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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-04-12

End Date

2017-04-12

Translation (Htoi San) A hunter lived in a village. When that hunter went hunting, it could last for a month. One day, as he went hunting, he heard someone knocking in a cave in the jungle. He peeped and thought, "The nail is very long, so it can be a bear." "I will definitely shoot it so I will get meat." Then he looked at it from the other way. He found out that it was not a bear but 'Hpaulum Htu.' When he shot immediately, Hpaulum Htu ran away as she was shocked. Her bag was hung outside, and the hunter put it down with his gun. After that, he went back home. On the way home, Hpaulum Htu did not follow him at first. When he was near his hamlet, he turned back and saw Hpaulum Htu following him. He determined, "Let it be. If she wants to follow, let her follow." He compressed Hpaulum Htu's bag into the granary. He locked his house that night and slept. When he woke up in the morning, he saw Hpaulum Htu sitting next to him, so he was afraid. "Oh God, this can't be," the hunter appalled. When he went to the toilet, she followed him inside. She chased him wherever he went. One day, the hunter went hunting again. She knew her thing was at home, so she did not follow him. She looked for her bag everywhere and found it inside the granary. She emptied the silo and found her bag. She went back to the jungle. Pigs and chickens ate all of his grains. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Mare langai mi kaw jaugawng la langai nga ai. Jaugawng la dai wa gaw shi gaw jaugawng gawng yang shata hku na ai da. Dai shani na gaw shi jaugawng gawng sa mat wa ai shaloi she nam kaw du re ai shaloi lungpu langai mi kaw da, akawk taw ai na nna she masem yu yang she shi gaw myit yu na hku nga lamin ndai ram galu yang gaw Tsap rai sai ngu na she gap nan gap na shan lu sai ngu na she oh ra hku sa yu yang gaw Tsap n re ai sha hpaulum htu yup taw ai mu na kalang ta sanat rau gap dat ai shaloi hpaulum htu kajawng nna hprawng mat wa dai shaloi she shi na nhpye gaw shinggan kaw noi da ai dai hpe jaugawng la wa gaw shi na sanat rau anyaw jahkrat la na she nta wa mat ai da. Wa mat yang nnan e gaw n hkan ai mare du wa mahka kaw she hpang de gayin dat yu yang gaw hpaulum htu hkan nang wa ai da. Dai she shi gaw ''Chye rai nu ga hkan yang hkan'' ngu na she wa nna dai hpaulum htu na nhpye hpe mam dum kata kaw anyin bang da da. Dai na shana zaw ni hkat nna yup wa na jahpawt dum wa ai wa shi makau kaw she dung taw na hku nga shi gaw grai kajawng kau ai da. ''Koi ndai gaw n mai ai ngu na she namdum sa tim mung namdum de hkan shang di re hkan shang hkawm ai da. Shi gara de sa tim gara de hkan nang ai da, hpaulum htu gaw dai lani mi na hta shi jaugawng bai gawng sa mat wa ai shaloi gaw dai shaloi gaw shi na rai nta kaw re chye nna nhkan na hku nga n hkan rai yang gaw shi tam tam tam re na mam dum kata kaw makoi da ai mu nna mam dum hpe yawng ru kau ya re na she shi na dai rai mu na she nam de bai sa mat wa mam gaw Wa ni U ni jaugawng la na Wa ni U ni sha na yawng ma mat ai da.

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