pakala lili wan

!!! note

Therefore, my translation goals for this project have been for clarity rather than to be extremely faithful to the source text. But even so, I have tried to capture everything possible to capture.

Toki Pona needs all the words it can get (except epiku and oke, those suck). I'm not a pu-rist (translating anything comprehensible would truly be a feat) but I also have no interest in introducing new words wholly apart from the community. I am using both ku lili words (from the official Toki Pona dictionary) and any words I find on nimi.li, an online resource. Some Tokiponists may not be familiar with the following words, although they are in published sources:

- kuntu - to laugh or joke.
- misa - Glires or Eulipotyphla. Relevant to this story, this word includes both rabbits and hedgehogs.
- pake - to halt, stop.
- tuli - three

Emi, Kimi, and Telo are Amy, Cream, and Tails, respectively.

“a… a…” misa Emi li kon mute lon tempo ni. ona li pake e tawa tan ni: ona li wile e kon.

tenpo pini la, misa Kimi li kama tawa misa Emi. suno li suno la, meli li pilin pona li wile tawa la, tu li anu musi e musi kepeken noka.

tenpo ala pi tenpo pini la, misa Emi li toki insa e ni: “misa pona mi li jo e wawa mute.” taso, tenpo ni la, ona li toki insa e ni: “mi jo ala e wawa tan ni: mi tawa ala lon tenpo mute pi tenpo pini.” wan anu tu la, ona li weka e ona tan kaso suli mute. ona li weka e ona tan misa pona ona. tenpo mute la, ona li wile lape.

ona li lukin sinpin la, soweli Telo li lon.

“a, toki, soweli Telo o.” misa Emi li uta pi pilin pona li musi kepeken luka. awen la, misa Emi li jo ala e kon mute.

soweli Telo li uta pi pilin pona li musi kepeken luka kin. Ona li toki e ni: “toki, misa Emi o. Mi lukin e ni: misa Kimi li jo e wawa mute lon tenpo ni kin, anu seme?” Ona li lukin e kon mute pi uta meli.

“lon. anu, mi kama jo e tenpo mute,” meli li toki li kuntu. ni la, soweli li kuntu kin.

tenpo pi tuli li sama ala tan ante lili taso. Taso, misa Emi li jo e tenpo suli kepeken tenpo mun tu anu tuli. misa Kimi en soweli Telo li jo e tenpo lili. ni la, ona li pali e kuntu ni: misa Emi li sama misa sama pi misa Kimi en soweli Telo. ni li lon ala, taso ona li toki e ni.

“toki la, misa Emi o, mi wile toki tawa sina-”

“mi alasa li jo e sina!”

tenpo pi toki ni la, misa Kimi li kama tan kaso suli mute li pilin e misa Emi. misa Kimi li kepeken wawa mute li tawa e misa Emi tawa soweli Telo. misa Emi en soweli Telo li jo ala e tenpo. tu ni li sona ala lon tenpo ni. tu li kama tawa ma li uta. ona li uta sama uta olin. taso, ona li wile ala e ni.

sinpin pi tu li loje mute la, tu li lukin ala e ni: misa Kimi li tawa li kuntu mute. misa li lon monsi pi tomo pi misa loje walo.

misa Kimi li musi kepeken luka li kuntu lili li toki e ni: “suwi a!”