Provenance: Australasia Archives - A ŚORT SPEL\nCategory Archives: Provenance: Australasia\nAESTHETICAAPOLLO*ART NEWSART NEWSPAPER*ARTFORUM*ARTLYSTARTNETARTS DESKARTSYBBCBROOKLYN MUSEUMCARTIERCHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY, NZCOLOSSALECONOMIST*EVENING STANDARDFADFT*GUARDIANHAUSER & WIRTHINDEPENDENT*INVALUABLEMCA AUSTRALIAMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTONNATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLANDNEW YORK TIMES*OCULAPHAIDONPHILLIPSREWIREDSCULPTURE.ORGSOTHEBY’SSTUFF, NZSTUDIO INTERNATIONALTATETELEGRAPH*TIMES*THADDAEUS ROPACTWITTERWALL STREET INTERNATIONALWALL STREET JOURNAL*WALLPAPERWHITE REVIEWWIDEWALLSWIKIPEDIAW Magazine\nChat on 10/03/2022 About artists, Australia, Provenance: Australasia, SculptureFrank Johnson\nAbout Poets: CLIVE JAMES\nWEBSITEARTS FUSEAUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW*BBCCAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENTCANBERRA TIMESEVENING STANDARDFT*GOOD READSGUARDIANHERALD SCOTLAND*HOSPICE UKINDEPENDENT*IRISH EXAMINERIRISH TIMES*LITERARY REVIEW*LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS*NEW CRITERIONNEW STATESMAN*NEW YORK TIMES*NEW YORKER*PAN MACMILLANPN REVIEW*POETRY ARCHIVEPOETRY BOOK SOCIETYPOETRY FOUNDATIONPOETRY SOCIETYPUBLISHERS’ WEEKLYQUADRANT*RAMSAY CENTRESCORESSCOTSMAN*SPECTATOR*SYDNEY MORNING HERALD*TELEGRAPH*TIMES*WATERSTONESWIKIPEDIA\nChat on 06/01/2022 About poets, Australia, Poetry, Provenance: AustralasiaFrank Johnson\nClasics in Ñspel: NO MORE BOOMERANG, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)\nNO MOR BŪṂRAÑ\nŪɉru Nūnúcl (Caʈ Wōcr)\nNo mor būṃrañ,\nNo mor spir.\nNǎ ol siṿlîzd –\nCulr bar n bir.\nNo mor c’roḅri,\nGe dans n din.\nNǎ w got muviz\nN pe t g in.\nNo mor śẹrñ\nẂt ɖ huntr brñz.\nNǎ w wrc fr muni\nN pe it bac fr ʈñz.\nNǎ w trac bosz\nT cać a fy bob.\nNǎ w g wōc’bt\nOn bus t ɖ job.\nWn tîm necid\nHu nvr ń śem.\nNǎ w pt cloɖz on\nT hîd ẃotṣnem.\nNo mor guńa,\nPeid bî hîrprćis\nIn twenti yir or so.\nLe dǎn ɖ ston ax,\nTec p ɖ stīl\nN wrc lîc a nigr\nFr a ẃît man’z mīl.\nNo mor fîrstic\nĐt md ẃîts scof.\nNǎ ol ilectric\nN no betr of.\nBuńip h finiś,\nNǎ got instd\nẂît-fela Buńip –\nCōl him Red.\nAbstract picćr nǎ –\nẂt ɖe cumin’ at?\nCrîps! in ǎr cevz\nW dd betr ɖn ɖt.\nBlac huntd woḷbi,\nẂît hunt dolr.\nNo mor mesijstic –\nLūbraz n ladz\nGot teḷviźn nǎ,\nLe dǎn ɖ wŭṃra,\nLe dǎn ɖ wodi.\nNǎ w got atmbom,\nChat on 25/04/2020 Australia, Clasics in Ñspel, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Poetry, Provenance: AustralasiaAborigineesFrank Johnson\nClasics in Ñspel: THE LADY’S MAID, by Katherine Mansfield\n04/10/2019 Clasics in Ñspel, Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand, Provenance: Australasia, Short storiesSpelling reformFrank Johnson\nIlevn o’cloc. A noc at ɖ dor… I hop I hv’nt dstrbd y, madm. Y wr’nt aslip—wr y? Bt I’v jst gvn mî ledi hr ti, n ɖr wz sć a nîs cup ovr, I ʈt, phps…\n… Nt at ol, madm. I olwz mc a cup v ti last ʈñ. Ś drincs it in bed aftr hr prerz t worm hr p. I pt ɖ cetl on ẃn ś nīlz dǎn n I se t it, “Nǎ y nīd’nt b in tù mć v a huri t se yr prerz.” Bt it’s olwz bôlñ bfr mî ledi z haf ʈru. Y si, madm, w nǒ sć a lot v ppl, n ɖ’v ol got t b preid fr—evrwn. Mî ledi cīps a list v ɖ nemz in a litl red bc. Ǒ dir! ẃnvr smwn ny hz bn t si s n mî ledi sz aftwdz, “Eḷn, gv m mî litl red bc,” I fīl qt wîld, I d. “Ɖr’z anɖr,” I ʈnc, “cīpñ hr ǎt v hr bed in ol weɖrz.” N ś w’nt hv a cŭśn, y nǒ, madm; ś nīlz on ɖ hard carpit. It fijits m smʈñ dredfl t si hr, nwñ hr az I d. I’v traid t ćīt hr; I’v spred ǎt ɖ îdrdǎn. Bt ɖ frst tîm I dd it—ǒ, ś gev m sć a lc—holi it wz, madm. “Dd ǎr Lord hv an îdrdǎn, Eḷn?” ś sd. Bt—I wz yungr at ɖ tîm—I flt inclînd t se, “No, bt ǎr Lord wz’nt yr ej, n h dd’nt nǒ ẃt it wz t hv yr lumbego.” Wicid—wz’nt it? Bt ś’z tù gd, y nǒ, madm. Ẃn I tuct hr p jst nǎ n sìn—sw hr layñ bac, hr handz ǎtsd n hr hed on ɖ pilo—so priti—I cd’nt hlp ʈncñ, “Nǎ y lc jst lîc yr dir muɖr ẃn I leid hr ǎt!”\n… Yes, madm, it wz ol left t m. Ǒ, ś dd lc swīt. I dd hr her, softlîc, rnd hr fōrhed, ol in denti crlz, n jst t wn sîd v hr nec I pt a bunć v most bytifl prpl panziz. Ɖoz panziz md a picćr v hr, madm! I śl nvr fget ɖm. I ʈt tnît, ẃn I lct at mî ledi, “Nǎ, f onli ɖ panziz wz ɖr nwn cd tel ɖ difṛns.”\n… Onli ɖ last yir, madm. Onli aftr ś’d got a litl—wel—fībl az y mt se. V cors, ś wz nvr denjṛs; ś wz ɖ swītist old ledi. Bt hǎ it tc hr wz—ś ʈt ś’d lost smʈñ. Ś cd’nt cīp stil, ś cd’nt setl. Ol de loñ ś’d b p n dǎn, p n dǎn; y’d mīt hr evrẃr,—on ɖ sterz, in ɖ porć, mcñ fr ɖ cićn. N ś’d lc p at y, n ś’d se—jst lîc a ćîld, “I’v lost it, I’v lost it.” “Cm alñ,” I’d se, “cm alñ, n I’l le ǎt yr peśns fr y.” Bt ś’d cać m bî ɖ hand—I wz a feṿrit v hrz—n ẃispr, “Fînd it fr m, Eḷn. Fînd it fr m.” Sad, wz’nt it?\n… No, ś nvr rcuvrd, madm. Ś hd a stroc at ɖ end. Last wrdz ś evr sd wz—vri slo, “Lc in—ɖ—Lc—in—” N ɖen ś wz gn.\n… No, madm, I c’nt se I notist it. Phps sm grlz. Bt y si, it’s lîc ɖs, I’v got nbdi bt mî ledi. Mî muɖr daid v cnsumśn ẃn I wz for, n I livd wɖ mî granfaɖr, hu cept a herdresr’z śop. I yst t spend ol mî tîm in ɖ śop undr a tebl dresñ mî dol’z her—copiyñ ɖ asistnts, I s’poz. Ɖe wr evr so cînd t m. Yst t mc m litl wigz, ol culrz, ɖ lêtist faśnz n ol. N ɖr I’d sit ol de, qayt az qayt—ɖ custmrz nvr ń. Onli nǎ n agn I’d tec mî pīp fṛm undr ɖ teblcloʈ.\n… Bt wn de I manijd t gt a per v sizrz n—wd y b’liv it, madm? I cut of ol mî her; snipt it of ol in bits, lîc ɖ litl munci I wz. Granfaɖr wz fyrịs! H còt hold v ɖ toñz—I śl nvr fget it—grabd m bî ɖ hand n śut mî fngrz in ɖm. “Ɖt’l tīć y!” h sd. It wz a firfl brn. I’v got ɖ marc v it tde.\n… Wel, y si, madm, h’d tecn sć prîd in mî her. H yst t sit m p on ɖ cǎntr, bfr ɖ custmrz cem, n d it smʈñ bytifl—big, soft crlz n wevd ovr ɖ top. I rmembr ɖ asistnts standñ rnd, n m evr so soḷm wɖ ɖ peni granfaɖr gev m t hold ẃl it wz biyñ dn… Bt h olwz tc ɖ peni bac aftwdz. Pur granfaɖr! Wîld, h wz, at ɖ frît I’d md v mslf. Bt h frîtnd m ɖt tîm. D y nǒ ẃt I dd, madm? I ran awe. Yes, I dd, rnd ɖ cornrz, in n ǎt, I d’nt nǒ hǎ far I dd’nt run. Ǒ, dir, I mst hv lct a sît, wɖ mî hand rold p in mî pini n mî her sticñ ǎt. Ppl mst hv laft ẃn ɖe sw m…\n… No, madm, granfaɖr nvr got ovr it. H cd’nt ber ɖ sît v m aftr. Cd’nt īt hiz dinr, īvn, f I wz ɖr. So mî ānt tc m. Ś wz a cripl, an upholstris. Tîni! Ś hd t stand on ɖ sofaz ẃn ś wontd t cut ǎt ɖ bacs. N it wz hlpñ hr I met mî ledi…\n… Nt so vri, madm. I wz ʈrtīn, trnd. N I d’nt rmembr evr fīlñ—wel—a ćîld, az y mt se. Y si ɖr wz mî yṇform, n wn ʈñ n anɖr. Mî ledi pt m intu coḷrz n cufs fṛm ɖ frst. Ǒ yes—wns I dd! Ɖt wz—funi! It wz lîc ɖs. Mî ledi hd hr tū litl nīsz steyñ wɖ hr—w wr at Śeldn at ɖ tîm—n ɖr wz a fer on ɖ comn.\n“Nǎ, Eḷn,” ś sd, “I wont y t tec ɖ tū yuñ lediz fr a rîd on ɖ donciz.” Of w wnt; soḷm litl luvz ɖe wr; ć hd a hand. Bt ẃn w cem t ɖ donciz ɖe wr tù śî t g on. So w std n woćt instd. Bytifl ɖoz donciz wr! Ɖe wr ɖ frst I’d sìn ǎt v a cart—fr pleźr az y mt se. Ɖe wr a luvli silvr-gre, wɖ litl red sadlz n blu braidlz n belz jñ-a-jnġlñ on ɖer irz. N qt big grlz—oldr ɖn m, īvn—wr rîdñ ɖm, evr so ge. Nt at ol comn, I d’nt mīn, madm, jst injoyñ ɖmslvz. N I d’nt nǒ ẃt it wz, bt ɖ we ɖ litl fīt wnt, n ɖ îz—so jntl—n ɖ soft irz—md m wont t g on a donci mor ɖn enʈñ in ɖ wrld!\n… V cors, I cd’nt. I hd mî yuñ lediz. N ẃt wd I hv lct lîc prćt p ɖr in mî yṇform? Bt ol ɖ rest v ɖ de it wz donciz—donciz on ɖ bren wɖ m. I flt I śd hv brst f I dd’nt tel smwn; n hu wz ɖr t tel? Bt ẃn I wnt t bed—I wz slīpñ in Msz. Jemz’z bedrūm, ǎr cc ɖt wz, at ɖ tîm—az sn az ɖ lîts wz ǎt, ɖr ɖe wr, mî donciz, jnġlñ alñ, wɖ ɖer nīt litl fīt n sad îz… Wel, madm, wd y b’liv it, I wêtd fr a loñ tîm n pritndd t b aslip, n ɖen sudnli I sat p n cōld ǎt az lǎd az I cd, “I d wont t g on a donci. I d wont a doncirîd!” Y si, I hd t se it, n I ʈt ɖe wd’nt laf at m f ɖe ń I wz onli drīmñ. Artfl—wz’nt it? Jst ẃt a sili ćîld wd ʈnc…\n… No, madm, nvr nǎ. V cors, I dd ʈnc v it at wn tîm. Bt it wz’nt t b. H hd a litl flǎrśop jst dǎn ɖ rod n acrs fṛm ẃr w wz livñ. Funi—wz’nt it? N m sć a wn fr flǎrz. W wr hvñ a lot v cumṗni at ɖ tîm, n I wz in n ǎt v ɖ śop mor ofn ɖn nt, az ɖ seyñ z. N Hari n I (hiz nem wz Hari) got t qoṛlñ abt hǎ ʈñz òt t b arenjd—n ɖt bgan it. Flǎrz! y wd’nt b’liv it, madm, ɖ flǎrz h yst t brñ m. H’d stop at nʈñ. It wz liliz-v-ɖ-vali mor ɖn wns, n I’m nt xaɉretñ! Wel, v cors, w wr gwñ t b marid n liv ovr ɖ śop, n it wz ol gwñ t b jst so, n I wz t hv ɖ windo t arenj… Ǒ, hǎ I’v dn ɖt windo v a Saṭde! Nt riyli, v cors, madm, jst drīmñ, az y mt se. I’v dn it fr Crisṃs—moto in hóli, n ol—n I’v hd mî Īstr liliz wɖ a gorjs star ol daf̣dilz in ɖ midl. I’v huñ—wel, ɖt’s inuf v ɖt. Ɖ de cem h wz t cōl fr m t ćūz ɖ frnićr. Śl I evr fget it? It wz a Tyzde. Mî ledi wz’nt qt hrslf ɖt afṭnun. Nt ɖt ś’d sd enʈñ, v cors; ś nvr dz or wl. Bt I ń bî ɖ we ɖt ś cept rápñ hrslf p n ascñ m f it wz cold—n hr litl nǒz lct… pinćt. I dd’nt lîc līvñ hr; I ń I’d b wuriyñ ol ɖ tîm. At last I asct hr f ś’d rɖr I pt it of. “Ǒ no, Eḷn,” ś sd, “y ms’nt mînd abt m. Y ms’nt dis’pônt yr yuñ man.” N so ćirfl, y nǒ, madm, nvr ʈncñ abt hrslf. It md m fīl wrs ɖn evr. I bgan t wundr… ɖen ś dropt hr hanc̣ćif n bgan t stūp dǎn t pic it p hrslf—a ʈñ ś nvr dd. “Ẃtvr r y dwñ!” I craid, runñ t stop hr. “Wel,” ś sd, smîlñ, y nǒ, madm, “I śl hv t bgin t practis.” Ǒ, it wz ol I cd d nt t brst ǎt crayñ. I wnt ovr t ɖ dresñtebl n md b’liv t rub p ɖ silvr, n I cd’nt cīp mslf in, n I asct hr f ś’d rɖr I… dd’nt gt marid. “No, Eḷn,” ś sd—ɖt wz hr vôs, madm, lîc I’m gvñ y—“No, Eḷn, nt fr ɖ wîd wrld!” Bt ẃl ś sd it, madm—I wz lcñ in hr glas; v cors, ś dd’nt nǒ I cd si hr—ś pt hr litl hand on hr hart jst lîc hr dir muɖr yst t, n liftd hr îz… Ǒ, madm!\nẂn Hari cem I hd hiz letrz ol redi, n ɖ rñ n a duci litl broć h’d gvn m—a silvr brd it wz, wɖ a ćen in its bīc, n on ɖ end v ɖ ćen a hart wɖ a dagr. Qt ɖ ʈñ! I opnd ɖ dor t him. I nvr gev him tîm fr a wrd. “Ɖr y r,” I sd. “Tec ɖm ol bac,” I sd, “it’s ol ovr. I’m nt gwñ t mari y,” I sd, “I c’nt līv mî ledi.” Ẃît! h trnd az ẃît az a wmn. I hd t slam ɖ dor, n ɖr I std, ol v a trembl, tl I ń h hd gn. Ẃn I opnd ɖ dor—b’liv m or nt, madm—ɖt man wz gn! I ran ǎt intu ɖ rod jst az I wz, in mî epṛn n mî hǎsśuz, n ɖr I steid in ɖ midl v ɖ rod… stẹrñ. Ppl mst hv laft f ɖe sw m…\n… Gdnis greśs!—Ẃt’s ɖt? It’s ɖ cloc strîcñ! N hir I’v bn cīpñ y awec. Ǒ, madm, y òt t hv stopt m… Cn I tuc in yr fīt? I olwz tuc in mî ledi’z fīt, evri nît, jst ɖ sem. N ś sz, “Gd nît, Eḷn. Slīp sǎnd n wec rli!” I d’nt nǒ ẃt I śd d f ś dd’nt se ɖt, nǎ.\n… Ǒ dir, I smtmz ʈnc… ẃtvr śd I d f enʈñ wr t… Bt, ɖr, ʈncñ’z no gd t enwn—z it, madm? Ʈncñ w’nt hlp. Nt ɖt I d it ofn. N f evr I d I pl mslf p śarp, “Nǎ, ɖen, Eḷn. At it agn—y sili grl! F y c’nt fînd enʈñ betr t d ɖn t start ʈncñ!… ”\nClasics in Ñspel: AN IDEAL FAMILY, by Katherine Mansfield\n18/09/2019 Clasics in Ñspel, Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand, Provenance: Australasia, Short storiesSpelling reformFrank Johnson\nƉt īvnñ fr ɖ frst tîm in hiz lîf, az h prest ʈru ɖ swñdor n dsndd ɖ ʈri brōd steps t ɖ pevmnt, old Mr. Nīv flt h wz tù old fr ɖ sprñ. Sprñ—worm, īgr, restlis—wz ɖr, wêtñ fr him in ɖ goldn lît, redi in frunt v evrbdi t run p, t blo in hiz ẃît bird, t drag swītli on hiz arm. N h cd’nt mīt hr, no; h cd’nt sqer p wns mor n strîd of, jōnti az a yuñ man. H wz tîrd n, olɖo ɖ lêt sún wz stl śînñ, krịsli cold, wɖ a numd fīlñ ol ovr. Qt sudnli h hd’nt ɖ eṇji, h hd’nt ɖ hart t stand ɖs geyti n brît muvmnt eni longr; it cnfyzd him. H wontd t stand stl, t wev it awe wɖ hiz stic, t se, “B of wɖ y!” Sudnli it wz a teṛbl ef̣t t grīt az yźl—tipñ hiz wîd-awec wɖ hiz stic—ol ɖ ppl hūm h ń, ɖ frendz, aqentnsz, śopcīprz, postṃn, drîvrz. Bt ɖ ge glans ɖt wnt wɖ ɖ jsćr, ɖ cîndli twncl ɖt sīmd t se, “I’m a mać n mor fr eni v y”—ɖt old Mr. Nīv cd nt manij at ol. H stumt alñ, liftñ hiz niz hî az f h wr wōcñ ʈru er ɖt hd smhǎ groun hevi n solid lîc wōtr. N ɖ homẉd-lcñ crǎd hurid bî, ɖ tramz clanct, ɖ lît carts clatrd, ɖ big swññ cabz bǒld alñ wɖ ɖt reclis, dfaynt indifṛns ɖt wn nz onli in drīmz…\nIt hd bn a de lîc uɖr dez at ɖ ofis. Nʈñ speśl hd hapnd. Haṛld hd’nt cm bac fṛm lunć untl clos on for. Ẃr hd h bn? Ẃt hd h bn p t? H wz’nt gwñ t let hiz faɖr nǒ. Old Mr. Nīv hd hapnd t b in ɖ vsṭbyl, seyñ gdbî t a cōlr, ẃn Haṛld sōntrd in, prf̣cli trnd ǎt az yźl, cūl, swāv, smîlñ ɖt pkłr litl haf-smîl ɖt wimin faund so faṣnetñ.