Chapter 1 - A curious trade
- " " (' ma min ') : Mother (Parent Female)
Jack and his lived in a small house with their cow, and very little money.
- " " (' man esin ') : Market (Place of trade)
- "" (' esin ') : sell/trade
One day, his said to him, take this cow to and her for money.
- " " (' zan Zagg ') : Jack ( Person Jack )
- "" (' zan ') : Person
began on his way to , but on the way, he met a strange .
- " " (' zi beba ') : beans ( Child of vegetable)
This had with him some . He said to that he would his , for the cow.
"Why?" asked , "a cow is worth much more than "
- "" (' lugin ') : Look / See
" at these beans", replied the , "these are magic. Just plant them in your garden and what happens".
really wanted to , so he the cow to the in exchange for
took the excitedly back to his
- " " (' wei ') : Do/Did (Comes before verbs)
His was not so excited. she take the from throw them on the rubbish pile.
She then sent bed without any supper, and later went bed herself.
- "" (' giasi ') : tree
During the night, began to grow into a tall By the morning they touched the sky.
- "" (' bi ') : of (separates groups of words)
and his at the coming out of the rubbish pile.
say. "I wonder what's at the top of that .
- " " (' ei ') : Direct Object Marker. (Marks what the verb happens to)
She commanded Jack to climb what's at the top"
started . It was a hard climb. When he reached top, he was exhausted.
- "" (' gein ') : able / can
He around him, and to his surprise he " " (' wei gein lugin ei ') giant castle.
"How did that get here?" he asked himself."
- "" (' vuli ') : Big
He walked it and that it was much more than he had realized.
"How I get in?" he asked himself, but then he small gap under the door, enough for someone small like him to climb through.
Once he was inside, he looked and, on the table he saw a hen. He from around the corner as a speak hen saying "Lay".
- "" (' don ') : Time / Moment / Hour
At that the Hen laid egg that was pure gold.
took egg, cooked ate.
- "" (' giawin ') : go / move
thought himself, "I need to get me that hen". He waited until then snuck onto the table grabbed hen, back
As he neared the top, he heard the crying out, after him.
- "" (' is-mon ') : him / his (as adjective after a noun)
grabbed top of the slid straight down
- "" (' mugo ') : food / eat
was very excited about this. The two of them golden eggs for months.
Chapter 2 - Another visit.
- "" (' vis ') : New / Again / Re-
Much later, at spoke to He wanted back up castle explore some more.
- "" (' is-min ') : She / Her
thought, this was a great idea, made da is-mon ei golden egg sandwiches.
began to climb the . entered castle, quietly.
- " " (' bi wei ') : That does / of doing
On the table Harp play music by itself.
- " " (' i ') : Marks the subject when not the first word
say to the harp "Play", and "Stop" and realized wanted it.
waited before climing onto the table taking the harp, away.
But the harp called out, and chased after down the .
down behind . But reached the bottom first.
- "" (' din ') : Cut
- "" (' elo ') : Tool / Use
called da ma min is-mon, Oh fetch the Axe. returned with the " " (' elo din giasi '), and zan Zagg wei began din.
fell with a mighty crash, and with it.
That was the end of .
As for and . They lived a quite life, golden egg sandwiches, to the beautiful sound of a harp, thinking nothing of