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Translation (Rita Seng Mai & Keita Kurabe)
Now I'm going to tell you why cicadas don't have intestines. Once upon a time, when God created creatures, cicadas also had intestines. Today, however, cicadas don't have intestines. I'll tell you why — Once upon a time, a monkey was sitting on top of a very tall tree. Suddenly, a cicada came and chirped loudly nearby. The cicada's cry startled the monkey, and he jumped up. He jumped toward a squirrel who was chewing a Lahpai fruit on the tree. Because the monkey jumped toward him, the squirrel, who was eating the fruit, was so startled that he tossed the Lahpai fruit from the top of a tall tree. The Lahpai fruit that the squirrel threw from the top of a tall tree hit the back of an elephant that was looking for food under the tree. Because the fruit hit his back, the elephant was so startled that he ran away. When he ran away in such a way, he stepped on a frog with his foot. The frog's intestines came out. So the frog asked, "Mr. Elephant, why did you step on me?" "My intestines have come out." "Please cure me." The elephant replied, "No, it's not my fault." "It was because a squirrel dropped a fruit on my back." "I was so startled that I ran away and this happened." So they asked the squirre, "Mr. Squirrel, why did you do this?" The squirrel replied, "I was here eating the fruit." "Then a monkey jumped toward me." "I was so surprised that I threw the fruit away." So they asked the monkey, "Mr. Monkey, why did you jump?" The monkey replied, "It's because a cicada began to chirp suddenly." "I was so startled that I jumped." "I jumped toward the squirrel." Then, they asked the cicada about it. The cicada couldn't say anything. So they took out the cicada's intestines, and put them in the frog's stomach. In that way they cured the frog. That's why, although all the creatures in the world have intestines, cicadas don't have intestines. That is because long ago, the cicada had to return its intestines to the frog.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya hkai na maumwi gaw "Hkra pu n rawng ai lam" re. Moi shawng de, Karai Kasang shinggyim masha ni hte yawng hpe hpan da ai shaloi aten hta, hkra mung pu sin ma hkra rawng ai re da. Rai tim, dai ni na ten hta gaw hkra ni hta pu n rawng ma ai. Dai zawn byin wa ai lam gaw — kalang mi hta woi langai mi gaw grai tsaw ai hpun ntsa kaw dung nga ai shaloi, hkra langai mi gaw dai woi a makau kaw akajawng akaja sha aja wa ngu nna sa marawn dat ai da. Dai hku sa ngoi marawn dat ai majaw, woi gaw kajawng nna gumtsat dat ai ngu ai wa, dai hpun ntsa kaw sha e lahpai si ngu ai tsawmra kaba ai baw namsi di makret sha nga ai kadu hka hpang de gumtsat shang mat wa ai da. Dai hku woi gumtsat shang wa ai majaw namsi makret sha nna nga nga ai kadu hka mung kajawng ai hte dai shi makret sha nga ai lahpai si hpe tat kau da ai da. Dai hku kajawng nna grai tsaw ai hpun ntsa kaw na tat dat ai lahpai si gaw wo hpun npu kaw sa tam sha nga ai magwi a shingma kaw lahpai si puk nga nna wa hkrat bun ai da. Dai hku magwi a shingma kaw lahpai si puk nga nna wa hkrat ai majaw, magwi mung kajawng nna hprawng mat wa ai da. Dai zawn magwi kajawng nna hprawng mat wa ai shaloi gaw, shi a lagaw langai mi hte shu hpe kabye hkrup dat ai majaw dai shu gaw pu male mat ai da. Dai majaw, shu gaw "Magwi nang gaw hpa majaw ngai hpe ndai zawn kabye kau da ai ma?" "Ya ngai pu n rawng mat sai." "Nang tsi tsi ya ra sai," ngu nna tsun ai da. Dai shaloi magwi gaw "E, ngai n re ai lo." "Wo kadu hka nye a shingma ntsa kaw namsi kabai jahkrat dat ai majaw" "kajawng na hprawng ai ngu yang byin mat ai re," ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi kadu hka hpe bai "Nang hpa majaw dai hku di ai rai?" ngu san yang, kadu hka gaw "Ngai gaw ndai kaw namsi di sha nga yang" "woi wa ngai hpang de gumtsat bang wa ai majaw" "kajawng nna namsi tat dat ai re," ngu nna htai ai da. Dai shaloi, "Woi nang gaw hpa rai nna dai hku gumtsat bang wa ai ma?" ngu nna bai san ai shaloi gaw, woi gaw "Ngai hpe mung, hkra e akajawng akaja nga nna ma ja wa ngoi marawn dat ai majaw" "kajawng nna gumtsat dat ai ngu yang" "kadu hka hpang maga de gumtsat bang mat wa ai re," ngu nna tsun ai da. Dai majaw, hkra hpe bai san ai shaloi gaw hkra gaw kaga hpa tsun na mung n nga mat ai majaw hkra na pu hpe shaw nna shu na kan de bai bang ya rai nna tsi tsi shamai kau ai da. Dai majaw, mungkan ntsa na asak hkrung ai ni yawng kaw pu sin rawng ai rai tim hkra kaw gaw hpa pu sin mung n rawg ai gaw moi shawng de hkra ni shu hpe wa kau ra ai majaw re da. |
