Lwola lumwe, vathu vatwaminenga mukuwahilila muthanga yavo.
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
Kavazungilengako. Vakafwile visemi javo hembo nakumande.
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
Oloze kavavetavijile kuya kwakamwihi nakakahyako.
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
Shikaho vazachilenga milimo yavo naufuko kaha. Mwomwo vapwile vakutungisa nandunda.
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
Oloze mwana umwe hakachi kavaze vamalunga asakile kuya mumusana.
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
Likumbi limwe kusaka chenyi echi chahyanyine. Vayayenyi vamulwezele kanda mwaya mumusanako.
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
Oloze echi chapwile kulishina! Ayengunukile muze mumusana uzuma.
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
Vaze vana vandunda vapihilile chikuma hakumona ndumbwavo mwayengunuka.
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
Oloze vashinganyekele mwakulinga. Vambachile ize ndunda nakuumba kajila.
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
Vatwalile kajila kandumbwavo helu lyaphili.
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
Omu likumbi lyazundukile, atukile nakuya nakwimba muze mumusana wachimene.
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
