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A squirrel and a tortoise
Folk tale of Udehe/(Udihe)
by Kanchuga, Zuza Zanzulevna
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омо олохи, омо ваӈба
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омо олохи, омо ваӈба андамула биити. ''гээ, анда
ху～ диганаҙафи.'' ''гээ, гээ.'' ваӈба jэу гиэ ӈэнэҙэ,
ноанҙини, ваӈба ваӈба ваӈба, ӈэнээни
амиала уливэ даувати～, таали-да, олохи гаиту-гдэ
хуктии-jаҙата. багиаҙала иинээк куӈкаатиги туктиэк,
ка～ тала киак чаак, оло киак чаак тала киак чаак,
иктэмэсии гунэ. ''анда～, минду-дэ омо умуктэвэ
тугбундэjэ.'' ''анчи-а～, анда эсиу аӈи, афиакту-мэи-дэ,
цэмэлэ анчи афиакту-мэи-дэ.'' оно-ко нихэми тугбуэни омомо.
ӈэнээни утава ҙаваани. ''илэ биини афиакту,
jэу бими кэту дигаӈку бии, онофи анда
сањани бии, сии,'' гуӈкини. ''бии буубуи цэмэхи.''
''ути-э～ утини эмусэ њаӈта цэмэхивэни аӈи,
дигааи сии утава, анчини цэмэхи, цэмэлэ анчи.''
эугиэни, эмугдэвэни хэӈисиэк, цэмэвэ дигаамани
тэу дигагиак ээни, эи-тэнэ олохи. утадиги њаа ӈэнэити～
њаа диганагиани～. ӈэниэк, дигаак, ваӈбаӈини.
тагдаак, ӈэниэк ээни њауху. ӈэниэк хука тулээк ээни,
ути тааӈкилани. ''сања вооони, будэҙэи,''
гуӈкини, ''минду-дээ дигаӈкулами бисимэни.''
ӈэниэни～ ҙуктиги, ваӈбаӈини. э～ олохини дигами мутуми-дэ
дооӈдоли-лиэ хуктигиэни. гуӈкини, ''кэ～.''
луӈҙа луӈҙа хукала таани. ''анда～ гуҙэӈэлэи таами-а～
минэвэ асуктанагиjа.'' ''сања хэктиэни～.''
бии синэвэ асукталагами эсими тулэ утава.
бии эмугдэвэи хэӈисими сањактагиами элээ
сии багдиjа сии.''чэӈгэли чэӈгэли
будээни～ утаду. гээ андаjи-даа вааи～,
сафани бааани ваӈбаӈини-да ули чоӈ～ хэтигэӈкини.
всё нет больше.
A squirrel and a tortoise
A squirrel and a tortoise were living together as friends. ‘My friend, let us go and gather food.’ ‘Yes, let’s do that.’ How on earth can they go out together? The tortoise went very slowly. He crossed the river. The squirrel ran very fast and reached the other side of the river. He climbed onto a cedar, and crunched on nuts here and there. ‘My friend, please drop me a pinecone.’ ‘There aren’t any, my friend. They’re all empty with no nuts in them,’ said the squirrel. But the squirrel accidentally dropped one. The tortoise picked it up. ‘Empty? Yeah, right. What a glutton. And he calls me a friend?’ said the tortoise. ‘Look, what do you think this is? A nut!’ The squirrel answered, ‘That was the only with a nut in it, and you ate it all up.’ He came down from the tree, stepped on the tortoise’s stomach and made him bring up the nut he had eaten. The squirrel then ate it up. The squirrel went and carried on his eating. The tortoise ate a little, became very angry and went home first. On the way he set up an automatic bow contraption. ‘That son of a bitch! Drop dead! Trying to skimp on me, huh?’ The tortoise went home. When the squirrel had finished eating, he clattered along and ran home. With a ‘Ahhh!’ he found himself struggling to get out of the trap. He had been caught. ‘My friend, I’ve gotten stuck in some sort of a toy. Come and help me out,’ said the squirrel. ‘If I were to let you out now, I wouldn’t have set up the trap in the first place. You stepped on me to get the very last bit of food. You can do what you bloody want now.’ The squirrel hung there, swaying. Then he died. The tortoise said, ‘I’ve killed my friend.’ So he too jumped into the water. And that was the end of it.