The Legend of Zuyaggi

The Legend of Zuyaggi is a myth told to many Wistanian children about a boy who was bullied by his friends for his size.

English
Long ago, there was a little boy named Zuyaggi. He was a short child, skinny, and his voice still had a high pitch. All of the other boys his age had hit their growth spurt. They were tall, muscular, and their voices were deep. Whenever Zuyaggi went to his school, they would laugh at his little size and high voice. Even Zuyaggi’s old friends had grown and joked about Zuyaggi’s little body.

One day, after being taunted and insulted in school, Zuyaggi escaped to the forest to be by himself. There, he found a bush, filled with magical gauwi berries. Zuyaggi took one berry from the bush and said, “If I eat this, I will grow to be as large as my bullies. Then, they will never insult me again.”

So he ate, and immediately grew.

The next day, he returned to his school and faced his bullies once again. He boasted about how he had grown so large overnight. The boys jeered, and laughed, and joked because although Zuyaggi was large, his clothes were too small. His shoes had ripped, and his pants had tightened, and his shirt had lost buttons.

Angry, Zuyaggi returned home and put on his father’s clothes. His father’s clothes were too large for him, so he decided to return to the forest and find the gauwi bush again. When he found it, he took two berries and ate them. Immediately, he grew to the size of his father.

The next day, he returned to his school and faced his bullies once again. At first, they did not know who he was. When Zuyaggi boasted his impressive size, the bullies figured out that he had been eating gauwi berries to grow so large so quickly. That was the only way. The boys jeered, and laughed, and joked because Zuyaggi could not grow without the help of a stupid berry.

With greater anger, Zuyaggi returned to the forest. “I will grow larger than any other man,” Zuyaggi proclaimed. “Then, they will be so intimidated by my size they will never make fun of me again!” Zuyaggi took an entire hand full and ate them all in one bite. Immediately, he grew to be as tall as the trees.

He marched back into the city to face his bullies. He boasted of his giant size and declared that there was no man larger than he. The boys jeered and laughed and joked for he was so large that no clothes could fit Zuyaggi and he walked throughout the town naked as a child.

With the greatest anger, Zuyaggi marched back into the forest. “I will destroy them,” he said finally. “I will become so large that they will crush under my feet.” He took the entire gauwi bush and ate. Immediately, he grew so large that he used the mountains to cover his nakedness.

“See?” He shouted to his bullies. “I am so large that you must be afraid of me for I can crush you under my feet." The boys jeered, and laughed, and joked.

“You’re stupid!” They shouted. “You’re such a fool. You will never shrink to a normal size. You will always be a giant. You have ruined your life!”

Zuyaggi finally stood and marched to the town to destroy them. However, the clouds obscured his view so that he could not see the gorge underneath him. His foot fell, and he tripped into the ocean. The fall was so great that Zuyaggi fell asleep, drowned, and perished.

Wistanian
auv gi lazai, hiya dari min na jil va zuyaggi.

to be continued

IPA & Gloss
auv gi lazai, hiya dari min na jil va zuyaggi. auv gi   lazai, hi-iya dari min   na       jil  va      zuyaggi. TEMP past great, be-STA boy small REL.POSS name REL.COP zuyaggi. * during the great past, there was a little boy who had a name that was zuyaggi Long ago, there was a little boy named Zuyaki.

to be continued