"Entay eu zbl zelo ata ezi" said, loudly, in an interjectional tone the twig he was using to brush his teeth with, nearly to fall. It was around seven in the morning as I could see from the digital clock blinking at the minibuses dashboard."

"ሓንቲ ጥርሙዝ ቢራ (ኣስመራ ቢራ) ወይ ሓንቲ ዳብል ጅን ወይ ኣረቒ ኣዚዝካ ኣብ ኣካላትካ እንታይ ሃስያ ከምዘስዕበልካ ትጭነቕ ዶ? ስሕት ኢለ ምስ የዕሩኽተይ ሓደ ሓደ እንተኢለ ፌጋቶ የማዕብል ዶ? ኣብ ነዊሕ እዋን ሓድሽ ዓመት ምስኣኸለ ክሳብ በርባዕተ መሓውረይ ዝኸይድ እንተሰትየ ይሃስየኒ ዶ? ሕጅስ ኣነ ኣልኮሊዛቶ ድየ ክበሃል?…"