Hočąk Text — The Brown Squirrel, 43-85
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Ay ni Ki di.
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Ay ni xitti.
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w sotto
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se Aiy n K.
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Ai tto w se de.
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hainigíži,
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hainixjį,
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waruč
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rehianąga
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hijowareže.
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In the morning,
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early,
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to eat
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they did in a hurry, and
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there he went.
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w Ke K
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e tt.
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Ao w se s.
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tt tti ne tt.
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e tt.
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Wagega,
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éja
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howarera,
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jajineją
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éja
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Where he meant,
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there
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sure enough,
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already
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there
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Ao tto w Ao de.
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o o o.
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lA tti
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so xi deKe deKe s.
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Ao w K s tti Ko.
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hųjowąhože.
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"Oooo!
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Paji
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roxišgešgera
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howakarajigu,
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he came shouting at bears.
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"Oooo!
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Timber
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bunches
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he has gone towards,
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o o o.
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e de.
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A ttiAi
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w Ke Ki di.
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Ko no K
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"Oooo!"
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éže.
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Hači
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wagegiži,
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Kunuga
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"Oooo!"
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he said.
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Where
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he meant,
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Kunu
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e tt
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Ai s n rA se de.*
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K tt.
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Aele l tti
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s dtt de.
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éja
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hiranasareže,
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gają,
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hepaji
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rašjaže.
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there
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he headed him off,
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but
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before he got there,
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he stopped.
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A ttAi tt xitti
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s dtt Ki di.
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eyo w se de.
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Ai tt
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se K tt
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Hačįjaxjį
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rašjagiži,
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eowareže.
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Hija
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regają,
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Where
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it stopped,
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there he went.
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There
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when he was about,
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te wi s Ki.*
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e tt
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tte de
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Ao tts
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Ai tt
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tewiraki,*
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éja
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jéže.
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Hųčra
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hija
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unexpectedly,
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there
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he stood.
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The bear
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there
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too l n K
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A Ao.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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to x li Kette n.
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Ai tt
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t'ųpanąga,
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra
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tuǧapikjeną.
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Hija
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he had, and he said,
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"Ho!
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young man,
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I will skin it.
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[There]
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leAe tto too se.
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Ai w so Kii Ktt n Ae K tt
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e de.
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Aowo.
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e de.
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pejot'ųre.
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Hiwarok'ikjanahegają,"
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éže.
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"Howo,"
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éže,
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you can build a fire.
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We can have a roast,"
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he said.
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"Ho!"
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he said,
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Ko n[o] K.
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leAe tto too de
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tt tti ne tt.
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so xl liKi ni de.
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diAi ls.
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Kun[u]ga.
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Pejot'ųže.
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Jajineją,
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ruǧapginįže.
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Šipra
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Kunu.
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He built a fire.
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Right away,
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he also had it skinned.
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The intestines
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Ko no K.
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Ao Koo de.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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Ai tt
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K
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Kunuga
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hok'ųže.
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"Hočįčįra,
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hija
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ka
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Kunu
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he gave.
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"Young man,
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there
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that
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e
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so Kii se.
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Ai so tti Kette n
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e de.
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so Kii de.
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e
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rok'įre.
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Hirujikjeną,"
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éže.
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Rok'įže.
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it
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you can roast.
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We will eat it,"
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he said.
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He roasted it.
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e Ki.
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de Ko Ai Ki de.
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we de.
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Ai Ao
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de Ko s Ki di.
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Égi
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žegųhigiže,
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weže,
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"Hiho,
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žegųragiži,
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Then
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when he got through,
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he said,
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"Ho!
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if you are through,
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w sotto
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rA
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Ki o Ktt n Ae K tt.
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Ai d
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w sotto
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Waruč
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Sa
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ki'ųkjanahegają.
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Hižą
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waruč
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Eating
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Fast
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we will do.
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The one
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eating
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w K rA Ki di.
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e
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xeAe te Ai
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Ai so tti Ktt n Ae K tt.
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e de.
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wagąsakiži,
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e
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xetehi
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hirujikjanahegają,"
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éže.
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the fastest of us,
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he
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the most
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he will eat,"
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he said.
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Ao ttiy.
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Ko no K
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e de.
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K tt K.
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Ao de tt
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"Hojia,"
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Kunuga
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éže.
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Gająga
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hožeją
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"All right,"
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Kunu
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he said.
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Then
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end
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a Ki
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dA n
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A s xtt Ki se de.
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K tt.
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Ko no K.
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akí
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šana
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haraxjákireže,
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Gają
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Kunuga
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[side]
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each
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they bit,
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Then
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Kunu
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w o de.
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Ai s rA
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A ni t xtt Ke Ke.
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a n K.
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wK n K
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wa'ųže.
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"Hirasá
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hanitaxjakege,"
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ánąga,
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wąknąka
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he did it.
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"You also
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I might bite,"
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he said, and
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[that man]
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Ai dK K.
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A ttA Ke se s
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Kd
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A s Aiy Koyi se de.*
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Ai dK K.
