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mekabo / ane / Ogono Foru na / oruanakabue / Gbori siki / Ogono Foru na / Irua na / jina me / na Ateli nwengi b̹o be bu / buchaye sin-bo sinbo / mi kuro tein b̹o-e. / Ani / Ogono foru be / ofie ye, / Ori nyo la bara / O now fie me, / Okuma Ateli nwengi b̹o be / Oria buchaye / O sin ke, / O sin nakaraka / O jine / O bu gbemi me. / Ogono foru / mi ori, / mi Oweriso, / se Irua be saki / b̹ia ye; / O b̹ia bara b̹aka / mi Ateli nwengi b̹o be / b̹u jukujuku / O mina bu / buchaye sin ye-e. |
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveller take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveller fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shone out warmly, and immediately the traveller took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two. |