Nyɔji yɛ ni wɔtsɔɔ mli kɛkɛ, kɛ nyɔji ni feɔ tsɛŋŋ kɛbafeo wɔhenɔ. Amɛkuɔ amɛsɛɛ baa daa afi kɛ kaiji ni wɔbi-ko amɛ akɛ amɛto. Kɛhã mi lɛ, August etsɔ nyɔji nɛɛ ekomi.

Be fɛɛ be ni ebaa lɛ, mitaoɔ mihe ni miŋmɔɔ dani mifeɔ kpoo. Ekaiɔ mi be ko ni nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nyɛɔ efeɔ. Be ko ni sanegbaa kome pɛ hã wosɛɛ feɔ faŋŋ fe be fɛɛ be ni ho.

Dani mibi eŋɔɔ akɛ efe mi-naanyo yoo lɛ, miitao nɔmimaa.

Jeee akɛ miyiŋ feɔ mi akɔsoɔ yɛ mi-henuumɔi ahe hewɔ, shi moŋ hewɔ ni mibuɔ nɔ ni suɔmɔ tsɔɔ. Mitaoo yakayaka nɔ ko. Misumɔɔɔ akɛ mibe tɔmɔ kɛkɛ loo mihã mi-wala mli tsei ashĩ he ko. Kɛ́ miibaakpa mɔ ko fai akɛ ekɛ mi anye gbɛ nɛɛ mli lɛ, miitao miale akɛ wɔ-hiɛ kpaa jɛmɛ kome.

Tshɔɔ wɔgba sane.

Wɔgba sane yɛ nanemɛi feemɔ, shiŋŋfeemɔ, hiɛkamɔ, kɛ wosɛɛ ni wɔ mɔji enyɔ lɛ fɛɛ wɔhiɛ kã nɔ akɛ wɔbaama lɛ he. Wɔgba sane kɔɔ sanegbaa, anɔkwayeli, hiɛshikamɔ, kɛ nĩĩ ni hãa suɔmɔ hiɛ kãɔ be kakalɔɔ sɛɛ ni shishijee mli miishɛɛ lɛ eka-shĩ lɛ he. Sanegbaa fɛɛ sanegbaa hãa miyiŋ mli feɔ mi faŋŋ fe tsĩi akɛ eji mɔ ko ni sa akɛ mika mikwɛ.

Kɛkɛ ni August ba.

Kɛ ekãa fɛɛ ni minyɛ mibua naa lɛ, mimɛɛ migba lɛ bɔ ni mihe nuɔ. Ekpɛɛɛ eyiŋ.

Ehe ejɛ kɛ anɔkwayeli ni looloo ehi mi-sɛɛ ŋmɛnɛ. Jeee wiemɔ “hĩĩ” kɛkɛ hã mi-tsui fã. Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni kɛɛ ba lɛ ni. Miishɛɛ ni yɛ ehetoo lɛ mli. Nɔmimaa ni yɛ ewiemɔi lɛ amli. Hiɛkamɔ ni ehã mi ni eleee po.

Klata yɛ be kakalɔɔ mli lɛ, mikpa wala mlikwɛmɔ akɛ nɔ ko ni mi pɛ mibaama. Ehe ni ejɛ lɛ fee nɔ ko ni mika-hiɛ-mɛɔ. Ehã mi gbɛ akɛ milamɔ lamɔi.

Trukaa, wosɛɛ feee tamɔ yiŋtoo shɔŋŋ ko dɔnn. Enu he masikei aahu akɛ anyɛɔ afeo. Minyɛ mihiɛ mikwɛ be daa gbi mli ni trukaa etsɔ nɔ krabi. Sanegbaa yɛ gbi kplei asɛɛ. Sɔlemɔ kɛtsɔ̃mɔ he dani awɔ. Niyeli kɛ hiɛyaa feemɔ ekome. Wɔhe daa yɛ wala kahii amli akɛ nanemɛi jeee strãnjafoi.

Suɔmɔ yɛ gbɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ ni ekɛhãa wosɛɛ nuɔ he akɛ anɔkwale ni. Kɛ́ mikwɛ mikua mihe ŋmɛnɛ lɛ, minaɔ akɛ hiɛkamɔ ji nikeenii kplei lɛ ateŋ kome ni mɔ ko kɛbaanyɛ ahã bo. Hiɛkamɔ tsakeɔ gbɛ ni obiɔ yɛ leebi.

Etsakeɔ gbɛ ni osɔleɔ. Etsakeɔ gbɛ ni otoɔ o-wala he gbɛjianɔ. Ni beyi komɛi lɛ, fɛɛ jeɔ shishi kɛ anɔkwa hetoo kome.

Shi wala lɛ, yɛ gbɛ ni ekɛkaiɔ wɔ akɛ jeee shishijee fɛɛ shishijee ni yɔɔ fɛo tsɔɔ adafi ni hiɛ kãɔ. Otsii fioo mli lɛ, nɔ ko tsake.

Sanegbaa ni tsɔɔ mli kɛ hejɔlɛ lɛ bafe tsɔ. Miishɛɛ ni mikɛhe bɔ lɛ kpotoi eyi kɛtee shɔŋŋ. Nɔmimaa ni eyi mi-tsui mli lɛ bafe sanebimɔi ni minyɛɛɛ mihã hetoo.

Mitao yiŋtoi aboro pɛ, shi mina-aa pĩĩ. Mimumɔ hiɛkamɔ mli sɛɛ tsɔɔ hewɔ ni miheo miyeɔ akɛ nɔ ni wɔja mli lɛ nyɛŋ alaaje oya tamɔ nakai.

Naagbee lɛ, esa akɛ mikpɛ̃ akɛ wala ehala naagbee kroko ekroko fe nɔ ni mi-susumɔ lɛ. Be kakalɔɔ mli lɛ, mi-susuɔ akɛ August kaiɔ mi nɔ ni milaaje kɛkɛ. Shi akɛnɛ afii agbeɔ mli lɛ, miije shishi miina lɛ kroko.

August tsɔɔɔ mi kɛkɛ akɛ suɔmɔ baanyɛ agbe naa.

Etsɔɔ mi akɛ hiɛkamɔ ji nɔ fɛo ko, kɛ́ po eyɛɛɛ gbɛ ni wɔhiɛ kã nɔ lɛ dɔnn. Mishwooo akɛ misuɔ yɛ anɔkwayeli mli. Mishwooo akɛ mihe emɔ miye. Mishwooo lamɔi ni mihã mihe gbɛ akɛ milamo lɛ. Ejaakɛ kɛ́ suɔmɔ baana wɔ be ko lɛ, esa akɛ kɛ ekãa akpe lɛ, jeee gbeyei.

Ŋmɛnɛ lɛ, August looloo enuɔ he kroko.

Elooloo ehiɛ kaiji ni hãa mi-feɔ kpoo. Elooloo ekaiɔ mi gbekɛnuu ni heɔ yeɔ akɛ ena mɔ ni ekɛ e-wala fɛɛ baahi shi. Shi ekaiɔ mi nɔ kroko hu. Akɛ yitso fɛɛ yitso, bɔ fɛɛ bɔ ni eji wuku, ekwɛ̃ɔ wɔ kɛ nɔ ko ni sa akɛ wɔhiɛ kɛya hiɛ.

Yitsoi komɛi kwɛ̃ɔ wɔ kɛ mɔ ko. Krokomɛi kwɛ̃ɔ wɔ kɛ nikasemɔ. August hã mi enyɔ lɛ fɛɛ. Ni eeko no hewɔ ni ebaafee nyɔŋ ni tsake nɔ fɛɛ nɔ daa lɛ.