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hišgaga
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hačąkerera
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kša
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harahiakoireže.
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Hišgaga
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instead
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very nearly
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[he abused]
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[he bit the other's face.]†
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He also
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e Ki.
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Ko no K.
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w Ky se de.
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A Ao.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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égi
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Kunuga
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wagaireže,
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra,
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then
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Kunu
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he said,
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"Ho,
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young man,
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tt Ko
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s Kii Ktte Ki di
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A K w se
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e de.
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Ko no K.
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jagu
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rak'įkjegiži,
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hagaware,"
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éže.
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Kunuga
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what
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you wish to pack,
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ask,"
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he said.
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Kunu
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w o d[e].
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Ao tt K.
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A ntt.
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A miKi
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Ai lede.
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wa'ųž[e].
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Hųjaga
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haną́č
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hamįk
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hibeže.
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he did it.
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The bear
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all of it
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to lay oneself on
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he laid.
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wy r se deKe.
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A ntt
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Ay reAe we de.
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de Ko
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Aiy n K.
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Waisareške
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haną́č
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haiseweže.
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Žegų
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hianąga
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On his limbs also
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all of them
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he laid his limbs.
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Thus
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he did, and
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A ntt.
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Ko so Kiiy n K
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tti Ke se de.
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Ko te
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so K n
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haną́č
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kuruk'įanąga
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jikereže.
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"Koté,
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rokana
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all of it
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he packed, and
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he went home.
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"Say!
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very much
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w d
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doo
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a
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no ni Ke.
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tt Ko
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wažą
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š'ų,"
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a.
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"Nunige
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jagu
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[thing]
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you did,"
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he said.
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"But
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what
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A K w
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Ai s diAi K tt.
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Ko no K
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a n K.
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de Ko
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hagawa
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hirašigają,"
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Kunuga
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ánąga
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žegų
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to choose
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you asked me,"
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Kunu
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he said, and
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[then]
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to w
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Ko de.
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A Ko se d.
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Ao tts
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Kiiy n K
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towa
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guže.
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Hagoréžą,
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hųčra
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k'įanąga
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onward
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he came home.
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After awhile,
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the bear
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he carried on his back, and
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Ki de.*
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A Ao.
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Ai rAo Ki tti
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A Ke di
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w Ki Kd Kdy se Kette
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kiže.
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"Hąhó
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hisųkiji,
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hąkéži
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wagikšakšairekje,
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he got home.
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"Ho!
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my little brother,
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not
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we are to be abused,
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de rK ni n.
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a nK deAe.
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de Ko de.
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s doKo ni
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tti nK wi de.
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žesganįną,"
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ánąkše.
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Žegų́že.
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Rašgúni
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jinąkwiže.
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[not the kind,"]
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he was saying.
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Thus it was.
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Very well
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they lived.
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e Ki.
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we de.
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Ai rAo Ki tti
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w ni te Ktt ne n.
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A ttAi tt.
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Égi
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weže,
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"Hisųkiji,
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wanitekjaneną,
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hačija
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Then
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he said,
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"My little brother,
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I will look for him,
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where
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Ao w tti
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w o tte Ki di.
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e de
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Ko no K.
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e Ki.
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howaji,
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wa'ųjegiži,"
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éže,
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Kunuga.
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Égi
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he lives,
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he who does it,"
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he said,
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Kunu.
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Then
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Ao ni se de.
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te we s Ki
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e tt.
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ow Ai K tt.
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te we s Ki.
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honireže.
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Tewéraki,
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éja
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'ųwahigają,
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tewéraki,
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he went to hunt for him.
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Unexpectedly,
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there
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as he went,
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unexpectedly,
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A rtt
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lA s rs.
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Ko tto wi se Ai de.
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A Ke
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Ao de tt s
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hasja
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parasra
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kojowirehiže.
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Hąké
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hožejąra
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platform
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flat
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they lay stretched before him.
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Not
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end
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A tt ni de.
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wo liAi Ke se s.
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Ao tt
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wi s so K s.
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deAe lese de.
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hajanįže.
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Wopikerera
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hųja*
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wirarukara
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šebreže.
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he could not see.
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Racks with meat
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bearskins
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they covered them
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they were spitted.
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Ki rA Ke tt.
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ttiAi
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loAo so Ke
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xeAe teyi d
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nK dAe.
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Kiságeja
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či
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poroke
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xeteižą
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nąkše.
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In the middle
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tent
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oval
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a big one
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it was.
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Ai tto w se de.
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a dKe se K tt
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te we s Ki.
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tt tt nK deAe.
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Hijowareže.
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Ašgeregają,
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tewéraki,
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jajanąkše.
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There he went.
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As he neared the place,
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unexpectedly,
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he was talking.
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A n xoKo K tt
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te we s Ki.
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Ko no K.
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ey e Ai w nK deAe.
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Hanaxgųgają,
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tewéraki,
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Kunuga
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eehiwanąkše.
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He listened to him, and
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unexpectedly,
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Kunu
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he was talking about.
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Ko s.
