Imanañoy Mañihapdi

        Kaychua am mian asa ka mahakay a uyud dana su kalkum du manañoy. Asa karaw, mian saw dadwa ka kanakan a Ivasay a nangwan du tukun aya. Uyud da su kawaw as dawa  minasngen sa di malkem aya. Nanahes sa su inumen, as ñituruhan na sa. Katayka da minum am navidin pa sa a maynaynahah daw. Navuya daw adan pa saya uvi a niya su irutung naya ni malkem aya. Ichakey na niya vatehun am aru muhamuha naya as nauri pa u karu nu inadis naya as dawa irutung narana saw kadwan.
        Aranu nauri u kalkem narana am uyud pa mayet ta kaya napa u mangadi su uvi aya. Makapanganuhud sava u dadwa ya ka kahenakan du kapaylijat na siya ni malkem aya u uvi saya. As dawa, pinaypanmuan da nu dadwa saya ka kahenakan u ka pruyba da du uyud a ayet ñi malkem aya . Pinaysisiavakan da si malkem aya. Tuminbay si malkem aya as kavata na siya, “Na owun, subukan ta mu inapu ku.” Minasngen si asa ya ka kanakan a mahakay. Karawat na ñi malkem aya su kakamay naya nu kanakan ayam nyeng na yesyesen asi kanu kudit na maypangwan du sichuan na. Mayvuh a navidin am nu tuhang nauri. Nakavuya siya ya ni asa ya kamahakay am na nyeng a nayayu tantu du na kamu na as kapangyaw na siya vatahen , “IMANAYIOY MANIJAPDI!”

        Long time ago, there was a very old man living in Manañoy. One day, two young men from Basco visited the place. They felt so thirsty, so, they decided to ask water from the old man. When they arrived at the old man’s house, the old man was busy cooking. He gave them water. After drinking the water, they stayed there for a while to rest. Then they noticed that the wood used by this old man were the old and ugly yam. To the two young men, it simply means and shows that, the man has lots of this yam that he uses as firewood.
      They became curious for it was so unbelievable for the old man to do that kind of work. They decided to challenge the old man just to prove themselves if it was really his effort. So, they began challenging him. The old man said, “Fine! Let’s try it my son.” The young men went near him. When the old man clasped his hand, squeezed and rolled the hand including his wrist, the skin and flesh cracked. He pushed it towards the elbow of the young man. All the skin and flesh were scraped down, leaving only the bone bare.  When his companion saw what had happened , he felt fear and so he shouted, “IMANAÑOY MANIHAPDI !“ ,as he hurriedly ran away from the place.