Zamani mamba alikutana na kiboko
Na halafu mamba akasema "hujambo"
Kiboko akajibu mamba na "sijambo"
Wakati huo jua ikawa kali sana
Maji ya mto ikawa ikapungua
Ikawa hakuna maji ya kutosha
Mamba akasema "sitaki kupigana nawe"
Kiboko akasema "inabidi tupigane"
"Ni aibu kubwa" akasema ndege kwenye jiwe
Halafu wanyama wote wawili
Pamoja mtoni ikawa Jumapili
Ndiyo mapigano yao yakawa kali
Wakapigana kwa nguvu mpaka usiku
Ndege akasema "ni jambo la ajabu"
"Wanapingana kama watu"
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Long ago a crocodile met a hippo
And then the crocodile said "how are you?"
The hippo answered the crocodile with "I'm fine"
In that time the sun was very hot
The water in the river was decreasing
There wasn't enough water
The crocodile said "I don't want to fight you"
The hippo said "we must fight"
"It's an awful shame" said a bird on a rock
Then both animals
Together in the river; it was Sunday
Indeed their fight was fierce
They fought with all their strength until nightfall
The bird said "it's a wondrous thing"
"They are fighting like people"
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