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Ao tti de se Ktt n.
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Ae.
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Ai s rA
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A ni t xtt Ke Ke.
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"Korá,
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hojižerekjaną.
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'He,
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hirasá
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hanitaxjakege,'
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"Well!
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he will be another.
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'Look out,
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also
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I might bite you,'
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Ai dtt Ke
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de Ko
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sotto
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liAi K tt.
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tt Ko
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hišjage.
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Žegų
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ruč
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pįgają,
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jagu
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he had said.
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Just
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he ate
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[well, and]
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as
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to Ke w[e] Ai
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tee Ai
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Ko so Ao K tt.
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Ai dtt Ke.
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A tti Kette n.
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tokéwehi
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t'ehi
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korohogają.
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Hišjage,
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'hajíkjeną,'
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he was starved
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to death
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he was about to.
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Had he said,
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'I will eat it,'
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A ro Ai
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e
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dKe
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A Ki o doKo ni n.
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di Ke.
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hasuhi,
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e
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ške
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haki'ųšgųnįną.
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Žigé
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in a gentle way,
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[it]
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[also]*
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I would have consented.
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[Again]
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w K w Ki di.
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A ntt
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Ay deAe we.
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Ko s.
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w d o
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wakawagiži,
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haną́č
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haišewe,
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korá,
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wažą'ų
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what he chose,
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all of it
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he laid on,
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well!
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tricky
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o Ke
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de de rK n Ko ni
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to Ke we
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Ai tee
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n i n Ks.
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'ųge.
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Žežesganagųnį,
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tokéwe
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hit'e
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na'įnąkra?
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[as he is.]
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If he was that way,
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to starve
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to death
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[was he trying?]
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Ko s.
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A ntt
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A Kii
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A Ke se Ktte n.
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e liAi K tt.
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Korá,
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'Haną́č
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hak'į,'
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hagerekjeną,
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epįgają,*
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Well!
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'All of it
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I pack,'
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he ought to have said,
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[as it is good, but]
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di Ke
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A ntt
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A miKi tte
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w K w s.
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Ko s.
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ni Ke
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žigé
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haną́č
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hamįkje
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wakawara.
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Korá,
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nįge
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[again]
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all of it
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he laid on
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he chose it.
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Well!
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[perhaps]
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n Ke we Ko ni
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Ai se Ko n[i].
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to Ke we Ai
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tee Ktt n Ae Ke.
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o A Ki Ki
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nąkewegųnį
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hiregųn[į],
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tokéwehi
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t'ekjanahege,
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'ųhagigi,
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[I must be afraid]
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he must think,
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to starve
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as he was about to die,
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so I let him do it,
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no ni Ke.
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Ko s.
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ni Ke
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n Ke we Ko ni
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Ai se Ko ni.
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Ko s.
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nunige
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korá,
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nįge
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nąkewegųnį
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hiregųnį.
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Korá,
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but
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well!
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[perhaps]
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[I must be afraid]
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he must think.
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[Well!]
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Ai Ke
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w d s.
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Ai d
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n K w ni n.
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m nK se
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hįké
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wažąra
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hižą
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nąkawanįną,
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mąnąkre.
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not
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anything
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one
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I am not afraid,
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on this earth.
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e Ki.
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Ko s
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ni Ke
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Ko no K
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n Ke we Ko ni
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Égi
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Korá,
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nįge
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Kunuga
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nąkewegųnį
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[And]
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Well!
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[perhaps]
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Kunu
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[I must be afraid]
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Ai se Ko ni.
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to Ke we Ai
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tee Ktt n Ae Ke
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w Ki o
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no ni Ke.
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hiregųnį.
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Tokéwehi
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t'ekjanahege,
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waki'ų,
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nunige
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he must think.
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To starve
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as he was about to die,
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is why I did it,
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[but]
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Ko s.
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Ai Ke
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w d s.
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Ai d
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n K w ni n.
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korá,
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hįké
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wažąra
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hižą
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nąkawanįną.
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well,
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not
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anything
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one
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I am not afraid.
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Ko s.
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Ae
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lo tto Ke
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doAo tts
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dA n.
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de e
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Korá,
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he
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pųjoke*
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šujra
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šana
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žee
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Well!
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horn
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protruding
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red
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only
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that
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w di d
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n Ke we n.
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e dA n xitti
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w d s
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n Ke we n.
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wažižą
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nąkeweną.
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Ešanaxjį
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wažąra
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nąkeweną,"
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[a thing]
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I am afraid.
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That only
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all things
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I am afraid,"
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e de.
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Ko no K.
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e tt
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A Ktt.
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Ao Ki nK deAe.
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éže.
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Kunuga
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éja
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hakjá
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hokinąkše.
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he said.
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Kunu
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then
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turned back
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he came away.
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Ai s Ki leAe se ri Ktte n
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w dA dA n Kse
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a n K.
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Ke se de.
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e Ki
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"Hirakiperesikteną,
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wašašanąkre,"
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ánąga
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kereže.
