Ngirramini Ngini Kwarikwaringa

Ngirramini Ngini Kwarikwaringa
Juwakirimi: Katrina Mungatopi
Jiyikiringirri Yimanka: Fiona Kerinaiua
First Printed 1980
Reprinted 1997
© 1997  Nguiu, Nginingawila Literature Production Centre
Nguiu, Bathurst Island N.T. 0822 
ISBN: 1 86363 184 4
Class Yr. 4
Tiwi Book
Book no: 62

Natinga wumunga awarra yati kirijini yipakurluwunyi awinyirra kwarikwaringa yirrima yipila kuriyuwu. 

Ninkiyi awarra kirijini yipangurlimayi, yipakurluwunyi awinyirra kwarikwaringa jiyimuwu kapi wiyini yinkitayi kangi makatinga. 

Awarra kirijini yimuwu awungaji kapi makatinga, kiyi yipakurluwunyi awarra mwarlijangini yipakilinga kirijinga purinjirringa kiyi ngarra awungarri awarra mwarlijangini yuwapikani wiyini.

Karri ngarra waya mulinkinya awarra mwarlijangini ngarra awungarri yimajirripi kiyi yimartilayi kangi wiyini

Waya arikulani yimi awarra mwarlijangini ngarra papi yinirimi api ngarra karluwu papi yinirimi nginingaji mwarlijangini yita wanga kwarikwaringa yima. 

Api kiyi awarra kirijini yipakurluwunyi awinyirra kwarikwaringa yirrima yipila kuriyuwu. 

English Translation 
One day a little boy saw a butterfly flying in the air. 
Then the little boy walked. He saw the butterfly sitting on a leaf near the river. 
The little boy sat down near the river, when he saw the caterpillar climbing on a small tree and the caterpillar eating all the leaves. 
When the caterpillar was full, he went to sleep. 
Then he hung down from the leaf. 
The caterpillar came out of the cocoon, but it was no longer a caterpillar, it was a butterfly. 
The little boy saw the butterfly flying up high in the air.