\nĀ, Haṛld wz tù hansm, tù hansm bî far; ɖt hd bn ɖ trubl ol alñ. No man hd a rît t sć îz, sć laśz, n sć lips; it wz uncani. Az fr hiz muɖr, hiz sistrz, n ɖ srvnts, it wz nt tù mć t se ɖe md a yuñ god v him; ɖe wrśipt Haṛld, ɖe fgev him evrʈñ; n h hd nīdd sm fgivñ evr sins ɖ tîm ẃn h wz ʈrtīn n h hd stoḷn hiz muɖr’z prs, tecn ɖ muni, n hidn ɖ prs in ɖ cc’s bedrūm. Old Mr. Nīv struc śarpli wɖ hiz stic upn ɖ pevmnt éj. Bt it wz’nt onli hiz faṃli hu spôld Haṛld, h rflectd, it wz evrbdi; h hd onli t lc n t smîl, n dǎn ɖe wnt bfr him. So phps it wz’nt t b wundrd at ɖt h xpctd ɖ ofis t cari on ɖ tṛdiśn. Hm, hm! Bt it cd’nt b dn. No biznis—nt īvn a s’xesfl, istabliśt, big peyñ cnsrn—cd b pleid wɖ. A man hd îɖr t pt hiz hol hart n soul intu it, or it wnt ol t pìsz bfr hiz îz…\nN ɖen Śarlót n ɖ grlz wr olwz at him t mc ɖ hol ʈñ ovr t Haṛld, t rtîr, n t spend hiz tîm injoyñ himslf. Injoyñ himslf! Old Mr. Nīv stopt ded undr a grūp v enćnt cabijpāmz ǎtsd ɖ Guvnmnt bildñz! Injoyñ himslf! Ɖ wind v īvnñ śc ɖ darc līvz t a ʈin e’ri cacl. Sitñ at hom, twiḍlñ hiz ʈumz, conśs ol ɖ ẃl ɖt hiz lîf’s wrc wz slipñ awe, dzolvñ, dis’pirñ ʈru Haṛld’z fîn fngrz, ẃl Haṛld smîld…\n“Ẃ wl y b so unrīzṇbl, faɖr? Ɖr’z abṣlutli no nīd fr y t g t ɖ ofis. It onli mcs it vri ōcẉd fr s ẃn ppl psist in seyñ hǎ tîrd y’r lcñ. Hir’z ɖs hyj hǎs n gardn. Śrli y cd b hapi in—in—aprīśietñ it fr a ćenj. Or y cd tec p sm hobi.”\nN Lola ɖ bebi hd ćîmd in lofṭli, “Ol men òt t hv hobiz. It mcs lîf imposbl f ɖe hv’nt.”\nWel, wel! H cd’nt hlp a grim smîl az penf̣li h bgan t clîm ɖ hil ɖt léd intu Harcort Aṿny. Ẃr wd Lola n hr sistrz n Śarlót b f h’d gn in fr hobiz, h’d lîc t nǒ? Hobiz cd’nt pe fr ɖ tǎnhǎs n ɖ sìsîd bunġlo, n ɖer horsz, n ɖer golf, n ɖ sixti-gini graṃfon in ɖ ḿzicrūm fr ɖm t dans t. Nt ɖt h grujd ɖm ɖz ʈñz. No, ɖe wr smart, gd-lcñ grlz, n Śarlót wz a rmarcbl wmn; it wz naćṛl fr ɖm t b in ɖ swim. Az a matr v fact, no uɖr hǎs in ɖ tǎn wz az popylr az ɖerz; no uɖr faṃli enttend so mć. N hǎ mni tîmz old Mr. Nīv, pśñ ɖ sgarbox acrs ɖ smocñrūm tebl, hd lisnd t prezz v hiz wîf, hiz grlz, v himslf īvn.\n“Y’r an îdiyl faṃli, sr, an îdiyl faṃli. It’s lîc smʈñ wn rīdz abt or siz on ɖ stej.”\n“Ɖt’s ol rît, mî bô,” old Mr. Nīv wd rplî. “Trî wn v ɖoz; I ʈnc y’l lîc ɖm. N f y cer t smoc in ɖ gardn, y’l fînd ɖ grlz on ɖ lōn, I der se.”\nƉt wz ẃ ɖ grlz hd nvr marid, so ppl sd. Ɖe cd hv marid enbdi. Bt ɖe hd tù gd a tîm at hom. Ɖe wr tù hapi tgɖr, ɖ grlz n Śarlót. Hm, hm! Wel, wel. Phps so…\nBî ɖs tîm h hd wōct ɖ leñʈ v faśṇbl Harcort Aṿny; h hd rīćt ɖ cornrhǎs, ɖer hǎs. Ɖ carijgets wr pśt bac; ɖr wr freś marcs v ẃīlz on ɖ drîv. N ɖen h fest ɖ big ẃît-pentd hǎs, wɖ its wîd-opn windoz, its tyl crtnz flotñ ǎtwdz, its blu jarz v haysinʈs on ɖ brōd silz. On îɖr sîd v ɖ carijporć ɖer hîdrenjaz—feṃs in ɖ tǎn—wr cmñ intu flǎr; ɖ pnciś, bluiś masz v flǎr le lîc lît amñ ɖ spredñ līvz. N smhǎ, it sīmd t old Mr. Nīv ɖt ɖ hǎs n ɖ flǎrz, n īvn ɖ freś marcs on ɖ drîv, wr seyñ, “Ɖr z yuñ lîf hir. Ɖr r grlz—”\nƉ hōl, az olwz, wz dusci wɖ ráps, paṛsolz, gluvz, pîld on ɖ oc ćests. Fṛm ɖ ḿzicrūm sǎndd ɖ piano, qc, lǎd n impeśnt. Ʈru ɖ drw̃rūm dor ɖt wz ajar vôsz flotd.\n“N wr ɖr îsz?” cem fṛm Śarlót. Ɖen ɖ crīc, crīc v hr rocr.\n“Îsz!” craid Eʈl. “Mî dir muɖr, y nvr sw sć îsz. Onli tū cndz. N wn a comn litl strwḅri śop-îs, in a sópñ wet fril.”\n“Ɖ fūd oltgɖr wz tù apōlñ,” cem fṛm Marịn.\n“Stl, it’s rɖr rli fr îsz,” sd Śarlót īẓli.\n“Bt ẃ, f wn hz ɖm at ol… “ bgan Eʈl.\n“Ǒ, qt so, darlñ,” crūnd Śarlót.\nSudnli ɖ ḿzicrūm dor opnd n Lola daśt ǎt. Ś startd, ś nirli scrīmd, at ɖ sît v old Mr. Nīv.\n“Greśs, faɖr! Ẃt a frît y gev m! Hv y jst cm hom? Ẃ z’nt Ćarlz hir t hlp y of wɖ yr cot?”\nHr ćīcs wr crimzn fṛm pleyñ, hr îz glitrd, ɖ her fél ovr hr fōrhed. N ś briɖd az ɖo ś hd cm runñ ʈru ɖ darc n wz frîtnd. Old Mr. Nīv stérd at hiz yungist dōtr; h flt h hd nvr sìn hr bfr. So ɖt wz Lola, wz it? Bt ś sīmd t hv fgotn hr faɖr; it wz nt fr him ɖt ś wz wêtñ ɖr. Nǎ ś pt ɖ tip v hr crumpld hanc̣ćif btwn hr tīʈ n tugd at it angṛli. Ɖ teḷfon rañ. Ā-ā! Lola gev a crî lîc a sob n daśt past him. Ɖ dor v ɖ teḷfonrūm slamd, n at ɖ sem momnt Śarlót cōld, “Z ɖt y, faɖr?”\n“Y’r tîrd agn,” sd Śarlót rproćf̣li, n ś stopt ɖ rocr n ofrd hr worm plumlîc ćīc. Brît-herd Eʈl pect hiz bird, Marịn’z lips bruśt hiz ir.\n“Dd y wōc bac, faɖr?” asct Śarlót.\n“Yes, I wōct hom,” sd old Mr. Nīv, n h sanc intu wn v ɖ imns drw̃rūm ćerz.\n“Bt ẃ dd’nt y tec a cab?” sd Eʈl. “Ɖr r hundṛd v cabz abt at ɖt tîm.”\n“Mî dir Eʈl,” craid Marịn, “f faɖr prifŕz t tîr himslf ǎt, I riyli d’nt si ẃt biznis v ǎrz it z t inṭfir.”\n“Ćildṛn, ćildṛn?” cǒxt Śarlót.\nBt Marịn wd’nt b stopt. “No, muɖr, y spôl faɖr, n it’s nt rît. Y òt t b strictr wɖ him. H’z vri nōti.” Ś laft hr hard, brît laf n patd hr her in a mirr. Strenj! Ẃn ś wz a litl grl ś hd sć a soft, heztetñ vôs; ś hd īvn stutrd, n nǎ, ẃtvr ś sd—īvn f it wz onli “Jam, plīz, faɖr”—it rañ ǎt az ɖo ś wr on ɖ stej.\n“Dd Haṛld līv ɖ ofis bfr y, dir?” asct Śarlót, bginñ t roc agn.\n“I’m nt śr,” sd Old Mr. Nīv. “I’m nt śr. I dd’nt si him aftr for o’cloc.”\n“H sd—” bgan Śarlót.\nBt at ɖt momnt Eʈl, hu wz twićñ ovr ɖ līvz v sm pepr or uɖr, ran t hr muɖr n sanc dǎn bsd hr ćer.\n“Ɖr, y si,” ś craid. “Ɖt’s ẃt I mīn, mumi. Yelo, wɖ tućz v silvr. D’nt y agri?”\n“Gv it t m, luv,” sd Śarlót. Ś fumbld fr hr torṭsśel specṭclz n pt ɖm on, gev ɖ pej a litl dab wɖ hr plump smōl fngrz, n prst p hr lips. “Vri swīt!” ś crūnd vegli; ś lct at Eʈl ovr hr specṭclz. “Bt I śd’nt hv ɖ tren.”\n“Nt ɖ tren!” weild Eʈl trajicli. “Bt ɖ tren’z ɖ hol pônt.”\n“Hir, muɖr, let m dsîd.” Marịn snaćt ɖ pepr plêf̣li fṛm Śarlót. “I agri wɖ muɖr,” ś craid trîumfntli. “Ɖ tren oṿweits it.”\nOld Mr. Nīv, fgotn, sanc intu ɖ brōd lap v hiz ćer, n, dozñ, hŕd ɖm az ɖo h drīmd. Ɖr wz no dǎt abt it, h wz tîrd ǎt; h hd lost hiz hold. Īvn Śarlót n ɖ grlz wr tù mć fr him tnît. Ɖe wr tù… tù… Bt ol hiz drǎzñ bren cd ʈnc v wz—tù rić fr him. N smẃr at ɖ bac v evrʈñ h wz woćñ a litl wiɖrd enćnt man clîmñ p endlis flîts v sterz. Hu wz h?\n“I ś’nt dres tnît,” h mutrd.\n“Ẃt d y se, faɖr?”\n“Ê, ẃt, ẃt?” Old Mr. Nīv wouc wɖ a start n stérd acrs at ɖm. “I ś’nt dres tnît,” h rpitd.\n“Bt, faɖr, w’v got L’sīl cmñ, n Õri Davnport, n Msz. Tedi Wōcr.”\n“It wl lc so vri ǎt v ɖ picćr.”\n“D’nt y fīl wel, dir?”\n“Y nīd’nt mc eni ef̣t. Ẃt z Ćarlz fr?”\n“Bt f y’r riyli nt p t it,” Śarlót wevrd.\n“Vri wel! Vri wel!” Old Mr. Nīv got p n wnt t jôn ɖt litl old clîmñ felo jst az far az hiz dresñrūm…\nƉr yuñ Ćarlz wz wêtñ fr him. Cerf̣li, az ɖo evrʈñ dpndd on it, h wz tucñ a tǎl rnd ɖ hot-wōtr can. Yuñ Ćarlz hd bn a feṿrit v hiz evr sins az a litl red-fest bô h hd cm intu ɖ hǎs t lc aftr ɖ fîrz. Old Mr. Nīv lowrd himslf intu ɖ cen lǎnj bî ɖ windo, strećt ǎt hiz legz, n md hiz litl īvnñjoc, “Dres him p, Ćarlz!” N Ćarlz, briɖñ intnsli n frǎnñ, bnt fwd t tec ɖ pin ǎt v hiz tî.\nHm, hm! Wel, wel! It wz pleznt bî ɖ opn windo, vri pleznt—a fîn mîld īvnñ. Ɖe wr cutñ ɖ gras on ɖ teniscort b’lo; h hŕd ɖ soft ćr v ɖ mowr. Sn ɖ grlz wd bgin ɖer tenispartiz agn. N at ɖ ʈt h sīmd t hír Marịn’z vôs rñ ǎt, “Gd fr y, partnr… Ǒ, pleid, partnr… Ǒ, vri nîs indd.” Ɖen Śarlót cōlñ fṛm ɖ vranda, “Ẃr z Haṛld?” N Eʈl, “H’z srtnli nt hir, muɖr.” N Śarlót’s veg, “H sd—”\nOld Mr. Nīv said, got p, n ptñ wn hand undr hiz bird, h tc ɖ com fṛm yuñ Ćarlz, n cerf̣li comd ɖ ẃît bird ovr. Ćarlz gev him a foldd hanc̣ćif, hiz woć n sìlz, n specṭclces.\n“Ɖt wl d, mî lad.” Ɖ dor śut, h sanc bac, h wz alon…\nN nǎ ɖt litl enćnt felo wz clîmñ dǎn endlis flîts ɖt léd t a gliṭrñ, ge dînñrūm. Ẃt legz h hd! Ɖe wr lîc a spîdr’z—ʈin, wiɖrd.\n“Y’r an îdiyl faṃli, sr, an îdiyl faṃli.”\nBt f ɖt wr tru, ẃ dd’nt Śarlót or ɖ grlz stop him? Ẃ wz h ol alon, clîmñ p n dǎn? Ẃr wz Haṛld? Ā, it wz no gd xpctñ enʈñ fṛm Haṛld. Dǎn, dǎn wnt ɖ litl old spîdr, n ɖen, t hiz horr, old Mr. Nīv sw him slip past ɖ dînñrūm n mc fr ɖ porć, ɖ darc drîv, ɖ carijgets, ɖ ofis. Stop him, stop him, smbdi!\nOld Mr. Nīv startd p. It wz darc in hiz dresñrūm; ɖ windo śon pel. Hǎ loñ hd h bn aslip? H lisnd, n ʈru ɖ big, e’ri, darcnd hǎs ɖr flotd far-awe vôsz, far-awe sǎndz. Phps, h ʈt vegli, h hd bn aslip fr a loñ tîm. H’d bn fgotn. Ẃt hd ol ɖs t d wɖ him—ɖs hǎs n Śarlót, ɖ grlz n Haṛld—ẃt dd h nǒ abt ɖm? Ɖe wr strenjrz t him. Lîf hd pást him bî. Śarlót wz nt hiz wîf. Hiz wîf!\n… A darc porć, haf hidn bî a paśnvîn, ɖt drūpt soṛfl, mōrnfl, az ɖo it unḍstd. Smōl, worm armz wr rnd hiz nec. A fes, litl n pel, liftd t hiz, n a vôs briɖd, “Gdbî, mî treźr.”\nMî treźr! “Gdbî, mî treźr!” Ẃć v ɖm hd spocn? Ẃ hd ɖe sd gdbî? Ɖr hd bn sm teṛbl mstec. Ś wz hiz wîf, ɖt litl pel grl, n ol ɖ rest v hiz lîf hd bn a drīm.\nƉen ɖ dor opnd, n yuñ Ćarlz, standñ in ɖ lît, pt hiz handz bî hiz sîd n śǎtd lîc a yuñ soljr, “Dinr z on ɖ tebl, sr!”\n“I’m cmñ, I’m cmñ,” sd old Mr. Nīv.\nClasics in Ñspel: THE STRANGER, by Katherine Mansfield\n14/09/2019 Clasics in Ñspel, Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand, Provenance: Australasia, Short storiesSpelling reformFrank Johnson\nIt sīmd t ɖ litl crǎd on ɖ ẃorf ɖt ś wz nvr gwñ t muv agn. Ɖr ś le, imns, mośnlis on ɖ gre crincld wōtr, a lūp v smoc abv hr, an imns floc v gulz scrīmñ n dîvñ aftr ɖ galidropñz at ɖ strn. Y cd jst si litl cuplz p’redñ—litl flîz wōcñ p n dǎn ɖ diś on ɖ gre crincld teblcloʈ. Uɖr flîz clustrd n swormd at ɖ éj. Nǎ ɖr wz a glīm v ẃît on ɖ lowr dec—ɖ cc’s epṛn or ɖ stywdes phps. Nǎ a tîni blac spîdr rêst p ɖ ladr on t ɖ brij.\nIn ɖ frunt v ɖ crǎd a stroñ-lcñ, midl-ejd man, drest vri wel, vri snugli in a gre oṿcot, gre silc scarf, ʈic gluvz n darc flt hat, marćt p n dǎn, twrlñ hiz foldd umbrela. H sīmd t b ɖ līdr v ɖ litl crǎd on ɖ ẃorf n at ɖ sem tîm t cīp ɖm tgɖr. H wz smʈñ btwn ɖ śīpdog n ɖ śeṗd.\nBt ẃt a fūl—ẃt a fūl h hd bn nt t brñ eni glasz! Ɖr wz’nt a per v glasz btwn ɖ hol lot v ɖm.\n“Krịs ʈñ, Mr. Scot, ɖt nn v s ʈt v glasz. W mt hv bn ebl t str ’m p a bit. W mt hv manijd a litl sigṇlñ. ‘D’nt heẓtet t land. Netivz harmlis.’ Or: ‘A welcm awêts y. Ol z fgivn.’ Ẃt? Ê?”\nMr. Hamnd’z qc, īgr glans, so nrṿs n yt so frendli n cnfîdñ, tc in evrbdi on ɖ ẃorf, ropt in īvn ɖoz old ćaps lǎnjñ agnst ɖ gañwez. Ɖe ń, evri manjac v ɖm, ɖt Msz. Hamnd wz on ɖt bot, n ɖt h wz so tṛmndsli xîtd it nvr entrd hiz hed nt t b’liv ɖt ɖs marvḷs fact mnt smʈñ t ɖm tù. It wormd hiz hart twdz ɖm. Ɖe wr, h dsîdd, az dīsnt a crǎd v ppl—Ɖoz old ćaps ovr bî ɖ gañwez, tù—fîn, solid old ćaps. Ẃt ćests—bî Jov! N h sqerd hiz ǒn, plunjd hiz ʈic-gluvd handz intu hiz pocits, roct fṛm hìl t to.\n“Yes, mî wîf’s bn in Yṛp fr ɖ last ten munʈs. On a vizit t ǎr eldist grl, hu wz marid last yir. I bròt hr p hir, az far az Sōlzḅri, mslf. So I ʈt I’d betr cm n feć hr bac. Yes, yes, yes.” Ɖ śrūd gre îz naroud agn n srćt añśsli, qcli, ɖ mośnlis lînr. Agn hiz oṿcot wz unbutnd. Ǎt cem ɖ ʈin, butr-yelo woć agn, n fr ɖ twentịʈ—fiftịʈ—hundṛdʈ tîm h md ɖ calkleśn.\n“Let m si nǎ. It wz tū fiftīn ẃn ɖ doctr’z lōnć wnt of. Tū fiftīn. It z nǎ xacli twenti-et minits past for. Ɖt z t se, ɖ doctr’z bn gn tū aurz n ʈrtīn minits. Tū aurz n ʈrtīn minits! Ẃi-ū!” H gev a qir litl haf-ẃisl n snapt hiz woć t agn. “Bt I ʈnc w śd hv bn tld f ɖr wz enʈñ p—d’nt y, Mr. Gavn?”\n“Ǒ, yes, Mr. Hamnd! I d’nt ʈnc ɖr’z enʈñ t—enʈñ t wuri abt,” sd Mr. Gavn, nocñ ǎt hiz pîp agnst ɖ hìl v hiz śu. “At ɖ sem tîm—”\n“Qt so! Qt so!” craid Mr. Hamnd. “Daśt anoyñ!” H pêst qcli p n dǎn n cem bac agn t hiz stand btwn Mr. n Msz. Scot n Mr. Gavn. “It’s gtñ qt darc, tù,” n h wevd hiz foldd umbrela az ɖo ɖ dusc at līst mt hv hd ɖ dīsnsi t cīp of fr a bit. Bt ɖ dusc cem slǒli, spredñ lîc a slo sten ovr ɖ wōtr. Litl Jīn Scot dragd at hr muɖr’z hand.