Yiwen uɛeggun tceggɛit yemma-s as-d-yaɣ ulac di ssuq. Iteddu deg ubrid, yufa yiwen yettɛebbi tilajurin. Yena-as :
-Yya ad iyi-d-ɛiwneḍ.
-D acu ara d iyi-d-tefkeḍ ma ɛɛewneɣ-k ?
-Ak ffkeɣ ulac.
-Ulac ! D ayagi i tt-qellibeɣ.
Imi fuken, yenna-as uɛeggun-nni :
-Ffek-iyi-d tura d acu iyi-d-tenniḍ.
-D acu k-in ffkeɣ, ulac !
-Ih ! Ffek-iyi-d ulac.
-Amek ara k-in-ffkeɣ ulac, ulamek ?
-Debber aqerru-ik, nekk bɣiɣ ulac-iw ad d-yali di lqaɛa neɣ ad d-yeɣli deg yigenni.
Nnuɣen ɣef wulac. Tagara ruḥen ɣer umɣar azemni akken aten-yefru. Yesla i tedyant-nsen alarmi fuken. Yal yiwen yeḥka-d tadyant-is akken i as-teḍra.
Inna-asen umɣar azemni i uɛeggun-nni :
-Ḥader ! S acu i ak-yeɣlin ɣer lqaɛa ?
Yettnadi uɛeggun-nni deg yilem anda ara yaf ulac, ulac. Yeqqar-asen kan :
-Ulac d acu iyi-ɣlin, ulac…
Inna-as umɣar azemni :
-Ih ! D ulac-nni iɣef tettnadiḍ i ak-yeɣlin, qelleb mliḥ ad t-afeḍ.
Yettnadi alarmi ulac d acu i yufa, dɣa iruḥ.
Bussaɛd ḤEMAR,
* D tajmilt i Muḥya