Collected by: Don Sybertz,   Scanned by: Cephas Yao Agbemenu

With special thanks to Rev Joe Healey (African proverbs,Sayings and stories)

Waliho ngosha umo lina lyakwe Manyanda. Akading’Wa busese ukagulwa hikulu, hali Ntemi Budoshi. Umu milimo yakwe Wali nkornezu no. ntemi nang’hWe akantogwa no ung’winha na cheo(buta1e) nose ubiza ntale Wa basese. Uitanwa mheshimiwa Wa mkuu, mtumwa manyanda. Kushika nose biza babyaji bakwe kunkomola (kungfwinja mu busese). Aliyo iki cheyo jakwe ijo Winhwa akalema. Ubawila babyaji bakwe giki. “Babyaji bane nalina bulumbi butale no iki ngfwizaga kunikomola, aliyo natajile na manila no ukunu.” (kulemela mu shibi) Huna llu babyaji bakwe bandya kulila, nu Nina ung’Wi1a giki ili Walemaga tutibona nu bebe hangi (izumo. Kumb 30:19) Kuhayimanila Ntemi Budoshi uzumalika. Mu shiku jene kaliho kajile, ulu ucha Ntemi akujikwa na nganji Wakwe (mpaga kuja na nsago). Lushiku lwene lwa kucha Ntemi banamhala bakang’Witana Manyanda nang’hWe akayega no uhaya, “Lelo nakubiza Ntemi.” Aho Washika banamhala bung’Wila, “Lelo ukujikwa uli mpanga, iki kajile kise kali chene,, uyo bitogilwe nu Ntemi akujikwa nang’hWe mpanga.” Aho Manyanda Wigwa akasunduhala no, ugema na kupela aliyo uding’Wa utungwa utulwa ng’Wichongo, Ntemi Budoshi nang’hWe utulwa higulya bandya kufugila, ukunu Manyanda akulilaga mugati. “Ulu ninazunije ya babyaji bane

ninatapandikile makoye.