\n“I won’ mî ti, mami!” ś weild.\n“I xpct y d,” sd Mr. Hamnd. “I xpct ol ɖz lediz wont ɖer ti.” N hiz cînd, fluśt, olmst pitifl glans ropt ɖm ol in agn. H wundrd ẃɖr Jêni wz hvñ a fînl cup v ti in ɖ s’lūn ǎt ɖr. H hopt so; h ʈt nt. It wd b jst lîc hr nt t līv ɖ dec. In ɖt ces phps ɖ dec stywd wd brñ hr p a cup. F h’d bn ɖr h’d hv got it fr hr—smhǎ. N fr a momnt h wz on dec, standñ ovr hr, woćñ hr litl hand fold rnd ɖ cup in ɖ we ś hd, ẃl ś dranc ɖ onli cup v ti t b got on bōrd… Bt nǎ h wz bac hir, n ɖ Lord onli ń ẃn ɖt crst Captin wd stop haññ abt in ɖ strīm. H tc anɖr trn, p n dǎn, p n dǎn. H wōct az far az ɖ cabstand t mc śr hiz drîvr hd’nt dis’pird; bac h swrvd agn t ɖ litl floc hudld in ɖ śltr v ɖ bnanacrets. Litl Jīn Scot wz stl wontñ hr ti. Pur litl begr! H wśt h hd a bit v ćocḷt on him.\n“Hir, Jīn!” h sd. “Lîc a lift p?” N īẓli, jntli, h swuñ ɖ litl grl on t a hayr baṛl. Ɖ muvmnt v holdñ hr, stediyñ hr, rlivd him wundrf̣li, lîtnd hiz hart.\n“Hold on,” h sd, cīpñ an arm rnd hr.\n“Ǒ, d’nt wuri abt Jīn, Mr. Hamnd!” sd Msz. Scot.\n“Ɖt’s ol rît, Msz. Scot. No trubl. It’s a pleźr. Jīn’z a litl pal v mîn, r’nt y, Jīn?”\n“Yes, Mr. Hamnd,” sd Jīn, n ś ran hr fngr dǎn ɖ dnt v hiz flt hat.\nBt sudnli ś còt him bî ɖ ir n gev a lǎd scrīm. “Lŭ-ŭc, Mr. Hamnd! Ś’z muvñ! Lc, ś’z cmñ in!”\nBî Jov! So ś wz. At last! Ś wz slǒli, slǒli trnñ rnd. A bel sǎndd far ovr ɖ wōtr n a gret spǎt v stīm guśt intu ɖ er. Ɖ gulz rouz; ɖe flutrd awe lîc bits v ẃît pepr. N ẃɖr ɖt dīp ʈrobñ wz hr enjinz or hiz hart Mr. Hamnd cd’nt se. H hd t nrv himslf t ber it, ẃtvr it wz. At ɖt momnt old Captin Jonsn, ɖ harbrmastr, cem strîdñ dǎn ɖ ẃorf, a leɖr portfolio undr hiz arm.\n“Jīn’l b ol rît,” sd Mr. Scot. “I’l hold hr.” H wz jst in tîm. Mr. Hamnd hd fgotn abt Jīn. H sprañ awe t grīt old Captin Jonsn.\n“Wel, Captin,” ɖ īgr, nrṿs vôs rañ ǎt agn, “y’v tecn piti on s at last.”\n“It’s no gd blemñ m, Mr. Hamnd,” ẃizd old Captin Jonsn, stẹrñ at ɖ lînr. ‘Y got Msz. Hamnd on bōrd, e’nt y’?”\n“Yes, yes!” sd Hamnd, n h cept bî ɖ harbrmastr’z sîd. “Msz. Hamnd’z ɖr. Hul-lo! W ś’nt b loñ nǎ!”\nWɖ hr teḷfon rñ-rññ, ɖ ʈrum v hr scru filñ ɖ er, ɖ big lînr bòr dǎn on ɖm, cutñ śarp ʈru ɖ darc wōtr so ɖt big ẃît śevñzz crld t îɖr sîd. Hamnd n ɖ harbrmastr cept in frunt v ɖ rest. Hamnd tc of hiz hat; h rêct ɖ decs—ɖe wr cramd wɖ pasinjrz; h wevd hiz hat n bȍld a lǎd, strenj “Hul-lo!” acrs ɖ wōtr; n ɖen trnd rnd n brst ǎt lafñ n sd smʈñ—nʈñ—t old Captin Jonsn.\n“Sìn hr?” asct ɖ harbrmastr.\n“No, nt yt. Stedi—wêt a bit!” N sudnli, btwn tū gret clumzi idịts—“Gt ǎt v ɖ we ɖr!” h sînd wɖ hiz umbrela—h sw a hand rezd—a ẃît gluv śecñ a hanc̣ćif. Anɖr momnt, n—ʈanc God, ʈanc God!—ɖr ś wz. Ɖr wz Jêni. Ɖr wz Msz. Hamnd, yes, yes, yes—standñ bî ɖ rel n smîlñ n nodñ n wevñ hr hanc̣ćif.\n“Wel ɖt’s frst clas—frst clas! Wel, wel, wel!” H poztivli stamt. Lîc lîtnñ h drù ǎt hiz sgarces n ofrd it t old Captin Jonsn. “Hv a sgar, Captin! Ɖ’r priti gd. Hv a cupl! Hir”—n h prest ol ɖ sgarz in ɖ ces on ɖ harbrmastr—“I’v a cupl v boxz p at ɖ hotel.”\n“Ʈencs, Mr. Hamnd!” ẃizd old Captin Jonsn.\nHamnd stuft ɖ sgarces bac. Hiz handz wr śecñ, bt h’d got hold v himslf agn. H wz ebl t fes Jêni. Ɖr ś wz, līnñ on ɖ rel, tōcñ t sm wmn n at ɖ sem tîm woćñ him, redi fr him. It struc him, az ɖ gulf v wōtr clozd, hǎ smōl ś lct on ɖt hyj śip. Hiz hart wz rúñ wɖ sć a spazm ɖt h cd hv craid ǎt. Hǎ litl ś lct t hv cm ol ɖt loñ we n bac bî hrslf! Jst lîc hr, ɖo. Jst lîc Jêni. Ś hd ɖ curij v a—N nǎ ɖ cru hd cm fwd n partd ɖ pasinjrz; ɖe hd lowrd ɖ relz fr ɖ gañwez.\nƉ vôsz on śor n ɖ vôsz on bōrd flù t grīt ć uɖr.\n“Hilo, Ān’ Eṃli!”\n“Hd a gd vôij?”\n“Ś’nt b loñ nǎ!”\n“Nt loñ nǎ.”\nƉ enjinz stopt. Slǒli ś éjd t ɖ ẃorfsîd.\n“Mc we ɖr—mc we—mc we!” N ɖ ẃorfhandz bròt ɖ hevi gañwez alñ at a swīpñ run. Hamnd sînd t Jêni t ste ẃr ś wz. Ɖ old harbrmastr stept fwd; h foloud. Az t “lediz frst,” or eni rot lîc ɖt, it nvr entrd hiz hed.\n“Aftr y, Captin!” h craid jīńli. N, trédñ on ɖ old man’z hìlz, h stroud p ɖ gañwe on t ɖ dec in a bìlîn t Jêni, n Jêni wz claspt in hiz armz.\n“Wel, wel, wel! Yes, yes! Hir w r at last!” h stamrd. It wz ol h cd se. N Jêni imrjd, n hr cūl litl vôs—ɖ onli vôs in ɖ wrld fr him—sd,\n“Wel, darlñ! Hv y bn wêtñ loñ?”\nNo; nt loñ. Or, at eni ret, it dd’nt matr. It wz ovr nǎ. Bt ɖ pônt wz, h hd a cab wêtñ at ɖ end v ɖ ẃorf. Wz ś redi t g of. Wz hr lugij redi? In ɖt ces ɖe cd cut of śarp wɖ hr cabinlugij n let ɖ rest g hañ untl tmoro. H bnt ovr hr n ś lct p wɖ hr fmiłr haf-smîl. Ś wz jst ɖ sem. Nt a de ćenjd. Jst az h’d olwz noun hr. Ś leid hr smōl hand on hiz slīv.\n“Hǎ r ɖ ćildṛn, Jon?” ś asct.\n(Hañ ɖ ćildṛn!) “Prf̣cli wel. Nvr betr in ɖer livz.”\n“Hv’nt ɖe snt m letrz?”\n“Yes, yes—v cors! I’v left ɖm at ɖ hotel fr y t djst lêtr on.”\n“W c’nt g qt so fast,” sd ś. “I’v got ppl t se gdbî t—n ɖen ɖr’z ɖ Captin.” Az hiz fes fél ś gev hiz arm a smōl unḍstandñ sqīz. “F ɖ Captin cmz of ɖ brij I wont y t ʈanc him fr hvñ lct aftr yr wîf so bytifli.” Wel, h’d got hr. F ś wontd anɖr ten minits—Az h gev we ś wz srǎndd. Ɖ hol frst-clas sīmd t wont t se gdbî t Jêni.\n“Gdbî, dir Msz. Hamnd! N nxt tîm y’r in Sidni I’l xpct y.”\n“Darlñ Msz. Hamnd! Y w’nt fget t rait t m, wl y?”\n“Wel, Msz. Hamnd, ẃt ɖs bot wd hv bn wɖt y!”\nIt wz az plen az a pîcstaf ɖt ś wz bî far ɖ most popylr wmn on bōrd. N ś tc it ol—jst az yźl. Abṣlutli cmpozd. Jst hr litl slf—jst Jêni ol ovr; standñ ɖr wɖ hr veil ʈroun bac. Hamnd nvr notist ẃt hiz wîf hd on. It wz ol ɖ sem t him ẃtvr ś wòr. Bt tde h dd notis ɖt ś wòr a blac “costym”—dd’nt ɖe cōl it?—wɖ ẃît frilz, trimñz h s’pozd ɖe wr, at ɖ nec n slīvz. Ol ɖs ẃl Jêni handd him rnd.\n“Jon, dir!” N ɖen: “I wont t intṛdys y t—”\nFîṇli ɖe dd iscep, n ś léd ɖ we t hr stetrūm. T folo Jêni dǎn ɖ pasij ɖt ś ń so wel—ɖt wz so strenj t him; t part ɖ grīn crtnz aftr hr n t step intu ɖ cabin ɖt hd bn hrz gev him xqizit hapinis. Bt—cnfǎnd it!—ɖ stywdes wz ɖr on ɖ flor, strapñ p ɖ rugz.\n“Ɖt’s ɖ last, Msz. Hamnd,” sd ɖ stywdes, rîzñ n pŭlñ dǎn hr cufs.\nH wz intṛdyst agn, n ɖen Jêni n ɖ stywdes dis’pird intu ɖ pasij. H hŕd ẃisṗrñz. Ś wz gtñ ɖ tipñbiznis ovr, h s’pozd. H sat dǎn on ɖ strîpt sofa n tc hiz hat of. Ɖr wr ɖ rugz ś hd tecn wɖ hr; ɖe lct gd az ny. Ol hr lugij lct freś, prfict. Ɖ leblz wr ritn in hr bytifl litl clir hand—“Msz. Jon Hamnd.”\n“Msz. Jon Hamnd!” H gev a loñ sai v cntnt n līnd bac, crosñ hiz armz. Ɖ stren wz ovr. H flt h cd hv sat ɖr fr evr sayñ hiz rlif—ɖ rlif at biyñ rid v ɖt hoṛbl tug, pl, grip on hiz hart. Ɖ denjr wz ovr. Ɖt wz ɖ fīlñ. Ɖe wr on drî land agn.\nBt at ɖt momnt Jêni’z hed cem rnd ɖ cornr.\n“Darlñ—d y mînd? I jst wont t g n se gdbî t ɖ doctr.”\nHamnd startd p. “I’l cm wɖ y.”\n“No, no!” ś sd. “D’nt boɖr. I’d rɖr nt. I’l nt b a minit.”\nN bfr h cd ansr ś wz gn. H hd haf a mînd t run aftr hr; bt instd h sat dǎn agn.\nWd ś riyli nt b loñ? Ẃt wz ɖ tîm nǎ? Ǎt cem ɖ woć; h stérd at nʈñ. Ɖt wz rɖr qir v Jêni, wz’nt it? Ẃ cd’nt ś hv tld ɖ stywdes t se gdbî fr hr? Ẃ dd ś hv t g ćesñ aftr ɖ śip’s doctr? Ś cd hv snt a not fṛm ɖ hotel īvn f ɖ afer hd bn rjnt. Rjnt? Dd it—cd it mīn ɖt ś hd bn il on ɖ vôij—ś wz cīpñ smʈñ fṛm him? Ɖt wz it! H sizd hiz hat. H wz gwñ of t fînd ɖt felo n t riñ ɖ truʈ ǎt v him at ol costs. H ʈt h’d notist jst smʈñ. Ś wz jst a tuć tù cām—tù stedi. Fṛm ɖ vri frst momnt—\nƉ crtnz rañ. Jêni wz bac. H jumt t hiz fīt.\n“Jêni, hv y bn il on ɖs vôij? Y hv!”\n“Il?” Hr e’ri litl vôs moct him. Ś stept ovr ɖ rugz, n cem p clos, tućt hiz brest, n lct p at him.\n“Darlñ,” ś sd, “d’nt frîtn m. V cors I hv’nt! Ẃtvr mcs y ʈnc I hv? D I lc il?”\nBt Hamnd dd’nt si hr. H onli flt ɖt ś wz lcñ at him n ɖt ɖr wz no nīd t wuri abt enʈñ. Ś wz hir t lc aftr ʈñz. It wz ol rît. Evrʈñ wz.\nƉ jntl preśr v hr hand wz so cāmñ ɖt h pt hiz ovr hrz t hold it ɖr. N ś sd:\n“Stand stil. I wont t lc at y. I hv’nt sìn y yt. Y’v hd yr bird bytifli trimd, n y lc—yungr, I ʈnc, n dsîdidli ʈinr! Bać̣lrlîf agriz wɖ y.”\n“Agriz wɖ m!” H grond fr luv n còt hr clos agn. N agn, az olwz, h hd ɖ fīlñ ɖt h wz holdñ smʈñ ɖt nvr wz qt hiz—hiz. Smʈñ tù delic̣t, tù preśs, ɖt wd flî awe wns h let g.\n“Fr God’z sec let’s gt of t ɖ hotel so ɖt w cn b bî ǎrslvz!” N h rañ ɖ bel hard fr smwn t lc śarp wɖ ɖ lugij.\nWōcñ dǎn ɖ ẃorf tgɖr ś tc hiz arm. H hd hr on hiz arm agn. N ɖ difṛns it md t gt intu ɖ cab aftr Jêni—t ʈro ɖ red-n-yelo strîpt blancit rnd ɖm bʈ—t tel ɖ drîvr t huri bcz nɖr v ɖm hd hd eni ti. No mor gwñ wɖt hiz ti or porñ ǎt hiz ǒn. Ś wz bac. H trnd t hr, sqizd hr hand, n sd jntli, tizñli, in ɖ “speśl” vôs h hd fr hr: “Glad t b hom agn, diri?” Ś smîld; ś dd’nt īvn boɖr t ansr, bt jntli ś drù hiz hand awe az ɖe cem t ɖ brîtr strīts.\n“W’v got ɖ bst rūm in ɖ hotel,” h sd. “I wd’nt b pt of wɖ anɖr. N I asct ɖ ćembrmeid t pt in a bit v a fîr in ces y flt ćili. Ś’z a nîs, atntiv grl. N I ʈt nǎ w wr hir w wd’nt boɖr t g hom tmoro, bt spend ɖ de lcñ rnd n līv ɖ mornñ aftr. Dz ɖt sūt y? Ɖr’z no huri, z ɖr? Ɖ ćildṛn wl hv y sn inuf… I ʈt a de’z sîtsiyñ mt mc a nîs brec in yr jrni—ê, Jêni?”\n“Hv y tecn ɖ ticits fr ɖ de aftr?” ś asct.\n“I śd ʈnc I hv!” H unbutnd hiz oṿcot n tc ǎt hiz buljñ pocit-bc. “Hir w r! I rzrvd a frst-clas carij t Cctǎn. Ɖr it z—‘Mr. n Msz. Jon Hamnd.’ I ʈt w mt az wel d ǎrslvz cumftbli, n w d’nt wont uɖr ppl butñ in, d w? Bt f y’d lîc t stop hir a bit longr—?”\n“Ǒ, no!” sd Jêni qcli. “Nt fr ɖ wrld! Ɖ de aftr tmoro, ɖen. N ɖ ćildṛn—”\nBt ɖe hd rīćt ɖ hotel. Ɖ manijr wz standñ in ɖ brōd, briłntli-lîtd porć. H cem dǎn t grīt ɖm. A portr ran fṛm ɖ hōl fr ɖer boxz.\n“Wel, Mr. Arnld, hir’z Msz. Hamnd at last!”\nƉ manijr léd ɖm ʈru ɖ hōl himslf n prest ɖ eḷvetrbel. Hamnd ń ɖr wr biznispalz v hiz sitñ at ɖ litl hōlteblz hvñ a drinc bfr dinr. Bt h wz’nt gwñ t risc inṭrupśn; h lct nɖr t ɖ rît nr ɖ left. Ɖe cd ʈnc ẃt ɖe plizd. F ɖe dd’nt unḍstand, ɖ mor fūlz ɖe—n h stept ǎt v ɖ lift, unloct ɖ dor v ɖer rūm, n śeṗdd Jêni in. Ɖ dor śut. Nǎ, at last, ɖe wr alon tgɖr. H trnd p ɖ lît. Ɖ crtnz wr drwn; ɖ fîr blezd. H fluñ hiz hat on t ɖ hyj bed n wnt twdz hr.\nBt—wd y b’liv it!—agn ɖe wr inṭruptd. Ɖs tîm it wz ɖ portr wɖ ɖ lugij. H md tū jrniz v it, līvñ ɖ dor opn in btwn, tecñ hiz tîm, ẃiṣlñ ʈru hiz tīʈ in ɖ coṛdor. Hamnd pêst p n dǎn ɖ rūm, tẹrñ of hiz gluvz, tẹrñ of hiz scarf. Fîṇli h fluñ hiz oṿcot on t ɖ bedsîd.\nAt last ɖ fūl wz gn. Ɖ dor clict. Nǎ ɖe wr alon. Sd Hamnd: “I fīl I’l nvr hv y t mslf agn. Ɖz crst ppl! Jêni”—n h bnt hiz fluśt, īgr gêz upn hr—“let’s hv dinr p hir. F w g dǎn t ɖ resṭront w’l b inṭruptd, n ɖen ɖr’z ɖ cnfǎndd ḿzic” (ɖ ḿzic h’d prezd so hîli, aplōdd so lǎdli last nît!). “W ś’nt b ebl t hír ć uɖr spīc. Let’s hv smʈñ p hir in frunt v ɖ fîr. It’s tù lêt fr ti. I’l ordr a litl supr, śl I? Hǎ dz ɖt îdīa strîc y?”\n“D, darlñ!” sd Jêni. “N ẃl y’r awe—ɖ ćildṛn’z letrz—”\n“Ǒ, lêtr on wl d!” sd Hamnd.\n“Bt ɖen w’d gt it ovr,” sd Jêni. “N I’d frst hv tîm t—”\n“Ǒ, I nīd’nt g dǎn!” xplend Hamnd. “I’l jst rñ n gv ɖ ordr… y d’nt wont t snd m awe, d y?”\nJêni śc hr hed n smîld.\n“Bt y’r ʈncñ v smʈñ els. Y’r wuriyñ abt smʈñ,” sd Hamnd. “Ẃt z it? Cm n sit hir—cm n sit on mî ni bfr ɖ fîr.”\n“I’l jst unpin mî hat,” sd Jêni, n ś wnt ovr t ɖ dresñtebl. “Ā-ā!” Ś gev a litl crî.\n“Ẃt z it?”\n“Nʈñ, darlñ. I’v jst faund ɖ ćildṛn’z letrz. Ɖt’s ol rît! Ɖe wl cīp. No huri nǎ!” Ś trnd t him, claspñ ɖm. Ś tuct ɖm intu hr frild blǎz. Ś craid qcli, gêli: “Ǒ, hǎ tipicl ɖs dresñtebl z v y!”\n“Ẃ? Ẃt’s ɖ matr wɖ it?” sd Hamnd.\n“F it wr flotñ in itrṇti I śd se ‘Jon!’” laft Jêni, stẹrñ at ɖ big botl v hertonic, ɖ wicrbotl v eau-de-Cologne, ɖ tū herbruśz, n a duzn ny coḷrz taid wɖ pnc tep. “Z ɖs ol yr lugij?”\n“Hañ mî lugij!” sd Hamnd; bt ol ɖ sem h lîct biyñ laft at bî Jêni. “Let’s tōc. Let’s gt dǎn t ʈñz. Tel m”—n az Jêni prćt on hiz niz h līnd bac n drù hr intu ɖ dīp, ugli ćer—“tel m y’r riyli glad t b bac, Jêni.”\n“Yes, darlñ, I am glad,” ś sd.