UHUNMWUN 29

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ẸGHẸ

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ẸGHẸ ghan gbe; ighobioye nọ. Ọ ma ke na mu ẹghẹ rhia hiehie

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sokpan, ọ kere na ru emwin hia y' ẹghẹ gbugbẹhia rhunmwunda,

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ẹghẹ ke ghi r' emwin kpataki vbe ẹdẹ agbọn emwan hia.

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Nọ mu ẹghẹ rhia, omu igho kevbe uwa rhia. Emwin na

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rẹnrẹn 'gha gha sẹtin ru ẹrẹ, ọ kere na ruẹe ẹgiẹgiẹ na ghe muẹn

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khẹ akhue rhunmwunda, ẹghẹ i mudia khẹ ọmwan rọkpa.

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Emwin k' emwin na ru vb' ẹghẹ, ọ ghi da-gbẹn, ọ ghi luro, ọ

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ghi vbe gha ma ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse.

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Sokpan, ọyunu-a nọkhua ẹghẹ, khin. Ẹghẹ eha a miẹn vb' ẹdẹ:

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ẹghẹ owiẹ, ẹghẹ avan kevbe ẹghẹ ota. Eriọ ọ vbe heko ye

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"katakpi" weriẹ khian. K'ẹdẹ ya s' ẹdẹ, K'izọla ya si zọla uki ya

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s' uki, ukpo ya s' ukpo kevbe rhin-rin-rin--ẹdẹdẹmwẹdẹ agbọn

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nẹi fo.

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Arọnde nọkhua ẹghẹ khin. Ọ kere na gha lelẹe gbugbẹhia:

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nọ ma lele ẹghẹ ghi bibi ọde, ẹghẹ ghi sọrae rhunmwunda, ei

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mudia khe ọmwan rọkpa. Ẹghẹ ọkpa nọ r' emwan banban na

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sokpan, w'anwan, o ghi rhule gbe-ra. Se hia, emwin esi na ru vb'

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ẹghẹ, ọr a ho na niyẹn ọnrẹn.

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Vb' ọghomwẹn, ẹghẹ i lele ya ru emwin ni ru hia rhunmwun-

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da, ẹghẹ ọre Ogie ẹdẹ, uki kevbe ukpo vbe n' emwanta vbe r'

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ogie ẹmwẹn ra, ọta hia. Ifuanro ọkpa gha wi ọmwan, ẹmwin

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nọkhua ọ wiri. Ẹghẹ ọre ọmuhẹn kevbe ufomwẹn emwin hia;

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ibiba ẹghẹ n' okaro kevbe ẹghẹ n' okieke.

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