6 Diga jat rabijwan donggidongi Joan Brumel imin raitim en droim
Diga jat rabijw an donggidonggi Joan Brum el Copyright Bamyili Press 1979 ISBN 0 86822 015 9 1
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Langa wan bigwan riba langa wan sheidiwan tri,wan lil donggidonggi neim Diga bin sten- dapbat langa wan sheid en imin abumbat spa l. Ola im femili bin ol ranawei en dei nomo bin laigim im bobala. J at lil Diga na imin abum bigwan ai en big binji en fobala boniwan leig. W al blanga im mami en dadi en najalot donggi deibin weit til Diga bin silip. Wen imin ded silip deib in ol gidap slobala en deibin g i p - gon. En wen lil Diga bin gidap imin luk no- bodi bin dea gadem Imin kraikrat til imin binij. gipgon mijalp na bobala. im, Wal imin labda jas krai. En den imin 3
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Imin go en imin gamat langa wan big bilabong en imin idimbat ola gud grinwan gras. Imin gona sidan dea longtaim dumaji imin abum long wok. Imin jinggabat oldei. W al imin labda sei mijalp. "At labda stei iya til nek dei at gin gipgon igin. Dumaji maitbi dijan oni laswan woda. Nebano ai gan faindem eni woda dea lida." U rait, imin lugaran wan gud pleis en imin gona silip to wan nait. 5
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wen imin bregaut olawei jat lil donggidonggi bin gidap. Imin idim gras gim en den imin dring- bigmob woda en den imin gipgon igin. I m - i n wok olawei en imin gona pasimbat ola hil en imin go langa ola drai kantri. Bat imin labda jas wok. O rait imin faindem wan lil sheidiwan tri en imin go en abum gud long spal. Imin ardim im fut brom longwei wan wok bobala. Imin luk langa im fut en imin abum ola kat ebriwea en imin gona sidan dea lilbit longtaim til im fut bin stop ardimbat im. 7
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Orait imin gipgon igin. Imin wokwok til imin gamat langa wan big bilabong gadem ola hos en bulugi. Imin go standap langa wan big sheidiwan tri en imin luginat langa jal najalot enimul wea deibin sidanabat en sambala bin dringgimbat woda. Imin abum gud luk langa olabat. O rait imin weit til deibin ol gowei en imin go abum gud long dring en den imin idim ola gudwan gras. Wen imin bulap binji imin abum lil ras. Imin silip raidap en imin gona gidap wen imin lilbit leit olawei. 9
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Wen imin gidap imin go abum las bogi langa jat bilabong en imin dringim woda en den imin go idim loda gras en wen imin binij imin gona gipgon igin. Dijan lil D iga im nomo bin sabi wea imin go. Imin jas deigim eni rod blanga folorum. W al dijan lil donggidonggi imin go en imin gamat langa ola big haiwan hil. Imin gudaunen imin faindem faiya de a. Afta imin lisin ola kit bin jingatbat en laflaf. Imin go luk glujap. Imin luk blanga jad lot kit m ami en d a di tubala bin fisingbat. 11
Imin luginat langa olabat en den imin go falndem wan gud p les blanga silip. W al d ij men en waif en ola kit blanga tubala deibin ol go langa olabat lenroba en deibin digimat ola suw e g blanga olabat. D i ga bin jinggabat, O matbi di j l ot iya gona silip iya matbi dei gadem kemp iya." W al Diga bin sei,"ai labda silip iya na, en buji dei go nek moning at gin folorum jad lot den." Wen imin nait taim imin silip. 13
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Nek moning bin kam Diga bin stil slim. Wen imin gidap imi n luk nobodi bin dea. Imin labda go en meik sho igin. Imin luk jat faiya wea deibin hadum en imin luk jad lenroba mak. Wal imin labda sei,"ai folorum dijan trek til ai gamat dea. Buji at gamat dea wal at gin stei d e a olagija gadem j ad lot femili na."wal imin labda jas gipgon folorumbat jat trek blanga olabat. 15
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WaI Diga bin jinggabat oldei blanga im femili en blanga im mami en dadi. Wal imin labda sei, Ai nomo gadem ol mai femili iya.mi oni mijalp en dei nomo bin laigim mi,w al mi labda stei iya en stei gad em mai nyuwan f e m i l i." I min stendapbat dea til blanga jad men ola kit bin luk im. Deibin jingat langa olabat mami en dadi. W en blanga olabat mami en dadi bin luk deibin sei,"wi labda kibum dij l i l donggidonggi. En Diga bin gudbinji streitawei. 17
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Wen lil Diga bin lisin jat gud nyus imin gud b i nji na. Jad lot kit bin rili laigim im bra- bliwet namada blanga Diga mami en dadi nomo bin laigim im geman dumaji imin abum bigwan a i fobala boniwan leig en big binji bat jad lot kit deibin laigim lil Diga. D e ibin k ibum lil Diga olagija den dumaji im nomo bin abum femili. Bat imin stil faindem ola nyuwan femili blanga kibum im. dei olagija. En lil Diga bin stei 19
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