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Égi
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"You shall know who you are,
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you who speaks,"
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he said, and
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he went home.
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Then
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e tt
|
xeAe d.
|
mi Ki di.
|
de e.
|
e tt.
|
|
éja
|
xéžą
|
mįgiži,
|
žee
|
éja
|
|
there
|
a hill
|
there was,
|
that
|
at
|
|
wx doAotto
|
n di se ra Ki di
|
eyo Ki we de.
|
e tt
|
Ki Ki di.
|
|
waxšúč
|
nąžįres'agiži,
|
eokiweže.
|
Éja
|
gigiži,
|
|
red cedar
|
it used to stand,
|
he went by it.
|
There
|
[when he arrived,]
|
|
wx doAo tti d
|
Ki ttiKi r n K.
|
A ni Ke se de.
|
de e.
|
Ae
|
|
waxšųjižą
|
kičgisanąga
|
hanikereže.
|
Žee
|
he
|
|
a red cedar
|
he cut down, and
|
he took it home.
|
That
|
horn
|
|
lo tto Ke
|
o de.
|
e Ki.
|
di Ke
|
Ai tto w se de.
|
|
pųjoke
|
'ųže.
|
Égi
|
žigé
|
hijowareže.
|
|
[protruding]
|
he made.
|
Then
|
again
|
he went over there.
|
|
di Ki tt
|
Ai K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
e xitti
|
nK de.*
|
|
Žigija
|
higáją,
|
tewéraki,
|
exjį
|
nągaže.
|
|
Again there
|
[when he arrived,]
|
unexpectedly,
|
very much
|
he was saying.
|
|
Ko no K
|
A e Aiy n K.
|
ttAo ni
|
tt Ko
|
a nK s.
|
|
Kunuga
|
haehianąga
|
čoni
|
jagu
|
anąkra,
|
|
Kunu
|
he was talking about, and
|
before
|
as
|
talking about,
|
|
Ai Ko
|
de rKe
|
a nK deAe.
|
w o de.
|
Ko no K.
|
|
higų
|
žesge
|
ánąkše.
|
Wa'ųže,
|
Kunuga.
|
|
[still]
|
the same way
|
he was talking.
|
[He did it,]
|
Kunu.
|
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke s.
|
ttiAi so le tt.
|
A Ai Aoyi rii Ki Ki de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
He
|
pujokera
|
čiropeja
|
hahihois'igigiže.
|
Égi
|
|
Horn
|
protruding
|
at the door
|
he pushed through.*
|
[And]
|
|
Ai Ko
|
e xitti nK dAe.
|
A Ke
|
A tt ni w nK deAe
|
e rKe.
|
|
higų
|
exjįnąkše.
|
Hąké
|
hajanįwanąkše,
|
ésge
|
|
still
|
he talked very much.
|
Not
|
he had not seen it,
|
so
|
|
Ki ditti de.
|
n xKo Ki.
|
ttAi so le tt
|
Ao so xotto K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
|
gižijše.
|
Nąxgugi,
|
čiropeja
|
horoxučgają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
he hissed at him.
|
When he heard it,
|
to the door
|
he looked, and
|
unexpectedly,
|
|
e tt
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke
|
doAo tti d.
|
A ta li Ktte n[i] rK Kede.
|
|
éja
|
he
|
pųjoke
|
šujižą
|
hat'ąpikjen[i]sgeže.
|
|
there
|
horn
|
protruding
|
a red one
|
it was seemingly about to jump for him.
|
|
e tt niKi deAe.
|
A ttoAo Ki
|
nK Ki Kette ni rKe de.
|
ttAi so le tt
|
dKe
|
|
ejanikše.*
|
Hačųgi*
|
nągikjenisgeže,
|
čiropeja
|
ške
|
|
he cried out.
|
[Hardly]
|
[it seemed he could run,]
|
at the door
|
[also]
|
|
w ow K n K.
|
o tt o.
|
ttiAi
|
Ae t Ke tt.
|
w di d
|
|
wa'ųwąkanąga
|
'ųja'ų
|
či
|
hetágeja
|
wažį́žą
|
|
[he did it, and]
|
finally,
|
tent
|
back
|
something
|
|
Ko so r n K.
|
e tt.
|
Ai Ai nl l n K
|
Kiyr deAe.
|
Ko no K
|
|
kurusanąga
|
éja
|
hihinąpanąga
|
kiasše.
|
Kunuga
|
|
he took, and
|
there
|
he ran out, and
|
[he fled.]
|
Kunu
|
|
Ke se de.
|
Ko s.
|
w d
|
w lA K nK Ki.
|
Ai soy se xitti s.
|
|
kereže.
|
"Korá,
|
wažą
|
wapakanąki,
|
hiroirexjįra.
|
|
he went home.
|
"Well!
|
fellow
|
what a clever one,
|
the homely thing.
|
|
A ttA xitti
|
Ao w Ke se Ki di.
|
Ko no K
|
e de.
|
Ki Ki di.
|
|
Hačaxjį
|
howakeregiži?"
|
Kunuga
|
éže.
