Mga Batang Sera |children|young ones Junge Sera Young Sera 어린 세라 Jonge Sera

Noong unang panahon, may isang masayang mag-anak. Once||time|||happy family|family| Once upon a time, there was a happy family.

Pawang mga lalaki ang mga anak at hindi sila kailanman nag-aaway. only|||||children||||ever||fight The children are all boys and they never fight. Tinutulungan nila ang kanilang magulang sa bukid at sa gawaing-bahay. They help||||||farm|||chores| They help their parents in the fields and in the housework.

Malaya nilang nagagawa ang anuman, maliban sa isang bagay. Free||can do||anything|except|||thing They are free to do anything, except one thing. Hindi sila maaaring lumapit sa apoy. ||may not|approach||fire They cannot come near the fire.

Sa gabi lamang sila nagtatrabaho dahil sila ay mga sera! |night||||||||night owls They only work at night because they are sera!

Ngunit pinangarap ng isa na makita ang araw. but|dreamed of|by|one|to|see||sun But one dreams of seeing the sun.

Isang umaga, hindi niya nalabanan ang matinding pag-aasam. ||||could not resist||intense||longing One morning, he couldn't resist the intense anticipation. Pinigilan siya ng kanyang mga kapatid… Stopped|her|by|his|plural marker|siblings His brothers stopped him…

Subalit huli na ang lahat! but|too late||| But it was too late! Siya ay nalusaw na ng mainit na araw. ||melted||||| He was already melted by the hot sun.

Labis na nalungkot ang mga batang sera sa nakitang dinanas ng kapatid. greatly||very sad||||sick|||experienced suffering|| The sera children were very sad to see what their brother suffered.

Kaya gumawa sila ng paraan upang matupad ang kanyang pangarap. ||||way|to|to fulfill|||dream So they made a way to make his dream come true. Sama sama nilang hinubog ang serang labi ng kapatid at ginawa itong ibon. Together|together|they|shaped together||serang|lips||sibling||made|this|bird Together they shaped their brother's lips and turned it into a bird.

Dinala nila ang ibon sa tuktok ng bundok. they brought|||||peak||mountain They took the bird to the top of the mountain.

At sabay ng pagsikat ng araw, lumipad ang ibon tungo sa liwanag ng araw, na may awit na taglay. |together with|of|sunrise|||flew|||towards||light of|of the|of the sun|which|with|song|that|with a song And as the sun rose, the bird flew into the sunlight, with a song in it.