Icegh gba. Tsombur u Mulongo lu a kwaghyan ga.

There was a drought. Mulongo's family had no food.

Mulongo kura ve yem a min ken ikyô u keren kwaghyan.

One day, Mulongo led them into the forest for food.

Ve zua a sule u kôôkômbu kpa ve nenge a orsule ga.

They found a banana plantation but there was no owner.

Ve va nenge a zege ijôv mbakuv. Ijôv la na ve ian.

Suddenly, a big ogre arrived!
He let them stay.

Sev mbu aven yô, ijôv kaa er, "Jiidi mo wan u nomso la!"

Then one morning he said, "Cook your son for me."

Aikie yô, ijôv kaa er, "Kper pepe ne jiidi mo wan ukwase la!"

In the evening, the ogre said, "Cook your daughter tomorrow."

Mbamaren yer wan kwase la kpa sha kon.

The parents hid their daughter in a tree.

Ijôv kaa er, "Kper yô u jiidi mo nomou!"

The ogre said, "Tomorrow you must cook your husband.

Aikie yô ijôv kaa a kwase la er a jiidi iyol na!

That evening, the ogre asked the wife to cook herself!

Ijôv ye kwaghyan yô man a yav a gba kôun.


After eating, the ogre lay under the tree snoring.

Ijôv gema nenge tsombur la cii lu uma. Ishima vihi un.


The ogre saw all of them alive.
He was angry.

Ve er un atseregh ve hungwa sha kon ve yem.


They tricked the ogre and came down from the tree.