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Th脿inig leabhar a-mach o chionn ghoirid. Tha e mu dheidhinn eilean. Chan eil duine a鈥� fuireach anns an eilean an-diugh. 鈥橲 e an t-eilean 鈥� Miughalaigh. Tha e deas air Barraigh. 鈥橲 e an t-ainm air an leabhar Muinntir Mhiughalaigh. Chuir Lisa Storey an leabhar ri ch猫ile. Bha athair Lisa 脿 Miughalaigh.

Seo earrann de st貌iridh 脿s an leabhar. 鈥橲 e an t-ainm a tha air 鈥� Boban Saor. 鈥橲 e sin ainm duine....

Bha fear ann ris an canadh iad Boban Saor. Bha tri霉ir mhac aige. Bha a鈥� bhean aige tinn. Bha i faisg air a鈥� bh脿s. Thuirt i ri Boban Saor nach ann leis-san a bha fear de na mic. Ach cha tuirt i c貌 fear. Chaochail i.

Thuirt Boban ris fh猫in, 鈥淕heibh mi a-mach c貌 am fear nach eil leam fh矛n. Cuiridh mi bhuam e.鈥�

Latha a bha seo, thug e a-mach tr矛 eich. Thug e each an t-aon do na gillean. Thuirt e riutha, 鈥淭hallaibh is thoiribh deoch dha na h-eich. Na toiribh dhaibh boinne ach far a bheil sruth an aghaidh 脿ird.鈥� Tha sin a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥淒on鈥檛 give them a drop except where the water is running uphill.鈥� Na toiribh dhaibh boinne ach far a bheil sruth an aghaidh 脿ird.

Dh鈥檉halbh dithis de na mic. Chrom na h-eich aca airson 貌l. Leig na gillean leotha. Dh鈥檉halbh an treas fear. Bha e a鈥� siubhal gach 脿ite. Bha e a鈥� coimhead airson 脿ite far an robh sruth an aghaidh 脿ird.

Thill an dithis dhachaigh. Thuirt Boban Saor riutha, 鈥淎n tug sibh deoch dha na h-eich?鈥�

鈥淭hug,鈥� fhreagair iad.

鈥淎n ann far an robh sruth an aghaidh 脿ird?鈥� dh鈥檉haighnich Boban Saor.

鈥溾�橲 ann,鈥� fhreagair na gillean, 鈥淏ha sruth an aghaidh 脿ird nuair a bha iad a鈥� sluigeadh an uisge.鈥�

Thill an gille eile. Cha tug e deoch don each aige. Cha d鈥� fhuair e lorg air 脿ite far an robh sruth an aghaidh 脿ird. 鈥淎n tug thu deoch dhan each?鈥� dh鈥檉haighnich Boban Saor.

鈥淐ha tug,鈥� ars esan, 鈥淐ha d鈥� fhuair mi sruth an aghaidh 脿ird.鈥�

鈥淥 cha d鈥� fhuair,鈥� thuirt Boban, 鈥淢a-t脿, faodaidh tu falbh 脿s an seo.鈥� Uill, bha sin cruaidh. Ach chuir Boban Saor an gille air falbh. An ath-

sheachdain cluinnidh sinn an aon st貌iridh, an 矛re mhath. Ach bidh e a鈥� tighinn thugainn bho 脿ite a tha na m矛ltean mh矛ltean air falbh bho Mhiughalaigh.

Faclan is abairtean: Th脿inig leabhar a-mach o chionn ghoirid: a book came out recently; mu dheidhinn: about; Miughalaigh: Mingulay; deas air Barraigh: south of Barra; muinntir: people; chuir Lisa Storey an leabhar ri ch猫ile: Lisa Storey put the book together; earrann de st貌iridh: part of a story; ris an canadh iad: whom they would call; tri霉ir mhac: three sons; faisg air a鈥� bh脿s: close to [the] death; nach ann leis-san a bha fear de na mic: one of the sons was not his; cha tuirt i c貌 fear: she didn鈥檛 say which one; chaochail i: she died; gheibh mi a-mach c貌 am fear nach eil leam fh矛n: I鈥檒l find out which one isn鈥檛 mine; cuiridh mi bhuam e: I鈥檒l send him away; thug e each an t-aon do na gillean: he gave a horse each to the lads; thallaibh is thoiribh deoch dha na h-eich: go and give a drink to the horses; na toiribh dhaibh boinne ach far a bheil sruth an aghaidh 脿ird: don鈥檛 give them a drop except where the water is running uphill; chrom na h-eich aca airson 貌l: their horses bent down to drink; leig na gillean leotha: the lads let them [drink]; dh鈥檉halbh an treas fear: the third one left; a鈥� siubhal gach 脿ite: travelling every place; a鈥� coimhead airson 脿ite far an robh sruth an aghaidh 脿ird: looking for a place where the water ran uphill; nuair a bha iad a鈥� sluigeadh an uisge: when they were swallowing the water; cha tug e deoch don each aige: he didn鈥檛 give his horse a drink; cha d鈥� fhuair e lorg air 脿ite: he didn鈥檛 find a place; faodaidh tu falbh 脿s an seo: you can go away; an aon st貌iridh, an 矛re mhath: the same story, pretty much; bidh e a鈥� tighinn thugainn: it will be coming to us; na m矛ltean mh矛ltean air falbh bho: [the] thousands of miles from.