\nBt jst az ẃn h imbrest hr h flt ś wd flî awe, so Hamnd nvr ń—nvr ń fr ded srtn ɖt ś wz az glad az h wz. Hǎ cd h nǒ? Wd h evr nǒ? Wd h olwz hv ɖs crevñ—ɖs pañ lîc hungr, smhǎ, t mc Jêni so mć part v him ɖt ɖr wz’nt eni v hr t iscep? H wontd t blot ǎt evrbdi, evrʈñ. H wśt nǎ h’d trnd of ɖ lît. Ɖt mt hv bròt hr nirr. N nǎ ɖoz letrz fṛm ɖ ćildṛn rusld in hr blǎz. H cd hv ćuct ɖm intu ɖ fîr.\n“Jêni,” h ẃisprd.\n“Yes, dir?” Ś le on hiz brest, bt so lîtli, so rmotli. Ɖer briɖñ rouz n fél tgɖr.\n“Trn t m,” h ẃisprd. A slo, dīp fluś floud intu hiz fōrhed. “Cis m, Jêni! Y cis m!”\nIt sīmd t him ɖr wz a tîni pōz—bt loñ inuf fr him t sufr torćr—bfr hr lips tućt hiz, frmli, lîtli—cisñ ɖm az ś olwz cist him, az ɖo ɖ cis—hǎ cd h dscrîb it?—cnfrmd ẃt ɖe wr seyñ, sînd ɖ contract. Bt ɖt wz’nt ẃt h wontd; ɖt wz’nt at ol ẃt h ʈrstd fr. H flt sudnli, hoṛbl tîrd.\n“F y ń,” h sd, oṗnñ hiz îz, “ẃt it’s bn lîc—wêtñ tde. I ʈt ɖ bot nvr wd cm in. Ɖr w wr, haññ abt. Ẃt cept y so loñ?”\nŚ md no ansr. Ś wz lcñ awe fṛm him at ɖ fîr. Ɖ flemz hurid—hurid ovr ɖ colz, flicrd, fél.\n“Nt aslip, r y?” sd Hamnd, n h jumt hr p n dǎn.\n“No,” ś sd. N ɖen: “D’nt d ɖt, dir. No, I wz ʈncñ. Az a matr v fact,” ś sd, “wn v ɖ pasinjrz daid last nît—a man. Ɖt’s ẃt hld s p. W bròt him in—I mīn, h wz’nt berid at sì. So, v cors, ɖ śip’s doctr n ɖ śordoctr—”\n“Ẃt wz it?” asct Hamnd unīẓli. H hetd t hír v deʈ. H hetd ɖs t hv hapnd. It wz, in sm qir we, az ɖo h n Jêni hd met a fynṛl on ɖer we t ɖ hotel.\n“Ǒ, it wz’nt enʈñ in ɖ līst infx́s!” sd Jêni. Ś wz spīcñ scersli abv hr breʈ. “It wz hart.” A pōz. “Pur felo!” ś sd. “Qt yuñ.” N ś woćt ɖ fîr flicr n fōl. “H daid in mî armz,” sd Jêni.\nƉ blo wz so sudn ɖt Hamnd ʈt h wd fent. H cd’nt muv; h cd’nt briɖ. H flt ol hiz streñʈ flowñ—flowñ intu ɖ big darc ćer, n ɖ big darc ćer hld him fast, gript him, forst him t ber it.\n“Ẃt?” h sd duļi. “Ẃt’s ɖt y se?”\n“Ɖ end wz qt pīsfl,” sd ɖ smōl vôs. “H jst”—n Hamnd sw hr lift hr jntl hand—“briɖd hiz lîf awe at ɖ end.” N hr hand fél.\n“Hu—els wz ɖr?” Hamnd manijd t asc.\n“Nbdi. I wz alon wɖ him.”\nĀ, mî God, ẃt wz ś seyñ! Ẃt wz ś dwñ t him! Ɖs wd cil him! N ol ɖ ẃl ś spouc:\n“I sw ɖ ćenj cmñ n I snt ɖ stywd fr ɖ doctr, bt ɖ doctr wz tù lêt. H cd’nt hv dn enʈñ, enwe.”\n“Bt—ẃ y, ẃ y?” mond Hamnd.\nAt ɖt Jêni trnd qcli, qcli srćt hiz fes.\n“Y d’nt mînd, Jon, d y?” ś asct. “Y d’nt—It’s nʈñ t d wɖ y n m.”\nSmhǎ or uɖr h manijd t śec sm sort v smîl at hr. Smhǎ or uɖr h stamrd: “No—g—on, g on! I wont y t tel m.”\n“Bt, Jon darlñ—”\n“Tel m, Jêni!”\n“Ɖr’z nʈñ t tel,” ś sd, wunḍrñ. “H wz wn v ɖ frst-clas pasinjrz. I sw h wz vri il ẃn h cem on bōrd… Bt h sīmd t b so mć betr untl yesṭde. H hd a svir atac in ɖ afṭnun—xîtmnt—nrṿsnis, I ʈnc, abt arîvñ. N aftr ɖt h nvr rcuvrd.”\n“Bt ẃ dd’nt ɖ stywdes—”\n“Ǒ, mî dir—ɖ stywdes!” sd Jêni. “Ẃt wd h hv flt? N bsdz… h mt hv wontd t līv a mesij… t—”\n“Dd’nt h?” mutrd Hamnd. “Dd’nt h se enʈñ?”\n“No, darlñ, nt a wrd!” Ś śc hr hed softli. “Ol ɖ tîm I wz wɖ him h wz tù wìc… h wz tù wìc īvn t muv a fngr… ”\nJêni wz sîḷnt. Bt hr wrdz, so lît, so soft, so ćil, sīmd t hovr in ɖ er, t ren intu hiz brest lîc sno.\nƉ fîr hd gn red. Nǎ it fél in wɖ a śarp sǎnd n ɖ rūm wz coldr. Cold crept p hiz armz. Ɖ rūm wz hyj, imns, gliṭrñ. It fild hiz hol wrld. Ɖr wz ɖ gret blînd bed, wɖ hiz cot fluñ acrs it lîc sm hedlis man seyñ hiz prerz. Ɖr wz ɖ lugij, redi t b carid awe agn, enẃr, tóst intu trenz, cartd on t bots.\n… “H wz tù wìc. H wz tù wìc t muv a fngr.” N yt h daid in Jêni’z armz. Ś—hu’d nvr—nvr wns in ol ɖz yirz—nvr on wn sngl solitri oceźn—\nNo; h ms’nt ʈnc v it. Madnis le in ʈncñ v it. No, h wd’nt fes it. H cd’nt stand it. It wz tù mć t ber!\nN nǎ Jêni tućt hiz tî wɖ hr fngrz. Ś pinćt ɖ éjz v ɖ tî tgɖr.\n“Y’r nt—sori I tld y, Jon darlñ? It hz’nt md y sad? It hz’nt spôlt ǎr īvnñ—ǎr biyñ alon tgɖr?”\nBt at ɖt h hd t hîd hiz fes. H pt hiz fes intu hr bŭzm n hiz armz infoldd hr.\nSpôlt ɖer īvnñ! Spôlt ɖer biyñ alon tgɖr! Ɖe wd nvr b alon tgɖr agn.\nClasics in Ñspel: THE SINGING LESSON, by Katherine Mansfield\n08/09/2019 Clasics in Ñspel, Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand, Provenance: Australasia, Short storiesSpelling reformFrank Johnson\nWɖ dsper—cold, śarp dsper—berid dīp in hr hart lîc a wicid nîf, Mis Medoz, in cap n gǎn n cariyñ a litl batn, trod ɖ cold coṛdorz ɖt léd t ɖ ḿzichōl. Grlz v ol ejz, rozi fṛm ɖ er, n buḅlñ ovr wɖ ɖt glīfl xîtmnt ɖt cmz fṛm runñ t scūl on a fîn ōtm̦ornñ, hurid, scipt, flutrd bî; fṛm ɖ holo clasrūmz cem a qc drumñ v vôsz; a bel rañ; a vôs lîc a brd craid, “Muriel.” N ɖen ɖr cem fṛm ɖ sterces a tṛmnḍs noc-noc-nocñ. Smwn hd dropt hr dumbelz.\nƉ Saynsmistris stopt Mis Medoz.\n“Gd mor-nñ,” ś craid, in hr swīt, afctd drōl. “Z’nt it cold? It mt b win-tr.”\nMis Medoz, hugñ ɖ nîf, stérd in hetrid at ɖ Saynsmistris. Evrʈñ abt hr wz swīt, pel, lîc huni. Y wd nt hv bn s’prîzd t si a bì còt in ɖ tanglz v ɖt yelo her.\n“It z rɖr śarp,” sd Mis Medoz, grimli.\nƉ uɖr smîld hr śŭġri smîl.\n“Y lc fro-zen,” sd ś. Hr blu îz opnd wîd; ɖr cem a mocñ lît in ɖm. (Hd ś notist enʈñ?)\n“Ǒ, nt qt az bad az ɖt,” sd Mis Medoz, n ś gev ɖ Saynsmistris, in xćenj fr hr smîl, a qc grimis n pást on…\nFormz For, Fîv, n Six wr asmbld in ɖ ḿzichōl. Ɖ nôz wz def̣nñ. On ɖ platform, bî ɖ piano, std Mẹri Bīzli, Mis Medoz’ feṿrit, hu pleid acumṗnimnts. Ś wz trnñ ɖ ḿzic stūl. Ẃn ś sw Mis Medoz ś gev a lǎd, wornñ “Ś-ś! grlz!” n Mis Medoz, hr handz ʈrust in hr slīvz, ɖ batn undr hr arm, stroud dǎn ɖ sntr ail, mǎntd ɖ steps, trnd śarpli, sizd ɖ bras ḿzicstand, plantd it in frunt v hr, n gev tū śarp taps wɖ hr batn fr sîḷns.\n“Sîḷns, plīz! Imīɉtli!” n, lcñ at nbdi, hr glans swept ovr ɖt sì v culrd flanl blǎzz, wɖ bobñ pnc fesz n handz, qiṿrñ buṭflî herboz, n ḿzic-bcs ǎtspred. Ś ń prf̣cli wel ẃt ɖe wr ʈncñ. “Mīdi z in a wax.” Wel, let ɖm ʈnc it! Hr îlidz qivrd; ś tóst hr hed, dfayñ ɖm. Ẃt cd ɖ ʈts v ɖoz crīćrz matr t smwn hu std ɖr blīdñ t deʈ, pirst t ɖ hart, t ɖ hart, bî sć a letr—\n… “I fīl mor n mor stroñli ɖt ǎr marij wd b a mstec. Nt ɖt I d nt luv y. I luv y az mć az it z poṣbl fr m t luv eni wmn, bt, truʈ t tel, I hv cm t ɖ cncluźn ɖt I am nt a mariyñ man, n ɖ îdīa v seṭlñ dǎn filz m wɖ nʈñ bt—” n ɖ wrd “dsgust” wz scraćt ǎt lîtli n “rgret” ritn ovr ɖ top.\nBazil! Mis Medoz stōct ovr t ɖ piano. N Mẹri Bīzli, hu wz wêtñ fr ɖs momnt, bnt fwd; hr crlz fél ovr hr ćīcs ẃl ś briɖd, “Gd mornñ, Mis Medoz,” n ś mośnd twdz rɖr ɖn handd t hr mistris a bytifl yelo cṛsanʈmm. Ɖs litl rićl v ɖ flǎr hd bn gn ʈru fr ejz n ejz, qt a trm n a haf. It wz az mć part v ɖ lésn az oṗnñ ɖ piano. Bt ɖs mornñ, instd v tecñ it p, instd v tucñ it intu hr blt ẃl ś lent ovr Mẹri n sd, “Ʈanc y, Mẹri. Hǎ vri nîs! Trn t pej ʈrti-tū,” ẃt wz Mẹri’z horr ẃn Mis Medoz toṭli ignord ɖ cṛsanʈmm, md no rplî t hr grītñ, bt sd in a vôs v îs, “Pej fortīn, plīz, n marc ɖ axnts wel.”\nStaġrñ momnt! Mẹri bluśt untl ɖ tirz std in hr îz, bt Mis Medoz wz gn bac t ɖ ḿzic stand; hr vôs rañ ʈru ɖ ḿzichōl.\n“Pej fortīn. W wl bgin wɖ pej fortīn. ‘A L’mnt.’ Nǎ, grlz, y òt t nǒ it bî ɖs tîm. W śl tec it ol tgɖr; nt in parts, ol tgɖr. N wɖt xpreśn. Sñ it, ɖo, qt simpli, bìtñ tîm wɖ ɖ left hand.”\nŚ rezd ɖ batn; ś tapt ɖ ḿzic stand twîs. Dǎn cem Mẹri on ɖ oṗnñ cōrd; dǎn cem ol ɖoz left handz, bìtñ ɖ er, n in ćîmd ɖoz yuñ, mōrnfl vôsz:—\n“Fast! Ā, tù Fast Fed ɖ Ro-o-zz v Pleźr;\nSn Ōtm yīldz untu Wi-i-ntr Drir.\nFlītli! Ā, Flītli Ḿ-ḿ-zic’s Ge Meźr\nPasz awe fṛm ɖ Liṣnñ Ir.”\nGd Hevnz, ẃt cd b mor trajic ɖn ɖt l’mnt! Evri not wz a sai, a sob, a gron v ōfl mōrnflnis. Mis Medoz liftd hr armz in ɖ wîd gǎn n bgan cnductñ wɖ bʈ handz. “… I fīl mor n mor stroñli ɖt ǎr marij wd b a mstec… “ ś bìt. N ɖ vôsz craid: “Flītli! Ā, Flītli.” Ẃt cd hv pzest him t rait sć a letr! Ẃt cd hv léd p t it! It cem ǎt v nʈñ. Hiz last letr hd bn ol abt a fymd-oc bc̦es h hd bòt fr “ǎr” bcs, n a “nati litl hōlstand” h hd sìn, “a vri nīt afer wɖ a carvd ǎl on a bracit, holdñ ʈri hatbruśz in its clwz.” Hǎ ś hd smîld at ɖt! So lîc a man t ʈnc wn nīdd ʈri hat-bruśz! “Fṛm ɖ Liṣnñ Ir,” sañ ɖ vôsz.\n“Wns agn,” sd Mis Medoz. “Bt ɖs tîm in parts. Stl wɖt xpreśn.” “Fast! Ā, tù Fast.” Wɖ ɖ glūm v ɖ cntraltoz add, wn cd scersli hlp śuḍrñ. “Fed ɖ Rozz v Pleźr.” Last tîm h hd cm t si hr, Bazil hd wòrn a rôz in hiz butnhoul. Hǎ hansm h hd lct in ɖt brît blu sūt, wɖ ɖt darc red rôz! N h ń it, tù. H cd’nt hlp nwñ it. Frst h stroct hiz her, ɖen hiz mstaś; hiz tīʈ glīmd ẃn h smîld.\n“Ɖ hedmastr’z wîf cīps on ascñ m t dinr. It’s a prfict ńsns. I nvr gt an īvnñ t mslf in ɖt ples.”\n“Bt c’nt y rfyz?”\n“Ǒ, wel, it dz’nt d fr a man in mî pziśn t b unpopylr.”\n“Ḿzic’s Ge Meźr,” weild ɖ vôsz. Ɖ wilo triz, ǎtsd ɖ hî, naro windoz, wevd in ɖ wind. Ɖe hd lost haf ɖer līvz. Ɖ tîni wnz ɖt cluñ rigld lîc fiśz còt on a lîn. “… I am nt a mariyñ man… “ Ɖ vôsz wr sîḷnt; ɖ piano wêtd.\n“Qt gd,” sd Mis Medoz, bt stl in sć a strenj, stoni ton ɖt ɖ yungr grlz bgan t fīl poztivli frîtnd. “Bt nǎ ɖt w nǒ it, w śl tec it wɖ xpreśn. Az mć xpreśn az y cn pt intu it. Ʈnc v ɖ wrdz, grlz. Yz yr imaɉneśnz. ‘Fast! Ā, tù Fast,’” craid Mis Medoz. “Ɖt òt t brec ǎt—a lǎd, stroñ forte—a l’mnt. N ɖen in ɖ secnd lîn, ‘Wintr Drir,’ mc ɖt ‘Drir’ sǎnd az f a cold wind wr blowñ ʈru it. ‘Dri-ir!’” sd ś so ōf̣li ɖt Mẹri Bīzli, on ɖ ḿzic stūl, rigld hr spîn. “Ɖ ʈrd lîn śd b wn cṛśendo. ‘Flītli! Ā, Flītli Ḿzic’s Ge Meźr.’ Brecñ on ɖ frst wrd v ɖ last lîn, Pasz.’ N ɖen on ɖ wrd, ‘Awe,’ y mst bgin t dî… t fed… untl ‘Ɖ Liṣnñ Ir’ z nʈñ mor ɖn a fent ẃispr… Y cn slo dǎn az mć az y lîc olmst on ɖ last lîn. Nǎ, plīz.”\nAgn ɖ tū lît taps; ś liftd hr armz agn. ‘Fast! Ā, tù Fast.’ “… n ɖ îdīa v seṭlñ dǎn filz m wɖ nʈñ bt dsgust—” Dsgust wz ẃt h hd ritn. Ɖt wz az gd az t se ɖer ingejmnt wz defiṇtli brocn of. Brocn of! Ɖer ingejmnt! Ppl hd bn s’prîzd inuf ɖt ś hd got ingejd. Ɖ Saynsmistris wd nt b’liv it at frst. Bt nbdi hd bn az s’prîzd az ś. Ś wz ʈrti. Bazil wz twenti-fîv. It hd bn a miṛcl, simpli a miṛcl, t hír him se, az ɖe wōct hom fṛm ćrć ɖt vri darc nît, “Y nǒ, smhǎ or uɖr, I’v got fond v y.” N h hd tecn hold v ɖ end v hr ostrićfeɖr boa. “Pasz awe fṛm ɖ Liṣnñ Ir.”\n“Rpit! Rpit!” sd Mis Medoz. “Mor xpreśn, grlz! Wns mor!”\n“Fast! Ā, tù Fast.” Ɖ oldr grlz wr crimzn; sm v ɖ yungr wnz bgan t crî. Big spots v ren blù agnst ɖ windoz, n wn cd hír ɖ wiloz ẃisṗrñ, “… nt ɖt I d nt luv y… ”\n“Bt, mî darlñ, f y luv m,” ʈt Mis Medoz, “I d’nt mînd hǎ mć it z. Luv m az litl az y lîc.” Bt ś ń h dd’nt luv hr. Nt t hv cerd inuf t scrać ǎt ɖt wrd “dsgust,” so ɖt ś cd’nt rīd it! “Sn Ōtm yīldz untu Wintr Drir.” Ś wd hv t līv ɖ scūl, tù. Ś cd nvr fes ɖ Saynsmistris or ɖ grlz aftr it got noun. Ś wd hv t dis’pir smẃr. “Pasz awe.” Ɖ vôsz bgan t dî, t fed, t ẃispr… t vaniś…\nSudnli ɖ dor opnd. A litl grl in blu wōct fuṣli p ɖ ail, haññ hr hed, bîtñ hr lips, n twistñ ɖ silvr bangl on hr red litl rist. Ś cem p ɖ steps n std bfr Mis Medoz.\n“Wel, Monica, ẃt z it?”\n“Ǒ, f y plīz, Mis Medoz,” sd ɖ litl grl, gaspñ, “Mis Wayt wonts t si y in ɖ mistris’z rūm.”\n“Vri wel,” sd Mis Medoz. N ś cōld t ɖ grlz, “I śl pt y on yr onr t tōc qaytli ẃl I am awe.” Bt ɖe wr tù sbdyd t d enʈñ els. Most v ɖm wr blowñ ɖer nozz.\nƉ coṛdorz wr sîḷnt n cold; ɖe ecoud t Mis Medoz’ steps. Ɖ hed mistris sat at hr dsc. Fr a momnt ś dd nt lc p. Ś wz az yźl disintanglñ hr îglasz, ẃć hd got còt in hr lês tî. “Sit dǎn, Mis Medoz,” ś sd vri cîndli. N ɖen ś pict p a pnc enṿlop fṛm ɖ blotñpad. “I snt fr y jst nǎ bcz ɖs teḷgram hz cm fr y.”\n“A teḷgram fr m, Mis Wayt?”\nBazil! H hd cmitd suisîd, dsîdd Mis Medoz. Hr hand flù ǎt, bt Mis Wayt hld ɖ teḷgram bac a momnt. “I hop it’s nt bad nyz,” ś sd, so mor ɖn cîndli. N Mis Medoz tòr it opn.\n“Pe no atnśn t letr, mst hv bn mad, bòt hatstand tde—Bazil,” ś réd. Ś cd’nt tec hr îz of ɖ teḷgram.\n“I d hop it’s nʈñ vri sirịs,” sd Mis Wayt, līnñ fwd.\n“Ǒ, no, ʈanc y, Mis Wayt,” bluśt Mis Medoz. “It’s nʈñ bad at ol. It’s”—n ś gev an apoḷjetic litl laf—“it’s fṛm mî fianse seyñ ɖt… seyñ ɖt—” Ɖr wz a pōz. “I si,” sd Mis Wayt. N anɖr pōz. Ɖen—“Y’v fiftīn minits mor v yr clas, Mis Medoz, hv’nt y?”