymore. These are jades, and they are expensive ones. You don't know they are valuable. You don't need to suffer anymore. Let's sell these jades and make money! But don't tell any other people. Let's say I follow you to cut wood. Okay?" Then the boy said ok. He usually took the old man to that place where there were many jades. But the old man was greedy and thought to deceive the boy. Then he collected many men and went there to get all the jades. But he didn't see any jades when he arrived at the place, where he usually saw many jades when he went together with the boy. The old man thought to himself, "I'm sure this is the place where there are many jades. Trees which the orphan boy cut are still here." Then he told his friends, "Hey, I'm very sure this is the place where we see many jades. But now, we can't see anything. Those are the blessings from GOD to the orphan boy. Our mighty GOD doesn't allow us to take those. God gives those jades to the boy. God makes us not be able to see jades since we thought to deceive the boy. Let's just go back home!" Then they all went back home. Since that day, the orphan boy and his grandmother sold those jades and became rich. He got married to a good lady too. Finally, they all lived happily forever. This is the end of the story. Transcription (Lu Awng) Dai langai mi mung hpun chye sha ai ma jahkrai dai mung jahkrai hpun chye sha ai ma a lam. Kahtawng langai mi kaw hkan woi dwi sha rai nna nga ma yen dwi ni sha nga,hpun sha chye dut shani shanang hpun sha chye dut dut re na hkan dwi shat tam sha reng nga ai. Lani mi na gaw shi wam hkawm sa wa yang me hpun chye sa wa ai lam kaw htinggaw langai mi kaw she nhtu garang nga ai la langai mi nhtu garang nga. E e ndai baw nhkrut ngai grai mu tawn ai le. Ngai hpun chye ai kaw ndai baw nlung aw nre shi lunghkrut di ai da. Ngai she tsun galai nga, dai hpun chye sa ai kaw she lungseng sumpum kaw she sa chye hkrup na lungseng sumpum kaw na nlung dai langai mi la wa na shi gaw nhkrut wa shatai, nhtu garang lang ai da. Reng gaw htinggaw langai mi gaw shi e hpun chye ya na matu e ma e dai ni bai ah jum ni e hpun sa chye ya yaw hpun hta wa ya rit ngu nna tsun, e mai ai lo ya ngai ning wa naw garang lang n-ga ningwa garang nna sa chye gun wa ya na ngu, shi ningwa garang na nga na sa garang she, dai salang wa shi e hpun chye shangun ai salang wa sa yu lungseng wa mi she ninghkrut shatai nga ai da. E ma ndai ninghkrut ganang na hta la ai rai ngu, chye ah ji e ndai baw nlung mi oh ngai hpun chye ai kaw grai wa taw ai, grai wa nga ai. Ngu nna tsun yang, e nang hpun chye ai de woi sa yu rit ah ji e woi sa yu rit ngu. Woi sa wa yang lung seng sumpum nga ai makau kaw she shi hpun sa kran nna ah chye nna mare na ni e wa gun ya ya rai dut sha nga ai rai, lungseng dai wa ma e ndai nang hpun nchye ra sai ndai lungseng manu hpu ai baw she re ai. Nang nchye jai sha ai majaw nang hpun chye jam jau ai she re, dai ni kaw nna an ji ni ndai nlung ndai la dut nna gumhpraw tam sha na di ga. Retim masha ni law ma law e gaw hkum tsun lu yaw, nang langai mi kaw ah ji ma hkan nang ai nang tam sha woi ai hku di rit ngu nna di she, dai hku ngu na tsun nga yang ma dai gaw mai ai lol ah ji e nde wa she taw ai wa ma gaw mai ai ngu na woi sa, woi sa yang gaw dai la wa gaw myit magaw rawng wa sai da, kalang mi sa woi reng hpang e gaw dai oh ra shi woi sa ai la wa masha kaga law law saw nshe lungseng dai sa la na hku sa wa reng ai, sa wa jang gaw shawng e sa ai jahkrai ma hte sa yang pyi grai sumpum ai nlung wa mi shi manang ni e saw woi sa jang gaw nmu mat sai da. Langai mung taw ai mung nmu mat, rai jang gaw um ndai kaw she re law shara mung nshut ai ndai jahkrai ma hpun chye la ai hpun pawt ni hpun ni pyi naw taw ai, e nanhte e ndai gaw karai kasang jahkrai ma ndai shi e jaw ai sut gan she rai sai re, anhte lu su ai ni masha kaga ni la sha na baw karai kasang nhkraw ai she rai sai. Karai kasang shi hpe jaw ai she re. Anhte nkaja ai hku myit ai majaw karai kasang magap kau ai rai sai. Wa mat saga jahkrai ma shi na matu she rai nga ngu nna dai la wa dai shi woi sa ai ni e bai woi wa kau rai dai shani kawn hkan dwi gaw lungseng dai dut sha nna num kaja mung la rai nna nga pyaw wa ai nga maumwi langai mi rai sai.

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