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An Litir Bheag 880

Litir Bheag na seachdain sa le Ruairidh MacIlleathain. Litir 脿ireamh 880. Roddy Maclean is back with this week's short letter for G脿idhlig learners.

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An Litir Bheag 880

Tha mi a鈥� dol a chur cr矛och air an sgeulachd 脿 Muile 鈥� 鈥楲ocha Buidhe 始s a Dh脿 Bhuachaille鈥�. Thug am buachaille an corp gu taigh a鈥� bhuachaille eile, a charaid. Leig e an corp dhan talamh anns a鈥� gh脿rradh. Bha e dubh dorch. Ghnog an duine air an doras. Th脿inig bean a鈥� bhuachaille eile chun an dorais.

鈥楥iamar a chaidh dhuibh?鈥� dh鈥檉haighnich i. 鈥楢n d鈥� fhuair sibh an damh?鈥櫬�

鈥楴a bruidhinn mun damh,鈥� fhreagair e. 鈥楥haidh an duine agad a chrochadh.鈥�

Th貌isich a鈥� bhean air caoineadh. 鈥業st,鈥� thuirt am buachaille. 鈥楥霉m s脿mhach. Na can guth ri duine. Air neo th猫id an dithis againne a chrochadh cuideachd. Tiodhlaicidh sinn a chorp anns a鈥� gh脿rradh. Cha bhi fios aig duine eile d猫 thachair.鈥櫬�

Thiodhlaic an dithis aca an corp. Dh鈥檉halbh am buachaille don taigh aige fh猫in.

Bha am buachaille eile fhathast ann an taigh m貌r Locha Bhuidhe. Dh鈥檉halbh e agus rinn e air an taigh aige fh猫in. Bha an doras glaiste. 鈥楲eig a-steach mi,鈥� dh鈥櫭╥gh e.

鈥楥ha leig,鈥� ars a bhean. 鈥楥haidh do chrochadh agus thiodhlaic sinn thu anns a鈥� gh脿rradh.鈥�

鈥楧猫 tha thu a鈥� ciallachadh?鈥� thuirt am buachaille. 鈥楥ha deach mo chrochadh!鈥�

鈥楾ha mi coma d猫 chanas tu,鈥� ars ise.

Chaidh am buachaille gu taigh a鈥� bhuachaille eile. Ghnog e air an doras mh貌r. 鈥楲eig a-steach mi,鈥� dh鈥櫭╥gh e.

鈥業s mi nach leig,鈥� fhreagair am fear eile. 鈥楩huair mise gu le貌r gad thoirt dhachaigh air mo mhuin.鈥�

Bha uinneag mh貌r aig ceann thall an taighe. Chaidh am fear air an taobh a-muigh ann. 鈥楩aigh solas,鈥� thuirt e, 鈥榓gus ch矛 thu glan nach deach mo chrochadh.鈥�

Chunnaic am fear air an taobh a-staigh gun robh an fh矛rinn aig an fhear eile. Leig e a charaid a-steach. Bha seanchas aca airson greis. Dh鈥檃ontaich iad a dhol a bhruidhinn ri Locha Buidhe. Bha iad a鈥� dol a dh鈥檃ideachadh a h-uile rud dha.聽

Dh鈥櫭╥st Locha Buidhe ris an sgeul aca. Cha deach na buachaillean a pheanasachadh. Gu dearbh, th脿inig buannachd thuca aig a鈥� cheann thall. A h-uile bliadhna bho sin a-mach, bha Locha Buidhe a鈥� toirt dhaibh damh ... agus bolla mine a-bharrachd.

The Little Letter 880

I am going to finish the story from Mull 鈥� 鈥楲ochbuie and his two herdsmen鈥�. The herdsman took the body to the house of the other herdsman, his friend. He dropped the body on the ground in the garden. It was pitch black. The man knocked on the door. The other herdsman鈥檚 wife came to the door.

鈥楬ow did you get on?鈥� she asked. Did you get the ox?鈥�

鈥楧on鈥檛 speak about the ox,鈥� he replied. 鈥榊our husband was hanged.鈥�

The wife began to weep. 鈥楤e quiet,鈥� said the herdsman. 鈥楰eep silent. Don鈥檛 say a word to anybody. Otherwise both of us will also be hanged. We鈥檒l bury the body in the garden. Nobody else will know what happened.鈥�

The two of them buried the body. The herdsman went to his own house.

The other herdsman was still in Lochbuie鈥檚 estate house. He left and made for his own house. The door was locked. 鈥楲et me in,鈥� he shouted.

鈥楴o,鈥� said his wife. 鈥榊ou were hanged and we buried you in the garden.鈥�

鈥榃hat do you mean?鈥� said the herdsman. 鈥業 wasn鈥檛 hanged!鈥�
聽 聽 聽 聽聽鈥業 don鈥檛 care what you say,鈥� she said.

The herdsman went to the house of the other herdsman. He knocked on the front door. 鈥楲et me in,鈥� he shouted.

鈥楴o way,鈥� replied the other man. 鈥業 had enough taking you home on my back.鈥�

There was a big window at the far end of the house. The man on the outside went there. 鈥楪et a light,鈥� he said, 鈥榓nd you鈥檒l see perfectly that I wasn鈥檛 hanged.鈥�

The man on the inside saw that the other was telling the truth. He admitted his friend. They conversed for a while. They agreed to go and speak to Lochbuie. They were going to admit everything to him.

Lochbuie listened to their story. The herdsmen were not punished. Indeed, they received a benefit in the end. Every year after that, Lochbuie was giving them an ox 鈥� and a boll of meal in addition.

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