\n“Yes, Mis Wayt.” Ś got p. Ś haf ran twdz ɖ dor.\n“Ǒ, jst wn minit, Mis Medoz,” sd Mis Wayt. “I mst se I d’nt apruv v mî tīćrz hvñ teḷgramz snt t ɖm in scūl-aurz, unls in ces v vri bad nyz, sć az deʈ,” xplend Mis Wayt, “or a vri sirịs axidnt, or smʈñ t ɖt ifct. Gd nyz, Mis Medoz, wl olwz cīp, y nǒ.”\nOn ɖ wñz v hop, v luv, v jô, Mis Medoz sped bac t ɖ ḿzichōl, p ɖ ail, p ɖ steps, ovr t ɖ piano.\n“Pej ʈrti-tū, Mẹri,” ś sd, “pej ʈrti-tū,” n, picñ p ɖ yelo cṛsanʈmm, ś hld it t hr lips t hîd hr smîl. Ɖen ś trnd t ɖ grlz, rapt wɖ hr batn: “Pej ʈrti-tū, grlz. Pej ʈrti-tū.”\n“W cm hir Tde wɖ Flǎrz ’rlêdn,\nWɖ Bascits v Frūt n Ribnz t būt,\n“Stop! Stop!” craid Mis Medoz. “Ɖs z ōfl. Ɖs z dredfl.” N ś bīmd at hr grlz. “Ẃt’s ɖ matr wɖ y ol? Ʈnc, grlz, ʈnc v ẃt y’r sññ. Yz yr imaɉneśnz. ‘Wɖ Flǎrz ’rlêdn. Bascits v Frūt n Ribnz t būt.’ N ‘Cngrać̣let.’” Mis Medoz brouc of. “D’nt lc so dǒlfl, grlz. It òt t sǎnd worm, jôfl, īgr. ‘Cngrać̣let.’ Wns mor. Qcli. Ol tgɖr. Nǎ ɖen!”\nN ɖs tîm Mis Medoz’ vôs sǎndd ovr ol ɖ uɖr vôsz—fl, dīp, glowñ wɖ xpreśn.\nClasics in Ñspel: HER FIRST BALL, by Katherine Mansfield\n06/09/2019 Clasics in Ñspel, Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand, Provenance: Australasia, Short storiesSpelling reformFrank Johnson\nXacli ẃn ɖ bōl bgan Leila wd hv faund it hard t se. Phps hr frst riyl partnr wz ɖ cab. It dd nt matr ɖt ś śerd ɖ cab wɖ ɖ Śeridn grlz n ɖer bruɖr. Ś sat bac in hr ǒn litl cornr v it, n ɖ bolstr on ẃć hr hand restd flt lîc ɖ slīv v an uņoun yuñ man’z dreșūt; n awe ɖe bǒld, past wōltsñ lamp̓osts n hǎzz n fnsz n triz.\n“Hv y riyli nvr bn t a bōl bfr, Leila? Bt, mî ćîld, hǎ tù wird—” craid ɖ Śeridn grlz.\n“Ǎr nirist nebr wz fiftīn mîlz,” sd Leila softli, jntli oṗnñ n śutñ hr fan.\nǑ dir, hǎ hard it wz t b indifṛnt lîc ɖ uɖrz! Ś traid nt t smîl tù mć; ś traid nt t cer. Bt evri sngl ʈñ wz so ny n xîtñ… Meg’z tyḅrozz, Jǒsi’z loñ lūp v ambr, Lora’z litl darc hed, pśñ abv hr ẃît fŕ lîc a flǎr ʈru sno. Ś wd rmembr fr evr. It īvn gev hr a pañ t si hr cuzn Lóri ʈro awe ɖ wisps v tiśupepr h pld fṛm ɖ faṣnñz v hiz ny gluvz. Ś wd lîc t hv cept ɖoz wisps az a cīpsec, az a rmembṛns. Lóri līnd fwd n pt hiz hand on Lora’z ni.\n“Lc hir, darlñ,” h sd. “Ɖ ʈrd n ɖ nînʈ az yźl. Twig?”\nǑ, hǎ marvḷs t hv a bruɖr! In hr xîtmnt Leila flt ɖt f ɖr hd bn tîm, f it hd’nt bn imposbl, ś cd’nt hv hlpt crayñ bcz ś wz an onli ćîld, n no bruɖr hd evr sd “Twig?” t hr; no sistr wd evr se, az Meg sd t Jǒsi ɖt momnt, “I’v nvr noun yr her g p mor s’xesf̣li ɖn it hz tnît!”\nBt, v cors, ɖr wz no tîm. Ɖe wr at ɖ drilhōl olrdi; ɖr wr cabz in frunt v ɖm n cabz bhnd. Ɖ rod wz brît on îɖr sîd wɖ muvñ fanlîc lîts, n on ɖ pevmnt ge cuplz sīmd t flot ʈru ɖ er; litl satin śuz ćest ć uɖr lîc brdz.\n“Hold on t m, Leila; y’l gt lost,” sd Lora.\n“Cm on, grlz, let’s mc a daś fr it,” sd Lóri.\nLeila pt tū fngrz on Lora’z pnc velvit clǒc, n ɖe wr smhǎ liftd past ɖ big goldn lantn, carid alñ ɖ pasij, n pśt intu ɖ litl rūm marct “Lediz.” Hir ɖ crǎd wz so gret ɖr wz hardli spes t tec of ɖer ʈñz; ɖ nôz wz def̣nñ. Tū bnćz on îɖr sîd wr stact hî wɖ ráps. Tū old wimin in ẃît epṛnz ran p n dǎn tosñ freś armflz. N evrbdi wz presñ fwd trayñ t gt at ɖ litl dresñtebl n mirr at ɖ far end.\nA gret qiṿrñ jet v gas lîtd ɖ lediz’ rūm. It cd’nt wêt; it wz dansñ olrdi. Ẃn ɖ dor opnd agn n ɖr cem a brst v tynñ fṛm ɖ drilhōl, it lept olmst t ɖ sīlñ.\nDarc grlz, fer grlz wr patñ ɖer her, tayñ ribnz agn, tucñ hanc̣ćīfs dǎn ɖ fronts v ɖer boḍsz, smuɖñ marbl-ẃît gluvz. N bcz ɖe wr ol lafñ it sīmd t Leila ɖt ɖe wr ol luvli.\n“R’nt ɖr eni inviẓbl herpinz?” craid a vôs. “Hǎ most xtrordnri! I c’nt si a sngl inviẓbl herpin.”\n“Pǎdr mî bac, ɖr’z a darlñ,” craid smwn els.\n“Bt I mst hv a nīdl n cotn. I’v torn simpli mîlz n mîlz v ɖ fril,” weild a ʈrd.\nƉen, “Pas ɖm alñ, pas ɖm alñ!” Ɖ strw bascit v programz wz tóst fṛm arm t arm. Darlñ litl pnc-n-silvr programz, wɖ pnc pnslz n flufi taslz. Leila’z fngrz śc az ś tc wn ǎt v ɖ bascit. Ś wontd t asc smwn, “Am I mnt t hv wn tù?” bt ś hd jst tîm t rīd: “Wōlts 3. ‘Tū, Tū in a Cnu.’ Polca 4. ‘Mcñ ɖ Feɖrz Flî,’” ẃn Meg craid, “Redi, Leila?” n ɖe prest ɖer we ʈru ɖ cruś in ɖ pasij twdz ɖ big dubl dorz v ɖ drilhōl.\nDansñ hd nt bgun yt, bt ɖ band hd stopt tynñ, n ɖ nôz wz so gret it sīmd ɖt ẃn it dd bgin t ple it wd nvr b hŕd. Leila, presñ clos t Meg, lcñ ovr Meg’z śoldr, flt ɖt īvn ɖ litl qiṿrñ culrd flagz struñ acrs ɖ sīlñ wr tōcñ. Ś qt fgot t b śî; ś fgot hǎ in ɖ midl v dresñ ś hd sat dǎn on ɖ bed wɖ wn śu of n wn śu on n begd hr muɖr t rñ p hr cuznz n se ś cd’nt g aftr ol. N ɖ ruś v loññ ś hd hd t b sitñ on ɖ vranda v ɖer fōrsecn up-cuntri hom, liṣnñ t ɖ bebi ǎlz crayñ “Mor porc” in ɖ mūnlît, wz ćenjd t a ruś v jô so swīt ɖt it wz hard t ber alon. Ś clućt hr fan, n, gezñ at ɖ glīmñ, goldn flor, ɖ azełz, ɖ lantnz, ɖ stej at wn end wɖ its red carpit n gílt ćerz n ɖ band in a cornr, ś ʈt breʈlisli, “Hǎ hevnli; hǎ simpli hevnli!”\nOl ɖ grlz std grūpt tgɖr at wn sîd v ɖ dorz, ɖ men at ɖ uɖr, n ɖ śaṗronz in darc dresz, smîlñ rɖr fūliśli, wōct wɖ litl cerfl steps ovr ɖ poliśt flor twdz ɖ stej.\n“Ɖs z mî litl cuntri cuzn Leila. B nîs t hr. Fînd hr partnrz; ś’z undr mî wñ,” sd Meg, gwñ p t wn grl aftr anɖr.\nStrenj fesz smîld at Leila—swītli, vegli. Strenj vôsz ansrd, “V cors, mî dir.” Bt Leila flt ɖ grlz dd’nt riyli si hr. Ɖe wr lcñ twdz ɖ men. Ẃ dd’nt ɖ men bgin? Ẃt wr ɖe wêtñ fr? Ɖr ɖe std, smuɖñ ɖer gluvz, patñ ɖer glosi her n smîlñ amñ ɖmslvz. Ɖen, qt sudnli, az f ɖe hd onli jst md p ɖer mîndz ɖt ɖt wz ẃt ɖe hd t d, ɖ men cem glîdñ ovr ɖ parce. Ɖr wz a jôfl flutr amñ ɖ grlz. A tōl, fer man flù p t Meg, sizd hr program, scribld smʈñ; Meg pást him on t Leila. “Me I hv ɖ pleźr?” H dúct n smîld. Ɖr cem a darc man wẹrñ an îglas, ɖen cuzn Lóri wɖ a frend, n Lora wɖ a litl frecld felo huz tî wz crŭcid. Ɖen qt an old man—fat, wɖ a big bàld pać on hiz hed—tc hr program n mrmrd, “Let m si, let m si!” N h wz a loñ tîm cmperñ hiz program, ẃć lct blac wɖ nemz, wɖ hrz. It sīmd t gv him so mć trubl ɖt Leila wz aśemd. “Ǒ, plīz d’nt boɖr,” ś sd īgrli. Bt instd v rplayñ ɖ fat man rout smʈñ, glanst at hr agn. “D I rmembr ɖs brît litl fes?” h sd softli. “Z it noun t m v yor?” At ɖt momnt ɖ band bgan pleyñ; ɖ fat man dis’pird. H wz tóst awe on a gret wev v ḿzic ɖt cem flayñ ovr ɖ glīmñ flor, brecñ ɖ grūps p intu cuplz, scaṭrñ ɖm, sndñ ɖm spinñ…\nLeila hd lrnt t dans at bordñscūl. Evri Saṭde afṭnun ɖ bōrdrz wr hurid of t a litl coṛgetd ayn miśnhōl ẃr Mis Eclz (v Lundn) hld hr “s’lect” clasz. Bt ɖ difṛns btwn ɖt dusti-smelñ hōl—wɖ caḷco txts on ɖ wōlz, ɖ pur teṛfaid litl wmn in a brǎn velvit tǒc wɖ rabit’s irz ʈumpñ ɖ cold piano, Mis Eclz pǒcñ ɖ grlz’ fīt wɖ hr loñ ẃît wond—n ɖs wz so tṛmnḍs ɖt Leila wz śr f hr partnr dd’nt cm n ś hd t lisn t ɖt marvḷs ḿzic n t woć ɖ uɖrz slîdñ, glîdñ ovr ɖ goldn flor, ś wd dî at līst, or fent, or lift hr armz n flî ǎt v wn v ɖoz darc windoz ɖt śoud ɖ starz.\n“Ǎrz, I ʈnc—” Smwn baud, smîld, n ofrd hr hiz arm; ś hd’nt t dî aftr ol. Smwn’z hand prest hr weist, n ś flotd awe lîc a flǎr ɖt z tóst intu a pūl.\n“Qt a gd flor, z’nt it?” drōld a fent vôs clos t hr ir.\n“I ʈnc it’s most bytifli sliṗri,” sd Leila.\n“Pardn!” Ɖ fent vôs sǎndd s’prîzd. Leila sd it agn. N ɖr wz a tîni pōz bfr ɖ vôs ecoud, “Ǒ, qt!” n ś wz swuñ rnd agn.\nH stird so bytifli. Ɖt wz ɖ gret difṛns btwn dansñ wɖ grlz n men, Leila dsîdd. Grlz bañd intu ć uɖr, n stamt on ć uɖr’z fīt; ɖ grl hu wz jntlmn olwz clućt y so.\nƉ azełz wr sepṛt flǎrz no longr; ɖe wr pnc n ẃît flagz strīmñ bî.\n“Wr y at ɖ Belz’ last wīc?” ɖ vôs cem agn. It sǎndd tîrd. Leila wundrd ẃɖr ś òt t asc him f h wd lîc t stop.\n“No, ɖs z mî frst dans,” sd ś.\nHr partnr gev a litl gaspñ laf. “Ǒ, I se,” h pṛtstd.\n“Yes, it z riyli ɖ frst dans I’v evr bn t.” Leila wz most frvnt. It wz sć a rlif t b ebl t tel smbdi. “Y si, I’v livd in ɖ cuntri ol mî lîf p tl nǎ… ”\nAt ɖt momnt ɖ ḿzic stopt, n ɖe wnt t sit on tū ćerz agnst ɖ wōl. Leila tuct hr pnc satin fīt undr n fand hrslf, ẃl ś blisf̣li woćt ɖ uɖr cuplz pasñ n dis’pirñ ʈru ɖ swñdorz.\n“Injoyñ yrslf, Leila?” asct Jǒsi, nodñ hr goldn hed.\nLora pást n gev hr ɖ fentist litl wnc; it md Leila wundr fr a momnt ẃɖr ś wz qt groun p aftr ol. Srtnli hr partnr dd nt se vri mć. H coft, tuct hiz hanc̣ćif awe, pld dǎn hiz weistcot, tc a minit ʈred of hiz slīv. Bt it dd’nt matr. Olmst imīɉtli ɖ band startd n hr secnd partnr sīmd t sprñ fṛm ɖ sīlñ.\n“Flor’z nt bad,” sd ɖ ny vôs. Dd wn olwz bgin wɖ ɖ flor? N ɖen, “Wr y at ɖ Nīvz’ on Tyzde?” N agn Leila xplend. Phps it wz a litl strenj ɖt hr partnrz wr nt mor inṭrestd. Fr it wz ʈrilñ. Hr frst bōl! Ś wz onli at ɖ bginñ v evrʈñ. It sīmd t hr ɖt ś hd nvr noun ẃt ɖ nît wz lîc bfr. P tl nǎ it hd bn darc, sîḷnt, bytifl vri ofn—ǒ yes—bt mōrnfl smhǎ. Soḷm. N nǎ it wd nvr b lîc ɖt agn—it hd opnd daẓlñ brît.\n“Cer fr an îs?” sd hr partnr. N ɖe wnt ʈru ɖ swñdorz, dǎn ɖ pasij, t ɖ supŗūm. Hr ćīcs brnd, ś wz firf̣li ʈrsti. Hǎ swīt ɖ îsz lct on litl glas plets n hǎ cold ɖ frostid spūn wz, îst tù! N ẃn ɖe cem bac t ɖ hōl ɖr wz ɖ fat man wêtñ fr hr bî ɖ dor. It gev hr qt a śoc agn t si hǎ old h wz; h òt t hv bn on ɖ stej wɖ ɖ faɖrz n muɖrz. N ẃn Leila cmperd him wɖ hr uɖr partnrz h lct śabi. Hiz weistcot wz crīst, ɖr wz a butn of hiz gluv, hiz cot lct az f it wz dusti wɖ Frenć ćōc.\n“Cm alñ, litl ledi,” sd ɖ fat man. H scersli trubld t clasp hr, n ɖe muvd awe so jntli, it wz mor lîc wōcñ ɖn dansñ. Bt h sd nt a wrd abt ɖ flor. “Yr frst dans, z’nt it?” h mrmrd.\n“Hǎ dd y nǒ?”\n“Ā,” sd ɖ fat man, “ɖt’s ẃt it z t b old!” H ẃizd fentli az h stird hr past an ōcẉd cupl. “Y si, I’v bn dwñ ɖs cnd v ʈñ fr ɖ last ʈrti yirz.”\n“Ʈrti yirz?” craid Leila. Twelv yirz bfr ś wz born!\n“It hardli berz ʈncñ abt, dz it?” sd ɖ fat man glūṃli. Leila lct at hiz bàld hed, n ś flt qt sori fr him.\n“I ʈnc it’s marvḷs t b stl gwñ on,” ś sd cîndli.\n“Cnd litl ledi,” sd ɖ fat man, n h prest hr a litl closr, n humd a bar v ɖ wōlts. “V cors,” h sd, “y c’nt hop t last enʈñ lîc az loñ az ɖt. No-o,” sd ɖ fat man, “loñ bfr ɖt y’l b sitñ p ɖr on ɖ stej, lcñ on, in yr nîs blac velvit. N ɖz priti armz wl hv trnd intu litl śort fat wnz, n y’l bìt tîm wɖ sć a difṛnt cnd v fan—a blac boni wn.” Ɖ fat man sīmd t śudr. “N y’l smîl awe lîc ɖ pur old dirz p ɖr, n pônt t yr dōtr, n tel ɖ eldrli ledi nxt t y hǎ sm dredfl man traid t cis hr at ɖ club̦ōl. N yr hart wl ec, ec”—ɖ fat man sqizd hr closr stl, az f h riyli wz sori fr ɖt pur hart—“bcz nwn wonts t cis y nǎ. N y’l se hǎ unpleznt ɖz poliśt florz r t wōc on, hǎ denjṛs ɖe r. Ê, Madṃzél Twncltoz?” sd ɖ fat man softli.\nLeila gev a lît litl laf, bt ś dd nt fīl lîc lafñ. Wz it—cd it ol b tru? It sǎndd teṛbli tru. Wz ɖs frst bōl onli ɖ bginñ v hr last bōl, aftr ol? At ɖt ɖ ḿzic sīmd t ćenj; it sǎndd sad, sad; it rouz upn a gret sai. Ǒ, hǎ qcli ʈñz ćenjd! Ẃ dd’nt hapinis last fr evr? Fr evr wz’nt a bit tù loñ.\n“I wont t stop,” ś sd in a breʈlis vôs. Ɖ fat man léd hr t ɖ dor.\n“No,” ś sd, “I w’nt g ǎtsd. I w’nt sit dǎn. I’l jst stand hir, ʈanc y.” Ś līnd agnst ɖ wōl, tapñ wɖ hr ft, pŭlñ p hr gluvz n trayñ t smîl. Bt dīp insd hr a litl grl ʈrù hr piṇfor ovr hr hed n sobd. Ẃ hd h spôld it ol?\n“I se, y nǒ,” sd ɖ fat man, “y ms’nt tec m sirịsli, litl ledi.”\n“Az f I śd!” sd Leila, tosñ hr smōl darc hed n sucñ hr underlip…\nAgn ɖ cuplz p’redd. Ɖ swñdorz opnd n śut. Nǎ ny ḿzic wz gvn ǎt bî ɖ bandmastr. Bt Leila dd’nt wont t dans eni mor. Ś wontd t b hom, or sitñ on ɖ vranda liṣnñ t ɖoz bebi-ǎlz. Ẃn ś lct ʈru ɖ darc windoz at ɖ starz, ɖe hd loñ bīmz lîc wñz…\nBt prezntli a soft, mltñ, raṿśñ tyn bgan, n a yuñ man wɖ crli her baud bfr hr. Ś wd hv t dans, ǎt v p’lîtnis, untl ś cd fînd Meg. Vri stifli ś wōct intu ɖ midl; vri hōṭli ś pt hr hand on hiz slīv. Bt in wn minit, in wn trn, hr fīt glîdd, glîdd. Ɖ lîts, ɖ azełz, ɖ dresz, ɖ pnc fesz, ɖ velvit ćerz, ol bcem wn bytifl flayñ ẃīl. N ẃn hr nxt partnr bumt hr intu ɖ fat man n h sd, “Pardn,” ś smîld at him mor redịntli ɖn evr. Ś dd’nt īvn rec̣gnîz him agn.


