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"Officer officer That man is certainly trespassing but the young lady is my friend"
Doka Doka bagi nadodana wunga e gbin doka tuo amma yentsugi nana yi eya mi
Pam’s ex-husband was taken away as soon as the constable’s colleague appeared and Daisy was invited inside the cottage to clean up and have a hot cup of cocoa
Eba Pam afe lukpekpe kede doka tetengi dzunbe na kuma Daisy yi gadan emi ke wunbyu fin shayi na
Well that was a bit of luck said Daisy
toh nana fe saa degi Daisy fe gan
To be able to film him looking in your window at night and have the whole scene witnessed by the police mi jin tunani gan woya de damuwa ndondo eba jim bobya ,I don’t think you’ll be having any more trouble from Jim!
mi ku wunwo wen shiye chi tagagi wole be yeshi kuma de kpata yendondo de eli be doka e
Next morning at about eleven Daisy arrived in her office to find a fresh bunch of flowers in a vase on her desk
yeli tsakani efin guwo be nini Daisy fe tun etunba u wunfe le flower dzwandzwanyi ye dan dukun bo ta esa yun bo
Nearby was a little note written in pencil
kapau bo aka eyan degi be alkalami
"Thanks Daisy thanks again Pam
kubetin Daisy kubetin be
PS I’ve put a pot of homemade greengage jam in your fridge"takada kwankwana
PS minya dukun kunu ladan fridge wobo
It was raining on and off all that afternoon and as she had nothing much to do Daisy wandered into the low-price bookshop in the arcade
wunfe tule lo kezhin kpata igidi wunchin kuma wunde yendondo na wanjin na Daisy fe za dan shago tetengi ndochyo
She loved looking at books and often found some wonderful bargains there
wun woman takada chinle kuma fondondo wey de wangizhi zhi bagao
Daisy preferred non-fiction books travel plays but also liked to discover an author of detective stories she had never heard of before
Daisy fe wa takada najin gamana na etan edzozhi amma wen wa wun lu ke eyankachi yan etan doka nawun la leye lya na
Soon Daisy had a huge pile of books she wanted to buy and tried to calculate how much they would all cost
ekadegi Daisy de takada zhe egwa u wunfe wan shi kuma wen wa ba wokin na wunga yi kpata na
That’s nearly four pounds for the medical book plus three for the American book on Sociology two cookery books at p each two pounds ninety for the travel book o mi ha takada nana shi eti chigbe gargajiye minya wu woni eshi be guta e kawai,If I buy this book on natural cures as well I’ll be spending just under twenty-th...
wunyi ke woni guni na ya takada chigbejinchinzhi be guta yan takada nasara ya rayuwa guba yan takada taadda yi gbanwo dinni guba ndondo tisin ebo ezan dan o
Daisy counted what she had in her purse
Daisy fe ba ena fi nanbu bona
She never used her credit card to buy clothes or books as she was afraid she wouldn’t have enough for emergencies
wunla taba jin anfanni be credit card na wunga shi ewo ko takadazhi na ebo na wen sudan wande dokun ke yan kadara a
Luckily Daisy found that she had more than forty pounds with her
be sayin Daisy fe leke wunde har woni shiba ke danbyiuyin
By now she couldn’t carry all these heavy books around the shop and decided to ask the indifferent young man at the pay desk
gbani wunku kpata takada lukpin nanazhiwa wunche la shawura ke wungbin bagi ndochi gan bana e kunya na
Daisy climbed down the spiral staircase to the children’s section and second-hand books but she couldn’t find anything interesting there
Daisy fe gunta kata fiti ebachi kapa dzakangizhi kuma takada konjozhi amma wun le yendondo ne faye naya
She climbed up the stairs again and proceeded to the back of the shop where the section of war could be found
wunfe gunta katafiti be kuma wunfelo zuman yan shago bana eyan ekun fi na
Daisy had to crouch down to see the titles on the bottom shelf
Daisy fe yakpe ebo wun le sunna yan takada kinzhi ye
Mm can’t see much here to interest me she thought
mm mile yendondo yefa ye babwa awunfe jin tunani
The inlaid carpeting was pretty old and very dustyProbably no one ever cleaned the shop
tadduma wan kuku kuma wan ku rufukede zandondo la wun shago nana lya na
Daisy hated to see bookshops which were not cared for
Daisy jin kyama wunle shago takada ye shikan ala eye dan wan
