Rea ‘Rito’
Bunnys queig bleeaney jeig er dy henney va Mnr Hugh MacLeod, oltey
ny kiare-as-feed, freayll feeaihee ec y valley echey, ‘Y Beary’. Rish
tammylt hie yn feeaih fyrryn er-shaghryn as v'eh caillt; agh ga dy row
kuse dy leih cheet er ny s'anmey, cha dug yn feeaih kied da fer erbee dy chur laue er, as myr shen v'eh rouail feiy ny h-Ellan.
Un laa va Illiam y
Kennaugh as mee hene gobbraghey er gerrey da balley enmyssit Kerroodhoo,
ny Ashcroft ec y traa t'ayn, tra honnick shin yn feeaih fyrryn. V'eh ayns
magher marish kirree lesh Mnr Henry Brew, far-enmyssit Rito, as cha vaik
Illiam as mish rieau lheid yn 'er shoh. V'eh ard, stoamey as lajer as va
eairkyn er myr billey darragh. V'eh ny hassoo ayns mean y vagher eddyr ny
kirree as y rea. Va'n rea boght streeu dy roshtyn dys ny kirree echey,
agh gagh keayrt ratch eh huc v'eh jingit eddyr y chleigh as eairkyn yn
'er mooar, as eisht tilgit ayns yn aittin. Cha row y chenn rea coontey monney jeh noadyr!
Aghterbee, tra va shin jeeaghyn er y lheid shoh,
haink Illiam y Teyir, Close ny Goair Veg, seose y vayr as deam Illiam y
Kennaugh er, “Tar gys shoh, Illiam. Ta Rito er gionnaghey rea noa. Vel
shiu coontey monney jeh?”
Hug Illiam y Teyir un hilley er eh-hene as
dooyrt eh, “By gogh, by gogh!”
As eisht hyndaa eh as ersooyl lesh thie myr mwaagh.
Shiaghteeyn ny s'anmey
va'n feeaih fyrryn goit ec inneen veg as carradje eck faggys da Rhumsaa.