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The Yellow Butterfly /Il-farfett l-isfar
By the storytellers at St. Vincent De Paul There's a pensioner walking at the back. The butterfly is stuck here. He's walking with his stick, with the butterfly. A flying butterfly. When I was young, we used to draw using a 'biro', and the painting which had the nicest colours, would win. Gakomin A colourful butterfly Henry- An old man, poor love His name is Gwanni He's going to Birzebbugia He's off for a walk with the butterfly Don't forget, he's got his stick ! He's sitting on a bench, in the cool breeze He's off shopping He's going for a walk towards Sliema, 'Ghar id-Dud' His wings fluttering He opens his wings. There's the sound of feet and the walking stick. The sound of bombs The sound of the butterfly. A cloudy day, Thursday or Wednesday, It's Winter, its raining, it's raining! It's splitting up. When I was young, I painted a butterfly just like this, three times, and I always won! The butterfly is flying off. He doesn't fly He's 'stuffed' He opens it in front of him. --- Hemm wiehed pensjonant qed jimxi wara. Il-farfett imwahhal hemm. Qieghed jimxi bil-bastun,mal farfett. Ragel xih bil-bastun. Farfett qed itir. Meta kont zghir, konna npinguh, bil-'biro', u ta min jigi l-isbah bil-kuluri, kien jirbah. Gakomin Farfett bil-kuluri Henry Nannu xih miskin Jismu Gwanni Sejjer B'Bugia Sejjer Jimxi mal-farfett Tinsiex, ghandu l-bastun ! Sejjer joqghod fuq bank, ghal frisk Sejjer jixtri Sejjer jimxi lejn Tas-Sliema Ghar Id-Dud Gwienhajh iferfru Jiftah gwiehajh. Hoss tas saqajn u l-bastun. Il-hoss tal-bombi Hoss tal-farfett Gurnata msahhba, il-Hamis. jew L-Erbgha, Ix xitwa, ix-xita, ix-xita. Jitqatta. Bhal dan, meta kont tifel pingejthu tlett darbiet U dejjem irbaht bih. Ha jtir il-Farfett. Dak ma jtirx Dak Ibbalzmat Jifthu quddiem wiccu.
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