|
Gigiži,
|
|
Where
|
he has gone?"
|
Kunu
|
he said.
|
When he got home,
|
|
we de.
|
Ai roAo Ki tti.
|
Ai soyi s tte s.
|
Kiyr
|
ttAi s.
|
|
weže,
|
"Hisųkiji,
|
hiroirajera
|
kias
|
čira
|
|
he said,
|
"My brother,
|
the homely one
|
he has run away
|
his home
|
|
K s too se n.
|
e tt
|
ttA
|
A Ai
|
Ai ttAi Ktte n
|
|
karat'ųreną.
|
Éja
|
čą
|
hahi
|
hičikjeną,"
|
|
he has left.
|
There
|
instead
|
to go
|
let us live,"
|
|
e de.
|
wo liAi Ke se s.
|
so K n n.
|
e
|
s doKo ni
|
Ai ni Ktt ne n
|
|
éže.
|
"Wopįkerera
|
rokananą,
|
e
|
rašgųnį
|
hįnįkjaneną,"
|
|
he said.
|
"Meat racks
|
there are many,
|
so
|
[ease]
|
[we will have,"]*
|
|
e de.
|
e tt
|
ttA
|
A Ai
|
ttiAi wi de.
|
|
éže.
|
Éja
|
čą
|
hahi
|
čiwiže.
|
|
he said.
|
There at
|
instead
|
to go
|
they lived.
|
|
A K w d
|
m w dAe wi de.
|
e tt.
|
s doKo ni
|
m ttAi wi de.
|
|
Hakawažą
|
mąwašewiže.
|
Éja
|
rašgúni
|
mąčiwiže.
|
|
Very
|
they lived in plenty.
|
There
|
in peace
|
they lived.
|
|
A Ko se d s.
|
rii de.
|
wo liAi Ke se s.
|
A ntt
|
ttAe lw K s Ki se Ki di
|
|
Hagorežąra
|
s'iže.
|
Wopįkerera
|
haną́č
|
čepwakaragiregiži.
|
|
Finally,
|
the time had passed.
|
The meat racks
|
all
|
they ate up.
|
|
we de
|
Ko no K.
|
Ko te.
|
w ni te Kette n.
|
A Ki.
|
|
Weže
|
Kunuga,
|
"Koté,
|
wanitekjeną,
|
hagi
|
|
He said
|
Kunu,
|
"Well,
|
I will go and look for him,
|
and
|
|
A ttA xitti
|
o n Ki di
|
e de.
|
Ko no K.
|
we de.
|
|
hačąxjį
|
'ųnąkiži,"
|
éže,
|
Kunuga
|
weže.
|
|
where
|
he is,"
|
he said,
|
Kunu
|
he said.
|
|
e Ki
|
Ao ni se de.
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke s
|
A K s niy n K.
|
|
Égi
|
hon[į]reže.
|
He
|
pųjokera
|
hakaranianąga
|
|
Then
|
he went to hunt him.
|
Horn
|
the protruding one
|
[he brought, and]
|
|
te we s Ki
|
e tt
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
di Ki Ko
|
tt rK ni Ae s
|
|
tewéraki,
|
éja
|
'ųahigają,
|
žigígų
|
jasganihera,
|
|
unexpectedly,
|
there
|
as he was going,
|
[again]
|
as he was before,
|
|
de rKe de.
|
wo liAi Ke se s.
|
Ko tt
|
Ao wi se Ai de.
|
di Ki tt se K tt
|
|
žesgeže.
|
Wopįkerera
|
goja
|
howirehiže.
|
Žigijaregają,
|
|
he was.
|
Meat racks
|
way over
|
it reached.
|
[Again, as he neared,]
|
|
te we s Ki
|
e xitti n[K] deAe
|
a ni Ae K
|
de rKe
|
e
|
|
tewéraki,
|
exjįną[k]še.
|
Anihega,
|
žesge
|
e
|
|
unexpectedly,
|
very much he was saying.
|
As he said before,
|
[that way]
|
to say
|
|
w nK deAe.
|
Ko no K
|
A e Ai nK deAe.
|
di Ke.
|
ttiAi so le tt.
|
|
wanąkše.
|
Kunuga
|
haehinąkše.
|
Žigé
|
čiropeja
|
|
[he was doing it.]
|
Kunu
|
he was talking about.
|
Again
|
at the door
|
|
A Ai
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke s
|
A Ai Aoyi rii Ai de.
|
e tt niKi deAe
|
|
hahi
|
he
|
pujokera
|
hahihois'ihiže.
|
Ijanikše.
|
|
he went
|
horn
|
[protruding]
|
he pushed through.
|
He cried out.
|
|
di Ke
|
o tt o.
|
Ae t Ke tt
|
w di d
|
|
Žigé
|
'ųja'ų
|
hetágeja
|
wažį́žą
|
|
Again
|
finally,
|
back
|
something
|
|
so r n K.
|
di Ke
|
o tt o.
