a-s kom =ala A-w ak-ata ele ndahan ngah ma-ng h-ata =aka Ndahan ng- y A-mbesen cacapa hara k Agozlak a-tar-ata ma,

66 1. Nafat enen aba na, bahay a hay o-lo a kosoko ava, day indef EXT TOP chief AS house 3s-go in market in ‘One day, the chief of the house went to market’

2. a-s kom =ala

ele ahay gam. 3s-buy DIRtowards thing p many ‘He bought many things.’

3. A-w ak-ata ele

ng ndye ana ndam slrele ahan ahay. 3s-divide-3pIO thing that to person work 3sPOSS p ‘He divided the things amongst his workmen,’ 4. A-w y : « Hor-om =alay a hay ava. » sp.marg take-2pIMPV DIRaway in house in ‘saying, “Take these things into the house” ’ 5. K waya a-s-an ama-d-ata =aka =va because 3s-want-3sIO SUB-prepare-3pIO on PERF azan ana ndam sl rele ahan ahay. temptation to person work 3sPOSS p ‘Because he wanted to tempt his workmen [in order to know who was the thief among them].’ 6. T ta am-beh-e na =alay =va ele na, 3p SUB-pour-e 3sDO DIRaway PERF thing TOP ‘After having put his things down,’ 7. okfom, ndahan a-mba  =aka =alay ele, mouse 3s 3s-change on DIRaway eye ‘the mouse went back’ 8. k r m-kr-e =aka =ala va. steal INF-steal-e on DIRtowards PERF ‘and stole a few things.’ 9. Okfom na, aw a-ndaya a-kar-ay. mouse TOP ID.elsewhere 3s-PROG 3s-steal-j ‘Now the mouse had been a thief in other places.’ 10. Nafat enen tere ga ese, bahay a hay na, day indef other ADJ again chief AS house TOP o-lo a l he. 3s-go in bush ‘Another day, the chief of the house went to the bush.’ 11. Tokko o-lo na, before 3s-go TOP ‘Before he left,’

12. ndahan ngah ma-ng h-ata =aka

=va yam a ver ahan ava, 3s hide INF-hide-3pIO on PERF water in room 3sPOSS in ‘he had hidden water in his room [because the duck loved water].’ 67 13. dend l, andra tta =aka =alay ese. ID.lift.something ground.nut 3p on DIRaway again ‘He also put ground nuts in the house [because the mouse loved ground nuts].’

14. Ndahan ng- y

ma-ng aka =alay p rgom ahay. 3s make.out.of.grass INF-make.out.of.grass on DIRaway trap p ‘He made traps out of grass.’

15. A-mbesen cacapa hara k

ro na. 3s-wait until hour 10 TOP ‘He waited until ten o’clock.’

16. Agozlak a-tar-ata ma,

rooster 3s-call-3pIO word ‘The rooster called to them,’ 17. a-w y : « Ndam wla ahay, eg ne na, sp.marg person 1sPOSS p today TOP g-ok en e asabay na, loko abay. do-2pIMPV wisdom again.not TOP 1pin EXT.not ‘saying, “Today, my people, if we don’t pay attention, we will be punished’ 18. K waya ele ahay jyga t -ngah-aloko =aka =va. because thing p all 3p-hide-1pinIO on PERF ‘Because all the things are already hidden.’ 19. A-s-aw na, ko way w m-m =va n  may ahan. » 3s-want-1sIO TOP until who also INF-die PERF with hunger 3sPOSS ‘I would that every one of us dies of hunger [rather than take the patron’s things]” ’ 20. « S lom ga, slom ga, » good ADJ good ADJ ‘[the others replied, ] “Good, good” ’ 21. K len t -waak-ay har. then 3p-separate-j body ‘Then, they parted ways.’

22. Agozlak o-lo e-nje