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KABOBO EK TIG

Summary :

Kabobo bumped into Tiger in the woods and quickly told him to come by his house the next day for some new shoes. Tiger did not eat him as he fancied having shoes. The next day Tiger came early to Kabobo’s house and Kabobo tricks him into hiding in the bushes. Then he tricks the king’s servant who is looking for the king’s lost horse into getting on Tiger’s back, and together they give Tiger a good beating and break off his tail.
ATU: ATU 2A Torn off Tails ATU 72 Tiger becomes a riding horse
Theme Group: Defeating a stronger adversary
Character Hero: Man
Source: Contes, Devinettes et Jeux de Mots des Seychelles. Diallo et al., (1983). Editions Akpagnon / ACCT. pp. 110-112
Origin: East Africa
Thompson Motif Index: K1021.1. Tail buried (hair tied)
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KABOBO EK TIG

Summary :

Kabobo bumped into Tiger in the woods and quickly told him to come by his house the next day for some new shoes. Tiger did not eat him as he fancied having shoes. The next day Tiger came early to Kabobo’s house and Kabobo tricks him into hiding in the bushes. Then he tricks the king’s servant who is looking for the king’s lost horse into getting on Tiger’s back, and together they give Tiger a good beating and break off his tail.
ATU: ATU 2A Torn off Tails ATU 72 Tiger becomes a riding horse
Thompson Motif Index: K1021.1. Tail buried (hair tied)
Source: Contes, Devinettes et Jeux de Mots des Seychelles. Diallo et al., (1983). Editions Akpagnon / ACCT. pp. 110-112
Origin: East Africa
Character Hero: Man
Theme Group: Defeating a stronger adversary
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KABOBO EK TIG

En zour Imsye Kabobo dan son pe marse dan bwa i zwenn Tig. I’n per. I dir dan li menm: ‘La Tig pou manz mwan.’ Ler i trouv Tig, i’n fini sezi. Tig osi i’n sezi en kou. Kabobo i fer son lespri lanmenm. I dir tig :

  • Konper Tig, get mannyer ou lipye i mens ! Me ou kapab marse?

Tig i dir:

  • Wi, mon mars tre byen!

Saler Tig in fini ebete. Kabobo i dir:

  • Saler mon tonton i kordonnyen. I ti a kapab fer soulye pour ou.

I lev gro lapat Tig, i pran byen son mezir. I dir:

  • Demen ou a ganny ou soulye!

Tig pa manz li, demen i pou ganny soulye. Zanmen i’n deza mars dan soulye. Koman Kabobo i kas en kontour deryer en gro ros, i pran mezir i zet dan lapay e tay tou son kouraz. I antre se li i al dormi. Son lannmen granmaten, Tig in arive pour vin sers son soulye. Saler gran katrer bomaten ! Kabobo i dir :

  • Pierre, Jacques, Paul, Philip, leve pou fer soulye Papa Tig ! Taler bebet pti pwa i a vin manz mwan, Papa Tig ek mon pti lars tou !

Papa Tig i komans dekile. Kabobo i ouver lafnet i gete… Papa Tig i ankor la. I dir ankor en kou:

  • Pierre, Jacques, Paul, Philip, leve pou fer soulye Papa Tig ! Taler bebet pti pwa i a vin manz mwan, Papa Tig ek mon pti lars tou !

Papa Tig i dir dan li menm: ‘Pa mwan ki zot a manze!’ Papa Tig i taye i kasyet dan en touf vetiver. I pas Selepas Lakaz, gardyen seval lewa. I’n perdi seval lewa. Seval in al manz pli lwen ki labitid. Selepas Lakaz i demann Kabobo :

  • Ou pa fin trouv seval lewa?

Kabobo i dir :

  • Pa fer tapaz ! Ki kalite ?

Selepas Lakaz i dir :

  • En seval baryole.

Kabobo i dir :

  • I laba dan touf vetiver !

Selepas Lakaz i gete i trouv en ledo. Alors tou le de zot al koup sakenn en baton pikan prin. Zot asiz lo ledo Papa Tig. Zot donn li en kou, Papa Tig i dres en pe. Donn li ankor enn. I dres zorey. Trwazyenm kou Papa Tig i large. Zot saler sa de zans in pran lo ledo Papa Tig. Papa Tig i dir dan li menm:

  • Ler zot a tonbe mon a manz zot.

Zot donn li menm. En ler i pa konnen kot i pou taye. I antre dan en trou en pyedibwa. Alor Kabobo ek Selepas Lakaz zot degrengole. Me lake Papa Tig i reste deor. Zot pran son lake e anmar ek rasin pyedibwa. Zot! Napa lakle ki zot pa fin fer ek lake Papa Tig: demikle… toudsort. Papa Tig saler i redi, redi, redi: lake i kase e i large. Zot, kot i ale i dir dan li menm:

  • Mon lapat anmenn mwan. Mon pa ti konnen si isi ti annan kaserdke!

Depi sa zour, Tig pa pas ankor ditou kot Msye Kabobo.