Chōngmǎn fàngdàng de ài dì měiwèi zhī yè – Contos de Sacanagem\nNǐ hǎo, xiàwǔ hǎo. →\nChōngmǎn fàngdàng de ài dì měiwèi zhī yè\nwǒ mǎnhuái èyì, huí dàojiā, qù yàofáng, mǎile shuǐxìng rùnhuá jiāo, qùle shìchǎng, mǎile yōuzhì de jìnkǒu pútáojiǔ hé píjiǔ.\nWǒ chōngle gè hǎo zǎo, ránhòu qù chúfáng zhǔnbèi yīxiē língshí, děngdài fèi ěr nán dádào lái. Yǒudiǎn wéibèi, tāmen tōngcháng wèi wǒmen nánrén zuò.\nZài děngdài Fernanda xiàbān huí jiā shí, wǒ zhǔnbèile yīgè wén dào mùyù yán de yùgāng. Tā yī jìnmén, wǒ jiù wěnle yīgè fēicháng piàoliang de wěn, tuō xià yīfú réng liú zài kètīng, tā xiǎng qù chúfáng kàn yīyǎn luànqībāzāo de dōngxī, dàn wǒ méiyǒu ràng tā dài tā qù wòshì. Tā fàngsōng yīdiǎn. Wǒ zài yùgāng lǐ fàngle xiāngxūn làzhú, shàngmiàn dōu fàngzhe róuhé de xiāngshuǐ.\nDāng tā hé tā guānghuá de māo yīqǐ zuò zài yùgāng lǐ shí, wǒ tuō xià yù páo, yǐjīng chìluǒ érqiě fēicháng yònglì, wǒ kāishǐ zài tā de jiānbǎng shàng ànmó, tā xiǎng kāishǐ yīgè gōngzuò kēmù, wǒ yòng yīgè wěn wěn dǎ duànle tā, cóng nà shí qǐ, tā yìshí dào shìqíng zhèngzài shēngwēn. Tā lāzhe wǒ de gùnzi, kàojìn wǒ de zuǐ,,le yīkǒu, kāishǐ shǔnxī tā de tóu, bì shàng yǎnjīng, wǒ kàn dào tā xīnqíng bù hǎo.\nTā yǒushí shǔnxī xiǎo qiú, xiànzài shǔnxī xiǎo nǎodai, zhè shǐ wǒ duì yùwàng chǎnshēngle míhuò. Wǒmen zài yùshì lǐ wánle yīhuǐ’er, ránhòu shàngchuáng shuìjiào, wǒ bǎ tā fàng zài chuángshàng, yòng máojīn gài zhù tā de liǎn, zhāngkāishuāng tuǐ, kāishǐ zài tuǐ de zhōngbù cóng xià wǎng shàng qīng dàn, tā gèngjiā zhāng kāi zìjǐ. Gèng néng gǎnjué dào wǒ shétou zài nǐ shēnshang de zhěnggè chángdù. Tā zhāngkāishuāng tuǐ, wǒ dǒngdé yào yòng fěnhóng sè de pìgu shuō xiē shétou, bá chū and yín shēng hé duànduànxùxù de dāncí, zhèyàng wǒ cáinéng lǐjiě wǒ de xìnxī. Pìgu. Tā láile hěnduō, bìng zài duō cì xìng gāocháo zhōng fādǒu. Dāng wǒ de shǒuzhǐ shī tòule tā de xiǎngshòu shí, wǒ jiù jiàng shǒuzhǐ fàng zài tā de pìgu shàng, shǐ qí qīngsōng jìnrù, tā jì róuruǎn yòu fàngsōng. Wǒ zài shēn chū yī gēn shǒuzhǐ, tā fàngsōngle, tóngshí shǔnxīle tā de yīndì, jiù xiàng shì zài qīnwěn zìjǐ de zuǐ yīyàng. Fèi ěr nán dá (Fernanda) niǔ dòngle hěnduō, wǒ bǎ shǒuzhǐ gēngshēn de shēn jìnle nà zhǐ fěnhóng sè de pìgu, dāng wǒ yìshí dào tā yào lái de shíhòu, wǒ jiù bǎ dì sān gēn shǒuzhǐ fàng qīngsōngle, ránhòu tā bǎtóu cóng tā de yīnbù shàng yí kāi, zhèyàng wǒ jiù bù zài shǔn tā de grelinho. Wǒ fēicháng huǎnmàn de jiàng shǒuzhǐ cóng tā de pìgu shàng yí kāi, ràng tā tǎng zài róuruǎn de chuángshàng.\nWǒ qù chúfáng dǎkāile jiǔ píng, ránhòu dàizhe língshí huíláile, gěile tā yībēi, gěile wǒ píjiǔ. Wǒ jiāng tuōpán fàng zài chuángshàng, zài fángjiān lǐ diǎnránle yī zhī fāngxiāng làzhú, ránhòu bǎ dēng guānle, zhǐ shèng xià làzhú hé tā de xiāngqì. Wǒmen hē wán jiǔ hòu, tā jiù guòlái zhǎo wǒ, qǔ huíle xiǎo àirén. Zài cǐ qíjiān, tā kāishǐ shǔnxī wǒ de jībā, wǒ yòngle púrén shēnshang de rùnhuá jì, tā shìgè hěn hǎo de xiǎo mǔgǒu, tā lǐjiěle xìnxī bìng zhuǎnguòle wěibā, suǒyǐ wǒ kěyǐ rùnhuá tā. Wǒ zài tā de pìgu shàng huāle yīdiǎn rùnhuá jì, wǒ zài hé tā de pìgu wán, tā de zuǐ fēicháng shī, shǔnxīle wǒ de gōngjī.\n-Tiē shàng nǐ de xiǎoshǒuzhǐ, ài.\n-Suǒyǐ dài shàng nǐ de xiǎo mǔgǒu, nǐ xiǎng zài bǎ tā dàngchéng pìgu shí shǔnxī jībā ma?\n-Shì de, wǒ xǐhuān shǔnxī bìng gěi wǒ de pìgu, liǎng gēn shǒuzhǐ chārù, bǎ wǒ nòng suì, biàn dé fēicháng hào chī, biàn dé jiǎozhì.\nWǒ háo bù liúqíng de yòng liǎng gēn shǒuzhǐ fǔmōzhe tā, tā heat yínzhe, xiàng heat zi yīyàng zài rè,mo yín hé yáobǎi zhōng shǔnxī.\nJiāng tā fàng zài yībiān, wǒ zài tā de bāngzhù xià jiāng tā fàng dào tā de pìgu shàng, ránhòu wǒ màn man fàng shàng tā, yīdàn quánlì yǐ fù, tā jiù bǎ túnbù wǎng hòutuì, jiāng suǒyǒu dōngxī fàng dào pìgu shàng, bìng zài wǒ fǔmō de tóngshí bǎochí huǎnmàn yídòng tā de māo.\n-Fàng liǎng gè shǒuzhǐ qù ài, yě bǎ tā fàng zài wǒ de māomī lǐ, qù…\n-Nǐ xǐhuān bǎ māo hé pìgu nòng chéng āng zāng.\n-Huhum, wǒ xǐhuān tā, bùyào tíng xiàlái, bǎ wǒ xiǎng xiǎngshòu de liǎng gè dōngxī jiā zài shàngmiàn.\nWǒ gǎo zále, tā kōngqián lái.\nWǒmen gěile tā huīfù de shíjiān, wǒ cóng zhèxiē qì wù jì zhōng qǔchū yī guǎn chú chòu jì, bìng zài shàngmiàn fàngle liǎng gè bìyùn tào, tā duì cǐ yǒuxiē dānxīn, wǒ gàosù tā tā hé wǒ de gōngjī yīyàng dà, tā yǐjīng xíguànle, méishénme bùtóng, shènzhì ràng tā yǒuxiē dānxīn, tā ràng tā gǔndòng lái kàn kàn tā huì qù nǎlǐ.\nWǒ zàicì bǎ tā fàng zài yībiān, fàng dào tā de pìgu shàng, yīnwèi tā huàile, hěn róngyì jìnrù. Wǒ bǎ guǎnzi fàng dào tā de yīnhù lǐ, ránhòu màn man fàng jìnqù, zhídào yībàn, tā dàshēng mo yín.\n-Wa, zhēn ràng wǒ liúlèi….\n-Nǐ yào wǒ tíngzhǐ ài ma?\n-Bù, hěn hào chī, fàng kuài yīdiǎn.\nWǒ jiākuàile jiézòu, tīngle tā ěr biān de yěshòu.\n-Suǒyǐ xiànzài nǐ yǒu liǎng zhī xiǎo jī jìnqùle, nǐ bùshì hěn zàng ma?\nShì de, dōu hào chī, dǎ duàn wǒ de pìgu, nà jiùshì nǐ xǐhuān de fāngshì, xiǎngshòu tā, lái ba. Yě bǎ tā fàng zài wǒ de māomī lǐ, hěn gāoxìng néng tóngshí yǒu liǎng zhī jī, wa, yīnwèi wǒ yǐqián méi chángguò, tā hěn hào chī.\n-Suǒyǐ bǎ tā nòng zāng, lái wǒ de gōngjī, wǒ huì yòng wēnnuǎn de jì tiánbǔ nǐ de pìgu.\nFèi ěr nán dá (Fernanda) niǔ dòng dé hěn lìhài, yǐ zhìyú wǒ méiyǒu cǎiqǔ rènhé xíngdòng, tā zuò zài wǒ féiyù de gōngjī shàng, jìxù zá xiàng māomī de guǎnzi, zhídào tā zàicì chūxiàn bìng zài wǒ zhè biān biàn ruǎn, guǎnzi réng zài māomī lǐmiàn.\nTā màn man de bǎ tā qǔ chūlái, gěile wǒ yīgè wěn, gǎnxiè tā dùguò de wánměi yèwǎn.\nWǒmen de chuáng mǎn shì hànshuǐ, dàochù dōu shì mǎn shēn shì hàn.\nWǒmen zài xiūxí yīhuǐ’er, dāng tā hé wǒ yě zài yīqǐ de shíhòu, tā tǎng zài chuángshàng, zhǐshì shuō, xuǎnzé nǐ xiǎng qù dì dìfāng, wǒ shì nǐ de, wǒ de rè nán. Wǒ suíshí wèi nín fúwù, kě gēnjù xūyào chī wǒ. Zài zhège guòchéng zhōng, wǒ de jībā biàn yìngle, wǒ pá dào chuángshàng, mìnglìng tā dǎkāi pìgu, ránhòu jiāng tā fàng dào tā de shēnhòu, fàng dào tā de yīnbù, yīnbù pòlièle, yīnwèi tā hái méiyǒu huīfù dào zhèngcháng zhuàngtài, wǒ bǎ tā fàng jìn tā de pìgu, ránhòu chōushuǐ zhídào wǒ kuàiyào lái bǎ tā zuò zài chuángshàng, wǒ zhàn zài tā de miànqián, wǒ xǐhuān tā de xiǎo tiānshǐ bān de liǎn, tā tiǎnle tiǎn tā xiǎo zuǐ shàng de jì.\nWǒmen huí dào yùgāng, zài nàlǐ shuìzhele, zhídào shuǐ lěngquèle yīdiǎn, ránhòu bǎ wǒmen chǎo xǐngle. Wǒmen shuìzhele, dì èr tiān zǎoshang wǒ tǎng zài chuángshàng hēle yībēi kāfēi, tiáopí de zhǐyǒu yīgè wéiqún, yīgè chuānzhuó “pícǎo” de xiǎo nǚhái, tā bǎ yīqiè dōu guā dé shùn huá, ránhòu huí dào chuángshàng hé lìng yīgè xìng’ài chǎngsuǒ.


Lǒ Jezu Tɔn Dó Sikágankwɛ Wǒ Wu | Gbɛzán Jezu Tɔn\nLǒ E É Dó Dó Sikágankwɛ Wǒ Wu É\nLǑ E JEZU DÓ DÓ SIKÁGANKWƐ WǑ WU É\nJeluzalɛmu wɛ Jezu xwè có, é sixu kpó ɖò Zacée xwé, é kpo ahwanvu tɔn lɛ kpo. Ye vɛdo ɖɔ tlolo dìn wɛ “axɔsuɖuɖu Mawu tɔn” na jɛ acɛ kpa jí bɔ Jezu na nyí Axɔsu na sín. (Luki 19:11) Ye mɔ nǔ jɛ xó enɛ mɛ ɖó agɔ, lee ye ma mɔ nǔ jɛ wu ɖɔ Jezu ɖó na kú ǎ é gbɔn é. Enɛ wu wɛ é dó lǒ ɖé bo dó d’alɔ ye nú ye na mɔ nǔ jɛ wu ɖɔ Axɔsuɖuto ɔ kún na bɛ́ dìn ó.\nÉ ɖɔ: “Nya nukúnɖeji ɖé wɛ sɔnǔ xwè tò línlín ɖé mɛ, nú è na yì sɔ́ ɛ axɔsu, bɔ é na lɛkɔ wá xwé.” (Luki 19:12) Tomɛyiyi mɔhun na lín. É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ Jezu wɛ nyí “nya nukúnɖeji” e yì “tò línlín ɖé” mɛ é, tò ɔ wɛ nyí jixwé, finɛ wɛ Tɔ́ tɔn na sɔ́ axɔsu’cɛ n’i ɖè.\nÐò lǒ ɔ mɛ ɔ, cobonu “nya nukúnɖeji” ɔ na yì tomɛ ɔ, é ylɔ mɛsɛntɔ́ tɔn wǒ bo má sikágankwɛ wǒ nú ye mɛ ɖokpo ɖokpo bo ɖɔ nú ye ɖɔ “ye ni ɖò ajɔ̌ wà na wɛ, kaka nú emi na lɛkɔ wá.” (Luki 19:13) Sikágankwɛ ɔ, akwɛ ɖé wɛ bo xɔ akwɛ. Sikágankwɛ ɖokpo wɛ nyí azɔ̌kwɛ e mɛ e nɔ xò kpaka ɖò gle mɛ é ɖé nɔ mɔ ɖò sun atɔn jɛji gudo é.\nAhwanvu lɛ sixu ko mɔ nǔ jɛ wu ɖɔ emi wɛ cí mɛsɛntɔ́ wǒ e xó lǒ ɔ ɖɔ é ɖɔhun, ɖó Jezu ko jlɛ́ ye dó nǔkún-yatɔ́ lɛ wu kpɔ́n. (Matie 9:35-38) É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ é kún ɖò ɖiɖɔ nú ye wɛ ɖɔ ye ni yì ya jinukún e nɔ nɔ gle mɛ lɛ é wá ó. É nyɔ́ wà ɔ, nǔkún-yiya ɔ byɔ ɖɔ ye ni ba mɛ e sixu mɔ tɛn ɖò Axɔsuɖuto Mawu Tɔn mɛ lɛ é. Ahwanvu lɛ na zán nǔ e ye ɖò lɛ é bǐ dó ba mɛ e na ɖu Axɔsuɖuto ɔ sín gǔ lɛ é gègě.\nNǔ ɖevo tɛ lɛ Jezu ka ɖexlɛ́ ɖò lǒ ɔ mɛ? É ɖɔ ɖɔ tò tɔn mɛ nu lɛ “ka gbɛ́ wǎn n’i [nya nukúnɖeji ɔ], bɔ ye ɖè mɛ, bɔ wɛn jɛ gudo tɔn nú ye ni yì ɖɔ nú mɛ e jló na sɔ́ ɛ axɔsu ɔ ɖɔ: ‘Mǐ ba nú mɛ enɛ ni ɖu axɔsu ɖò mǐ nu ǎ!’” (Luki 19:14) Ahwanvu lɛ tuùn ɖɔ Jwifu lɛ kún yí Jezu ó, ye mɛ ɖé lɛ tlɛ jló na hu i lɔ. Ðò kú Jezu tɔn kpo jixwé yiyi tɔn kpo gudo ɔ, Jwifu lɛ bǐ kpaà xlɛ́ lee ye ɖè n’i é, bo doya nú ahwanvu tɔn lɛ. Gbeklanxamɛtɔ́ enɛ lɛ xlɛ́ céɖécéɖé ɖɔ emi kún ba ɖɔ Jezu ni nyí Axɔsu nú emi ó.—Jaan 19:15, 16; Mɛsɛ́dó 4:13-18; 5:40.\nMɛsɛntɔ́ wǒ lɛ ɖɔhun ɔ, nɛ̌ ye ka zán sikágankwɛ yetɔn gbɔn kaka jɛ hwenu e è sɔ́ “nya nukúnɖeji” ɔ “axɔsu” bɔ é lɛkɔ wá é? Jezu kpi tan ɔ bo ɖɔ: “Ee è sɔ́ ɛ axɔsu, bɔ é lɛkɔ wá xwé ɔ, é ylɔ mɛsɛntɔ́ e é má akwɛ na lɛ, bo na tuùn lè e mɛ ɖokpo ɖokpo mɔ é. Mɛ nukɔntɔn ɔ wá, bo ɖɔ: ‘Gǎn ce, sikágankwɛ towe ɔ jì sikágankwɛ wǒ.’ Gǎn ɔ ka yí gbè n’i ɖɔ jí: ‘A wà nǔ ɖó ganji; mɛsɛntɔ́ ɖagbe wɛ nú we; ɖó lee a nɔ gbeji gbɔn, ɖò nǔ kpɛví mɛ é wu ɔ, un na sɔ́ we ɖó toxo wǒ nu.’ Mɛ wegɔ ɔ lɔ wá, bo ɖɔ: ‘Gǎn ce, sikágankwɛ towe ɔ jì atɔ́ɔ́n ɖevo.’ Gǎn ɔ ka yí gbè nú elɔ ɖɔ: ‘Hwi lɔ ɔ, nɔ toxo atɔ́ɔ́n nu.’”—Luki 19:15-19.\nEnyi ahwanvu lɛ mɔ nǔ jɛ wu ɖɔ emi cí mɛsɛntɔ́ e zán nǔ e ye ɖó lɛ é bǐ ganji dó kplɔ́n nǔ mɛ gègě d’eji, bɔ ye huzu ahwanvu é ɖɔhun ɔ, ye sixu kudeji ɖɔ xomɛ na hun Jezu. Ye na lɛ́ ɖeji ɖɔ é na sú kanɖodonǔwu emitɔn sín axɔ emi. É ɖò gaàn ɖɔ, ahwanvu Jezu tɔn lɛ bǐ kún ɖó ninɔmɛ ɖokpo ɔ ó, mɔ̌ jɛn ye ma ka lɛ́ ɖó nǔwukpikpé ɖokpo ɔ ǎ é nɛ. Enɛ wu ɔ, Jezu e è ‘sɔ́ axɔsu’ é na tuùn, bo na dó nú gǎn e ye dó kpo gbejininɔ kpo, bo kplɔ́n nǔ mɛ lɛ bɔ ye huzu ahwanvu é.—Matie 28:19, 20.\nÉ ɖò mɔ̌ có, ɖi lee Jezu sú ta nú lǒ ɔ gbɔn é ɔ, ɖ’ayi vogbingbɔn elɔ wu: “[Mɛsɛntɔ́] ɖevo ɖɔ: ‘Gǎn ce, sikágankwɛ towe ɖíe; avɔtó wɛ un sìn dó, bo sɔ́ sɛ̀ xwè; ɖó xɛsi wɛ un ɖi nú we, ɖó a nylahun tlala; nǔ e a ma sɔ́ ɖó ayǐ ǎ ɔ wɛ a nɔ yì zé; nǔ e a ma dó ǎ ɔ wɛ a nɔ ya.’ Gǎn ɔ ka yí gbè n’i ɖɔ: ‘Hwi mɛsɛntɔ́ nyanya elɔ ɔ, xó e tɔ́n sín hwiɖesu nu mɛ ɔ wɛ un na sɔ́ dó ɖɔhwɛ xá we. Ee a tuùn ɖɔ un nylahun, bɔ nǔ e un ma sɔ́ ɖ’ayǐ ǎ ɔ wɛ un nɔ yì zé, bo ka nɔ ya nǔ e un ma dó ǎ ɔ, nɛ̌ ka gbɔn bɔ a ma ka sɔ́ akwɛ ce yì ɖó akwɛxwé, bonu un lɛkɔ wá ɔ, ma yí kpodo akwɛví tɔn kpo ǎ?’ É ka ɖɔ nú mɛ e ɖò finɛ lɛ ɖɔ: ‘Mi yí sikágankwɛ ɔ sín así tɔn, bo zé nú mɛ e ɖó wǒ é!’”—Luki 19:20-24.\nÐó mɛsɛntɔ́ enɛ w’azɔ̌ bonu axɔsuɖuto gǎn tɔn tɔn sín dɔkun na jɛji ǎ wutu ɔ, nǔ yì tɛ́ ɛ. Mɛsɛ́dó lɛ ɖò hwenu e Jezu na ɖu axɔsu ɖò Axɔsuɖuto Mawu Tɔn mɛ é nɔte kpɔ́n wɛ. Enɛ wu ɔ, nǔ e Jezu ɖɔ dó mɛsɛntɔ́ gudo tɔn ɔ wu é sixu zɔ́n, bɔ ye mɔ ɖɔ enyi emi ma ɖókan dó azɔ̌ wu ǎ ɔ, emi kún na mɔ tɛn ɖò Axɔsuɖuto enɛ mɛ ó.\nXógbe Jezu tɔn lɛ ɖó na sɔ́ akpàkpà ahwanvu gbejinɔtɔ́ lɛ, bɔ ye na lɛ́ ván kàn ɖò azɔ̌ ɔ kɔn. É sú ta na bo ɖɔ: “Ma ɖɔ nú mi, mɛ e ɖó nǔ ɔ, è na lɛ́ na nǔ i d’eji. Mɛ e ma ka ɖó nùɖé ǎ ɔ, è na lɛ́ yí kpɛ e é ɖó ɔ sín así tɔn.” É ɖɔ gɔ́ na ɖɔ kɛntɔ́ emitɔn e ma jló ɖɔ emi ni “ɖu axɔsu dó [ye] nu” ǎ lɛ é ɔ, è na hú ye. Enɛ gudo ɔ, Jezu lɛ́ wlí ali tɔn ɖido Jeluzalɛmu.—Luki 19:26-28.\nEtɛwu Jezu ka dó lǒ dó sikágankwɛ wu?\nMɛ̌ ka nyí “nya nukúnɖeji” ɔ? Tò tɛ mɛ é ka yì?\nMɛ̌ mɛ̌ e ka nyí mɛsɛntɔ́ lɛ? Mɛ̌ ka nyí tò tɔn mɛ nu e gbɛ́ wǎn n’i lɛ é?\nEtɛ ka gbɔn vo ɖò mɛsɛntɔ́ e è d’ajɔ lɛ é kpo ee sí è yì sikágankwɛ sín é kpo mɛ?


