"Aa, nu sal fa-amusi idyen!" - Alisa dumi. - "Me joi ke li begin fai enigma."
- Me kredi ke me mog gesi, - ela adi lautem.
- Ob yu maini ke yu dumi ke yu mog findi resolva? - Marto-Tuza shwo.
- Exaktem, - Aisa shwo.
- Dan yu gai shwo to ke yu maini, - Marto-Tuza shwo for.
- Me fai tak hi, - Alisa hasti repliki. - Amini... amini me maini to ke me shwo... es sama, yu jan ya.
- Ga bu es sama, - Shapnik shwo. - Wel, yu yoshi wud mog ya shwo ke "me vidi to ke me chi" es sama kom "me chi to ke me vidi"!
- Yu yoshi wud mog shwo, - Marto-Tuza adi, - ke "me pri to ke me pai" es sama kom "me pai to ke me pri"!
- Yu yoshi wud mog shwo, - Somnimaus adi (ta semblem toki al somni), - ke 'me spiri duran ke me somni' es sama kom 'me somni duran ke me spiri'.
- Fo yu es ya sama hi. - Shapnik shwo, e toka stopi.
Oli silensi duran un minuta al ke Alisa zai bedumi olo ke ela remembi om korva e skribitabla, bat to bu es mucho.
Shapnik defai silensa pa un-ney.
- Kwel dey de mes es sedey? - ta shwo al turni a Alisa. Ta he tiri-pren kloka aus posh e zai kan it alarmi-nem al sheiki-sheiki it e al teni it bli aur.
Alisa mediti idyen, poy shwo:
- Char-ney-la.
- Galti pa dwa dey! - Shapnik sospiri. Poy ta kan Marto-Tuza ira-nem, adi: - Me ya he shwo a yu ke nayu bu godi fo mekanisma!
- To bin zuy hao nayu, - Marto-Tuza jawabi namrem.
- Ver, bat koy kruma shayad he geti inu, - Shapnik grumbli. - Yu bu gai-te mah it inu bay pan-sikin.
Marto-Tuza pren kloka e kan it glumem. Poy ta ek-makni it inu tasa kun chay e snova kan; bat ta bu mog inventi koysa pyu hao kem repeti swa-ney un-ney replika:
- To bin zuy hao nayu, yu jan ya.
Alisa kan sobre suy plecha aika jigyas-nem.
- Es ya drole kloka! - ela remarki. - It indiki dey de mes e bu indiki kwel klok es!
- Ob it gai? - Shapnik murmuri. - Mogbi yur kloka indiki kwel yar es?
- Sertem non, - Alisa jawabi muy yao-shem, - bat es bikos same yar resti gro-longem.
- Sama she may-la, - Shapnik shwo.
Alisa fa-gro-perplexe. Remarka de Shapnik semblem bu hev ga nul sensu, yedoh sertem es shwo-ney pravem.
- Me bu fulem samaji yu, - ela shwo zuy latifem posible.
- Somnimaus zai somni snova, - Shapnik shwo e liti idyen garme chay on suy nos.
Somnimaus ek-sheiki kapa nosantushem e shwo sin ofni okos:
- Ver, ver, sertem. Den se hi me selfa yus yao-te shwo.
- Ob yu he resolvi enigma? - Shapnik shwo al turni a Alisa.
- Non, me tausian, - Alisa jawabi. - Kwel es resolva?
- Nul idea, - Shapnik shwo.
- She me sama, - Marto-Tuza shwo.
Alisa sospiri tedi-nem.
- Me opini ke yu wud mog zwo koysa pyu hao kun taim, - ela shwo, - kem vanisi it al fai enigma kel bu hev nul resolva.
- Si yu wud koni den Taim sam hao kom da me, - Shapnik shwo, - yu bu wud shwo om vanisi it. Es ta.
- Me bu samaji, - Alisa shwo.
- Naturalem, - Shapnik shwo al ek-sheiki kapa kun bicha. - Me es serte ke yu iven bu gwo toki kun Taim!
- Shayad non, - Alisa jawabi chaukem, - bat me plurives gwo dumi komo kili-si taim.
- Aa! Se expliki olo! - Shapnik shwo. - Ta bu toleri wen oni yao kili ta. Wel, si yu wud trati ta hao, ta wud mog zwo kwo unkwe yu yao an kloka. Pa exampla, imajini ba ke es klok nin pa sabah, taim fo begin leson; yu treba sol hamsi-anshi a Taim, ewalaa diker en-roti kway! Afte un taiminka es klok un e haf, taim fo deyfan!
