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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2016-12-22

End Date

2016-12-22

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This story is about pig and cat. One day, a pig and a cat went to the forest. They were best friends. When they walked in forest trail, when they walked in forest trail one day, when they walked and walked through the forest, after a while, the cat was caught in a trapping pit which a hunter set. When the cat was caught, it told the pig, "My friend, please help me. Put the rope down to me, here." Then the pig put the rope down. When the pig put the rope down, the cat was so angry. It was so angry and told the pig, "You put the rope down, but how can I climb up?! How can I climb up?! If you want to save me, you have to hold one end of the rope so that I can climb up. See! How can I climb up now?" The cat told, "Hold one end of the rope, my friend." When it told like that, the pig jumped down into the trapping pit. When the pig jumped down, the cat hugged the pig and cried. (It's because it had got a friend who will be together in a trap now.) What this story wants to tell us is that there are some friends, may be they won't be too clever, but they will be together with us till the end of our lives on this world. This story highlights this. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya na maumwi gaw wa hte nyau na maumwi rai nga. Kalang mi da, ndai wa hte nyau gaw i, nam sa ai hku rai nga. Nam lam saaaa reng she,shan hkawng grai hku hkat ai manang re ai da. Eeee, nam lam sa reng she, eee lani mi na eee dai hku sa hkawm, hkawm sa hkawm sa reng she,gade n-na yang ndai eee, ndai wo ndai mawk so le i, mawk so na hkam da le i, ndai hkam mai kaw she, nyau ndai hku kaw nyau wa di hkrat bang mat ai da. Dai hkrat banggg na she, eee wa hpe tsun nai manang e ngai hpe hkye la reit lo ngu tsun re she,e ndai kaw na, e sumri ngai hpe jahkrat dat du ngu tsun nai da nyau gaw. Dai she wa gaw sum sumri jahkrat dat dai da. Eee jahkrat dat na she, nyu wa grai pawt dai hku rai nga. Grai pawt na, nang gaw da, sumri gaw jahkrat dat na she, ngai gara hku lung na rai? ngu tsun nai da. Ngai gara hku lung na ngu, grai hpawt le she, eee ngai hpe hkye mayu yang gaw, sumri maga mi nang jum da ra ai gaw, dai she lu lung na rai nga. Ya ngai gara hku lu lung na i? ngau tsun nai she, eee nang sumri maga hku lang da ya rit ngu nyau gaw tsun dat dai shaloi, wa gaw kalang ta ndai hku de di aaa gumhtawn mat ai hku rai nga. Gumhtawn mat reng she, nyau gaw da wa hpe ahpum na hkrap ai hku rai nga. E hpa majaw nga yang, shi manang lu sai gaw i. E Ndai maumwi hta gaw da, ha baw byin nai i nga gaw, nkau manang ni gaw, a-nya ai le i. Baw nu n rawng ngai, nyan n rang ngai raitim mung da, e tinang na tinang makau kaw si du hkra arau nga ai manang ni nga ai da. Mungkan hta. Dai hpe, maumwi gaw dai hpe tsun mayu ai da.

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