A ka Tuùn Mawu Lee Nɔwée, Daniyɛli kpo Jɔbu kpo Tuùn I Gbɔn É À? | Nùkplɔnkplɔn\nAtɔxwɛ: Nùkplɔnkplɔn Tɔn | Février 2018\nGBÈ E MƐ A SIXU XÀ DÓ É Afrikaans Albanie-Gbè Alur Amharique-Gbè Amis-Gbè Arabe-Gbè Arménie-Gbè Aymara Ayɔgbe Azerbaïjan-Gbè Bassa (Cameroun) Belize Kriol Bengali Bikol Boulou Bulgarie-Gbè Cakchiquel Cap-Vert gbè Catalogne-Gbè Cebuano Chichewa Chine-Gbè (Cantonais) Chine-Gbè (Dòdó Ɔ) Chine-Gbè (Ee Bɔkun É) Chinese Cantonese (Simplified) Chitonga Chitonga (Malawi Tɔn) Chitonga (Zimbabwe Tɔn) Chitumbuka Chiyao Chol Cibemba Cinyanja Corée-Gbè Créole Haïti Tɔn Croatie-Gbè Damara Danemark-Gbè Dangme Digor Douala Eblegbe Edo Efik Esan Espagne-Gbè Estonie-Gbè Fidji-Gbè Finlande-Gbè Flansegbe Fɔngbe Ga Garifuna Géorgie-Gbè Glɛkigbe Glɛnsigbe Guarani Gujarati Gungbe Haoussa Herero Hiligaynon Hindi Hiri Motu Hongrie-Gbè Ibanag Ibo Iloko Indonésie-Gbè Islande-Gbè Isoko Italie-Gbè Janmagbe Janmagbe (Ee È Cáká É) Japon-Gbè Kabiye Kannada Kikamba Kikaonde Kikuyu Kiluba Kinyarwanda Kirghistan-Gbè Kiribati-Gbè Kirundi Kisonge Kongo Kurde Kurmanji Kurde Kurmanji (Caucase) Kurde Kurmanji (Cyrillique) Kwangali Kwanyama Lettonie-Gbè Lingala Lituanie-Gbè Luganda Lunda Luo Luvale Macédoine-Gbè Madagascar-Gbè Malay Malayalam Mam Mambwé-Lungu Marathi Marshall-Gbè Maya Mazatèque Huautla Tɔn Mbunda Mingrelian Mixe Mixtèque (Guerrero) Mongolie-Gbè Mooré Motu Myanmar-Gbè Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Guerrero) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Totaligbé Puebla Tɔn) Ndébélé Ndébélé (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Népali Ngabere Nigerian Pidgin Norvège-Gbè Nzema Okpe Oromo-Gbè Ossétie-Gbè Otètèla Ouzbékistan-Gbè Ouzbékistan-Gbè (Romain) Pangasinan Papiamento (Curaçao Tɔn) Pays-Bas-Gbè Penjabi Persan Pidgin (Cameroon) Pologne-Gbè Ponape-Gbè Portugal-Gbè Portugal-Gbè (Portugal) Quechua (Ancash Tɔn) Quechua (Bolivie Tɔn) Roumanie-Gbè Russie-Gbè Samoa-Gbè Sango Sepedi Sepulana Serbie-Gbè Serbie-Gbè (Romain) Sesotho (Lesotho) Sesotho (South Africa) Shona Sidama Silozi Sinhala Slovaquie-Gbè Slovénie-Gbè Sranan tongo Suède-Gbè Swahili-Gbè Swahili-Gbè (Rép. dém. du Congo) Swati Tagalog Tajikistan-Gbè Tamoul Tarascan Tatar Tchèque-Gbè Tchouvachie-Gbè Tetun Dili Télougou Thaï Tigrinya Tiv Tojolabal Tok Pisin Tokunɔgbe Amelika Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Angola Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Argentine Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Brésil Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Chili Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Chine Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Colombie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Corée Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Costa Rica Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Cuba Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Espagne Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Finlande Tɔn Tokunɔgbe France Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Grande-Bretagne Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Honduras Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Hongrie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Inde Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Indonésie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Italie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Japon Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Malawi Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Mexique Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Panama Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Paraguay Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Pérou Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Philippines Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Pologne Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Portugal Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Québec Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Roumanie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Russie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Slovaquie Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Tchèque Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Vénézuéla Tɔn Tokunɔgbe Zimbabwe Tɔn Tonga-Gbè Totonaque Tshiluba Tsonga Tswana Turkménistan-Gbè Turquie-Gbè Tuvalu-Gbè Twi Tzeltal Tzotzil Ukraine-Gbè Urhobo Vegbe Venda Vietnam-Gbè Waray-Waray Wolaitsa Xhosa Zandé Zapotec-Gbè (Isthme Tɔn) Zoulou Île Salomon-Gbè\n‘Mɛ nyanya lɛ nɔ ba na mɔ nǔ jɛ lee è na nyì sɛ́n gbɔn é wu ɖebǔ ǎ; loɔ, mɛ e nɔ ba na setónú nú Jehovah lɛ nɔ mɔ nǔ jɛ nǔ bǐ wu.’—NÙX. 28:5.\nHAN LƐ: 126, 150\nNƐ̌ MƐ ELƆ LƐ KA ÐÈ NÙÐIÐI KPO NÙNYWƐ E GOSIN MAWU GƆ́N É KPO XLƐ́ GBƆN?\n1-3. (a) Etɛ ka na d’alɔ mǐ bɔ mǐ na nɔ gbeji nú Mawu ɖò azǎn gudogudo tɔn elɔ lɛ mɛ? (b) Etɛ mǐ ka na gbéjé kpɔ́n ɖò xota elɔ mɛ?\nÐÓ AZǍN gudogudo tɔn lɛ ko xwè vivɔnu wutu ɔ, nǔnyanyawiwa fɔ́n bo ɖò “zìnzɔ́n wɛ gbehan ɖɔhun.” (Ðɛh. 92:8) Enɛ wu ɔ, é sɔ́ kpaca mɛ ɖɔ nugbodòdó walɔ ɖagbe tɔn lɛ ɖò bùbú wɛ ǎ. Ðò gbɛ̀ elɔ mɛ ɔ, nɛ̌ mǐ ka sixu “nyí yɔkpɔvu ɖò nǔ e kúnkplá nǔ nyanya é mɛ” lobo ka na “nyí mɛxo ɖò linlin [mǐ]tɔn lɛ mɛ” gbɔn?—1 Kɔ. 14:20.\n2 Xósin ɔ ɖò wemafɔ e jí xota mǐtɔn jinjɔn é mɛ. Akpáxwé tɔn ɖé ɖɔ: “Mɛ e nɔ ba na setónú nú Jehovah lɛ nɔ mɔ nǔ jɛ nǔ bǐ wu,” enɛ wɛ nyí nǔ e è na bló bo hɛn xomɛ tɔn hun é bǐ. (Nùx. 28:5) Linlin mɔhun tɔ́n ɖò Nùnywɛxó 2:7, 9 mɛ, finɛ ɖɔ ɖɔ Jehovah “nɔ sɛ̀ nùnywɛ e nyɔ́ zán é xwè nú nǔjlɔjlɔwatɔ́.” [nwt.] Wǎgbɔ tɔn ɔ, nǔjlɔjlɔwatɔ́ lɛ nɔ kpéwú bo nɔ “tuùn nǔ e nyí hwɛjijɔ é, nǔ e nyí nǔ jlɔjlɔ é, nǔ e sɔgbe é.”\n3 Nɔwée, Daniyɛli kpo Jɔbu kpo ɖó nùnywɛ enɛ. (Ezek. 14:14) Nǔ ɖokpo ɔ wɛ é nyí nú togun Mawu tɔn ɖò égbé. Bɔ hwiɖesunɔ mɛtún ɔ ka lo? A ka “mɔ nǔ jɛ nǔ” e è ɖó na tuùn cobo hɛn xomɛ Jehovah tɔn hun lɛ é “bǐ wu” à? Nǔ taji ɔ wɛ nyí nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ɖiɖó dó wutu tɔn. Ayi mǐtɔn ni ɖò enɛ jí bonu mǐ ni gbéjé (1) lee Nɔwée, Daniyɛli kpo Jɔbu kpo wà gbɔn bo tuùn Mawu é, (2) lee nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ enɛ wà ɖagbe nú ye gbɔn é, kpo (3) lee mǐ sixu sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi yetɔn ɖɔhun gbɔn é kpo kpɔ́n.\nNƆWÉE YÌ XÁ MAWU ÐÒ GBƐ̀ NYANYA ÐÉ MƐ\n4. Nɛ̌ Nɔwée ka wà gbɔn bo tuùn Jehovah? Nɛ̌ nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ka d’alɔ ɛ gbɔn?\n4 Lee Nɔwée wà gbɔn bo tuùn Jehovah é. Sín bǐbɛ̌mɛ hwenuxó gbɛtɔ́ tɔn tɔn ɔ, sunnu kpo nyɔnu kpo nùɖitɔ́ lɛ kplɔ́n nǔ dó Mawu wu ɖò ali titewungbe atɔn nu: ye nɔ kpɔ́n nùɖíɖó e nukún nɔ mɔ lɛ é, kplɔ́n nǔ ɖò gbɛtɔ́ e ɖi xɛsi nú Mawu lɛ é ɖevo lɛ gɔ́n, bo nɔ mɔ nyɔna e gbɛzinzan sɔgbe xá nugbodòdó jlɔjlɔ Mawu tɔn lɛ nɔ ɖetɔ́n é. (Eza. 48:18) Gbɔn nùɖíɖó e nukún nɔ mɔ lɛ é kpinkpɔn gblamɛ ɔ, é nyí kúnnuɖenú e xlɛ́ ɖɔ Mawu tíìn lɛ é kɛɖɛ wɛ Nɔwée mɔ bɔ ye túnflá ǎ, loɔ, é lɛ́ mɔ jijɔ tɔn e nukún ma nɔ mɔ ǎ lɛ é, ɖi “hlɔnhlɔn tɔn mavɔmavɔ ɔ kpodo nǔ e é nyí nugbǒ ɔ kpo.” (Hlɔ. 1:20) Wǎgbɔ tɔn ɔ, é nyí nǔ kɛɖɛ wɛ Nɔwée ɖi nú Mawu ǎ, loɔ, é lɛ́ sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi e syɛn tawun é.\n5. Nɛ̌ Nɔwée ka wà gbɔn bo tuùn linlin e Mawu ɖó nú gbɛtɔ́ lɛ é?\n5 “Nǔ e sè wɛ è ɖè ɔ mɛ wɛ nùɖiɖi nɔ tɔ́n sín.” (Hlɔ. 10:17) Nɛ̌ Nɔwée ka sè xó dó Jehovah wu gbɔn? É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ é kplɔ́n nǔ gègě ɖò hɛnnumɔ tɔn lɛ gɔ́n. Tɔ́ tɔn Lamɛki e nyí nya nùɖitɔ́ ɖé, bo nɔ gbɛ̀ ɖò táan ɖokpo ɔ mɛ kpo Adamu kpo é ɖò ye mɛ. (Kpɔ́n ɖiɖe e ɖò bǐbɛ̌mɛ é.) Mɛ ɖevo lɛ wɛ nyí gǎn’paa tɔn Matusala (Mɛtucɛlaxi); kpo daagbo daagbo tɔn Yɛlɛdi kpo; Yɛlɛdi ɔ kpó ɖò gbɛ̀ cobɔ è jì Nɔwée bɔ é kpo é kpo lɛ́ nɔ gbɛ̀ nú xwè 366 cobɔ Yɛlɛdi ɔ kú. * (Luk. 3:36, 37) Bɔya nya enɛ lɛ kpo asì yetɔn lɛ kpo wɛ kplɔ́n Nɔwée lee gbɛ̀ gbɛtɔ́ tɔn bɛ́ gbɔn é, linlin e Mawu ɖó ɖɔ gbɛtɔ́ nǔjlɔjlɔwatɔ́ lɛ na gɔ́ ayikúngban ɔ jí é, gɔ́ nú gǔ e è fɔ́n ɖò Edɛni mɛ é. Nɔwée na ko mɔ nǔ e mɛ é wá tɔ́n kɔ dó é. (Bǐb. 1:28; 3:16-19, 24) Nǔ e Nɔwée kplɔ́n ɖò hwe enɛ nu é byɔ ayi tɔn mɛ bo sísɛ́ ɛ b’ɛ sɛ̀n Mawu.—Bǐb. 6:9.\n6, 7. Nɛ̌ nùɖiɖi ka hɛn nukúnɖiɖo Nɔwée tɔn lidǒ gbɔn?\n6 Nukúnɖiɖo nɔ zɔ́n bɔ nùɖiɖi nɔ lidǒ. Hwenu e Nɔwée sè ɖɔ nyikɔ emitɔn sín tinmɛ na ko nyí “Gbɔjɛ” alǒ “Gbɔdónúmɛ,” bɔ enɛ nyí xlɛ̌ nukúnɖiɖo tɔn ɖé é ɔ, dǒ nukún mɛ bo kpɔ́n lee nǔ na ko cí n’i é! (Bǐb. 5:29) Mawu sɔ́ d’ayi mɛ nú Lamɛki b’ɛ ɖɔ: ‘Vǐ elɔ [Nɔwée] na ɖè mǐ sín wuvɛ̌ e mɔ wɛ mǐ ɖè ɖò ayikúngban e Jehovah dónu ɔ jí é mɛ, bo na na vivo mǐ.’ Nɔwée sɔ́ nukúnɖiɖo tɔn ɖó Mawu jí. Abɛli kpo Henɔci kpo e ko nɔ gbɛ̀ jɛ nukɔn n’i é ɖɔhun ɔ, é ɖi nǔ ɖɔ “kúnkan” ɔ na nyínyɛ́ ta nú dan ɔ.—Bǐb. 3:15, nwt.\n7 Nɔwée mɔ nukúnnú jɛ nǔɖɔɖ’ayǐ e ɖò Bǐbɛ̌mɛ 3:15 mɛ é wu hlɛ́nhlɛ́n ǎ, amɔ̌, é ɖò wɛn ɖɔ é mɔ ɖɔ nǔɖɔɖ’ayǐ enɛ hɛn nukúnɖiɖo hwlɛngán tɔn nu. Akpá enɛ e è dó ɖò jikpá Edɛni tɔn mɛ é sɔgbe xá wɛn e Henɔci jla, bo ɖɔ ɖ’ayǐ ɖɔ Mawu na ɖó hwɛ nú mɛ mɛdídá é. (Ju. 14, 15) É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ wɛn Henɔci tɔn e na jɛnu bǐ mlɛ́mlɛ́ ɖò Haamagedɔni hwenu é na ko hɛn nùɖiɖi kpo nukúnɖiɖo Nɔwée tɔn kpo lidǒ!\n8. Ali tɛ lɛ nu nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe ɖiɖó ka nya xɛ ɖò Nɔwée jí ɖè?\n8 Lee nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ɖiɖó dó Mawu wu wà ɖagbe nú Nɔwée gbɔn é. Nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ɖiɖó zɔ́n bɔ Nɔwée ɖó nùɖiɖi kpo nùnywɛ e gosin Mawu gɔ́n é kpo, bɔ é nya xɛ ɖò jǐ tɔn ɖò nǔ e na hɛn nǔ gblé dó wǔ n’i, ɖò taji ɔ, ɖò gbigbɔ lixo é sí. Ði kpɔ́ndéwú ɔ, ɖó Nɔwée “yì xá Mawu” wutu ɔ, é dó gbɛ̌ xá mɛ e ma nɔ sɛ̀n Mawu ǎ lɛ é ǎ. É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ awovi e sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ gbaza dó lɛ é nɔ zán nǔwukpikpé yetɔn e zɛ gbɛtɔ́ tɔn wu lɛ é dó wà nǔ e na jiwǔ ɖò mɛ e ma ɖó nùɖiɖi ǎ, bo nyɔ́ blɛ́ ɖu lɛ é nukúnmɛ, kaka bɔ mɛ enɛ lɛ tlɛ sixu ko kpɔ́n ye dó mɔ nǔmɛsɛn lɛ; amɔ̌, nǔ enɛ lɛ ɖě ka flú Nɔwée ǎ. (Bǐb. 6:1-4, nwt; 6:9) Gɔ́ na ɔ, Nɔwée tuùn ɖɔ è ɖɔ nú gbɛtɔ́ lɛ ɖɔ ye ni jì gbà, bo gɔ́ ayikúngban ɔ jí. (Bǐb. 1:27, 28) Enɛ wu ɔ, é ɖó na ko tuùn ɖɔ xó e awovi lɛ nɔ ɖó xá nyɔnu lɛ é kún sɔgbe ɖò jɔwamɔ linu ó bo lɛ́ nyla tawun. Nǔ enɛ ka wá jɛ wě vaàn hwenu e ye jì vǐ sakasaka lɛ é. Mawu wá gb’akpá nú Nɔwée ɖɔ emi na zé sìn dó vɔ gbɛ̀ ɔ na. Nǔ e Nɔwée ɖi nú akpágbánúmɛ enɛ é sísɛ́ ɛ bɔ é bló tɔjihun ɖaxó ɖokpo, bo dó hwlɛn xwédo tɔn.—Ebl. 11:7.\n9, 10. Nɛ̌ mǐ ka sixu ɖi nǔ Nɔwée ɖɔhun gbɔn?\n9 Lee mǐ sixu sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi Nɔwée tɔn ɖɔhun gbɔn é. Nǔ taji ɔ wɛ nyí ɖɔ mǐ ni nɔ kplɔ́n Xó Mawu tɔn ganji, bo nɔ sɔ́ ayi ɖó nǔ e kplɔ́n wɛ mǐ ɖè é jí, lobo jó nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ enɛ dó nú é ni w’azɔ̌ ɖò mǐ wu lobo xlɛ́ ali mǐ. (1 Pi. 1:13-15) Nùɖiɖi kpo nùnywɛ e gosin Mawu gɔ́n é kpo na nya xɛ ɖò mǐ jí sín wlɛnwín Satáan tɔn e é sɔ́ bibí dó sɔnǔ na lɛ é kpo gbigbɔ nyanya gbɛ̀ ɔ tɔn kpo sí. (2 Kɔ. 2:11) Gbigbɔ enɛ nɔ flɔ́ zo dó glɔ nú wǎn yíyí nú adakaxixo kpo nùblibliwiwa kpo. É nɔ sísɛ́ gbɛtɔ́ lɛ bɔ ye nɔ sɔ́ ayi ɖó jlǒ agbaza tɔn lɛ jí. (1 Jaan 2:15, 16) É tlɛ sixu zɔ́n bɔ mɛ e vɔ́da ɖò gbigbɔ lixo é na wɔn ya nú xlɛ̌ e ɖò wɛn ɖɔ azǎn ɖaxó Mawu tɔn ko sɛkpɔ lɛ é. Ðǒ ayi wu ɖɔ hwenu e Jezu jlɛ́ táan e mɛ mǐ ɖè é dó Nɔwée sín azǎn wu é ɔ, é kún tɛɖɛ̌ dakaxixo alǒ nùblibliwiwa jí ó, loɔ, awovinú e ɖò amlɔ didɔ́ ɖò gbigbɔ lixo mɛ é jí wɛ é tɛɖɛ̌.—Xà Matie 24:36-39.