So many bookshops had gone this way and shut down never to be reopened again
shago tokun zhi da aniga kuma utsu nan a taba kpe bya na
At the end of the bookcase were the big illustrated war books with famous faces on them
zonti yan emi takada bana takada wunchikokozhi eti etan yan ekunzhi be fuskazhi kpe na
"Oh that might be interesting" Daisy said to herself seeing a book written by an ex-SAS soldier
oh nanazhi ma faye Daisy fe gan be etiuyin lileye takada nan tsofo soja ka na
Daisy spied a fold-up chair in the corner opened it up and sat down on it to look at the book
Daisy fe la esa finfachi kpa o wunfe kpeu kuma wun fedun tau wun chi takada wunchiun le
As she read through descriptions of desperate journeys in pitiful conditions Daisy suddenly became aware of muffled voices
na wunfe gbau na bayyani yan ezanzhi yan tausayizhi daisy fe wo murya wawagizhi
She looked around but there was nobody near her in the shop so she went back to her reading
wunfe chibaleza amma ade zandondo na tsobu shago na wunmanfe zheban ga gba takada
Now she heard a woman shouting and a man replying in an aggressive tone
gbani wunfe wo nyigagi wundochi fe kpogun kuma bagi fe zhiugan be bere yan fushi
Somebody’s got their television turned up rather high next door she thought
zandochi a TV yan bun dan be kara dokun wunjin tunani
Then there was silence
sai bandondo a jin shiru
And then again the man’s voice bellowed out ugly sounds but still Daisy wasn’t able to distinguish the words
sai kuma be bere yan bagi fe la murya mumuna be amma daisy yegan wan kperi eganzhia
Daisy’s intuition popped up again
Daisy fe jin kashkash be
That isn’t the television at all That’s something that’s really happening If only I could hear what they’re saying! kashi ade grille dan shampa o kpa takadashampa o?,Could it be there’s a grille here in the wall hidden by the wallpaper?"
wunjin Tv danna yendochi wunge jin faruwa o abeke mi ga wo ena e gan na
Daisy realised that the sounds were coming from behind her legs and climbed down onto her knees
Daisy fe kanzhin ke ewuti e fefe be dagan zuman yan bichiubo wunfe kpekura
I’ll try to pull that wallpaper away from the wall she said to herself
miya jin kokari min din takadashampa dagan shampa o wunfe gan be etiuyin
She pulled at the edge of the wallpaper where it met the floor and the horrible inlaid carpeting
wunfe din kapa yan takadashampa bana wunjin gunmin be kinyin na kuma dadduma na tagya na
It came unstuck easily and there it was - an air passage grille
wunfe lo zunni kuma undo na-ebana efe dana
Now Daisy could hear exactly what they were saying
gbani Daisy fewo ena ganan wangi yin
Let me go let me go! a woman’s voice shrieked
lugwa minlo lugwa minlo nyizagi ndochi fegan be bere dasun
"Give me all the money and your rings and no more shouting otherwise I’ll slit your throat" threatened the rough voice
la ewo we kpata yami to ruka kuma ade egunkpo bya kokuma miga koro wey ba bere wuruwuru nchi fegan
It must be that antique shop next door thought Daisy "
wanyin shago eyan esagi na dan kpa yigboro na Daisy fe jin tunai be etiuyin
A woman is being attacked and robbed by some thug"
nyizagi ndochi wunge yi eyan uzhio be garadachi yan o
Daisy realised she had no time to lose and although she felt frightened she knew she couldn’t leave the woman to her fate
Daisy fe kpegan wunde lokachi na wan nyiya na kuma wunfe sundan wunkpe wogan wanya nyizagi nnana achyian be kadara u yan
kuma wunfe kpagun yi doka gbani a yiyan kpako yigboro
wunfe sanni lo eba gbarufu na fejin yendochi na
The young man simply stared at Daisy so she pushed him to get at the phone and called them herself
gbarufu fe chin Daisy le wunfe daugwa ebo na wango waya u na na wunga yin doka be etiuyin na
This is Daisy Hamilton speaking I’m at the Find All Bookshop yigbe zhe yi yan shago yaneyansagi kpako yigboro, There is a robbery taking place in the antiques shop next door
Daisy ge gan gan omi dan Find ALL shago takada o
" "I’m going in there now Please hurry"
mi ye wa lo baga gbani bosoko sanni
Then Daisy turned to the young man "Have you got anything on antiques?"
sai daisy fe zheloba gbarufu wode yandondo dan shago eyansagizhio?
