10 December, 2014

Nimthlakau Larry ih Thuanthu Roling


Nimthlakau Larry ih Thuanthu Roling



Meithal thawi' sualawknak lam ih turu Wild Bill Hickok le Wyatt Earp pawl ih thu cu na thei zo ding. Asinan hmun tinkim ih mi ttha lo pawl thinlung ah ttihphannak nasa sawn thlentertu hmin dang pakhat ka lo sim ding.

Nimthlakau Larry a si.

Kei cu Brimstone timi khawpi tenau pakhat mi ka si. Kan khua ih ah Larry ra thleng in, Cottonmouth Saloon ih a luh ni kha ka hngilh thei dah lo ding. Dawr sungah ke-kar kau zet thawn a lut turto ih, dawrkiltu zoh phah in a hni-no.

"Lemo ti no khat, zangfahte'n."

Cutawk hmun ih minung lu um hmuahhmuah cu amai' lam an her thluh.

Cumi laifang ah Larry ih dunglam ih umtu cu Crooked Curt a si. Curt cu rannung rutu misualbur lak ih tel ve a si. An misualbur cun kan khua cu ttihphannak thawn in khatter ttheu. An hotu cu raltho sualral zet Evil-Eye McNeevil a si.

Curt cu ralthopawl tidan kelte'n mithmai thim remrem in a um. Larry cu dunglam a hoi ih hni-no phah in, "Na mittlang khumsuk dan cu picang lawlaw si, pupa," tiah a bia.

"Cumi cu na hrangah ziang poi?" tiah Curt cun a hro.

"Si ngai," tiah Larry cun a sawn, "Ka rehter thei men ding."

"Rehter na tumdan cu hmuh ka hiar nasa!"

Midang hmuahhmuah cu kan kiang thluh lohli. Dawrkiltu khal thilzuarnak donsang phen ah a kun. Larry le Curt cu ke-kar hra veve hrawng an sip. An kut cu a tiar aw cia. Larry cu a hni-no ringring lai.

Curt a cangvai hmaisa. Asinan a meithalbawm ihsin meithal a dirsuak man fangfang. Larry in a tinh ih a kap zo.

Ziu!

Meithal puak awn a um lo. Cerek khal a um lo. Curt ih awm laifang, a thinlung zawn ah tleu fatakte pakhat a lut zukzi. Cu vial.

Curt cu a ding lai. A mitpawl cu mangbangnak ruangah an phaw keke. Cu thluh in a meithal a thlak. A hmaivun cuar thluh ko in a hung hni. Larry a va pan lohli ih, a kut a va pawk.

"Mikhualpa, ka lo thei ngah cu ka lungawi vanpi a tia! Keima'n nan in mi man ka kuan thluh ding. Mi hmuahhmuah in lemonade ti run zem thluh hai uh!"

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Evil-Eye McNeevil le a rualpi ralthopawl in Crooked Curt a nun a tuah ttha zo ti an theih tikah, an kedil sawh in an turcai ciamco.

Raltho timi cu hnih-no hnak in thih-hlo ding a si hrimhrim!

Evil-Eye ih milai hmuahhmuah cun cangvaih an man ttiattia zo. Asinan an zatei' cangvaih sian a si hrih lo. Ziangahtile a thaisun ah Dismal Dan, Devilish Dick, le Dreadful Dave timipawl Brimstone khua ah an ra lut. Mi-aa vak in an ra kiauraak ih sualral zet in meithal an kap puak rero. Tukvirhpawl an siatdarh, mipipawl an ttekdarh.

Cumi thluh ah Nimthlakau Larry a rung lang. Nimthlakau Larry cun cupawl ih thiltuah cu a dawn cuang lo. A hnih-no khal a cawl cuang lo. Cui' raltho pathum cu tleu fatakte pathum in a kap men. An thinlung zawn ciah ah a ngah hai.

Larry ih a kah ruangah ralthopawl cu lei ah an ril. Ziangmi in a ngah ruangah an tlu ti an thei lo. An mang a bang zet. Cu thluh in an hung tho ih an kiangkap an zoh.

"Unaupawl, thil kan siatsuah ruri a va bang ve," tiah Dismal Dan in a sim.

"Zohman an tuahmawhawk lo ka beisei," tiah Devilish Dick in a sim ve.

"Hipawl hi tuah ttha sal ding in hnattuan thok cih sehla a ttha sawn ding," tiah Dreadful Dave a run ttong ve.

Cumi hnu cun tukvirhpawl tuah tthat salnak ah, le a ngai paihtu hmuahhmuah hnenih ngaidam dilnak ah a tang lai mi nipawl cu an hmang. Cui hlei ah, lamzin ih hnawm hmuahhmuah khal an sar fai thluh bet.

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Evil-Eye McNeevil cun a milai ttangkaibik pathum a sungral lala. A thin a ling zet. Curuangah thil siava zet pakhatkhat tuah ding in a ruatcat.

A thaisun ah Stinky Steve le Sickening Sid cu Phunpihuap Sumkhawlnak le Cawinak 79-nak ah meithal keng in an lut. An hmai an tuam nan, an rim ihsin zo an si ti cu mi hmuahhmuah in an thei.

"Nan kut thlir thluh uh," tiah Stinky Steve in a auh hai.

"Nan paisa retnak ih paisa um hmuahhmuah in ra pe thluh uh," tiah Sickening Sid in thu a pe.

