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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-18

End Date

2017-02-18

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) There was once a frog and a fish in a lake. During the rainy season, it was time to lay eggs. Both of them laid eggs at the same place. They didn't know it and left the place after they had laid eggs. The frog always fed the newborns since she thought they all were her babies. Then, the mother fish came up and said, "They are my babies, not yours." The frog also said, "No! They are mine." They were fighting over the babies. At last, the frog said to the fish, "For now, you go back to your place. I'll go back too. Let's come here again after a few days." They agreed on it and went back. Some days later when they came back again, they saw that the baby fish had tails and the tadpoles had legs. Then, they took their own babies and didn't need to fight again. This is the end of the story. Transcription (Lu Awng) Moi shawng de da shu hte nga la-ing langai kaw sha nga ai da. Dai she yanam ta du wa yang gaw shu ni mung shu di di, nga ni mung nga u-lun ta re na hku re nga, nga mung dai kaw nga di di da ai da. Dai she di tawn kau da na hkawm mat, shu mung shu di di bang da kau na hkawm mat wa. Ya gaw nye kasha ni kade wa kaba wa sai kun sa yu yang she sa yu nna she shi kasha re ngu na shat ni sa tam jaw jaw re yang gaw nga kanu wa bai pru wa ai da, dai nye kasha she re yang, nang na mi nre yang ngu jang, dai shu mung ngai na re ngu, nga mung ngai na re ngu kashun hkat na she shan gaw ga-law na tai wa re na she, e dai re yang gaw nang mung naw wa mat u, ngai mung naw wa mat na, kade nna ai shaloi bai hkrum ga yaw ngu na she wa mat ai da. Wa mat nna she tsawm ra mi na jang bai sa yu yang shanhte nga kasha re ni gaw ningmai tu mat, shu kasha re ni gaw lagaw tu nga ra re da. Dai shaloi she aw nye na kasha gaw ndai she rai nga ngu, nga kanu mung nye na kasha mung ndai she re nga gaw ngu na n ga-law ra mat, kadai mung kade kasha la mat ai da, htum sai.

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