|
ttiAi
|
so Aiye tt
|
|
rusanąga
|
žigé
|
'ųja'ų
|
či
|
ruhieja
|
|
he took, and
|
again
|
finally,
|
tent
|
at the side
|
|
Ai w xoAo soKo
|
A Ki
|
Ai Ai nl n Kede
|
di Ke
|
de Ko
|
|
hiwaxórok
|
hagi
|
hihinąpnągeže.
|
Žigé
|
žegų
|
|
he burst out
|
and
|
he ran out.
|
Again
|
[thus]
|
|
Ke se de.
|
di Ke
|
Ki Ki di.
|
A Ao
|
Ai roAo Ki tti.
|
di Ke
|
|
kereže.
|
Žigé
|
gigiži,
|
"Hąhó
|
hisųkiji,
|
žigé
|
|
he went away.
|
Again
|
when he got home,
|
"Ho!
|
my little brother,
|
again
|
|
A Ai so A ttAi de.
|
di Ke.
|
ttAo ni
|
tt rKe
|
ttAi ni Ae s.
|
|
hahiruhačiže.
|
Žigé
|
čoni
|
jasge
|
činihera,
|
|
he moved from there.
|
Again
|
before
|
as
|
they had lived,
|
|
de rKe nK deAe.
|
di Ke.
|
e tt
|
m se Koro tti s
|
ni Ae de.
|
|
žesgenąkše.
|
Žigé
|
éja
|
mąregusjįra
|
niheže.
|
|
[they way they were again.]
|
Again
|
there
|
permanently
|
they lived.
|
|
di Ki Ko.
|
ttAe li se de.
|
Ai no l A s.
|
di Ki t ni A s.
|
Ki oy se de.
|
|
Žigígų
|
čepireže.
|
hinųpahąra,
|
žigitanihąra,
|
ki'ųireže.
|
|
Again
|
they ate it up.
|
A second time,
|
again the third time,
|
they did it to him.
|
|
Ai tto l A s.
|
Ai s Ai de.
|
Ai Ko
|
di Ke.
|
e xitti nK deAe.
|
|
hijopahąra
|
hirahiže.
|
Higų
|
žigé
|
exjįnąkše.
|
|
The fourth time
|
he went to him.
|
[Yet]
|
again
|
he was saying very much.
|
|
Ko no K.
|
A e Ai w nK deAe.
|
e Ki.
|
tt rKe
|
A Ki liAi n Ko ni
|
|
Kunuga
|
haehiwanąkše.
|
Égi
|
"Jasge
|
hakipįnagųnį?"
|
|
Kunu
|
he was talking about.
|
Then
|
"What
|
I must do?"
|
|
Ai se de.
|
w d si d
|
w Ki o tte Ko ni.
|
ni Ke
|
te e
|
|
hireže.
|
"Wažąrižą
|
waki'ųjegųnį.
|
Nįge
|
tee
|
|
he thought.
|
"Something
|
he must use it.
|
[Any place]
|
[this one]
|
|
w d s
|
A le
|
w Ki o tte Ki di.
|
A Ki tt
|
n K e tt
|
|
wažąra
|
hape
|
waki'ųjegiži,
|
hagiją
|
nakaeja
|
|
something
|
[to wait]
|
if he uses it,
|
partition
|
back of
|
|
tool tte ra se
|
Ai se de.
|
e rKe.
|
w o de.
|
Ae t Ke tt.
|
|
t'ųpjes'are,"
|
hireže.
|
Ésge
|
wa'ųže.
|
Hetágeja
|
|
it must be,"
|
he thought.
|
So
|
he did it.
|
On the back
|
|
so x n K
|
e tt.
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke s
|
A Ai Aoyi rii Ai de.
|
|
ruǧąnąga
|
éja
|
he
|
pųjokera
|
hahihois'ihiže.
|
|
he opened, and
|
there
|
horn
|
the protruding one
|
he let protrude through.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ki ditti deAe.
|
Ai tto so xotto K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
Ae
|
|
Égi
|
gižijše.
|
Hijoroxučgają,
|
tewéraki,
|
he
|
|
Then
|
he hissed at him.
|
He turned and looked, there
|
unexpectedly,
|
horn
|
|
lo tto Ke s.
|
e tt
|
A tti
|
Aoyi rii de.
|
di Ke
|
|
pųjokera
|
éja
|
haji
|
hois’įže.
|
Žigé
|
|
the protruding one
|
there
|
[it came]
|
it protruded.
|
Again
|
|
e tt niKi deAe.
|
Ae t Kese Ki.
|
w di d
|
n tteKe
|
wo ttiAi xitti de.
|
|
ejanikše.
|
Hetagregi,
|
wažį́žą
|
nąčge
|
wočixjįže.
|
|
he cried out.
|
At the back,
|
something
|
[his heart]
|
it seemed to long for.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ao nK
|
K dKe.
|
di Ke
|
Ae
|
|
Égi
|
honąk,
|
gašge
|
žigé
|
he
|
|
Then
|
he ran,
|
but
|
again
|
horn
|
|
lo tto Ke s.
