Jidik Bar Jipan̄

Jān Jane McBride

(Pedped ioon juon bwebwenato em̧ool)

Di ko diin Tainijoor ko raar āinwōt kam̧ōņōņōļo̧k jān speech therapy.

A young boy walks through his classroom at school. He looks sad. A man holds up a dinosaur bone.

“Alex, ej iien n̄an etal n̄an speech therapy,” Miss Jenkins ekar ba.

Alex ej kajillo̧k bōran. Speech therapy ekar juon kūlaaj ejeno̧ļo̧k ekar etal n̄an e. Ekar pen an ba jet naan ko im kwaļo̧k. Kōn menin ekar kōmmālmel ba ilo kūlaaj in speech eo jejjo alen juon wiik. Aolep iien ej ilo̧k n̄an kūlaaj eo an, ekar en̄jake jook!

Ekar reilo̧k n̄an rūkaki eo an. “Imaron̄ ke jab etal n̄an e?” ekar unoojdikdik. “Rainin wōt?”

Rainin, Mr. Timmons ekar itok n̄an kūlaaj eo an Alex n̄an kōnono kōn tainijoor ko. Mr. Timmons ekar jerbal ilo juon museum ippān elōn̄ di ko diin tainijoor ko rem̧m̧an. Em̧ool ekar tōn bōktok juon di me ekar tauin iiō rūttoon! Alex ekar jab kōņaan jako.

Miss Jenkins ekar ettōn dikdik. “Kwonaaj wōt etal n̄an kūlaaj in speech eo am̧. Bōtaab kwomaron̄ bar jepļaaktok ilo iien eo ejetjet n̄an m̧ōttan eo āliktata in kōnono eo an Mr. Timmons.

Alex ekar kajjieon̄ bar ettōn dikdikļo̧k n̄an e, bōtaab ekar jab. Ekar jidikļo̧k an etetal n̄an kūlaajruum̧ in speech therapy eo. Ilo kūlaaj eo raar kōmmālmel ba ejja ainikien eo wōt. Ekkatak kōn tainijoor ko enaaj kar limoļo̧k.

“Ikar dike ba ainiken kein rebwebwe,” ekar jiron̄ļo̧k rūkaki in speech therapy eo. “Ij en̄jake āinwōt juon nin̄nin̄.”

“Kwojjab juon nin̄inn̄ ļo̧k wōt n̄an jidk,” liin ekar ba. “Jej aolep aikuji jidik bar jipan̄ jet iien. Kwojeļā ke bwe ikar etal n̄an speech therapy ke ikar ded jab ņe am̧?”

Menin ekar kōm̧m̧an an em̧m̧anļo̧k an Alex mour. Ekar buuļ jerbal ilo aolepān kūlaaj eo n̄an kōmmālmel ainikien ko an.

Ke Alex ekar ro̧o̧lļo̧k n̄an kūlaaj eo an Miss Jenkin, ekar lo an eo m̧ōttan Courtney ilo̧k.

“Kwoj etal n̄an ia?” ekar kajjitōk.

Courtney ekar reilaļļo̧k. “Ijorrāān ilo aō riit. Ij aikuj etal n̄an juon kūlaaj in riit ejeno̧lo̧k.” Āinwōt Courtney ekar jook.

“A, ej em̧m̧an wōt” Alex ekar ba. “Ij kab itok jān kūlaaj in speech eo aō. Ikar joļo̧k aolepān iien eo kōm̧m̧an ejja ainikien eo wōt.” Ekar kōjan̄ bo̧o̧tin.

“Kwo kar?”

Ekar em̧ajidjid. “Ikar etal n̄an speech therapy eo ium̧win ruo iiō ko.”

“Etke ikar jab jeļā?” liin ekar kajjitōk.

Alex ekar nukuj aeran. “Ikar jab ba n̄an jabdewōt. Ikar mijak renaaj kar kōm̧m̧an kōjak kake eō.”

“Iban kar n̄an jidik kōm̧m̧an kōjak kake eok,” Courtney ekar ba. “Ij m̧ōņōņō kwomaron̄ kar bar ro̧o̧ltok ilo iien eo ejejjet n̄an lo diin tainijoor eo. Elukkuun in em̧m̧an!” Liin ekar kōjaaļaļ pein. “Ij aikuj etal. Lo eo kiinļo̧k.”

Ejjab to Alex ekar jeļā bwe e im Courtney ekar jab erro wōt raar etal n̄an kūlaaj ko jet. Tommy ekar etal n̄an juon kūlaaj n̄an jipan̄ e kōkōm̧anm̧anļo̧k ekkatak kapeel ko an iaio. Im Bekah ekar jerbal ippān juon rūkaki ejeno̧ļo̧k n̄an jipan̄ pein liin kajoorļo̧k ālkin an kar kōmetake.

Kiiō Alex ekar jab kanooj en̄jake inepata kōn kūlaaj in speech eo. Ekar kōņaan jipan̄ ajri ro jet kōkōm̧anm̧anļo̧k aer en̄jake barāinwōt. Ekar kōmmālmel riit ippān Courtney im kōnono n̄an Tommy ilo m̧ōn̄ā in raelep. Aolep raar aikuj bar jidik jipan̄ jet iien, im ekar EM̧M̧AN!

This image is #1 listed below. A series of spot illustrations of children. 1. A girl reading. 2. A boy talking. 3. A girl with a broken arm in a sling. — Ij bōk bar jidik jipan̄ kōn peiū.

This image is #2 below. A series of spot illustrations of children. 1. A girl reading. 2. A boy talking. 3. A girl with a broken arm in a sling. — Ij bōk bar jidik jipan̄ kōn peiū.