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MOULONG The wife made of wood chips

Summary :

A man, fed up of having other men steal his wife, creates a partner from bark, and gives it life by sticking a pin in its head. He sets a pigeon to watch if anyone comes to visit during the day. The pigeon reports a different lover who comes each day. The man instructs the pigeon to remove the pin from the woman’s head, upon which she is transformed back to bark and she dies.
Theme Group: Losing the transformed bride
Character Hero: Woman
Source: Heritage Research
Origin: Unknown
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MOULONG The wife made of wood chips

Summary :

A man, fed up of having other men steal his wife, creates a partner from bark, and gives it life by sticking a pin in its head. He sets a pigeon to watch if anyone comes to visit during the day. The pigeon reports a different lover who comes each day. The man instructs the pigeon to remove the pin from the woman’s head, upon which she is transformed back to bark and she dies.
Source: Heritage Research
Origin: Unknown
Character Hero: Woman
Theme Group: Losing the transformed bride
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MOULONG

Alor ti annan en zonm ti apel Moulong. Sak fwa I marye, tou dimoun I aras li son madanm. En zour I mont dan bwa I al rod li lekors lafous. I fer en madanm ek en zepeng nouris, I vini gagne son pizon, I dir ek son pizon:

  • Al laboutik aste mwan en ta matapolanm.

Pizon I vini, I dir:

  • Vini mon a donn ou manze, mon ale, kou, kou, kou.

Mon ale… sa pizon I ale I aste son matapolanm I anmennen I tay son rob. I dir ek sa pizon:

  • Tourn ankor al rod mwan en souksen.

Sa pizon I ale I al rod sa souksen, I dir:

  • Sa souksen I apel, souksen likera.

Dir ek son pizon:

  • Mon donn ou manze ankor, al rod mwan en kannson. Sa kannson I apel sanvetni.

Sa pizon I vini, I dir ek sa pizon:

  • Mon ale, mon ale travay.

Sa pizon I dir li:

  • Wi.

I dir:

  • Veye sa ki vine kot mon lakaz.

Ler I vini sa pizon I vini I dir:

  • Mone war en garson in travers par lafnet.

Dir ek sa pizon:

  • La mon ale, ler ou war zot vini, pran en kourb anvoy ek zot, kanmenm en tizon dife. Mon done ou dekwa mai ou a manze.

Sa pizon I dir:

  • Kou, kou, kou.

Son madanm anndan in abiye, en zoli madanm. Sa pizon I war en zennzan antre par lafnet. Sa pizon I pran I tizon dife i anvoy imsye ki deor, sa imsye I ale. Ler moulong I vini I demann li:

  • Napa person kot mon lakaz.

  • Kou, kou, kou,kou, kou, in vini mone anvoy tizon dife ek li.

Lannmen I ale, ler I vini I dir ek son madanm:

  • Pa oule personn kot mon lakaz.

Al travay ankor ler I retournen, ler I vini son pizon I dir ek li:

  • Mon met I annan ankor enn ki vini.

I dir:

  • Mon donn ou manze, fer manyer ler ou war I vini fer:

Kour kour kour kour kour kour kour. Travers kot son latet. I annan en zepeng. Monn fer li ek lekors dibwa. Tir sa zepeng.

Pizon I la I pa gangn sans ek sa manmzel, sa manmzel I la I pa gangn sans. Pizon I tournen. Detrwa zour I pase pizon I fer mannyer pour gangn sa zepeng dan lanmouel. In fer, lanmouel, tine aranz son madanm avek lekors lafous. Sa pizon I fer letour. Manmzel osi pa oule sa pizon koste kot li pour gangn sa zepeng ki lo son latet, sa pizon I la. I dir:

  • Mon done ou manze, fer posib pou ou tir sa zepeng, ler I vini personn pa a war. Personn pa a gangn madanm. Sak fwa mon vini mon rod en madanm pour mwan, mon pa gangn madanm tou I oule. Mone fer en madanm dan mannyer pour mwan ek lekors lafous. Alor personn pa pou gangn madanm.

En zour, pitye pizon I fer:

  • Kour, kour.

Madanm pa pe antren li. I vini I tir sa zepeng dan son labek I donn son met. Madanm I sape I tonbe, tou lekors I fannen, napa madanm.