|
A Ki w tt se Ai K.
|
A Ktt
|
Ao Ki nK ra de.
|
o tt o.
|
|
pųjokera
|
hakiwajarehiga,
|
hakjá
|
hokinąks'aže.
|
'Ųja'ų,
|
|
the protruding one
|
he would shove in a little more,
|
back
|
he would run again.
|
Finally,
|
|
i tt niKi K n K.
|
Ai Ai nl nK dAe.
|
to we
|
i tt niKi
|
K s Ae de.
|
|
ijanįkanąga
|
hihinąpnąkše.
|
Towe
|
ijanįk
|
karaheže.
|
|
he cried out, and
|
he ran out.
|
On
|
crying
|
he went.
|
|
Ai tto Ke we de.
|
Ae t Ke tt.
|
A Ki tt n K.
|
e tt
|
Ao so xotto Ktt
|
|
Hijokeweže.
|
Hetágeja
|
hagijąnąka
|
éja
|
horoxučgają
|
|
He went in.
|
Back
|
the partition
|
there
|
he looked and
|
|
tt.
|
te we s Ki
|
Aotto
|
xoAo no xitti ni Ki d
|
|
ja,
|
tewéraki
|
hųč
|
xonuxjįnįkižą
|
|
[he saw,]
|
unexpectedly,
|
bear
|
very small
|
|
i ttK deAe.
|
rK xitti de.
|
e Ki.
|
leAexe
|
xoAo no ni Ki d.
|
|
ejakše.
|
Skaxjįže.
|
Égi
|
pex
|
xonunįkižą
|
|
there was.
|
It was very white.
|
And
|
gourd
|
a small one
|
|
t rAe liniKi deAe.
|
leAexe
|
t reAe li d.
|
Ko no K.
|
we de.
|
|
tasepnįkše,
|
pex
|
tasebižą.
|
Kunuga
|
weže,
|
|
burnt black,
|
gourd
|
a black one.
|
Kunu
|
said,
|
|
Ko s.
|
w d
|
w xoAo liAi ni
|
Ki n i.
|
te e
|
|
"Korá,
|
wažą
|
waxopini
|
kina'į.
|
Tee
|
|
"Well,
|
[something]
|
spirit
|
he tried to be.
|
This
|
|
niKi
|
w w Ki o tte Ko ni
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
w miy n K.
|
|
nįk
|
wawaki'ųjegunį,"
|
éže.
|
Égi
|
wamianąga
|
|
[little]
|
it must be what he used,"
|
he said.
|
Then
|
he took them, and
|
|
Ke se de.
|
Ki Ki di.
|
di Ke
|
e tt
|
ttA
|
|
kereže.
|
Gigiži,
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žigé
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éja
|
čą
|
|
he went home.
|
When he got home,
|
again
|
there
|
[instead]
|
|
Aoyi xA n
|
Ai se de.
|
e Ki.
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Ko no K.
|
we de.
|
|
hoixana
|
hireže.
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Égi
|
Kunuga
|
weže,
|
|
to move
|
they did.
|
Then
|
Kunu
|
said,
|
|
Ai soyi s tte s.
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w ni te Ktte n.
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A Ki
|
ni Ke
|
tt rKe xitti
|
|
"Hiroirajera
|
wanitekjeną.
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Hagi
|
nįge
|
jagexjį
|
|
"The homely one
|
I will go and look for him.
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[There]
|
[where]
|
how
|
|
Ai n Ki di.
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
Ao ni se de.
|
e tt
|
|
hinąkiži,"
|
éže.
|
Égi
|
honireže.
|
Éja
|
|
he was doing,"
|
he said.
|
Then
|
he went to hunt for him.
|
There
|
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
e tt.
|
leAe ttini Ki d.
|
xAi xiAi tte de.
|
|
'ųwahigają,
|
tewéraki,
|
éja
|
pejnįkižą
|
xixiježe.
|
|
as he went,
|
unexpectedly,
|
there
|
a little fire
|
the smoke was rising.
|
|
te we s Ki.
|
di Ke
|
Ai tt
|
s Ae de.
|
Ae
|
|
Tewéraki,
|
žigé
|
hija
|
rahéže.
|
He
|
|
Unexpectedly,
|
again
|
there
|
he came.
|
Horn
|
|
lo tto Ke s
|
A K s niy n K.
|
Kiyr
|
n i K tt
|
so Ki xi de.
|
|
pųjokera
|
hakaranianąga
|
kias
|
ną'įgają,
|
rokixiže.
|
|
protruding
|
[he brought, and]
|
he ran away
|
he tried, but
|
he told him not to.
|
|
A Ke
|
Kiyr ni de.
|
wi ni Ki lA xi Ktt ne n.
|
A Ke
|
Kiyr ni se.
|
|
Hąké
|
kiasnįže.
|
"Winigipąǧikjaneną,
|
hąké
|
kiasnįre,"
|
|
Not
|
he did not go.
|
"I am going to ask you,
|
not
|
do not run away,"
|
|
Ai Ke de.
