“Tō Ngoue mo Mamí,” Ko e Kaumeʻá, Nōvema 2024, 30–31.
Tō Ngoue mo Mamí
Naʻe hoko ʻa e talanoa ko ʻení ʻi Nuʻu Sila.
Hei, ʻEmelī! ʻOku fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa e ʻahó ni, ʻikai ko ia?
Ko ia! ʻE lava ke u kiʻi ʻahiʻahi? ʻOku ou fie tokoni!
Mahalo ʻe fuʻu lahi ʻa e huo sipeití kiate koe. Fēfē ka ke tokoni mai ke taʻataʻaki ʻa e ngoué?
Sai!
Ta tokanga ke ʻoua naʻá ta taʻaki ha matalaʻiʻakau. Te u fakahinohino atu pe ko e fē ʻa e vaó.
Kuo pau nai ke ta taʻaki kotoa ʻa e vaó? ʻOku fuʻu lahi fau ia!
ʻOku pau ke ta taʻaki ia kapau ʻokú ta fiemaʻu ke hā fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa e ngoué.
ʻOku faingataʻa hono tokangaʻi ha ngoue.
ʻOkú ke moʻoni. Ka ʻoku kei fiemaʻu pē ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāué.
Ko e hā naʻá ta tō ai ha ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau lahi peheé? Ko ha toe ngāue lahi ange ia!
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe ngaohi ai ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ʻa e ngaahi matalaʻi losé ke fakaʻofoʻofá?
ʻOku ʻikai ke u ʻilo.
Koeʻuhí ʻokú Ne finangalo ke tau maʻu ʻa e fiefiá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau sio ai kiate kinautolú.
ʻOku hangē pē ia ko e foʻi hiva ko ia ʻoku pehē! “Fiefia he nofo ʻi he māmani. Faʻu ʻe he Tamai maʻakú.”
Mami: Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku ʻikai ke u tokanga ai ki he ngāue mālohí. ʻOku ʻai au ʻe he ngaahi matalaʻiʻakaú ke u fiefia.
ʻEmelī: ʻOku nau fakamanatu mai ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní!
Ngaahi tā fakatātā ʻa Alyssa M. Gonzalez