Lwali lumu nga
Wakayima atambula
kulubalama lw’omugga
One day, Rabbit was walking by the riverside.
Envubu nayo yaliwo
ng’eyimiride era nga
bw’erya kumuddo
ogwakiragala ogwali
gulabika obulungi.
Hippo was there too, going for a stroll and eating some nice green grass.
Envubu teyalaba
wakayima, era
mubutanwa Envubu
n’erinnya kukigere kya
Wakayima.
Wakayima n’akaaba
nga bw’alekaanira
Envubu nti “Nvubu gwe,
tolaba nti onninye
kukigere ?”
Hippo didn’t see that Rabbit was there and she accidentally stepped on Rabbit’s foot.
Rabbit started screaming at Hippo, “You Hippo! Can’t you see that you’re stepping on my foot?”
Envubu ne yetondera
Wakayima nti;
“Ow’omukwano bambi
nsonyiwa, mbade
sikulabye.”
Wakayima teyawuliriza
Nvubu, era mu
ddoboozi eryawaggulu
nagidamu nti
“Okigenderedde! era
olunaku lumu ojja
kukisasulira”.
Hippo apologised to Rabbit, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you. Please forgive me!”
But Rabbit wouldn’t listen and he shouted at Hippo, “You did that on purpose! Someday, you’ll see! You’re going to pay!”
Awo Wakayima n’agenda ew’ Omuliro nagugamba nti,
“Genda oyokye Envubu bwe banga evude ku mugga okulya
omuddo. Kubanga eninye kukigere kyange!”
K’Omuliro nti “tewali buzibu, Wakayima, mukwano gwange
Rabbit went to find Fire and said, “Go, burn Hippo when she comes out of the water to eat grass. She stepped on me!”
Fire answered, “No problem, Rabbit, my friend. I’ll do just what you ask.”
Oluvanyuma Envubu
yali erya omuddo nga
y’esuddeko akabanga
okuva awali omuga,
Enimi z’Omuliro ne
zigwa ku Nvubu ne
zitandika okwokya
obwoya bw’Envubu
zonna.
Later, Hippo was eating grass far from the river when, “Whoosh!” Fire burst into flame. The flames began to burn Hippo’s hair.
Envubu netandika
okukaaba nga
bw’edduka okuyingira
mu mazzi g’omugga.
Obwoya bw’Envubu
bwona nga busiriride
mu muliro.
Envubu nekaaba nnyo.
“Obwoya bwange
bwonna bujjiride mu
muliro”
“Obw’okyeza”
“Obwoya bwange
bwona obulungi
Hippo started to cry and ran for the water. All her hair was burned off by the fire.
Hippo kept crying, “My hair has burned in the fire! My hair is all gone! My beautiful hair!”
Y’ensonga lwaki Envubu tegenda wala okuva okumpi
n’amazzi olwokutya okwokebwa omuliro.
Era Wakayima yasanyuka nnyo ngabweyewana; “Nange
mwesasuza.”
Rabbit was happy that Hippo’s hair was burned.
And to this day, for fear of fire, the hippo never goes far from the water.