|
e Ki.
|
Ai tt
|
Ai de.
|
w Ke de.
|
|
higeže.
|
Égi
|
hija
|
hiže.
|
Wageže,
|
|
he said to him.
|
Then
|
there
|
he went.
|
He said to him,
|
|
Aotto
|
rK
|
niKi s
|
too deAe se s.
|
lAe xs.
|
|
"Hųč
|
ska
|
nįkra
|
t'ųšerera,
|
pexra
|
|
"Bear
|
white
|
the little one
|
that you ran away from,
|
the gourd,
|
|
de e
|
tt rKe
|
Ao o s
|
w s ra de.
|
Ai Ke de.
|
|
žee
|
jasge
|
ho'ųra
|
waras'aže?"
|
higeže.
|
|
[these]
|
how
|
to use
|
[you usually do it?"]
|
he said to him.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ay ni K.
|
n Ki K s te Ktt n Ae K.
|
e
|
Ai Ao A doAo no n.
|
|
Égi
|
hainiga
|
nąkikaratekjanahega,
|
e
|
hihohašųnųną.
|
|
Well,
|
in the morning
|
when I am going hunting,
|
it
|
I [always] ask.*
|
|
w Ki tK doAo no n.
|
e rKe
|
Ao tts.
|
Ai d.
|
w ta lK.
|
|
Wagitakšųnųną.
|
Ésge
|
hųčra
|
hižą
|
wat'ąpka
|
|
I used to tell him.
|
So
|
bears
|
one
|
his tracks
|
|
leAe xini K
|
Ki Ay roAoxo se A Ki di.
|
Ao tt K *
|
A ttiAi tt
|
Ki K tt
|
|
pexnįka
|
kihaisuxrehagiži,
|
hųčka
|
hačįja
|
gigają,
|
|
the little gourd
|
I used to rattle, and
|
the bear
|
wherever
|
it had gotten to,
|
|
w o Ki di.
|
e tt
|
ta n n.
|
e de.
|
A A.
|
|
wa'ųgiži,
|
éja
|
t'ananą,"
|
éže.
|
"Hąhą,
|
|
[after I did it,]
|
there
|
it would die,"
|
he said.
|
"Ho!
|
|
de Ko n.
|
e Ki.
|
Ae
|
lo tto Ke s.
|
Ai s w A K tt.
|
|
žegųną."
|
Égi
|
he
|
pųjokera
|
hirawahagają.
|
|
that is all."
|
Then
|
horn
|
the protruding one
|
he held towards him.
|
|
i tt niKi K n K.
|
riKi
|
ri
|
ni Ki d.
|
w ri
|
|
Ijanįkanąga
|
zik
|
zi
|
nįkižą
|
wazi
|
|
He cried out, and
|
squirrel
|
brown
|
[a little one]
|
[pine]*
|
|
xeAe tey d
|
e Ki
|
n di Ki di
|
e Ki
|
Ao Ki ti nK deAe.
|
|
xeteižą,
|
égi
|
nąžįgiži,
|
égi
|
hogitinąkše.
|
|
a big one,
|
[and]
|
[that stood,]
|
[and]
|
it ran up.
|
|
w Kidi K s
|
Kd Kd
|
n dii n.
|
ni Ke.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi niKi.
|
|
"Wąkšikra
|
kšakša
|
naš'įną.
|
Nįge
|
hočįčįnįk
|
|
"Humans
|
to abuse
|
you tried.
|
Ever
|
boys
|
|
Ae.
|
lo tto Ke.
|
Ai lo ni Ki dA s.
|
Ai s ni Ae Ktt n.
|
w ri
|
|
he
|
pųjoke
|
hibonigišara
|
hiranihekjaną.
|
Wazi
|
|
horn
|
protruding
|
to shoot you with
|
they will do it.
|
[Pine]*
|
|
Ai K nK s
|
dA n
|
stt
|
s ni deAe Ktte n.
|
Ai Ke de.
|
|
hikąnakra
|
šana
|
rač
|
ranišekjeną,"
|
higeže.
|
|
boughs*
|
[only]
|
you eat
|
you will always do,"
|
he said to him.
|
|
e tt.
|
ri Ke ni K.
|
so K n K
|
tte se Ki.
|
w Kidi Ke tt.
|
|
Éja
|
Zigenįka
|
rokanąga
|
jeregi
|
wąkšigeja
|
|
There
|
Little Squirrel
|
he was great, but
|
[while he stood]
|
[among the humans]
|
|
A ntt
|
Ki deAe se n.
|
e rKe
|
w Kidi Kse Ki
|
A ni se n.
|
|
haną́č
|
kišereną.
|
Ésge
|
wąkšikregi
|
hanireną.
|
|
[all]
|
they got it away.
|
So
|
the humans
|
they have it.
|
|
de e.
|
A A.
|
de tt n.
|
|
Žee,
|
hąhą,
|
žejáną.
|
|
That,
|
ho,
|
it is ended.
|
Paul Radin, "The Squirrel," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Notebook 22: 1-85.