Paisa dippawl khai phah in sangka ih an suah zawng ah, hahdam zet in ra feh Nimthlakau Larry an hmu. Larry cun a ke-kar khal a muangter cuang lo. Cui' misualpawl ih zaang ah a kap cih men. An thinlung zawn a ngah ciah fawn.

Raltho pahnih cu mangbang zet in an zoh aw.

"Cawkhaltu taima pawl ih paisa ruk cu a ningzah thlak zet a bang e," tiah Stinky Steve a hun ttong.

"An nun hi retheihter bet ka paih nawn lo," tiah Sickening Sid in a sim ve.

An meithal an phelh, paisa kiltui' hnenah a kir sal ih, paisa retnak dippawl cu an pe sal.

"Himi paisapawl hi tu ihsin him ding in run kil uh," tiah Sickening Sid cun a sim hai.

Cu thluh in an paisabawm an phorh ih hmin cazin an khum cih ve.

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Cumi cu Evil-Eye McNeevil ih tuar theinak netkhawt a thleng. A taktak ih phosuahawk a cu thlang.

A thaisun siimlam deuh ah Larry cu Cottonmouth Saloon ah lemonade ti a in. Culai ah Evil-Eye cu sangkapawl sirh ong in a rung lut ih, Larry a va pan cih.

"Keimah hi Evil-Eye McNeevil ka si."

"Hello, Evil-Eye!" tiah Larry cun hni-no siamsiam phah in a rak bia. "Lemonade ti no khat ka lo do thei pei maw?"

"Himi khua cu kan pahnih hrang ahcun a tum tawk lo."

"Aw, thei ve hlah maw," tiah Larry in a sawn. "Ka hrang ahcun a kau tawk pam a bang ka rak ti men."

"Okey-Dokey Corral kiang ihsin ka rak lo hngak ding."

Cu thluh in Evil-Eye cu a suak sal cih.

Larry cun a lemonade ti cu a in thluh ta ih, Lamzin Pibik zawh in feh. Evil-Eye cun a rak hngak. Asinan Evil-Eye cu amah lawng a si lo. A khatlam khatlam ah Raunchy Ralph, Grimy Greg, Creepy Cal, Moldy Mike, Lousy Luke le Gruesome Gus pawl an ding hai. An lak ah nel um mithmai keng pakhat hman an um lo.

"Veivahnak hrangah ni nuam zet a si ual!" tiah Larry cun a hei auh hai.

"Phorh," tiah Evil-Eye cu a ttong.

Brimstone khaw mi kan zate'n ziang a cang ding ti hmuh duh ah Lamzin Pibik kiang ah kan ding tlar thluh. Larry cu a hni-no ringring lai. Asinan Larry rori hman in cui' ralthopawl cu an zate cun a kap thlu thluh man lo ding ti kan thei.

Cumi ttheh ciah ah Cottonmouth Saloon ihsin aw pakhat a ra thang. "Larry bawmnak mallai na duh maw?"

"Poi cuang lem hlah e!" tiah Larry cun a auh kir.

Cottonmouth Saloon ihsin Crooked Curt a ra suak. A dung ihsin Dismal Dan, Devilish Dick, Dreadful Dave, Stinky Steve, le Sickening Sid pawl an ra suak ve. Larry ih kiang ah an ra ding thluh.

"Hello, Evil-Eye!" tiah Curt in a hei auh.

"Phansantupawl," tiah Evil-Eye in a rak auh kir ve.

"Phorh uh," tiah Larry cun hni-no phah in a sim hai.

Evil-Eye le a milaipawl in an meithal an phorh. Asinan Larry le a rualpipawl cu mit-tthep karte'n an rang deuh. An meithalpawl ihsin tleu fatakte pasarih a suak. Raltho paruk pawl ih na-theih-nak-zawn ahkhan an kap ngah.

"Huhui!" tiah Evil-Eye cu a au. Thli lakah a meithal a kap.

Ziu!

Meithal puak awn a um lo. Cerek khal a suak lo. Tleu fatakte pakhat lawng a suak.

"A si le khah, rual le pawl!" tiah Larry cu a au. "Himi khua hi tu rori ah kumkhaw daih in thenfai uh si!"

Zohman kan relh man hlan ah, Larry le Evil-Eye le midangpawl cun an meithalpawl thawn in tinh thluh. Hmun tinkim ah tleu fatakte pawl an zuang. Zohman an luat lo – mipa, nunau, nauhak ti lo in tleu fatakte in a ngah thluh.

Khami ttum tluk ih mipi lungawi aipuang na hmu dah lo ding! Pakhat le pakhat kan pan aw. Kan kut kan kai aw ih, kan pom aw. Cu thluh ah thlungdar tumthiampawl in an thlungdar an phorh ih kan laam thluh hai. Lamzin Pibik cun nomawknak puai tuahnak ah a cang – cumi ni sunvu le zan tiang in.

Ka dam sung ah khami ni tluk ih lemonade ti in tam a hlawh ni ka hmu dah lo.

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Kan awn-au a celcel ruangah, ni a liam zawng ih Larry a feh liam ve lai khal mi malte lawng in kan hmu ngah. Khuitawk a pan ti ka rel thei lo. Tu ah ziang a tuah ti khal ka rel thei lo.

Asinan thinlung cu a hmuitinh ringring lai ding ti ka tiam ngam.

Ziu!

Sirhsan: The Legend of Lightning Larry told by Aaron Shepard

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