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Ode Fɔtɔ Ɔnyanɛ Odi Mɔ Kavolibi a.
Ⅰ Ke liti a, mmɔ́ ode fɔtɔ ɔnyanɛ mɔ kɔbɛ̃ bɛbã odi kĩ eto ode yaka. Edeĩ nɛ luflututu kamɛ, ade sinigbɛnɛ sinya ye lɔlɔ a. Ye anɛ ata ndɛ suwa aye, ade ye abɔa la ndɛ fi fɔmɛ fuku aye kĩ fɔade nɛ ode a.
Ⅱ Ɛnɛɛ kavolibi kadi kĩ bibinya a nɛ awɛ. Ɛkɔa ye sɔmɔna kɔbɔa eke nɛ mpo akũ ade ɛkɔa sɛba kɔbɔa lɛmɛ eke nɛ tite akũ a.
Ⅲ Ɛbɔa fɔwɔla kɔɔba ndɛ dzata amɛ kaklumɛ aye. Kĩ ɛbɔa fɔwɔla a, ɔplala evũkɔnɔ a nyɛ tunukpɛ̃.
Ⅳ Kĩ ɔplala evũkɔnɔ a nyɛ tunukpɛ̃ a, nwɛ kĩ matsɛlɛ fɔtsa ĩyi, lɛmɛ nnu odo odi kĩ eto ode ɛlɛ kĩ, “Talɛ lɛtsa a kĩ ɔplala evũkɔnɔ a lɛ a onukpɛ̃, tatsɛlɛ foe oyi.”
Ⅴ Ade ode fɔtɔ ɔnyanɛ a kĩ mmɔ́ kĩ ɛdzɛ̃ nɛ mpo mɔ tite akũ a dzɛla ye sɔmɔna awɛ nɛ ode,
Ⅵ ɛlɔ fubo nɛ Baguma kĩ edzi nkpã daa a, kĩ ɛkɛna tite mɔ te akũ fɔtsa, ode mɔ ye kamɛ fɔtsa, mpo mɔ ye kamɛ fɔtsa a dĩ akũ kĩ, “Liti kakpa lɛláabuki lɛna!
Ⅶ Lɛmɛ lɔkɔ a kĩ ode fɔtɔ ɔnyanɛ ovũkɔnɔde a aavɔ̃ ye kagbulɛɛ ni, Baguma nhihiɛ kɔlawa a aaya nɛ foe kamɛ ndɛ ayekĩ ɛnyɛ ɛtsa ye onukpɛ̃ banyɛnɛ a kĩ bɛnyɛ basumunɛ a.”
Ⅷ Ke liti a, odo a kĩ nnu ntomɛna ode a buki ebi yĩ kĩ, “Naatɛ kavolibi a kĩ bibinya a nɛ ode fɔtɔ ɔnyanɛ a kĩ ɛdzɛ̃ nɛ mui mɔ tite akũ a awɛ.”
Ⅸ Nnaa ode fɔtɔ ɔnyanɛ a sɛkɛ̃ mbi ye kĩ ɛkɔa kavolibi a ɛkpa yĩ. Ebi yĩ kĩ, “Tɛ ke kaba ke. Fɔ́akɛna mɔ ɔnyɛ mɔ ɔnyɛ nɛ nɔ lupu kamɛ, lɛmɛ fɔ́ana ɔmɛnɛ nɛ nɔ onukpɛ̃ kamɛ ndɛ kɔsã aye.”
Ⅹ Ntɛ kavolibi a nɛ ye awɛ mba ke. Fɔna ɔmɛnɛ ndɛ kɔsã aye nɛ yĩ onukpɛ̃ kamɛ, lɛmɛ kĩ mmɛna foe a, fɔna ɔnyɛ nɛ yĩ lupu kamɛ.
Ⅺ Ke liti a, ebi yĩ kĩ, “Kɛnɛ kĩ abuki ode lɛtsã Baguma fɔlɛtsa a nɛ bati, tɛmaĩ, tide mɔ fɔgã pii akũ.”