Suriname folk-lore

68.

Anąnsi pasa ala dei̯ Aboma. ‘Mati,’ Anąnsi ɑksi Aboma, ‘otɛm yu dɛ nyąm?’

‘Te Gadō wani.’

Na tra dei̯, di Anąnsi dɛ pasa, Aboma grɑb' ɛ̨'.

68. Aboma Kills Anansi.⁴

Anansi passed the Aboma every day. ‘Friend,’ Anansi asked the Aboma, ‘when do you eat?’

‘When God wishes.’

The next day when Anansi was passing, the Aboma grabbed him.

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