
written by Hanover Ehsa
designed and illustrated by Donald L. Buchholz
Mie peneinei semwehmwe ieu kin
mihmi ni imwara wasa me dohsang nan kahnihmw. Mwohn ara kelehpwila,
ira sohte nohn apwal pwe mie pahpa me kin doadoahk nan sahpw oh
wahla kenerail mwenge. Eri ah mwurin ansou kis ah ohlo ale ah
seilok ni pali erir ni ansou me nei ra pwutak, Pehder, saikinte
kak wia mehkot.
Eri Pehder ih ah nohnoh ahpw
kelehpwilahr oh liho me uhdehr wia soangen doadoahk koaros me
pahn sewese kamaurira oh kakairada nah pwutako.
Kedekede oh mwurin sounpar eisek
ah lihho pil sohla kak kohla nan sapw oh rapahki de koadoahkiada
kisin mwenge. Ah ara kisin mwetuwelin pedehde me ira kin momourikio
pil pahn nekier. Ahri liho ndahng nah pwutako:
"Pehder, mwein e lelehr ansou
me ke kak doadoahk. I mwahuki ken kohla rapahki omw doadoahk me
ke kak wia pwe kitahn uhd mouriki." "Mehlel," Pehder
sapeng, "I mwahuen uhd doadoahk. Ahpw mwein sohte me pahn
men doadoahngkinie pwe I saikinte kak wia soangen doadoahk laud
me aramas akan kin mwwahuki. Eri ahpw I pahn wia dahme ke nda
I en wia."
Pehder eri mwesel samwahlahr
nan kahnihmwo. E lel ni keieu en ihmw ih peki rehn ohl me imwe
mwo en menlau kiheng ah doadoahk pwe e inenen anahne. Sohte nohn
anahnepen doadoahk rehn ohlo pwe pil mie nah tohndoadoahk. Ahpw
ohlo kilang wen Pehder eh mesen anahne laud doadoahko ahri e nda:
"Na, mwahu. Ihte me ke pahn
kak wia, mwet likin ihmwet rahn wet. Ma nek ah sohte me ke pahn
uhd wia pwe miehier sounsile nei kow oh mie sounnet. Pil mie me
pwukoahki doadoahk nan sahpw."

Pehder eri ale nah naip oh tepidahr
mwet. E mwatih likin ihmwo sohte kommoal oh lel ninsoutik ih nek.
Ohlo eri kiheng pweine sent eisek. Eri pwehki Pehder eh sohte
kin doadoahngki pwekidin ah rausiso, e sahn kiheng mehkot loale
kahrehda e roakeepene sento ih kohkohla rehn ah nohnoh. Eri e
wie alialuhte kohla oh mwohnio pwupwisang nan peho. E ahpw rapahkiseli
nan reh ko oh pwang. Ih kohkohlahsang.
E lel rehn ah nohnoh liho eri
idek reh ia pweinen ah doadoahko, ah Pehder nda me sent eisek
eri e pwupwisang nan peho pwupwidi nan rehpadil ko ih rapahki
oh sohte kak diar.
"Pweipwei - pwe dahme mie
ahmw pwekid ah ke sohte kihengki loale?" liho nda. "Mwurin
met ke pahn kin kiheng nan omw pwekiden pwe e dehr pwupwila."
"Okehi," Pehder nda.
"Met I pahn uhd kiheng nan ahi pwekidet." E uhdahn sohte
kak kasapwuhgehla dahme ah nohnoh kin ndahng.
Manda ih pil mwesel pwurala nan
kahnihmwo. E lel mwo ih pil diar ah doadoahk rehn emen ohl tohrohr.
Met e uhd iang sewese kuk ko pwe irail pahn kamadipw. Pehder wiewie
doadoahk oh lel ninsoutik ah ohlo ekerala ih nda:

"E itarehr omw doadoahk.
Ale pweinomwenkowe pwur pwe imwomwo me doh," owo kiheng kepen
ehu. Ihte me e ese en kiheng nan ah pwekido. Eri kepo kepwedipwedieng
nan ah pwekido ih eri samwalahr. E ahpw seiseimek kohla oh lel
rehn ah nohnoh sohte kanengen kepo pwe ehu eh kahk ah e widekidi
nan ah pwekido. Kahrehda nehn apali ah rausiso wisekesekala likamwete
piahia me mihie. Soh me mwomw kasaut duwe.
"Dahme ke kihengki milik
me mi nan kep nan omw pwekiden?" ah nohnoh nda. "Mwohni
me I ndahwei ken kiheng nan omw pwekiden. Kaidehn ken kiheng mehkot
me pil oh mi nan kep de mehkot me duwehte kep ape. Mwurin met
kaleke ke kiheng nan omw pwekiden, ke pahn kidahng pohn moangomwen."
"Mwahu I sohahr pahn kiheng
nan ahi pwekidet," Pehder nda. "I pahn kapwaiada mehkot
me ke nda I en wia."
Manda Pehder pil mwesella nan
kahnihmwo ih pil diar ah doadoahk rehn emen ohl tohrohr. Mwurin
doadoahk ah ohlo kiheng koakon en ais kirihm ieu. Ah rahno me
pil inenen ketipin, karkarakar, kahrehda Pehder mwadangete nek
ninsouwaso. Ia duwen Pehder eh pahn wa koakon en ais kirihmo?

Ni ansou me Pehder kohkohla nan
ahlo ah ais kirihmo tepidahr peipeipeseng. E wie kohkohla oh lel
rehn ah nohnoh, ah nohnoh ahpwite sallikihda eh kilengilahng ais
kirihmo eh kerpesengehr oh podokala nan moange lel mese, kohdi
lel pohn pwopwe ape.