("Me mog sol fai magari om to," - Marto-Tuza hamsi-shwo a swa.)
- To sertem wud bi gro-hao, - Alisa shwo al mediti. - Bat... me bu wud fai hunga, dan.
- Shayad bu tuy, - Shapnik shwo, - bat yu wud mog kipi klok un e haf fo tanto longem kom yu yao.
- Ob yu pai fai tak hi? - Alisa kwesti.
Shapnik sheiki kapa griva-nem.
- Bu me! - ta jawabi. - Nu he kwereli pa mes-tri, yus bifoo ke ta fa-pagale, ver ya... - (al indiki Marto-Tuza bay chaychiza). - To bin pa gran konserta ke Regina do Kordia dai, e me mus-te gani:
Glimi, glimi, watwat syao! Kwo yu zun - se jan me yao.
(Originale versa: Glimi, glimi, stara syao! Kwo yu es - se jan me yao. )
Shayad yu koni sey gana, bu ver?
- Me gwo audi koysa simile, - Alisa shwo.
- Wel, lo for es tal, - Shapnik kontinu:
Sobre munda yu zai flai, kom talam do chay in skay.
(Sobre munda yu zai flai, kom diamanta-ki in skay. )
Ewalaa Somnimaus sheiki swa e en-gani somni-yen: "Glimi, glimi, glimi, glimi..." - e fai for tanto longem ke li majbur pinsi ta fo mah-stopi.
- Wel, me he apena fini un-ney strofa, - Shapnik shwo, - wen Regina ek-brai: "Lu zai kili taim! Mah luy kapa wek!"
- Gro-savaje ya! - Alisa exklami.
- E depos dan, - Shapnik shwo for grivem, - ta bu yao zwo nixa fo me! She nu es sempre klok sit.
Turan Alisa en-hev klare idea.
- Por to hi ku ye tanto mucho chay-bartan hir? - ela kwesti.
- Ver, to es ya kausa, - Shapnik sospiri. - Oltaim es chay-taim, also taim fo woshi bartan yok.
- Also yu intershanji plasa pa ronda, bu ver? - Alisa suposi.
- Exaktem, - Shapnik shwo, - segun ke bartan gei finyusi.
- Bat kwo eventi wen yu snova ateni beginsa? - Alisa kuraji kwesti.
- Hay nu shanji tema, - Marto-Tuza interrupti guapi-yen, - me fa-tedi por sey-la. Me opini ke yunge mis treba rakonti koy historia a nu.
- Me fobi ke me bu jan eni-la, - Alisa shwo, aika alarmi-ney.
- Dan Somnimaus rakonti! - li ambi krai. - Somnimaus, en-jagi ba!
E li pinsi ta pa ambi taraf pa same taim.
Somnimaus ofni okos, ga sin hasta.
- Me bu he somni, - ta feblem raukefai, - me he audi kada worda ke yu shwo.
- Rakonti ba koy historia! - Marto-Tuza shwo.
- Ver, bi karim ya! - Alisa gro-pregi.
- Tuy ya, - Shapnik adi, - otrekas yu ve en-somni bifoo fin.
- Unves ye tri sista-ki, - Somnimaus begin al hasti gro, - kel nami Elsi, Lisi e Tili. Li jivi pa kwan-diba.
- Kwo li chi? - Alisa kwesti sikom ela sempre fai interes om chia e pia.
- Li chi melasa, - Somnimaus shwo afte dumi duran kelke minuta.
- Li bu mog-te ya, - Alisa remarki mulem, - li wud en-morbi.
- Li he en-morbi hi, - Somnimaus shwo, - en-morbi gro.
Alisa trai imajini toy nopinchan jiva, bat to konfusi ela tro, also ela shwo for:
- Way hi li jivi pa kwan-diba?
- Pi ba pyu chay, - Marto-Tuza shwo gambirem.
- Me haishi he pi nixa, - Alisa jawabi ofensi-nem, - also me bu mog pi pyu.
- Yu maini ya ke yu bu mog pi meno, - Shapnik shwo. - Tu pi pyu kem nixa es ya fasile.
- Nulwan he kwesti om yur opina, - Alisa shwo.
- Hu hi zai fai remarka om persona de kunshwoer nau? - Shapnik kwesti triumfi-shem.
Alisa bu jan hao kwo jawabi, also ela pi idyen chay e chi idyen pan kun nayu. Poy ela turni a Somnimaus e repeti:
- Way li jivi pa kwan-diba?
Somnimaus snova dumi duran kelke minuta, poy shwo:
- To es melasa-kwan.