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• Lydia tells a custom story about how the rat got its tail after stealing a yam from a group of birds.

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  Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym

  tales

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  Southeast Ambrym

  Sipa mun, stori ak be abaot tumen.
  Tumen xil labe hip ladi. Ladi ma... labitene ale xil mun lapolni sem na neta tang labit lapolni ti nahou nai.
  Ale laba ba laleh huram ai. Lammei mei ladin huram ai ma meses.
  Di, ale tumen xil vus xil xa tumen eh tumen eh huram ai mieh kestang, eksep mai an pipili.
  Ale lalehi laba ma labitene, "Ale riha ma riti igak, rilas nahou nar igak. Ale rileh anien ar ha risoni iti igak e xir ti rilas."
  Ale ba laling anien ae di.
  "Ti ha rilas, ma rikila xa be lans taem, rimmei mei ria anien ar."
  Laba ba lalas. Lalas lalas lalas lalas mo...
  Bus ma tei xil bitene "Ale lans taem turei xie va ravanien."
  Xil di labe kohet ni lasen, e asu asu bemei mei ga na huram a na mai, ngan pipili vari.
  Mei mei miga na huram a mai, pipili vari, gani ma...
  Xil lamue neta, lalas ma bus, labit va lavanien.
  Laba ba labe jekem anien ae, tumen xil vus xil ak anien ai huram ai di tang, e mai iaxa an mue neta, be nout.
  Ma ale labe pet "visi xa ga huram an na mai?"
  Lasisi lasisi lasisi ma bus di. Di xil ti taaviteni ma di e di lasepin mi xil mak.
  E labit ti limen mani e asu vengan xa xi trapol meka. Taem xa oling anien am da xavi, da xavi asu imas ha iani. Asu taave joen ti e krup ak e xi ba, ba ga anien ai. Xil labit mei lavanien e xi de insaet.
  Lasak lasak ma lapusi xa asu men. Men e saxut na neta huram an na mai pipili de luhon.
  Ma labit "Asu, xouk iaxa oga na neta huram an na neta, mai. Iaxa mue neta iaxai mue, omen e de na luhom."
  Xi bitene "Iou, inou nagani; inou mun nammei nalong mae gat nou tang, ma nagani."
  Mai ba ba migur liei tei bemei, mei bas asu tang.
  Opus vari ni xa asu, xalen daen xie, asu xalen tehe tovuol tete mak tamu, teta papasi tang ma opus liei na liei vari mikili de xalen pihaen, de pihaen xie ma xa be xalen vari xie.
  Ma stori nar ba bus xitak, sipa mun.
  

  
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  Thank you, this story is about birds. · There were lots of pigeons; there they were and they said they'd go do the same thing again, they wanted to make their garden. · They they went and got their yams; they came and cooked their yams, then they were ready. · Then all the different kinds of birds had a white yam, except the pigeon's whose was red. · They they took it away and said, "Okay we'll go and stay here, we'll clear our garden here. · Okay we'll take our food and go put it here and we'll clear the land." · They they went and put their food there, "we'll go clear the land, when we know it's lunchtime, we'll come and eat our food". · They go and clear the land; they clear it and clear it and clear it until they finish and one of them says "Okay it's lunchtime already let's go eat · They carried on clearing land and a rat came and ate the pigeon's yam, the red one. · It came and ate the pigeon's yam, the red one, it ate it and then they um, they finished clearing the land, · They wanted to go eat; they went and checked their food, all the birds' food was there but the pigeon's was um, gone. · Then they betted "who ate the pigeon's yam?" · They asked and asked but nobody owned up and they carried on talking like this; they wanted to laugh together but the rat was · a trouble maker; when they put their food somewhere he has to go and eat it; the rat doesn't join the group but he goes and eats their food. · They wanted to come and eat but we was there; they carried on then they saw that the rat was laughing; he laugh and a piece of um the pigeon's red yam was in his teeth. · They said "rat, it was you who ate um the um pigeon's yam." · You did this now, you laughed and it was on your teeth;" he · said "Yes, I ate it; I got hungry too, · so I ate it;" the rat, um, the pigeon went and got a stick and came and hit the rat. · You can see straightaway that the rat, · it's tail is there, the rat had no tail before it was just like this, it just broke it you see, the stick dug into its behind like a tail, · it went behind like this and became its tail; and our story finishes here, thank you. ·

  
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  Bislama

  Tankyu stori ia hemi abaot pijin · Ol pijin oli plante i stap; oli stap gogo... oli talem se ale oli mekem sem samting bakagen nomo, oli wantem mekem karen blo olgeta. · Ale oli go karem yam blong olgeta; oli kam rusum gogo i tan. · Afta evri pijin wanem kaen pijin wanem kaen pijin except sotleg blong hem i red. · Oli karem oli go gogo oli talem se "Ale yumi go stap long ia ale yumi brasem karen blong yumi long ples ia. · Ale yumi karem kakae blong yumi yumi go putum long ples ia bae yumi stap bras." · Ale oli go putum kakae blong olgeta i stap, "afta yumi go bras gogo, yumi save se lanis taem bae yumi kam kakae kakae blong yumi." · Oli go bras; oli bras oli bras oli bras oli bras oli bras gogo... finis wan long olgeta i se "okei lans taem nao yumi go kakae." · Olgeta oli stap gohed blong bras, be rat rat i kam kakae yam blong sotleg, hemia red wan wantaem. · Hemi kam kakae yam blong sotleg red wan olgeta oli bras gogo finis · Oli wantem go kakae; oli go jekem kakae blong olgeta, evri pijin kakae blong olgeta yam blong olgeta i stap nomo, be sotleg nomo blong hem i lus. · Nao oli bet "hu nao i kakae yam blong sotleg?" · Oli askem askem askem olgeta gogo finis be i no gat wan i talem be oli stap toktok long olgeta be oli wantem stap laf be rat hemi · trouble maker taem yu putum kakae blong yu long wea wea rat imas go kakae rat i no joen long grup ia be hemi go kakae kakae blong olgeta · olgeta oli kam blong kakae be hemi stap insaet oli mekem gogo oli luk se rat i laf oli luk hemi laf mo oli luk smol pis yam blong sotleg i stap long tut blong hem · Oli talem se "rat, yu nao yu kakae yam blong sotleg." · hemia nao, yu laf be i stap long tut blong yu;" hem · hemi talem se "yes, mi mi kakae; mi tu mi kam mi harem hangri nao, · ale mi kakae rat sotleg i go go karem wan wud i kam kam kilem rat nomo. · Yu luk wantaem we rat, · tel blo hem i stap, rat i no bin gat tail blo hem it stap nomo olsem, i jas kilim hem nao yu luk wud wantaem i dig i go tail blo hem bihaen, · i stap bihaen hemi tel blong hem wantaem; ale stori blong yumi i finis ia nao, tankyu tumas. ·

  
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