Gonabaut's Tale

A long time ago, a great dark came on the jungle, killing the trees and driving out the animals. The Loas got spots all over there bodies, where they could not feel anything.

Yu au kam hia, au yu wepz. Ai gon giv Gonabaut's teio on yu. Haed wun taim, long taim baek, big daak wen kam on da jango. Au dem animauz wen run. Au da plaenz wen shrivo an fau daun fram deiz chrunks. Da jango nat wen haev no moa sheid, bat sun nat wen shain no moa. Greit daak wen kam daun chru chrunks on dem maki chriiz. Da Loachraib nat mach hapi. Haed mach daak spotz au ova demgaiz, spotz wen muv an spred, an dem gaiz nat wen fio nokain on dem spotz.

The Bondadi asked Tungi Travelcow and Tizdei Messagebird, but they could't tell him what the dark was. Finally, Gurgi Hidesnake told him to ask Mama Ibli.

Da Bondadi wen aks Tungi Chravokau wat wen stei, kuz Tungi chravo au ova, noat an saut, hi wen sii mach kain. Bat Tungi nat kno, him jus sei om daak. Den da Bondadi wen aks Tizdei Messijbuad. Tizdei wen hia meni kain, bat hi nat kno aso. Him jus sei om kwaiet. Den da Bondadi wen aks Gurgi Haidsneik. Gurgi stei liv diip undagraun, hiz chraib meik deiz villij on hooz on da graun. Da Bondadi wen aks Gurgi Haidsneik, and hi wen sei hi nat kno, bat bedda fo da Bondadi go aks Mama Ibli. Shi stei kno au kainz.

Bondadi found Mama Ibli very sick, with spots all over. She couldn't see or hear. He wrote his question on her hand where she could feel it: "What is this dark?" Mama Ibli could not speak for the spots on her mouth and tongue.

Den da Bondadi wen tak on Mama Ibli. Shi wen stei greit sik, wit dem daak spotz au ova an nat wen sii nich wen hia, an shi nat wen stei du bat fo lai daun an krai fo da pein. Da Bondadi wen on Mama Ibli an wen teik hea haen. Hi wen fain plaez wea no spotz wen stei, wea Mama Ibli stio wen fio kainz, an hi wen rait on om hiz kwezchun. Hi wen rait, "waikam dea stei dis daak? Waikam au dem animauz run wei, waikam au dem chriiz wen maki?" an shi wen sheik an krai, bat shi nat wen tak, fo da spotz wen stei au ova hea maut an tung. Shi wen rait an wen rol, an den shi wen lai kwaiet.

Mama Ibli wrote the answer: the dark is the Bug Tribe, "They are going to eat everything, even you Bondadi." Bondadi asked what they going do. Mama Ibli told him they were going to make a warrior whelp who could fight the bugs everywhere.

Da Bondadi sii shi wen rait om ansa. Shi wen sei dat daak wen stei Bugchraib. "Dem bugz gon iit evrikain," shi wen rait, "au up. Nokain gon stei lef bat bonz an duztz. Dem bugz even gon iit yu, Bondadi, fo yu nat keiafo." Da Bondadi wen rait "wat we gon du baut om?" An Mama Ibli, shi wen rait "wi gon meik warria wep. Dis wep, om gon stei au kainz. Om gon fait dembugz evriwea dei stei. Kam yu hia, Bondadi."

Bondadi went to her. Mama Ibli got plenty big and she gave him a whelp. The whelp stood and asked, "What you need me to do?"

An da Bondadi wen on shi. Den Mama wen gro pleni big, an shi wen giv om wep. Wep wen stei bosal-saiz, an wen wak an tak laik bosal, an om stan up an biit off om duztz, an hi wen sei "oki, Mama, Papa. Watchu niid mi fo du?"

Bondadi told the whelp that Mama said they needed him to fight the Bug Tribe, but he didn't know how. Mama Ibli could not answer, she was close to death.

Da Bondadi, hi wen sei "au dem chriiz wen maki, au dem animauz wen run wei. Yu mama wen sei wi niid yu fo fait dem Bugchraib."

"Oki," wen sei da wep, "watchu niid mi fo du?"

Da Bondadi, hi nat kno. Hi wen aks Mama Ibli. Shi nat wen ansa, do, shi wen stei pleni woan fo da bugspotz an wepbuat an au, shi wen stei moimoi. Shi nat wen sei nokain. An da wep wen sei "shi klos on maki. Shi nat gon heop mi nau. Wea dem bugchraib stei?"

