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Mfon, lung ti bo Foba, ka tsi nkab kwa ndzamu.
There was a chief called Foba , who had alot of money.
Kom bi boa tsinted bi to ma tso' yo nkab le , i ti mu
ni mbim ma fa bo, ni ntod , ni ngu yab, bo ti ko' bab bo.
His nobles and pages tried to borrow this money, he refused to give them, was very
condescending,making a mockery of them and they were not bothered.
A la' mbo ni mo' ntsu, i noh ndiba titi nkan, ndiba
way i, i buli tsunndaiba,nnun madzi mo' bam, yi bo ka tam ni mfa boa ndzibang a.
One day, he smoked tobaccco until he was tired, he got intoxicated, he lowered the pipe and put it in a
bag , that was weaved with beads and a red cloth.
Ngo' mu', yi i ka nung madzi tsunndiba' a vu madzi bam , mu' ku bam le,
mbubti.
The hot coal ash , he had put in the pipe fell in the bag, the bag got burnt and was destroyed.
Mfon le toh, mbi kiti ndzo , ndzo mu' ku bam i, i tun-ndung a ,ntu i tso, i fung mo' tsinted, nga, i toh
ngo, mfung nkom, yi i ka tam bam le a, nga , i to nnanti to' bam le mfa i.
The Fon came to realise that the fire had damaged his bag, an expensive one, he was upset,called one of
pages, that he should go called the noble who had weaved the bag to come and repair the bag,s hole for
him.
Bo yo , mfung, nkom le , i bed bi ma toh, nsung nga, ntsinted le yo , nsung mbo mfon nga, i lo' nkab, nnun
ndzang mu, nnanti to'bam le mu.
They went and told , the noble, he refused to come, told the page , to go tell the Fon , to take his money ,
put a needle through it and repair the bag,s hole with it.
Nstinted le yo , sung mbo mfon le
bub.
The page went and told the Fon exactly what the noble had said.
I bi yuh bub , nuh tsa i , i ya bo yo , ngwe nkom le nnyo
i.
When he heard this, he was confused, he said, they should go catch the noble and kill him.
Nkom le ten bi . Mfon bi yu' nga , i ten mu, nnyo mbum
i.
The noble escaped. When the Fon heard he had escaped, he killed himself.
Mun, yum mbo i ya, a bong i ngyemti fad bi se mu, bi, ba ma ndzi mfom'vi
bo.
He , who is successful should try to help others because no one knows tomorrow.
Vocabulary:
Ngang-nyam---selfish person,
nyam---selfish.
nkad---money,
kom----noble,
tsinted----a page,
nted----proud,
ndiba---tobacco,
wey---to catch, to be intoxicated,
bam---bag,
tam ---to weave, to throw,
fung---to
call,
nnanti---to close,
nzibang----red cloth,
bang--red,
ndzi--cloth,
ten --to run.
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