31 March, 2018

Thlawsuah Sangka Khartu

Thlawsuah Sangka Khartu

Te Boih cu kum ruk mi nunau nauhak duhnung le mawi zet a si. Upa thu tla a lung zet ih a nungcang a mawi fawn. Curuangah a nu le pa khal in an fanu cu an uanpi zet.

Ni khat cu Te Boih le a nu bazar ah an feh. Dawr an fan rero lai ah Te Boih in plastic ih tuah mi tikeplung tthi (pearl necklace) a hmu. Cui’ tikeplung tthi cu sendang rong a si ih a tleu serhso. A nui’ hnenah lei a dil. A nu in plastic ih tuah mi a si ruangah a man a malte ih, nauhak khal in mahte’n paisa khawl ih lei theih a si thu a sim. Curuangah Te Boih in a nu cu innsang hnattuan a bawm ding ih, cumi man ah paisa malte pe ttheu ding in a dil sal.

Cuti’n a nu hnattuan a bawm ttheu ih, a rei hlan ah a duh mi tthi cu a lei thei. A tthi cu a duh tuk lawmam ih a fehnak hmun tin ah a orh. Ti a bual can lawng ah a phelh.

Te Boih cu a pa in zan ah thuanthu a siar sak ttheu. Zan khat cu ihkhun ih thuanthu a siar sak hnu ah, a pa in, “In duhdawt maw, Te Boih?” tiah a sut. Te Boih in, “Ka lo duhdawt tuk ti na thei ko,” a ti. Cutikah a pa in, “Asile, na tikeplung tthi hi i pe awla,” tiah a dil.

Asinan Te Boih in, “Papa, ka lo duhdawt tuk ko nan himi tikeplung tthi cu i dil hram hlah. Kan dung thla ih i leih mi Barbie lem kha ka lo pe ding,” a ti. A pa cu a lung a kim.

Ni malte a rei hnu, zan ih thuanthu a siarsak hnu ah a pa in Te Boih ih tthi cu a dil lala. Asinan Te Boih cun a uite lem sawn a pe lala. Cuti’n a pa in a tthi cu vei tampi a dil nan, Te Boih cun thil dang sawn a pe ttheu.

Ni khat cu a pa in thuanthu a siar sak lai ah, Te Boih cu a rak itthat. A itthat lai ahcun a pa in Te Boih ih tthi cu a phelh ih a laksak. Cuvete’n Te Boih cu a tthangharh cih ih, “Papa, ziangsi na tuah?” tiah thinphang zet in a sut.

Cutikah a pa in lungmankhung bawm pakhat a ong ih, tikeplung taktak a si mi tthi a phorh. Cu thluh ah, “Duatte, himi hi na orh ding mi tikeplung tthi taktak a si. A taktak na ngah theinak ding ah, a lem kha ka lo laksak tum ttheu mi a si,” tiah a sim.

Te Boih cun, “Papa, ka lungawi tuk,” ti phah in plastic tikeplung tthi cu a hlon ih, tikeplung tthi taktak cu zum aw zet in a orh.

Vei tampi ahcun, Pathian in amah pe ding ih thil pakhatkhat in dil tikah, a ttha sawn mi pek in duh ruangah a rak si ttheu. Cumi theithiam lo in Pathian le a ram hrangah tirhfak zet ih a um ringringtu cu thlawsuah don a har phah ttheu.

Sirhsan: 1000 English Stories.


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