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SROHSROHK

SUHLALLACL

SOKO

retold by JOHNNY SABINO

illustrated by CARRIE SHIRAMIZU

Sie pacl ah, tuh oasr srohsrohk na

luhlahp soko muhta Putuk. Acn Putuk oasr

inmahsrlon acn Tafunsak ac Okat. Srohsrohk

na suhlallacl soko pa inge. Srohsrohk

soko inge kuh in sramsram nuh sin mwet.

El sruhnga kang kuhtwena mwe mongo sahyen

mwet.

uh.

Mwet �uhkwena pa el luhngse kang

Srohsrohk na suhmaht soko pa inge.

El oraclah luhf na luhlahp se lal, oan

na sisken Inywac soko. Mweyen el oruh

elan muhta kang mwet kal ut ke Inywac

soko inge. Inywac soko inge muhtwacwacack

na Tafunsak som twe sahslah e Okat.

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Mwet met ah tuh orekmakihn na yohk

inyac soko inge. Eltahl ac kal som

Tafunsak lac nuh Walung. Eltahl kuh pac

in kal tuhkuh Walung me nuh Lelu. Kal uh

ma na fihsracsr se sin mwet met ah. Kuht

mwet inpacl inge uh pa luhman alsracngwesr

sruhnga kal uh.

Orekma lal srohsrohk uh pa muhta

mongo mwet ke lwen nuhkwewa. Fin wacngihn

mwet na srohsrohk el ac suhpwacr. El ac

oan na mutul. Fin oasr mwet na el ac

engan.

Mwet ah ac kal nwe apkuhran in sun

luhf lal srohsrohk ah na eltahl mihslac.

Mwet nuhkwewa ac tuhfalwack. Eltahl ac

tiac luhngse sramsram kuh oruh kuhtwena

ma in wohwohn.

Kuhtuh mwet ah ac kal na orek eki.

Eltahl ac kal, oruh acnuhmuh eltahl tiac

na sahngweng sel srohsrohk. Eltahl ac

kal nwe apkuhran in sun luhf lal srohsrohk

ah na, muhnahslah esacltahl. Eltahl ac

muhtwacwacack tuhfalwack.

2

Mwet inge ac muhtwacweack in orek suhmaht

nub sel srohsrohk. Eltahl ac kahkah

srihsrihk lac ke kal uh. Eltahl ac orek

suhmaht kal mahsrihk. Eltahl nuhnkuh na

muh srohsrohk el tiac na liyacltahl.

Tuhsruhktuh, mwe pahkomuhta nub seltahl.

Eltahl nihkihn na lah srohsrohk el muhta

na yoryor liyacltahl.

3

Na mwet ah ac kal nwe sun luhf lal

srohsrohk ah. Inpacl se inge na, mwet

nuhkwewa ac tuhfalwack. At laltahl ah

ac muhtwacwacack pihsrpihsr lac ke p am

uh. Na mwet ah ac ngwet tub, "Sue kom

nub muhta mahngwelihk yorma. " In p acl

se inge na, kuhtuh mwet ah ac muhtwacwacack

tuhng. Na kuhtuh ac ange, "Tari, sahflah

moul lasr. Suhlallacl ah pa muhta

ngwetma ingoh. "

Srohsrohk lac liyacack mwet ah na

el fanyak muhta fin luhf lal ah. El ac

mahngwelihk tari el muhta p ihtti lohohl.

Mwet ma sahngweng yohk sel ah ac tiac

luhngse liye muhtahl. Eltahl ac kuhi na

tuhng ke kal uh.

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Mwet ah ac kal nwe sonol srohsrohk.

Na srohsrohk el ac muhtwacwacack sramsram

nuh seltahl. Srohsrohk el ac angwe, "Mwet

ekahsr ingacn?" Na mwet ah ac angwe,

"Mwet limekohsr pa inge. " Na srohsrohk

el ac angwe, Koacl nga luhngse luo in

srolah, tolu kaloht. Mwet luo ma ac

srolah ingacn ma nak."

