Bird Story

Javanese

BIRD STORY

This story is based on a wordless picture book.
Mercer Mayer. 1974. Two Moral Tales. New York: Four Winds Press
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	Ing sawijining dino ono landak nemu topi
	in certain time exist porcupine find hat
	Once upon a time a porcupine found a hat

	Topi-ne banjur di-enggo si landak mlaku-mlaku
	hat-DET then PASS-put.on the porcupine walk-REDUP
	The porcupine then put on the hat and walked around

	Ananging wektu kepethuk manuk, si manuk ng-ge-guyu landak, "ha ha ha wagu" ujare si manuk
	but when meet the bird, the bird ACTV-?-laugh porcupine, "ha ha ha weird" say the bird
	When he met the bird, the bird laughed at the porcupine saying " ha ha ha that is weird"

	Amergo di ge-guyu karo manuk, si landak banjur mbuang topi-ne
	because PASS-?-laugh to bird, the pocupine then throw hat-DET
	Because he was laughed at by the bird, he then threw the hat

	Dasar manuk..sak bubare landak lungo mbuang topi-ne, topi-ne malah banjur di-jupuk dhewek-ne
	? bird after dismiss the porcupine go.away throw hat-POSS, hat-DET ? then PASS-pick.up self-POSS
	Crazy bird...after the porcupine threw away his hat, then the hat was picked up by the bird

	Bareng ngerti topi-ne di-gowo si manuk, landak banjur marani karo mrengut
	after know hat-DET PASS-bring the bird, porcupine then approach with frown
	After the porcupine knew that the hat was taken by the bird, then the porcupine confronted the bird

	Landak tanpo bosa basi banjur ng-rebut topi sing lagek di-enggo manuk ngengremi endoge
	porcupine without ? rotten then ACTV-take hat one.that EVD PASS-wear bird incubate egg-POSS
	The porcupine without shame took away the hat that was used by the bird for nesting

	Bubar di-enggo landak ngroso ono sing obah-obah neng dhuwur sirah-e, jebul kuwi piyik anak-e manuk.
	after ACTV-wear porcupine feel exist one.that moving in top head-POSS, in.fact that chick child-POSS bird
	After the porcupine wore the hat, he felt something moving on his head which was the chick