Ẹdjẹnẹkpo v' Akora
Magabi Enyew Gessesse
Isaac Okwir
Urhobo

Ẹdjẹnẹkpo guọnẹ akora
mhẹ tobọ

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Akora kọjẹ kẹ Ẹdjẹnẹkpo

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Ẹdẹvo vwo te, Ẹdjẹnẹkpo ko se akora, yarhe rere em’ ugbeya.
Mẹvwẹ riobo whọria aa. Mẹvwo
wẹ kasa di’ ọvhreghrẹ ẹ

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Akora da rhọvwe phiho,Ẹjẹnẹkpo kọtare nẹ, gbe
ja ri’ọvwọ rugbeyan kugbe. Kowhokowho r’ ọfa ọvwọ na, ọmọ
rọye ko gwẹ

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Kaye rhiọvwọ rugbeyan kugbe. Aso vwo te,Akora da pherẹ otọ r’urhe.
Ẹdjẹnẹkpo da pherẹ agho r’urhe
obenu

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Akora kọre rhuoma,
ẹdjẹnẹkpo da dọn.

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Ẹdjẹnẹkpo kọ guọnẹ akora wheria. Kọtare nẹ, ọye
gbe brudu emu vuọvo oo, ifọkiridie,ọye
vw’ọmọ vuọvo oo

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Ẹdjẹnẹkpo ko vwo wotọ rọ se vwo
mhẹ akora, ẹkẹvuọvo, aghọ rẹ urhe na
da nyọrẹ ẹdjẹnẹkpo

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Akora ko guegue ri, ode kperi nẹ Bẹh!  Bẹh!

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Ẹdjẹnẹkpo kọ rhoma rẹ akora, nẹ
ọchọye uko. Ọnẹ ọgba karo
phihọ ọvwọ rugbeya raye rere.

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Akora kọ kpahe vwọkẹ ne, ộke-ộvo esẹ rọye eye rie ọvwọ yena
kugbe ekpuyovwi roma rọye.

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Ẹdjẹnẹkpo v' Akora
Author - Magabi Enyew Gessesse, Elizabeth Laird
Translation - Eruotor Grace
Illustration - Isaac Okwir
Language - Urhobo
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2016
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source www.ethiopianfolktales.com