Still speechless the youth pointed over to the right
wansheganke bagi wunchin fe ta egwa wu gwaro
Daisy seized an illustrated book on nineteenth century antiques and rushed out of the shop
Daisy fe fe takada bayyani la eti th century eyansagizhio wunfe sanni tinya shago
Daisy walked into the shop next door as calmly as possible apparently with her head in her antiques book
Daisy fe gadan shago kpako yigboro karayin zahiri waneti sodan takada
" Nobody was there but she heard muffled movements which came from an inner room and called out "Excuse me anyone there?"
zandondo dan baga bwa amma wunwo bere wawagi nafe tinya dagan ni yan kata o na kuma wunfe gan afuwa zhidan baga bo
A pale elderly women came through the door with a thuggish-looking young man close behind her
nyizagi kukugi undochi fe tinya kpako be ezan ke daragachi gbarufu na ba kasan u bo
The lady’s voice trembled and said"Good afternoon can I help you?"
bere yan nyizagi fekun kuma wunfegan kube igidi ki minya jinya woyo?
Daisy pretended not to have even seen the man and improvised
Daisy fe jin wayo ke wunla le bagi wunchi yana
"I’ve been reading this book and I saw just the right sort of writing desk I’ve been looking for
mi fe gba takada nana kuma mi fe le esan daidai irin na miye waza ne ye
Have you got something like this? I think it’s Georgian
wode yendochi na be nana nan?mi jin tunani ke gerogion na
Daisy showed the lady a picture not of a writing desk but of a chair and held it in a way so that the man couldn’t see it
daisy fe la foto wu yentsugi wunchin wunjin yan esan a amma yan esa kuma wun la kena ndachia leya na
The lady was bewildered to see the photo of a chair instead of a writing desk
yentsugi wunchin fe jin mamaki na wun le foto yan esa ye wunjin yan esa yanka na
The man had his hand in his pocket as though holding a weapon but made an effort to appear casual and sat down
bagi wunchin wa egwa u lada dzufan o kede wen wa wa bidinga na amma wanjin ke wunkpe yendondoa na kuma wan fedun
" As he did this Daisy winked at the shop-owner who replied "No I’m sorry I haven’t got anything in this style"
ke wunjin achina Daisy fe ba shago tso eye wun fezhe min de yendondo irin esan nana
Daisy insisted "If something comes your way could you let me know?
Daisy a jin nachewa yendochi ga be bawe wa gan gan yami?
"I’ll write down my address and telephone number"
mi ga number waya fe be emi mi ka
Daisy wrote Please don’t be frightened The police are on their way I won’t leave you alone"
Daisy fe ka bosoko ga sudan man dokazhi dan yeko be miya yawe gbugya
The lady read the message and looked up at Daisy in a knowing way
yentsugi wunchi fe chi Daisy le ke wun kpiuye na
"But I’ve got something else which might suit your purpose
amma mi de yendochi na woya faye na
Would you like to see it? It’s there in the shop window
woya wagan woyo lyiuye? wundan nin yan tagagi shago
In this way the two women got nearer to the shop entrance
achiga nyizagi gubaba fe tsoba eko misun ya shago
The thug was still sitting in the chair with his hand in his pocket but studying both of them intensely
garadachi nana ma fedun ta esa o be egwauyin dan dzufan o amma wun fe chi zagubaba le wangiyin
The fingers on his right hand were twitching nervously
egwa dindingiuzhi fekun be dasun e
Daisy then noticed there was a massive wardrobe parked in the middle of the shop and awaited the right moment
Daisy fe leye ke ade kpati wunchiko dan mini tatachin yan shago kuma wunfe ga lokachi gboro
The shop-keeper continued the conversation about antique furniture and Daisy pretended to be interested in what she said
shagotso felo be eza eti eyansagi esanzhi i kuma Daisy fe jin wayo ke wen woman egan u na
Suddenly two policemen burst into the shop and Daisy pulled the shop-owner with her behind the wardrobe
keagana doka guba fe bangun shago kuma Daisy fe din shagotso lo zuman kpati o
