The White Tieger

Prolog

The light breeze tickled Safiya's cheek and briefly relieved her of the heat that seemed to be overwhelming her. Smiling, she took long steps across the rocky surface until she was only two steps from the water. "Uwa! Guguwa hit me!" Hawaye came crying towards the young mother. Groaning, she leaned down to her daughter and wiped her tears: "Ki daina kuka 'yata! He'll learn what he gets from it. But now enjoy the cool river." She took her daughter by the hand and together they ran along the riverbank. Guguwa soon joined them and showed them his collection of shells. "Wata will be happy, won't he?" her son looked up at Safiya hopefully. "Of course he will. He'll be very proud of you, I'm sure." Delighted, he hopped around her in a circle and, laughing, Hawaye followed. Suddenly Safiya spotted a box washed ashore. She slowly walked towards it and heard strange noises coming from it. She squatted down and opened the box.
She screamed in shock. "Uwa? What is it?", Guguwa ran towards her, but she raised her hand: "Quickly, my son. Go with Hawaye to your uncle and tell him to come! Now!" Without saying anything else, he ran to the village with his sister and left her alone. With trembling hands she opened the basket again. An Infant lied in it. Still sleeping, but surely it will awaken soon and start weaping until everybody know of it. 'Poor child. Why are you here?' The warm voice waked the infant and with a quiet laugh, from the kid, Safiya fell in love with this lucky child. 'I will call you Ubangijin kogi! The river god must have sent you for a reason!' 'Safiya!', Wata sat beside her and looked into her eyes,'What are you doing?' 'I'm rescuing this poor jariri!' 'But...what is it?' 'It is an infant. Just like Hawaye and Guguwa!' 'No Safiya! THAT is white!' Safiya shrugged:'So?' 'Sister, it is a complete different thing.'. 'I will keep it!', she ordered. With a sight Wata stood up:'If you say so! Let's go now!'

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Hi Everybody 🤗
In this part, I will translate the native words in to English...

Safiya * Morning
Uwa * Mother
Guguwa * Storm
Hawaye * Tear
Ki daina kuka 'yata * Don't cry my daughter
Wata * Moon
Ubangijin kogi * The Lord of the River
Jariri * Infant