Tej le av hku

Author: Kanchan Bannerjee

Illustrator: Deepa Balsavar

Translator: Thaworn .

Of mux hsov pez. Y'meij pgaz lwij gaz t'gaz le taj hsaugeij lauz sav av kloz pooz. N'htif yaz ah?

Av ceif, av hswai, av ceif, av hswai. P'hav dau geij le taj bgauf k'lax av pooz.

Y'hsomof htauf taj le av geiz geiz av hkai iz lauz. Y'k'laiz hiv neij taj hkauf riv div sauv p'k'laiz hklei htauf k'dauv t'caiv lauz.

P't'sai dof div le taj hpo qaj av gaz baf, meij le p'kwauj meij wai taj ne taj lauz.

Taj ne baf t'miz miz tai wai le: "Hai paux y'hki t'keij! Taj auf taj au of wai a a gauj gauj le iz t'paz lauz."

Taj ne baf t'miz tai wai le: "Taj baf yof of nauh! T'baf laiz le neif t'paz baf."

Y'aif dauv auf kof hkeiv dauv kof hse kauv miz daiv div sauv naz neif lauz.

Taj mof htif n'sav le y'hpiv y'nyaf, y'keij y'gauz hpai y'maz taj av hka ah?

Baf t'baf n'kwaj yaz y'nauj hsiv le n'gauj, baf hsaf y'gij hsoof ba hsoof dof mav lauz.

T'baf taj nau t'miz baf, kraiz mei kav tij av sav. Y'laiz nux le taj taij hpav hsiv k'tej av pooz sei lauz.

N'nax ah? P'waiseif av gaz le av k'yaz of s'kauv le p'lauj of lauj hsov sei wai daf mux mux hkuf hkuf lauz.

Mauz p'k'hai maz lo taj k'toz le av sau av sau t'keij!

Hsiv - dof,

nauj - hklei,

hpuf - htau,

qai - bauf,

koz - k'pux,

sai dof - bgauf.

Taj k'toz seif t'hpaf iz meij wai taj k'toz dauv tof taz laux sav.

N'htuv htauf dauv kwaj taj k'toz dau yuj dauv soo auf taj k'toz dauv tof taz laux sav t'kooj dauv t'kooj sei ah? Av do div sauv dauv: "Pgaz k'nyau hsiv, k'hsau dof, kauf a kav a div tej av sauv." Av hkau p'nyau le pgaz t'gaz neif, maz taj nav dof mav lauz.

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This story:Tej le av hkuis translated byThaworn .. The © for this translation lies with The Asia Foundation, 2019. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'Busy Ants', byKanchan Bannerjee. © Pratham Books , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Tej le av hku (S'gaw Karen (Latin Script))

Paux tej le lix t’beif iz av pooz av hki. Av waiseif k’heif le hposaf seif t’hpaf hpav lix t’plaj kwix av cu baf lauz.

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