Hoán-hoé

Kúi-nā nı̂ chêng tı̄ Eng-kok ê sai- lâm pêng ū chı̍t chiah chûn hoān-hong, hō͘ hong-éng phah khı̀ hái-kı̂ⁿ, khò-tio̍h chhián, chiū tiâu tı̄-hia bē kiâⁿ. Ná-kú ná hō͘ hái-soa im-tı̂m chha-put-to bô thang ǹg-bāng koh phû thang kiâⁿ chhut-khı̀. Chóng-sı̄ tán kàu chúi teh- beh koh toā tı̄ⁿ, hit-sı̂ lâng tı̄ sı̀-piⁿ khui kau ǹg-bāng hái-chúi lâu jı̍p-lâi thang hō͘ chûn phû chhut-khı̀.

Kàu chúi teh toā tı̄ⁿ hit jı̍t chin chē lâng khiā tı̄ hái-kı̂ⁿ teh khoàⁿ. In khoàⁿ chúi ná-kú ná-chhim, chóng-sı̄ chûn iû- goân tiâu-teh. Kàu boé hiah ê lâng hut-jiân-kan toā siaⁿ hán tah-chhiú-chiúⁿ teh toā hoaⁿ-hí. Sı̄ sím-mı̍h iân-kò͘? Sı̄ chûn ū kiâⁿ chhut hái-bı̄n bô? M̄-sı̄. Sı̄ chûn ū phû soá ūi bô? Iā m̄-sı̄. Nā-sı̄ án-ni lâng teh toā siaⁿ hán, sı̄ hoaⁿ-hí sím-mı̍h tāi-chı̀ leh! Khiok sı̄ kan-ta in-ūi khoàⁿ-kı̀ⁿ hit chiah chûn teh sió- khoá tín-tāng nā-tiāⁿ.

Phı̀-lūn lâng hoān-choē ná-chún chhin-chhiūⁿ hit chiah chûn hoān-hong khò chhián, hō͘ soa ná-im ná-tı̂m, teh beh hāi-khı̀. Chóng-sı̄ lâng khui-thiah tō-lí hō͘ i ū lō͘, iū-kiam Siōng-tè ê in- tián lâi ûi i, kàu-boé i ê sim nā sió-khoá kám-tōng lâi hoán-hoé chiū tı̄ Siōng-tè kap thiⁿ-sài ê bı̄n-chêng ūi-tio̍h i lâi hoaⁿ-hí iā sı̄ án-ni.

(Tâi-lâm Kàu-hoē-pò tē 289 koàn, 1909 nı̂ 4 ge̍h)