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Text 1: Bird Story
This story is based on a wordless picture book:
Mercer Mayer. 1974. Two Moral Tales. New York: Four Winds Press.

Ek-lo        kay-lo     ashi-lo  
                               assa-shi-lo
one-M     crow-M  EXT-PST-M     
Once there was a crow
To         bejar-le-lo
              bejaru-le-lo
3.S.M    bored-PST-M
He was bored
Mhanta-Mhanta   bhovantaashi-lo
                            bhovantha-assa-shi-lo
saying-saying        wandering.about-EXT-PST-M      
He was wandering about
Tawali   thanne                     ek   toppi   palay-ile
                                                            palaytha-ile                              
then       3.S.M.conjugated   one  hat       see-PST
Then he saw a hat
Kayle-ne   toppi   matteri   ghaalnu   chamkunchya   soorkelle
crow-S.ERG      hat       head      put          walking           started
The crow put the hat on his head and started walking
Tashi        mhanta-na        kayle-ne   an-ek       pakshyu   palay-ile
like that  say-CONT      crow-S.ERG    other-one  bird         see-PST
By and by the crow saw another bird
An-ek-le         paksh-u   kayle-le       toppi   polovnu   jorru   hassu   lag-lo.
other-one-M  bird-M   crow-S.GEN hat      seeing      loudly laughed    Conj.verb-PST
The other bird saw the crow's hat and started laughing loudly
Kayle-k   kopu   ay-lo                          ani   thanne              toppi   matheri   thavnu   kannu      udday-le.
crow-ABS       angry   Conj.verb-PST  and   3.S.M.-ERG  hat       head       from      removed  throw-PST 
The crow became angry and he removed the hat from his head and threw it away
An-ek-le-ne             toppi ukkol-nu          whel-le.
other-one-M-ERG   hat     carry-GER it   take-PST
The other bird carried away the hat
Kadderi palay-laari,           paksha-ne   toppi  jhaade  oonch       davar-le ani   tho thajjeri  ubra-lo.
later        see-PST.COND bird-ERG    hat     branch  on.top.of  put-PST and  he over      stand-PST       
Later, the bird put the hat on top of the tree branch and he stood on it
He palay-ina-pude, kayla-ke     ekdam kopu     ailo.
this see-PST-upon, crow-ABS  suddenly anger  got
Upon seeing this, the crow got very angry
Kayle-ne     toppi parat geth-le      ani   swathaale mathe-ri    ghalnu geth-le.
Crow-ERG  hat    back take-PST and  his.own   head-from put      take-PST    
The crow took back the hat and put it on his head.
He polov-nu,  pakshya-k bejaaru pav-lo.
this see-GER, bird-ABS  sad       reach-PST
The bird was saddened after seeing this
Phakkane, gupchya-le        cherdu he  sak-da   polov-nu  kayle-le        mathhe vayri        uddunu  rab-lo 
Suddenly,   sparrow-GEN child     this all-of     see-GER  crow-GEN  head     on.top.of  jumped stand-PST
Suddenly, the sparrow's child, after watching all of this, jumped on top of the crow's head 
ani tha-nne     thaga-le     toppi kan-nu             thoggu nalari        uday-le.
and he-ERG  3.M-GEN  hat    remove-GER  down   ground-on throw-PST
and removed his hat and threw it down on the ground
Kayleke      ascharya  jalle itha maleri thanne    ashi      jath       munu lekkanishi-le.
Crow-ABS surprised  was because    he-ERG like.this happen will    did.not.think-PST
The crow was surprised because he didn't think this would happen