| Tetum Terik |
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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| Iha manu oan kmetan ida kfuluk matan klosuk nla'o netan sapeo ida iha rai kmolik naha nia nfoti tiha sapeo niat ba |
| nia ulun ntaka nodi nlao. Naha nia nlao-nlao to'o iha ai kboot ida nia hun nia nare fali manu oak ida ain klotuk toba |
| lerek hanesan natudu lerek nia ain ba nia, naha manu ida kfuluk nbe taka sapeo niat nsoe tiha sapeo nala sapeo niat |
| monu tiha ba rai nia natauk nalai tiha. naha nia nalai liu tiha manu oak ida fali be ain klotuk toba lerek iha rai niat |
| mai ntutu tiha sapeo niat nodi lao ba ai oak ida nia leten nia nsae tiha nia ntur tiha iha sapeo leten naha wainhira |
| manu ida fali kfuluk metan niat mai, nia kala be nasiak aan ba manu niat ba manu oak niat hafoin nodi nfoti tiha sapeo |
| niat nusi manu oak ida be ntur lerek iha ai leten niat. Naha nia ntaka tiha sapeo niat ba nia ulun |
| wainhira nian taka tiha sapeo niat ba nia ulun iha fali manu ida manu oak ida iha ai leten niat nia oan kala iha lerek |
| sapeo laran be ma ndudu monu tiha sapeo niat hosi manu kfuluk niat ma nia ulun |
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