E n a a l a w i d a w a r r a naniyiwanga langw a
A S to ry A b o u t A n O ld M a n A long long time ago there lived an old man. He used to go hunting for people. B u t th e p eople d id n ot k n ow abou t th e old m an b e c a u s e h e w a s liv in g in th e c a v e a ll th e tim e. Arekberekbakiya nakina nambambilyuma nayiyuwangkwa nakina nungungwurrkwenuma warnumamalyakba. Aburraja wurrakina warnumamalya warningbala nakini-langwa neniyuwangkwa mena medirru-manja nambambilyuma.
O ne m orning as the people w ere gathering som e bush -tu ck e r th e o ld m a n h e a rd th e m ta lk in g, slowly he got up from the cave and walked to them M u w ilayabu -m anja m am aw u ra w u rrakina warnumamalya narrarrangbamurru-manja a n in g a n a k in a n e y i y u w a n g k a n en g k irrk a n ey e n g b ey in u m a, a m b a k ila n g w a nuwarmajungwuma medirri-lanwa n alalikena abu rruw aw a.
The people w ere still busy gathering the bush-tucker a n d th e r e h e w a s s ta n d in g in fro n t o f th e m. Wurrakina warnumamalya nalyangmurukwayinuma n arrarran gb am a an in gu -m an ja en eja n arjeyu m a a b u rru w u -m a n ja a k w u d a n g w a.
T h e n e x t d a y, w h e n th e s u n w e n t d o w n a ll th e men from the villages m arched through the jungle to lo o k fo r th e o ld m a n a g a in. M ingku-m anja m am awura m eningilarriwuru-m anja wurrababumi-langwa warnungkwarba nawurrakiyuweyina angalyi-langwa murungweni-langwa-wiya nenuminanday iu m a n a k in u n e n iy u w a n g k w a.
W h e n th e y c a m e to th e c a v e w h e r e h e w a s living The cave was closed. Nawurakiyardu-manja m e d i r r u - m a n j a n a m b a m i l y u m u r r u - m a n j a, m a k i n a n u m i d i k a j u n g w u - n u m a
A ll th e m e n sle p t th e n ig h t th e re w a itin g for th e o ld m an, b u t h e w as m agic W u r r a b a b u r n i - l a n g w a w a r n u n g k w a r b a nawurramungkuluma yakwujinaenejanakinaneniyuwanganumijburaryama.
All the people ran and ran until they reached their camp. They told their husbands, uncles, fathers, and cousins, about the old man. When they heard about the old man, they got their spears and went to look for the old man. But they couldn't find him anywhere N uw angkidikirreyinum a, w urrakina w arnum am alya y a n d ila n g w a n a rra k b u rra n g a a b u rri-la n g w a a n g a ly a. N a rram a k a a b u rri-la n g w a m a n ja w a rn u m a m a ly a n a k in i la n g w a n e n iy iw a n g k w a n a rru m u rn d a k a rn d irrk a a b u rrila n g w a e n u n g k w a a k w a n e n u m u n a n d a y a e n u w a.
H e f l y s l i k e a b i r d a t d a y t i m e b u t a t n i g h t tim e h e c h a n g e s h i m s e l f t o a s n a k e a n d hides himself inside a hole. Nuwurum enam a karrawarilang-wiya wubirra wurrajijaumba alarrungwalyilya nikwuwerrkwajungunama wuburra yingarna kembirra nabuwarrkajungwunama
T h e n o n e o f t h e m e n g o t u p e a r l y i n t h e morning a n d s a w th e o ld m a n c h a n g in g h im s e lf from a snake to a man Nuwilyaba nenungkwarba numurajanga alyarrungwalyu-wiya akwa nenirringka nakina nenuyuwangkwa nikuwarrl wajungwunima yingarni-langwa nenumamalyu-wa da.
A n d t h e n h e r a n t o a b ig b o s s a n d t o ld h im K e m b i r r a n a n g k a r r a n a r u m u - w a nibungkawa akw a nenumaka.
They all surrounded the old m ans cave. W urrakina narrum akwudaka m akina neniyu-wangku - la n g w a m e d ir r a
T h e b i g b o s s a s k e d t h e o l d m a n t o com e o u t o f t h e c a v e a n d h e d i d Naruma nubungkawa nenikijardingi-yada. K a m b a n ija r d in g a n a k in a n e n iy u w a n g w a.
They killed the old man and buried him insidethecave Kamba nijardinga neniyuwangwa akwa neningaja nenijungwajuwa nakina akwa neniyindirruwarna arrawa m edirru-m anja
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