Play time: 01:27 minutes. Recorded in Mago, Kenya, March 14, 2014.

Mukele Na Kaondo

Difena Aseyo

Mukere mwene oyo yava na avana. Lwa yali na avana veve ma natsia navugula mungu. Lwa yavugula mungu gene yago ndio natsia nadeka. Lwa yadeka mungu gene yago sigali malahi dave; gali mungu madamanu. Ku mungu gene yago ndio mukere oyo yavugula lwa yadeka avana veve nivalia lwa vanyanya vana vene yavo vamanya nivakutsa. Ku lwa vakutsa mukere yikulanga navola

Mahondo gandaleka*2

Gamalile avana nzererere

Mahondo gandaleka*2

Gamalile avana nzererere

na mahondo yago ndio naleta yavolanga ni chukulia cha adekela avana veve valie. Yamanya ku ni kindu kinyala kwita avana veve dave. Ku avana vamanya ni valia ma nivakutsa. Kali kagano kadi ndio.

A woman with calabash

That woman had children. She went and took calabash and went to cook them. When she cooked the calabash, they were not good. They were spoiled. She took the calabash and after cooking her children ate them and they died. When they died the woman used to mourn as she says:

Calabash that I left*2

Have finished my children totally

Calabash that I left*2

Have finished my children totally

And when she brought the calabash, she thought it was good meal that she prepares for her children to eat. She didn't know that it was something that can kill her children. So the children ate and they died. It was a short story like that.