English Original
When the rainy season began, the chief asked each animal what they would plant. The rabbit, Kalulu, requested a bag of money to sow. The chief, intrigued, gave it to him.
Kalulu spent the money on clothes, fish, and beads. At harvest time, he told the chief the money crop was "just in the blade." For two more years, he repeated this lie, saying it was "in flower" and then "in the ear."
In the fourth year, the suspicious chief sent animals to inspect the crop. First, the wild pig went with Kalulu. The rabbit tricked him by pretending hunters were near, causing the pig to flee. Kalulu told the chief the pig got scared and ran away.
The chief then sent the lion, and Kalulu used the same trick. Next, he sent the buffalo, and Kalulu tricked him too.
Finally, the wise tortoise was sent. He brought a bag with everything they might need: pillow, axe, knife, and arrows. Each time Kalulu tried to run back for an item, the tortoise had one ready. Trapped, Kalulu ran home in fright.
He begged his wife to disguise him as her hairless baby by pulling out his fur and covering him in red clay. When the chief's soldiers came, they took the "baby" hostage in a basket.
That night, Kalulu's wife told him to pretend to be dead the next day. She went to the chief, untied the basket, and found Kalulu stiff. She accused the chief of killing her baby. The animals held a trial and made the chief pay her a large bag of money.
Back home, Kalulu jumped out, vowing never to lie again. After his fur grew back, he took the money to the chief, claiming it was the harvest from the long journey. The chief, ashamed about the "dead baby," thanked him. Kalulu went home, glad to have escaped and vowed it was his last lie.
中文翻译
雨季开始时，酋长询问每只动物要种什么。兔子卡鲁鲁请求给他一袋钱来播种。酋长感到好奇，就把钱给了他。
卡鲁鲁把钱花在了衣服、鱼和珠子上。到了收获季节，他告诉酋长钱庄稼“才刚长叶子”。接下来的两年，他重复了这个谎言，说钱庄稼“正在开花”，然后“正在结穗”。
第四年，起了疑心的酋长派动物去查看庄稼。首先，野猪和卡鲁鲁一起去。兔子假装附近有猎人，吓跑了野猪。卡鲁鲁告诉酋长野猪受惊逃跑了。
酋长接着派了狮子去，卡鲁鲁用了同样的伎俩。然后他又派了水牛，卡鲁鲁也骗过了他。
最后，聪明的乌龟被派去了。他带了一个袋子，里面装了他们可能需要的所有东西：枕头、斧头、刀和箭。每次卡鲁鲁想跑回去拿东西，乌龟都准备好了。走投无路，卡鲁鲁惊恐地跑回了家。
他恳求妻子把他伪装成她没毛的宝宝，拔掉他的毛，并用红粘土涂满全身。当酋长的士兵来时，他们把这个“宝宝”当作人质放进了篮子里。
那天晚上，卡鲁鲁的妻子告诉他第二天要装死。她去找酋长，打开篮子，发现卡鲁鲁僵硬不动。她指责酋长害死了她的孩子。动物们进行了审判，让酋长赔给她一大袋钱。
回到家，卡鲁鲁跳了出来，发誓再也不说谎了。等他的毛长回来后，他带着钱去找酋长，声称这是长途跋涉带来的收获。酋长对“死去的宝宝”感到羞愧，感谢了他。卡鲁鲁回到家，很高兴逃脱了惩罚，并发誓这是最后一次说谎。