zan Elenuna leli

  leli

Little Redhood

won      ileli    

Once there was a little girl called Elenuna

  elein liawa    vuli

She was good, and wore a bright red hood

       giasi 

Elenuna lived beside a dark forest

won esuno      "        beba   "

one day, her mother told her "Oh [take] to granny this vegetable soup. She's feeling unwell"

"       liawa   giasi  : won       iasin          eliasi "

"but don't forget the rules of the forest: number 1 : don't stray from the path number 2: don't talk to wolves"

 "  " i leli   iasin

I won't she replied as she set off along the path.

giawin   

while going, she skipped

esuno   wendo   

The sun shone, the birds sang in the sky

leli   

She (Elenuna) sang with them

   eliasi vulilugin   leli

However, a big bad wolf was watching her.

        

He wanted to eat her, he came besire her

 "   "

He said "where are you going?"

  "     mi      giasi   beba  is  iagi "

"I'm going to my granny on the other side of the woods with this vegetable soup. She's feeling sick"

  lugin     

She showed the soup to the wolf

 "     giawinmi   iasin leli " i   

"You'd better be quick then, I know a short cut" said the wolf

   lugin iasin leli   giawiniasin begi

He showed her the short cut, then went on his own way.

iasin         

His own way, also led to grannies house

          leli   "   leli  mi     beba "

He knocked on the door, and said in a small voice, "I'm your grandchild, I have vegetable soup for you.

 "    leli mi "

"O come inside my grandchild she said"

          won

The wolf came inside, and ate up this granny in one mouthful

eleinelein        liabei    luginis 

He put on her clothes, and got into her bed in order to look like her.

        

When Elenuna arrived, he was ready.

leli  "   leli   "   "     beba "

"It's your granddaughter" she said, "I have brought you some vegetable soup"

 "  " i 

"O come in said the wolf"

leli giawin  lugin     begi "    milugin   vuli "

She came inside and looked and her grandmother. "O granny, your eyes have gotten soo big"

 "     lugin   "

"This is very good so I can look at you."

 "    mi       vuli "

"Oh my granny. your ears have gotten soo big"

 "        "

"this is very good so I can hear you"

    "    mimi    leli     "

The wolf said, "O come closer, I'd like to taste some of your soup"

is leli      lugin  

She came closer, and looked closer.

 "    mi        vuli "

"O my granny. your teeth have gotten soo big"

 "        "

"This is very good, so I can EAT you"

 giawin wiawa   liabei     leli  won  

The wolf leapt from the bed, got hold of Elenuna, and gobbled her up in one mouthful

   liabei     liabei

Once he finished, he went to sleep, and snored

   giawin     i    giasi

However, Walking beside this house was a woodcutter.

    liabei     " mezuni     liabei   "

He heard the snoring and thought, "The old lady here doesn't snore this loud."

lugin   luginlugin    liabei

He looked in the window, and saw a wolf sleeping.

         begi      

he entered the house, and , using his axe cut the wolf in two.

    i   i   

Out from his guts came Elenuna and Granny.

lugin   beba

They all looked at the soup Elenuna had brought.

   "     ibeba     "

"Do you think this soup would like some meat", suggested Elenuna