Pacl se inge na, mwet ah ac tuhkweni

ngwetacni. Eltahl ac suk lah sue ac

srolah uh. Na mwet ma orekma in mukul

ac watwen seltahl ah ac kahslah. Eltahl

muh eltahl pa ac srolah uh. Eltahl ac

angwe, "Tari kuht ac som na ke en mukul.

Kuht p ahkomotomtacl pa macnsis kuht in

misac."

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Mukul luo ah ac srolah na, mwet ngi

ac kal som. Eltahl ac som twe srohsrohk

el kangluhltahllah. Wacngihn ma mwet ah

kuh in fahk kuh oruh nuh sel srohsrohk.

Eltahl enenuh na in sang luhngse lal uh.

Mwet ah tuh luhman sruhngwaclah kal ut ke

inyac soko ah.

Tuh oasr mukul ohnkohsr muhta Lelu.

Mukul ekahsr inge arulacna watwen ac

fokoko. Eltahl pwacpa muh eltahl ac som

unilyac srohsrohk. Mwet ah tuh luhman

suhlahlahlfongi mukul ekahsr ah. Mwet

ah muh srohsrohk el ac tuh kanglah mukul

ekahsr ah.

Na mukul ekahsr ah kal ke oak na

muhi soko som. Eltahl orekma nuh ke kahs

laltahl nuh sin mwet ah. Wacngihn kuhfwen

mwe mweun eltahl us. Eltahl som na ke en

mukul. Wacngihn fosrngah kuh sahngweng

laltahl sel srohsrohk.

Eltahl kal nwe ngwet tuh srohsrohk

el nuh muhta pihtti lohohl. Na eltahl

luhman muhtwacwacack tuhfalwack. Eltahl

orek in forlah kal fohlohk. Na sie

seltahl angwe, "Kuht ac tiac fohlohk.

Esam lah mwet ah ac tuh isruhnkuht lah

kuht fohlohk. 11

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Eltahl tari na kal nwe sonol srohsrohk.

Na srohsrohk el angwe, " Mwet ekahsr

Ingacn?" Na mukul ekahsr ah angwe, "Tiac

mwet ekahsr ma, kuht ac unikomi. El tahl

sramsram na ahkkasrkuhsrakyacl srohsrohk.

Eltahl muh, "wacngihn srihpac eltahl in

srolah. "

In pacl se inge na srohsrohk el

foloyak. El ahtulac nuh inyac ah. El

muhtwacwacack in kof ukwe mukul ohnkohsr

ah. Mukul ohnkohsr ah muhtwacwacack in

kal kahing.

Eltahl kal kahing nuh meoa. Eltahl

kal nwe tahpuhl tuh srohsrohk el nuh

ukwacltahl na. Eltahl ullac na pwacye.

Tuhsruhktuh, eltahl kampare na in sun

acn meoa. Mweyen eltahl kal oruh srohsrohk

lan sun acn meoa.

Nuhnak na suhmaht se pa mukul ohnkohsr

ah oruh ah. Eltahl etuh lah srohsrohk el

arulacna fotwete. Ik meoa ah fin ngohkohl­

wack na, eltahl ac kangluhllah.

Mukul ekahsr ah sun acn meoa na

eltahl tuhfah mongi. Eltahl muhta monglac

sanwel srohsrohk. Srohsrohk el kofkof nwe

sun acn meoa na muh fotwete lac an we.

Ik meoa ah ngohkwack fohlohl srohsrohk, ac

kahsruhsr ukwacl.

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Oasr ik soko meoa pahngpahng Tola.

Inwaclihn ik soko inge arulacna yohk ac

kohsroh. El sroyak na twe otyaclihk

infulwacl srohsrohk. Srohsrohk el misac

na ik meoa ah nohfohn tuhkweni kangluhllah.

Na mukul ohnkohsr ah angwe, " A ac

kuhtuh kom suhmaht. Sulpac oruh suhmaht

lorn an. "

Luhf se ma srohsrohk el tuh muhta

kac ah, srackna oasr nwe mihsenge. Kuht

kuh in som nuh Tafunsak twe kal ke Inywac

soko we ah som liye luhf we inge. Inywac

soko inge pa mwet met ah ac kal kac som

twe sonol srohsrohk ah.

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