LURRKUN' MÄRR-GATJPUYUNAWUY

THE THREE WISHES

THE THREE WISHES

LURRKUN' MÄRR-GATJPUYUNAWUY

Wuŋuli' mala: Lapuluŋgu

PRINTED AT MILINGIMBI LITERATURE PRODUCTION CENTRE 1982

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Wapganydhu waluy ŋunhllili gana nhinona retjoŋuro dlrramu

ga miyalk nhanŋu.

Yurru manda ŋunhi gurrupuruŋu manda, bäyŋu mandqogu pula

nhd malanha, ga yaka manda d u I1 ganha lukanha dharrwa

ŋatha. Manda nhakuna ounhi gurrupuruŋu yolŋu manda.

Once upon a time there was a woodcutter who lived with wife in the forest. They were very poor, and sometimes

couldn’t get enough to eat.

histhey

Ga waŋganydhu waluy ŋayl ŋunhl dlrramu marrtjlna bala retjali1lna

dharpawa nhänha'nhanharawa mClrr ga ŋayl dhu naku djatthun nhanŋuwuy

ŋayi ŋuruoiyi dirramuy. Manymak.

Ŋunhl ŋayi nhäŋala waŋgany dharpa, bala ŋayl dJOlthina djatthunarawa

ŋurukuyi dharpawana ga dhoka ŋayl bitjarra djatthurruna, ŋaylnydja

bäy blrrimbirr punhi dharpaŋura waŋana bitjarra, "Ganarrthuluna

dhuwalanydja dharpa, bill dhuwalanydja oarraku wäŋa porranharawa,

ŋarra nhakuna dhlyala nhlnana dharrwamirrl waltjanmlrri.

Null nhe dhu ganan dhuwala wäŋa ŋarraku ga nhe dhu

mQrr-gatjpu'yun ga guyaŋa lurrkun' gatjpu'yunawuy ŋunhlIlyina

nhokala wäŋlya ga ŋunhlyi mala dhu malŋ'thun yuwalkthlrrina

ŋunhl nhaku nhe dhu märr-gatjpu'yun."

One day when the man was cutting wood in the forest, a tree- spirit jumped out and said, "Spare this oak tree, woodcutter!It has been my home for hundreds of years. If you will spare it, the next three wishes made in your home will come true."

Manymak, bala owl ouruQi dlrramuynydja ganarrthaŋalana ŋunhl

dharpanydja, ga djatthurruna wiripuna dharpa malanha.

Manymak, bala ŋayi marrtjinana wäpalilina., ga punhi pay!

bunana punhala wäpapuranydja ga payi nhdŋala oatha rurrkrurrk

ga djetj yäna gana porrana punhill pathamlrrlpura

bala'palapura.

So the woodcutter left that tree and went on to another. When he went home to supper that evening, he found only bread and cheese on his plate.

Bala ŋayi bitjarrana waŋana, "Way, muka dhuwalanydja ŋarra

ŋull ga malŋ'marama djetj ga ŋatha rurrkrurrk ?"

Ga bulu oayl waŋana bitjarra, "Ye, wanha balaŋu ŋarra gl

Juki warrakan."

Ga ŋunhl ŋayi bitjarranydja waŋana, bala ŋayl ŋOkulana

rirrakay ŋayi marrtjina larryurruna djiminikurru ga galkirrina

gumurrŋura nhanukala yurru raki'mi rrl.

"Always bread and cheese", he complained, "I wish I had sausages. As he said that, there was a rattling in the chimney, and down fell a whole string of sausages.

Ga ŋurunlyi dharpa-djatthunamirriy guyaŋana ounhipuwuy retjapuy

Ounhi blrrlmblrr ŋunhlŋuwuy dharpapuy nhanŋu waŋang.

Bala ŋayi iakaraŋalana ŋunhi dhapuny nhanukalapuwa mlyalkkuna

ŋunhiŋuwuy lurrkun'puy mtlrr-gatjpu'yunawuy.

The wood-cutter suddenly remembered the tree-spirit, and he told his wife about the three wishes.

Vurru ŋayinydja miyalktja nhanŋu waŋana bitjarra,

"Nhä nhe dhuwala djawulpa yfltjkurrunydja. Nhäŋu dhuwala dubintj

yäna ŋall ga ŋayathama dhiyala wäŋapura, ga nhenydja ga

gatjpu'yun warrakangu yäna. Nhaku nhe gi yaka gatjpu'yurru

rrupiyawanydja ?" Ga bulu ŋayi waŋa ŋunhi miyalk nhanŋu

bitjan. "Ye, wanha balaŋu ŋunhi warrakan manim'thurru

nhokala ŋurrulili."

"You silly old thing," she said, "here we are with only two cents in the house, and you wish for sausages.Why didn't you wish for money ? I wish -oh, I wish they would stick to the end of your nose !"

Ga ŋunhi ŋayi miyalk waŋa bitjandja, ŋayinydja bäy beŋurunydja

wapthuna ŋunhi guyanydja bala manim'thuna ŋurruli1 Ina ŋurikala

djawulpa'walana, bala ga dhaŋgamana nhanukala ŋurruŋurana ga

wlripunydja mala marrtji mani'manimdhun ŋurlkala ŋurruŋuwala

warrakangala ga yäna bill ga dharjga'thaDgamana marrtji

nhanukala ŋurruŋurana.

And they did. They jumped up from the table; one of them fastened to the tip of his nose, and the others hung down like a pigtail, only it hung in front, instead of behind.

Ga ŋaylnydja puruolylnydja dlrramuynydja wurrthun ounhl warrakan

mala nhanuklyingala ŋurruŋuru, yurru dadatj. Ga bulu nhanukala

miyalkthu guŋga'yun wurrthun punhl, yurru bflyŋu; ga bulu

maŋda rrambaŋlna wurrthun ga dadatj, ga bulu manda warryun

ga bäyŋu, ga ŋayi miyalkthu nhanukala warryun ga bflypu.

He pulled - and she pulled - and they pulled together - but the sausages wouldn't budge.

Bala manda rrambaoina dayatthlrrina, bala manda ga yflnana nhinana

bill manda galŋa-gulkthun wurrthunaray.

Ga ŋayi bulu ŋunhi djawulpa waŋa bltjan, "Yakana ŋarra dhu

dhuwala gunharra'yun warrakan mala dhlyala ŋurruŋura

rjarraklylngala/' ga bltjarra ŋayi waŋana,

At last they sat down exhausted. "I can’t pull anymore" she cried. "They will just have to stay there'."

Ga bulu rjayi watjana ŋunhl djawuipa bltjarra, "Ye, wanha

balaŋu walala dhuwala yupthurru dhlpuŋuru purruŋuru ŋarrakala,

bltjarra payl.

Ga ŋaylnydja punhl warrakandja mala dhunupana iarryurrunana

nhanukala purrupurunydja bQia gulŋl'kulrjlylrrlna marrtjl

dj Imlnl 1 i 1 Ina.

"I won't let them stay there,” cried the man."I wish to goodness they'd go away."At once the sausages came off his nose and flew up the chimney again.

Ga dhuwalana ŋunhi lurrkun'tja märr-gatjpu'yunawuy ourukiyi

djawulpä'wa, nhakuna ŋunhi warrakandja mala marrtji

gflrrikarrina. djiminikurruna bala nhärana marrtji ŋawulul'thirrina.

And that was the end of the woodcutter’s three wishes. They went up in smoke.

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