\n10 Kanbyɔ hwiɖée ɖɔ, ‘Lee zán gbɛ̀ ce gbɔn wɛ un ɖè é ka xlɛ́ ɖɔ un tuùn Jehovah nugbǒ nugbǒ à? Nùɖiɖi e un ɖó é ka nɔ sísɛ́ mì bɔ un nɔ zán gbɛ̀ sɔgbe xá nugbodòdó jlɔjlɔ Mawu tɔn lɛ, lobo nɔ lɛ́ jla ye à?’ Nǔ xósin towe lɛ ni xlɛ́ nugbǒ nugbǒ ɖɔ hwi lɔ nɔ “yì xá Mawu.”\nDANIYƐLI ÐÈ NÙNYWƐ MAWU TƆN XLƐ́ ÐÒ BABILƆNU\n11. (a) Etɛ zě e Daniyɛli zé éɖée jó nú Mawu ɖò winnyawinnya mɛ é ka ɖexlɛ́ dó kplɔ́n e é yí é wu? (b) Jijɔ Daniyɛli tɔn tɛ lɛ a ka jló na ɖó?\n11 Lee Daniyɛli wà gbɔn bo tuùn Jehovah é. É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ mɛjitɔ́ Daniyɛli tɔn lɛ kplɔ́n ɛ ganji, ye kplɔ́n ɛ bɔ é yí wǎn nú Jehovah kpo Xó tɔn kpo. Daniyɛli hɛn wanyiyi enɛ wu ɖò gbɛzán tɔn bǐ mɛ. É tlɛ nyí ɖò hwenu e é kpò é ɔ, é nɔ ɖò Mawuxówema ɔ kije kpɔ́n wɛ. (Dan. 9:1, 2) Lee Daniyɛli tuùn Mawu ganji gbɔn é gɔ́ nú lee Mawu wà nǔ xá Izlayɛli-ví lɛ gbɔn é tɔ́n ɖò ɖɛ wubla tɔn e gbeyiɖɔ ɔ xò kpo ayi bǐ kpo b’ɛ ɖò Daniyɛli 9:3-19 mɛ é mɛ. Etɛwu a ma ka na ɖè hwenu ɖó vo bo xà ɖɛ enɛ lobo lin tamɛ d’eji, lobo sɔ́ ayi towe ɖó nǔ e é kplɔ́n we dó Daniyɛli wu é jí ganji ǎ?\n12-14. (a) Ali tɛ lɛ nu Daniyɛli ka ɖè nùnywɛ Mawu tɔn xlɛ́ ɖè? (b) Nɛ̌ Mawu ka dó nú Daniyɛli ɖó gbeji e é nɔ n’i kpo akɔnkpinkpan kpo é wu gbɔn?\n12 Lee nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ɖiɖó dó Mawu wu wà ɖagbe nú Daniyɛli gbɔn é. Babilɔnu ninɔ na vɛwǔ nú Jwifu gbejinɔtɔ́ ɖé tawun. Ði kpɔ́ndéwú ɔ, Jehovah ɖɔ nú Jwifu lɛ ɖɔ: “Mi ba lee toxo e mɛ un sɔ́ ahwan dó wlí mi yì ɖó ɔ na yì nukɔn gbɔn é.” (Jel. 29:7) Amɔ̌, ɖò hwe ɖokpo ɔ nu ɔ, é lɛ́ byɔ ɖɔ ye na zé yeɖée bǐ jó nú emi. (Tín. 34:14) Etɛ ka d’alɔ Daniyɛli bɔ é nɔ jlɛ̌ jí ɖò nǔ wè enɛ lɛ e è byɔ ɖò ye sí é mɛ? Nùnywɛ Mawu tɔn d’alɔ ɛ bɔ é mɔ nukúnnú jɛ nugbodòdó e ɖɔ ɖɔ è na setónú nú acɛkpikpa gbɛ̀ ɔ tɔn lɛ ɖó bǎ ɖé mɛ é wu. Ðò xwè kanweko mɔkpan gudo ɔ, Jezu kplɔ́n nugbodòdó ɖokpo ɔ mɛ.—Luk. 20:25.\n13 Lin tamɛ dó nǔ e Daniyɛli wà hwenu e gbeta ɖé tɔ́n ɖɔ è ni ma sɔ́ xoɖɛ sɛ́dó vodun ɖebǔ, alǒ, gbɛtɔ́ ɖebǔ zɛ axɔsu ɔ wu ó nú azǎn 30 é wu. (Xà Daniyɛli 6:8-11.) Daniyɛli sixu ko ba hwɛjijɔ bo ɖɔ, ‘Azǎn gban nyí xwè mavɔmavɔ ǎ!’ Amɔ̌, é lɔn nú sɛ́n e axɔsu dó é jɛ nukɔn nú nǔ e Biblu byɔ lɛ é ǎ. É hɛn ɔ é na xoɖɛ ɖò nǔglɔ bɔ mɛɖebǔ na tuùn ǎ. É tuùn ɖɔ aca e emi ɖó bo nɔ xoɖɛ gbè bǐ gbè é ɔ, mɛ lɛ tuùn ganji. Enɛ wu ɔ, é byɔ ɖɔ Daniyɛli ni sɔ́ gbɛ̀ tɔn ɖó axɔ́ nu có, é ka lɔn bonu mɛ lɛ lin vɔ́vɔ́ ɖɔ é jó Mawu sínsɛ́n tɔn dó ǎ.\n14 Jehovah dó nú gbeta e kɔn Daniyɛli lin tamɛ cobo wá kpo akɔnkpinkpan kpo é, bo hwlɛn ɛ ɖò nùjiwǔ lixo ɖò kú baɖabaɖa ɖé sí. Nugbǒ ɔ, lee nǔ lɛ wá yì gbɔn é zɔ́n bɔ è tuùn Jehovah tawun ɖò fí e lín hugǎn ɖò Axɔsuɖuto Mɛdi kpo Pɛsi kpo tɔn mɛ lɛ é!—Dan. 6:26-28.\n15. Nɛ̌ mǐ ka sixu sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi Daniyɛli tɔn ɖɔhun gbɔn?\n15 Lee mǐ sixu sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi Daniyɛli tɔn ɖɔhun gbɔn é. Xó Mawu tɔn xixa kpowun wɛ na zɔ́n bɔ è na ɖó nùɖiɖi e syɛn é ǎ, loɔ, nǔ taji ɔ wɛ nyí ɖɔ è ni lɛ́ “mɔ nǔ jɛ mɛ.” (Mat. 13:23) Mǐ jló na tuùn linlin e Jehovah nɔ ɖó dó nǔ lɛ wu é, enɛ byɔ ɖɔ è ni lɛ́ mɔ nukúnnú jɛ nugbodòdó Biblu tɔn lɛ mɛ. Enɛ wu ɔ, mǐ ɖó na lin tamɛ dó nǔ e mǐ xà lɛ é jí. Ðɛxixo kpo ayi mɛtɔn bǐ kpo hwɛhwɛ lɛ́ ɖò taji, titewungbe hwenu e mɛtɛnkpɔn lɛ wá kpannukɔn mǐ é alǒ ɖò ninɔmɛ vɛwǔ ɖevo lɛ mɛ. Nú mǐ xoɖɛ kpo nùɖiɖi kpo bo byɔ nùnywɛ kpo hlɔnhlɔn kpo ɔ, Jehovah na na mǐ.—Ja. 1:5.\nJƆBU WÀ NǓ SƆGBE XÁ NUGBODÒDÓ MAWU TƆN LƐ HWENU E NǓ LƐ BƆKUN É KPO HWENU E É VƐWǓ É KPO\n16, 17. Nɛ̌ Jɔbu ka wà gbɔn bo ɖó nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é dó Mawu wu?\n16 Lee Jɔbu wà gbɔn bo tuùn Jehovah é. Jɔbu nyí Izlayɛli-ví ǎ. Amɔ̌, é nyí kàn kplá dó kàn wu Ablaxamu, Izaki kpo Jakɔbu kpo tɔn, bɔ Jehovah ka ko ɖè nùɖé lɛ xlɛ́ ye dó éɖesunɔ kpo linlin e é ɖó nú gbɛtɔ́ lɛ é kpo wu. Jɔbu kplɔ́n nǔ gègě dó nugbǒ xɔ akwɛ enɛ lɛ wu; lee é ka kplɔ́n ye gbɔn é ɔ, Biblu tinmɛ ǎ. (Jɔb. 23:12) É ɖɔ: “È ɖɔ xó towe bɔ un sè.” (Jɔb. 42:5) Jehovah ɖesu tlɛ ɖɔ ɖɔ Jɔbu ɖɔ xó nugbǒ dó Emi wu.—Jɔb. 42:7, 8.\nNú mǐ nɔ kpɔ́n jijɔ Mawu tɔn e nukún ma nɔ mɔ ǎ lɛ é ɖò nùɖíɖó tɔn e nukún nɔ mɔ lɛ é mɛ ɔ, nùɖiɖi mǐtɔn nɔ lidǒ (Kpɔ́n akpáxwé 17gɔ́ ɔ)\n17 Jɔbu lɛ́ mɔ jijɔ Mawu tɔn e nukún ma nɔ mɔ ǎ lɛ é gègě ɖò nùɖíɖó tɔn e nukún nɔ mɔ lɛ é mɛ. (Jɔb. 12:7-9, 13) Nukɔnmɛ ɔ, Elihu kpo Jehovah kpo bǐ zán nùɖíɖó lɛ dó flín Jɔbu ɖɔ nú è na sɔ́ ɛ jlɛ́ dó lee Mawu d’agba sɔ é wu ɔ, é kún hwɛ́n nǔtí ó. (Jɔb. 37:14; 38:1-4) Xó Jehovah tɔn byɔ ayi Jɔbu tɔn mɛ bɔ é ɖɔ nú Mawu kpo mɛɖesɔhwe kpo ɖɔ: “Un tuùn ɖɔ a nɔ bló nǔ e jló we ɔ bǐ. . . . Un jinjɔn kɔgudu kpo afín kpo mɛ bo ɖexlɛ́ ɖɔ un wà nǔ nyì dò.”—Jɔb. 42:2, 6.\n18, 19. Ali tɛ lɛ nu Jɔbu ka xlɛ́ ɖɔ emi tuùn Jehovah ganji ɖè?\n18 Lee nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é ɖiɖó dó Mawu wu wà ɖagbe nú Jɔbu gbɔn é. Jɔbu mɔ nukúnnú jɛ nugbodòdó Mawu tɔn lɛ wu tawun. É tuùn Jehovah ganji bo wà nǔ sɔgbe xá nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ enɛ. Lin tamɛ dó nǔ elɔ jí: Jɔbu tuùn ɖɔ emi kún sixu ɖɔ ɖɔ emi yí wǎn nú Mawu, bɔ hwe ɖokpo ɔ nu ɔ, emi na gɔn xomɛ nyɔ́ dó nɔzo emitɔn wu ó. (Jɔb. 6:14) É mɔ ɖɔ emi hugǎn mɛ ɖevo lɛ ǎ, loɔ, é ɖexlɛ́ ɖɔ dɔkunnɔ kpo wamamɔnɔ kpo bǐ sín nǔ nɔ ɖu ayi mɛ nú emi. É ɖɔ: “Mawu ɖokpo ɔ wɛ bló mǐ bǐ; é wɛ bló nyɛ kpo ye kpan dó nɔ mǐtɔn mǐtɔn xomɛ.” (Jɔb. 31:13-22) É ɖò wɛn ɖɔ Jɔbu kún na tɛn susu e é ɖó ɖò bǐbɛ̌mɛ é kpo dɔkun e é jɛ é kpo bonu ye zɔ́n nú é ɖó linlin masɔgbe dó éɖesunɔ alǒ mɛ ɖevo lɛ wu ó. Kpɔ́n lee é gbɔn vo nú mɛ e ɖó hlɔnhlɔn bo lɛ́ jɛ dɔkun ɖò gbɛ̀ ɔ mɛ é gègě gbɔn é!\n19 Jɔbu gbɛ́ vodunsinsɛn alɔkpa lɛ bǐ, é tlɛ lɔn bo sɛ̀n vodun ɖò ayi tɔn mɛ ǎ. É tuùn ɖɔ sinsɛn-biblo nùvú kaka jɛ mɛɖée zízé jó nú dɔkun jí na xlɛ́ ɖɔ emi gbɛ́ “Mawu e ɖò jixwé ɔ.” (Xà Jɔbu 31:24-28.) É nɔ kpɔ́n alɔwliwli dó mɔ nǔ mímɛ́ ɖé, bo nyí kancica ɖé ɖò sunnu ɖokpo nyɔnu ɖokpo tɛntin. É tlɛ nu alɛ xá nukún tɔn ɖɔ emi kún na kpɔ́n ɖyɔvǐ ɖé bo na lin na ɖóxó xá ɛ ó. (Jɔb. 31:1) Hɛn dó ayi mɛ ɖɔ é wá gbeta enɛ kɔn hwenu e Mawu tlɛ tin bɔ mɛ lɛ nɔ da asì gègě é. Hǔn, nú é jló Jɔbu ɔ, é sixu da asì ɖevo. * É ka sɔ́ tuto alɔwliwli tɔn e Mawu sɔ́ ɖ’ayǐ ɖò Edɛni mɛ é sín kpɔ́ndéwú dó ɖó sɛ́n ɖé, bo xwedó. (Bǐb. 2:18, 24) Xwè 1 600 mɔ̌ gudo ɔ, Jezu Klisu kplɔ́n tóɖóétɔ́ lɛ ɖɔ ye ni xwedó nugbodòdó jlɔjlɔ enɛ lɛ ɖokpo ɔ e ɖɔ nǔ dó alɔwliwli kpo xóɖóxámɛ kpo nu é.—Mat. 5:28; 19:4, 5.\n20. Nɛ̌ nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe ɖiɖó dó Jehovah kpo nugbodòdó tɔn lɛ kpo wu ka nɔ d’alɔ mǐ, bɔ mǐ nɔ cyan gbɛ̌ ɖagbe lɛ kpo ayiɖeɖayi e sɔgbe lɛ é kpo gbɔn?\n20 Lee mǐ sixu sɔnǔ nú nùɖiɖi Jɔbu tɔn ɖɔhun gbɔn é. È na lɛ́ ɖɔ ɔ, nǔ taji ɔ wɛ nyí ɖɔ mǐ ni ɖó nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ e sɔgbe é dó Jehovah wu bo lɛ́ jó è dó nú é ni nɔ xlɛ́ ali mǐ ɖò akpáxwé gbɛzán tɔn mǐtɔn lɛ bǐ mɛ. Ði kpɔ́ndéwú ɔ, ɖɛhanwlantɔ́ Davidi ɖɔ dó Jehovah wu ɖɔ “é gbɛ́ wǎn nú mɛ e yí wǎn nú alǎnnúwiwa é”; Davidi lɛ́ gb’akpá nú mǐ dó “gbɛtɔ́ nuwenɔgbɛ́” didó wu. (Xà Ðɛhan 11:5; 26:4.) Nùnywɛ tɛ wemafɔ enɛ lɛ ka na we dó linlin e Jehovah nɔ ɖó é wu? Nɛ̌ nùnywɛ enɛ ka ɖó na d’alɔ we ɖò nǔ e nɔ mya nukún nú we lɛ é, lee a nɔ zán ɛntɛnɛti gbɔn é, gbɛ̌ e a nɔ dó lɛ é kpo ayiɖeɖayi cyancyan kpo linu gbɔn? Xósin towe lɛ sixu d’alɔ we bɔ a na mɔ lee a yí wǎn nú Jehovah ganji sɔ́ é. Bo na dó cí mɛ e wu è ma nɔ mɔ xó ɖě ɖɔ dó ǎ é ɖɔhun ɖò gbɛ̀ gɛdɛgɛ́dɛ́ elɔ e lɛ́ nyí gbɛ̀ nyanya é mɛ ɔ, mǐ ɖó na kplɔ́n nǔwukpikpé nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ tɔn mǐtɔn, enɛ ɔ, mǐ na tuùn nǔ ɖagbe ɖò nǔ nyanya mɛ, bo na lɛ́ tuùn nǔ e nyí nùnywɛnú é ɖó vo nú nǔ e ma nyí nùnywɛnú ǎ é.—Ebl. 5:14; Efɛ. 5:15.\n21. Etɛ ka na d’alɔ mǐ bɔ mǐ na “mɔ nǔ jɛ nǔ” e mǐ ɖó na tuùn cobo hɛn xomɛ Tɔ́ mǐtɔn jixwé tɔn ɔ tɔn hun é “bǐ wu”?\n21 Ðó Nɔwée, Daniyɛli kpo Jɔbu kpo ba Jehovah kpo ayi yetɔn bǐ kpo wutu ɔ, é jó éɖée dó bɔ ye mɔ ɛ. É d’alɔ ye bɔ ye “mɔ nǔ jɛ nǔ” e ɖò dandan bɔ ye na wà dó hɛn xomɛ tɔn hun lɛ é “bǐ wu.” Enɛ wu ɔ, ye huzu kpɔ́ndéwú nǔjlɔjlɔwiwa tɔn bo zán gbɛ̀ e yì ta é ɖé nugbǒ nugbǒ. (Ðɛh. 1:1-3) Enɛ wu ɔ, kanbyɔ hwiɖée ɖɔ: ‘Un ka tuùn Jehovah lee Nɔwée, Daniyɛli kpo Jɔbu kpo tuùn i gbɔn é à?’ Nugbǒ ɔ, ɖó weziza gbigbɔ tɔn ɖò jijɛji wɛ wutu ɔ, a sixu tuùn i hugǎn! (Nùx. 4:18) Enɛ wu ɔ, nɔ kije Xó Mawu tɔn kpɔ́n ganji. Nɔ lin tamɛ d’eji. Nɔ xoɖɛ bo byɔ gbigbɔ mímɛ́. Enɛ ɔ, a na sɛkpɔ Tɔ́ towe jixwé tɔn ɔ ganji hú ɖ’ayǐ tɔn. A na wà nǔ kpo nukúnnúmɔjɛnǔmɛ kpo kpodo nùnywɛ kpo ɖò gbɛ̀ égbé tɔn e ma ɖó jijɔ Mawu tɔn ǎ é mɛ.—Nùx. 2:4-7.\n^ akpá. 5 Nɔwée sín daagbo daagbo Henɔci lɔ “yì xá Mawu.” Amɔ̌, xwè 69 mɔ̌ jɛ nukɔn nú jiji Nɔwée tɔn ɔ, “Mawu sɔ́ ɛ yì.”—Bǐb. 5:23, 24.\n^ akpá. 19 È sixu lɛ́ ɖɔ nǔ ɖokpo ɔ dó Nɔwée wu. Mɛ lɛ ko jɛ asì gègě da jí ɖò gǔfínfɔ́n Edɛni mɛ tɔn gudo tlolo có, asì ɖokpo jɛn éyɛ ɖó.—Bǐb. 4:19.\nATƆXWƐ: NÙKPLƆNKPLƆN TƆN Février 2018


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Gàa-dyù gmɔ̀ɔ̀ tùɔ̀ mɔ̀ ma àpɔ́sò Pɔ́ɔ̀. À se gàa-dyù gmɔ̀ɔ̀ nyɛ́nɛ́ dyuò, kɛɛ ɖɛ à dyuò dyíɛɛ mɔ̀, ɔ nyu ma ɖɛ ɖò ké ɔ se ma fã̀à peɖe. Nì mɔ́ ɓɛ́ m̀ ké ɖɛ ɔ nyu ma kà kɛɛ jè wɔ̃́ɔ̀?—\nPɔ́ɔ̀ nì ma kpɔɖɔ ɖeín ɖé Jùɖúsɛ̀ɖɛ̀ìn. Wa kpɔ̃ɔ ma sepóɛɖé ɔ nì ma Jízɛ̀ jè zìo poɛń. Ðɛ-gbà-nyu-gàà ɓě ɖò nyɛ́ ma Pɔ́ɔ̀ mú, ɔ jèɛɛ wa poìn ma ɖɛ gbà xwaún. Ké wa ɖá,‘Ɓěà diè sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ dyi ɓɛ́ ɔ ké ɔ sójà ɓěɔ̀ nyu ɓɛ́ wa ké Pɔ́ɔ̀ gɔ̌mànà dyúa dyà. À mu à mìɔùn vǐèìn ɖé hwìèɔ̀ kɔ̃, ké Pɔ́ɔ̀ dyi zìɛń nììn, nìí, à muɛ kpɔ̃ùn ɓɛ́ à ké ɔ ɖáɓá!’\nPɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ cɛ̃ ma ɖɛ gbà ɓɛ́ nyɔ ɓěɔ̀ ɖǎ ma kà xwaún poìn nyɛɛ jè ɖé Pɔ́ɔ̀ kè sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ gbo\nPɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ wɔ̃́ ma ɖɛ gbà wa poìn ma kà xwaún wɛ̃ɛ jè. Ðɛ́ ɔ ɓɛ́ìn ma nyuɛ kɛ́? Ɔ mu ma ɖé dɛ̀ ɓɛ́ Pɔ́ɔ̀ nì ma kà kpɔɖɔɔ̀ ɖeín nyɛ ké ɔ cɛ̃ɛ ma jè Pɔ́ɔ̀ gbo. Wàɖà cá kɛɛ, Pɔ́ɔ̀ cɛ̃ɛ ma ɔ gbo ɓɛ́ ɔ ké ma ɖɛ gbà nìà kɛɛ jè sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ gbo cɛ̃. Nì hwòɖǒ ɖá ɔ se ma mú kàmà ɓɛ́ Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ ké ma ɖɛ nìà kɛɛ sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ gbo cɛ̃ɛ̀?— Gbào, sepóɛɖé sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ kɛɛ mɔ̀ ma nyɔ kpa ɖɛ ɖò. Kɛɛ Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ se ma fã̀à peɖe, ké ɔ cɛ̃ɛ ma sójà-ɓǎɔ̀ gbo.\nSójà-ɓǎɔ̀ dyuò ɖɛ ɔ ké ma nyu nyɛ̀nɛ̀ɛ̀ kɛɛ dyí. Ɔ ɖú ma sójà ɓɛ́ìn ma sójà 500 jǔɛ̀ kɛɛ dyí ɓɛ́ wa ké ma Pɔ́ɔ̀ dyí gmɔ̀! Ɔ cɛ̃ɛ ma wa gbo ɓɛ́ wa ké ma Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖé Sɛ̀sɛ̀wíɖíà-hwɔ̀ɖɔ̀ɔ̀ mú kpa ɓó wéa máaún-kà. Pɔ́ɔ̀ pó ma nyɔ ɓěɔ̀ xwaún?— Ǹdye, ɖɛ-gbà-nyu-gàà ɓěɔ̀ se ma ɔ gbo vɔ̃ɔ ɓɛ́ìn! Wa ɖɛ gbà wa poìn ma kà xwaún wɛ̃ɛ se ma kpá.\nÐɛ́ m̀ ɓɛ́ìn cɛ̃́ɛ sɔ̀ìn ɖé ɖɛ ɓě à ɖǎà kɔ̃in zaìn nyɛɛ mú kɛ́?— M̀ ɓɛ́ìn nyɔ ɓɛ́ ɔ se fã̀à peɖeɛ jǔɛ̀ ɖekè kà Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ nì ma kà kɛ. À dyi nyɔ tɔ̀ɔ̀ ɓě gbo wùɖùɛ̀ nì ɓá Jɛ̀hóvà jè dyí ní, nìí, à se ɓéɖé ɓɛ́ à ké fã̀à peɖe. M̀ se fã̀à peɖeɛ mu, ké nì mu Jɛ̀hóvà jè cɛ̃ìn kánáá pūù?— M̀ dyiɛ náa nyu ní, nìí, m̀ ɓɛ́ìn nyɔ ɖò póɛ̀n.\nMáfíò 24:14; 28:18-20\n1 Tímétè 4:16\nÐɛ́ ɖɛ-gbà-nyu-gàà ɓě ɖò poìn ma xwaún ɓɛ́ wa ké ma Pɔ́ɔ̀ bũ̌ nyu kɛ́?\nÐɛ́ Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ nyu ma kɛ́? Ðɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ ɓéɖé ɓɛ́ ɔ ké se ma fã̀à peɖe ɓɛ́ ɔ kè ma ɖɛ nìà kɛɛ nyuɛ́?\nXwɛ̌ m̀ ɓɛ́ìn nyɔ ɓɛ́ ɔ se fã̀à peɖeɛ jǔɛ̀ kà Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖíí-màà dyúɔ̀ nì ma kà kɛ́?