2022
O Le Urosa Viole
Tesema 2022


O Le Urosa Viole

Sa le’i fiafia Liam i lana meaalofa o le Kerisimasi.

Panel 1 1 SPOT: Boy, Liam (Age 11) gets a hand-made teddy bear for his gift on Christmas morning. He’s not too happy about it. In the background we can see stockings hung by a fireplace and maybe a little bit of a tree poking in on the side.  2 SPOT: 2 of his younger sisters opening-up presents with their own home-made stuffed animals, not teddy bears. They should look happy and excited about their gifts. 3 SPOT: Mom sewing late at night, making the purple teddy bear. 4 SPOT: Boy in the first image hugging his mom, looking happy.

I le taeao o le Kerisimasi, sa vave ala i luga Liam. Sa ia tolotolo atu i totonu o le potu malolo faatasi ma ona tuafafine laiti e toalua, o Holly ma Sara. O iina, sa tautau ai totini na su’i i le fale e fitu i se atulaina. O nisi sa laiti ma lautele. O nisi sa uumi ma manifinifi. Ma o nisi na tuai tele ua matafi o latou lanu. Ae o le mea taua mo Liam o totini taitasi sa faatumulia i meaai suamalie manaia.

Sa uu mai e Liam lana totini ma faau i lalo. Na faanonou o ia. Sa i ai se lole tootoo se tasi, o se moli, ma ni nai meaai suamalie.

“Na o le pau lea?” na ia fesili atu ai.

Sa faanonou foi Holly ma Sara. Ona ataata lea o Liam. Atonu o lona uiga o lana meaalofa o le a lelei tele! Sa faamoemoe o ia o le taaloga vitio fou lea sa taaalo uma ai ana uo.

Ae ina ua tatala e Liam lana meaalofa, sa na o na faatupulaia o lona lē fiafia. O lana meaalofa o se urosa lanu viole. Na su’ilima, ma ni mata faamau lanu uliuli ma sina ataata laitiiti na su’ilima.

“Manuia le Kerisimasi, Liam,” o le tala lea a Tina ma se ataata tele.

Sa le’i ataata Liam. E le o le meaalofa lea sa ia manao ai.

Sa maua foi e ona tuafafine laiti ni manu utu, ma sa faapena foi ona tuafafine matutua e toatolu. Ae e le’i maua ai e ia se lagona sili atu. O le Kerisimasi aupito sili lea ona leaga!

Panel 2 1 SPOT: Boy, Liam (Age 11) gets a hand-made teddy bear for his gift on Christmas morning. He’s not too happy about it. In the background we can see stockings hung by a fireplace and maybe a little bit of a tree poking in on the side.  2 SPOT: 2 of his younger sisters opening-up presents with their own home-made stuffed animals, not teddy bears. They should look happy and excited about their gifts. 3 SPOT: Mom sewing late at night, making the purple teddy bear. 4 SPOT: Boy in the first image hugging his mom, looking happy.

“O le a le mea ua tupu?” sa fesili atu ai lona tuafafine matua o Erin ina ua mae’a le taumafataga o le taeao. “Sa e le fiafia i le taeao atoa.”

“Ou te le fiafia tele i la’u meaalofa,” o lana tala lea. “Ua na o se urosa sa gaosia e Tina. Aisea na te le’i tuuina mai ai ia te a’u se mea sa ou manao ai?”

Sa ataata Erin. “Sau ta o.”

Sa ia aveina o ia i le potumoe o Tina ma tusi atu i le laau suisui tuai i luga o le laulau.

“O le laau suisui a Tina,” o lana tala lea. “E a la?”

“O a isi mea o e vaai i ai?”

Sa faanonou Liam. Sa ia vaaia nila suisui, filo felanulanuai, ma ni fasi ie ua gaugau. Sa ia vaaia foi se taga o vavae, vaivai ma felefele e pei o se ao.

“Ou te iloa na e manao ia Tina e faatau mo oe se isi mea mo le Kerisimasi,” o le tala lea a Erin. “Ae e le o ia i tatou ni tupe mo lena mea. Ou te fiafia i le urosa sa faia e Tina mo a’u. O loo faaalia ai le tele o lona alofa ia te a’u.”

“O le a le uiga o lau tala?”

“E alu se taimi tele e fai ai se meataalo utu. E manaomia ai le onosai. Sa saofai Tina i lenei laulau mo le tele o itula i le faia o se meataalo mo i tatou taitoatasi. Sa ia faamautinoa ua tofu i tatou ma se meaalofa. E te le manatu o lona uiga e alofa o ia ia i tatou?”

Panel 3 1 SPOT: Boy, Liam (Age 11) gets a hand-made teddy bear for his gift on Christmas morning. He’s not too happy about it. In the background we can see stockings hung by a fireplace and maybe a little bit of a tree poking in on the side.  2 SPOT: 2 of his younger sisters opening-up presents with their own home-made stuffed animals, not teddy bears. They should look happy and excited about their gifts. 3 SPOT: Mom sewing late at night, making the purple teddy bear. 4 SPOT: Boy in the first image hugging his mom, looking happy.

Sa pa’i atu Liam i le ie lanu viole lea sa faaaoga e Tina e fai ai lana urosa. Atonu sa sa’o Erin. E le’i manaomia ona atoatoa se meaalofa ia avea ai ma se meaalofa lelei. I le Peraimeri, sa aoao ai e Liam o Iesu o le meaalofa aupito silisili, ma sa soifua mai Iesu i se fale o manu faatauvaa.

Sa tamoe Liam e sue Tina. Sa ia tuu atu ia te ia se opo lapo’a. “Faafetai lava mo le urosa,” na ia fai mai ai.

Panel 4 1 SPOT: Boy, Liam (Age 11) gets a hand-made teddy bear for his gift on Christmas morning. He’s not too happy about it. In the background we can see stockings hung by a fireplace and maybe a little bit of a tree poking in on the side.  2 SPOT: 2 of his younger sisters opening-up presents with their own home-made stuffed animals, not teddy bears. They should look happy and excited about their gifts. 3 SPOT: Mom sewing late at night, making the purple teddy bear. 4 SPOT: Boy in the first image hugging his mom, looking happy.

Na te le’i manatu ua faatauvaa tele le urosa i le taimi nei. E tusa lava pe leai ni meaalofa, sa ia lagonaina le alofa o lona aiga. Ma o lena mea na avea ai o se Kerisimasi faapitoa.

Page from the December 2022 Friend Magazine.

Ata na tusia e Debby Rahmalia