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Mabale Stories
THE PHEASANT AND THE TORTOISE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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bakεndεkε (1) dzisolo. (2) bakomi (3) omolako, They went fishing. They arrived at a fishing-camp,
balambi (3) bilεtibakalε. (4) ηkumbajoti: they cooked food so they were going to eat. The tortoise he so:
“ tobomba (5) bilε; tokεndε (6) boodzisolo. “ let us put aside the food; let us go first to the dzisolo.
wautaka (7) biunansalatokalε.” (4) (when) shall have come out we with hunger we shall eat.”
lokulukokoaambi(3); bakwedzidza(8) ηkandu (9) obwato. (10) The pheasant agreed; they put the hurdles into the canoe.
mwanawalokulukokoaikadzi (11) omolako. The little one of the pheasant stayed in the fishing-camp.
badziηgi (3) dzisolo, baabi (3) nsolo, i'idzi They surrounded the dzisolo, they cut the grass, they were
njε (12). finished entirely.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , October 1929 , pp. 571 - 586
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- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1929