She peeped round the left side of it to see what was happening
wun fe shiye chi kapa gwapin le bo wunle enazhe jin faruwa naye
The thug jumped up and threatened the police with a nasty-looking knife
garadachi fe fu nakin kuma jin barazana loba doka be ebi nukan ndochi
Everybody stood completely still for a few seconds then Daisy threw the antiques book towards a stool six feet to the right of the thief
zandondo fe gikini chip ke secon degina sai Diasy fe che takada eyansagi lo eba esa bichi gutswayin lo gwapin yan garadachi
He was momentarily distracted and looked to where the noise had come from which gave the two policemen the opportunity to leap on him
wunfe zhi kuma wunfe chibana unwo kara na le wunga ya doka guba nana dama na awun nao
One policeman knocked the knife from the man’s hand and the other handcuffed him immediately
doka nini fe fe ebigo egwan ndawunchion kuma wunfe dan ankwa zuni
It was all over in a couple of minutes
wanzoti kpata mini lokachi degio
Daisy picked up the antiques book and suggested having a hot cup of tea
Daisy fe la takada eyansagi kuma wunfe jin shawura fifin shayi yipa
The two women sat down still shaking a little from their experiences
nyizagi gubaba che fedun nakanzhi fekun tosun ebo ena jin faruwa e na
The elderly lady shook Daisy’s hand warmly
nyizagi kukugi wunchin fe ya Daisy egwa wawayi
Thank you thank you my dear young lady Oh my goodness I was really terrified But how did you realise I was in trouble?
kubetin kubetin masoyi yentsugi oh wangi nyanmin mi ya sudan sarayin amma ke wo kpekpe ke min dan damuwa o na?
" "Let me introduce myself my dear My name is Lena Fields Just call me Lena - and may I know your name please?"
lugwa mi ji eti minye masoyi sunna minye ye lena fields yimi lena kawai kuma miya kpe sunna woye bosoko?
Daisy found Lena a very charming woman
Daisy le lena ye nyizagi kirki
She had the style of a world which didn’t exist any more and a distinct accent which showed she had been born far away
wun de rayuwa yizhe iri na danbo bya na kuma ezhimi iri na lawu ke amunman eba na lokpa na
When Daisy told Mrs Fields she was a private eye they both started giggling They didn’t know why but it was good to relieve the tension
na Daisy ganya mrs fileds wunyin eye na so na ache mantsan akpe na lana amma wange na wankun dasun keya na
When they had both recovered Daisy grew more serious
na azhin na daisy fe nan be egan e
Lena I’d like to give you some advice You have no alarm in your shop woleye ke wogan egan nan chile wola nini wa ala danbo ya woya, "Don’t you think you should look into the matter and have one fitted?"
lena mi ya wagan minya we shawura wode eyan kara dan shago wo bwa
"Yes I will it mustn’t happen again Nothing had ever happened to me in this country and I felt safe
a miga achiga jin achya yejin bya ade ena jin faruwa irin nana na kinmi nan kuma miya fo
By the way Daisy are you really interested in a writing desk or did you make that up on the spur of the moment?
amma Daisy lallai wey wa esan eyanka kashi wo de gan yon gan ebo nyi lokachi ya
"Yes I did" Daisy smiled
a miye wa Daisy mutsan
If that is the case I would like to see your hands if I may
ayi achiga yo miya wagan mijin anfanni be egwa woyin
Mrs Fields pulled a ruby ring off her finger and slipped it on Daisy’s little finger
mrs fields fe wa ruka egwa o bo wunche wudan egwa tintinko yan Daisy o
Do you like it?
wan ba we?"
Daisy was astonished "Of course I do but"
Daisy a jin mamaki a gaskiya wan bami amma
No don’t protest I have no children and you saved me today from a horrible experience kuma wan sa dan egwa wobo egan man zo achiga,Besides it looks nice on your hand That’s the end of the matter"
aa ga gbomio man mide egi ndondo a kuma waminbo yina dagan eyan dede o
Daisy felt quite overcome with the generosity of this lady
Daisy fe wo nimman boroyin fi yegban be ndaloke yan nyizagi nana