The Bug Tribe is everywhere, Bondadi told the whelp. The whelp said then he would fight them everywhere. The whelp turned into a worm and ate the spots of Mama Ibli.

Da Bondadi wen sei "Dei stei evriwea. Dei stei on om skai, on dem chriiz, on dem wataz. Au ova, da Bugchraib meik daak."

"Weo. Ai gonna fait dem evriwea, den." An da wep wen kam woam, an kraul ova Mama Ibli, an iit au dem bugchraib. Mama spotz wen go wei, an shi wen sliip izi.

Then the whelp became a bird and ate the bugs out of the sky, and he ate all the bugs everywhere. He became so fat he couldn't walk or talk or fight.

Den om kam buad, an iit dem Bugchraib aut da skai. Da sun wen shain, an dem chriiz wen groa. Dat wep wen iit evri bug araun. Hi wen kam pleni fat. Hi wen stei so fat, hi nat wen kan wak, oa tak, oa fait.

The Bondadi looked at his whelp and asked how he was going to fight, being so fat. Bondadi made a spell to take the fat off the whelp, and he made replacements of all the things the Bug Tribe had eaten out of the whelp's fat.

Da Bondadi wen luk on hiz wep an sei "Hau yu gon fait fo yu chraib, yu so fat?" Hi wen meik pleni juju. Hi wen meik juju fo teik da fat frum da wep. Hi wen teik omz fat an skuop om up naiz, put hiz bonmaak on om, so da wepz fat wen stei chriiz an animauz an au da Bugchraib wen iit. Da Bondadi put demgaiz bak wea dei wen stei.

The whelp stood and hugged Bondadi. The tribe had a biug party and cheered for the big warrior. Everybody ate and drank and danced. Even the trees danced.

Da wep wen stan up an hug da Bondadi. Haed big luau, au da chraib wen meik haiai fo da big warria. Haed pleni iit an drink an pleni pleni danz. Evribadi wen danz. Even dem chriiz wen danz.

The trees danced for the whelp, around him and on him. The whelp fought to get away, but the trees chased him and knocked everyone down. The trees broke up the party and everybody fought to hold back the trees. Bondadi stood and said "Waiho!" and everybody stopped.

Demgaiz au wen danz fo da wep, danz raun om an on om, an da wep wen fait fo get awei. Dem chriiz wen cheis da wep raun an raun da luau, wen nok evribadi daun. Evribadi wen fait dem chriiz, brada an brada fait fo kiip dem chriiz baek, an dem chriiz wen stei run fo da wep. Dem chriiz wen nok au da miit an drink au ova. Dem chriiz wen breik up da luau. An da Bondadi wen stan up, rait on dem chriiz, an sei "Waiho!" an evribadi wen stop.

Bondadi took the whelp away from the village. He told the whelp that the trees knew they were his fat, and so they wanted to stay on him. He couldn't stay in the village. He took the whelps feet and put them on backwards so that the trees could not follow him. Bondadi named the whelp Gonabaut because he couldn't stay anywhere and sent him off.

Da Bondadi wen teik da wep off da villaj. Hi wen meik stan da wep and wen sei "Dem chriiz, dei kno dei yuz fat. Dei waen fo stei on yu. Au kainz ai wen meik wit yuz fat waen fo stei on yu. Yu nat kan stei on villaj oa on jango, wen yu stei dem chriiz gon fain yu." Hi wen teik da wepz fiit, put dem on baek-on-fran. Hi wen sei, "Nau, dem chriiz nat fain yu. Wen dem chriiz chrai fo follo yu, dei onli gon go faada awei. Wi gon call yu Gonabaut, fo yu nat kan stei nowea. Nau go!" An Gonabaut staat fo wak.

That's why Gonabaut can't stay anywhere and why his feet are backwards. Hi can look like anything, but you'll know him because of his feet. I have told you, as I was told. Now you know.

Dat waikam Gonabaut nat ken stei nowea, an dat waikam Gonabaut wea om fiit baek-on-fran. Gonabaut luuk laik au kainz, hi stei enikain om kiid fo fait. Yu kno om, do, fo om baek-on-fran fiit. Ai wen teo yu, laik Greitmama wen teo mi. Nau yu kno.

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Gonabaut's Tale