English: It is night when a man crawls along the sidewalk near a traffic light. "Have you lost something by chance?" a passerby asked him. "Yes, a button from a shirt." "Are you sure you've lost it right here?" "No, a little further back. But here there's more light to help me find it."
Toki Pona: tenpo pimeja la mije li tawa sama akesi lon poka nasin lon poka pi suno nasin. jan wan li tawa lon poka. ona li toki e ni tawa mije: "ijo li kama weka tan sina anu seme?" "kama. nena len li kama weka." "sina sona ala sona kin e ni: ona li kama weka lon ni?" "ala. ona li kama weka lon monsi lili ni. taso suno mute li lon ni. monsi lili la suno lili li lon."