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Ha’u-nia alin ki’ik toba tarde liu. Ha’u hadeer sedu, tanba ha’u mak boot!
My little brother sleeps very late. I wake early, because I am great!
Ha’u mak ida-ne’ebé halo loro-matan tama.
I am the one who lets in the sun.
“Ó mak ha’u nia fitun dader,” Mama dehan.
“You’re my morning star,” says Ma.
Ha’u hariis mesak, Ha’u la presiza ajuda ruma.
I wash myself, I don’t need any help.
Ha’u bele tahan bee malirin no sabaun azul nia dois.
I can cope with cold water and blue smelly soap.
Mama fó hanoin, Labele haluha nehan.” Ha’u hatán, Nunka, la’ós ha’u!”
Ma reminds, “Don’t forget teeth.” I reply, “Never, not me!”
Hafóin hariis hotu, ha’u kumprimenta Avo-pai no Tia sir ho loron di’ak.
After washing, I greet Grandpa and Auntie, and wish them a good day.
Hafóin ha’u hatais ropa mesak, “Ha’u boot ona mama,” ha’u dehan.
Then I dress myself, “I’m big now Ma,” I say.
Ha’u bele taka ha’u nia butaun sira no prega besi ka’it ha’u nia sapatu nian.
I can close my buttons and buckle my shoes.
No ha’u asegura ha’u nia alin hatene infórmasaun hotu kona-ba eskola.
And I make sure little brother knows all the school news.
Iha aula laran ha’u halo di’ak iha buat hotu.
In class I do my best in every way.
Ha’u halo buat sira ne’e hotu ho di’ak loron-loron. Maibé buat ne’ebé ha’u gosta liu mak, atu halimar no halimar!
I do all these good things every day. But the thing I like most, is to play and play!
Written by: Michael Oguttu
Illustrated by: Vusi Malindi
Translated by: Vitalina dos Santos
Read by: Aurelio da Costa, Vitalina dos Santos, Criscencia R. Da Costa Viana
