Hočąk Syllabic Text — Trickster's Anus Guards the Ducks
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m ni tti Ke se de.
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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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di Ke
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manįjigereže.
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Éja
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úwahigają
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tewéraki,
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žigé
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Away he walked.
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There
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as he walked along,
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unexpectedly,
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again
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e tt.
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teyi d.
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te we s Ki.
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te n K.
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wi xs.
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éja
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teižą,
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tewéraki,
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tenąka
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wįxra
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there
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a lake,
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to his surprise,
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the lake
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the ducks
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Aoyi xitti nK deAe
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e tt
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A Ktt
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Ao Ki nK deAe.
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no xA w.
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hoixjįnąkše.
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Éja
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hakjá
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hóginąkše.
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Nųxawą,
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full it was.
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There
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back
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he ran.
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Secretly,
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Ke ni
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A tty s ni.
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e Ki.
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tteAe xi d.
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e tt
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kéni
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hajairani,
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égi
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čexižą
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éja
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before
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he had seen him,
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and
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a swamp
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there
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n Ki di.
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e tt
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Ao w se de.
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e tt
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Ai Ki di.
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nąkiži
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éja
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howareže.
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Éja
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higiži,
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[having sat]*
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there
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he went to.
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There
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when he got,
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xA wi
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lA tts
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o xitti de.
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Ao Kii
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xeAe te xitti
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xawi
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pajra
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'ųxjįže.
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hok'i
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xetexjį
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grass
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he cut
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[he did much.]*
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Pack
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very big
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Ai doKo ni de.
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e Ki
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Kiiy n K.
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te n K.
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eyo w se de.
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híškuniže.
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Égi
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k'įyanąga
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tenąka
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eyowáreže.
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he made of it.
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And
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he packed it and
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to this lake
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there he went.
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Ai ttAe tts
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Ao w se de.
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A tty se de.
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wixi n K.
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Hičejra
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howareže.
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Hajaireže,
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wįxnąka.
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The edge of it
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he went along.
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They saw him
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the ducks.
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Ko te
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w Ktt K K.
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Ko diAi
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tti s Ae K.
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Ko te
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"Koté,
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Wakjąkaga
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gušígi
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jirahega.
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Koté,
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"Say,
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Trickster
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yonder
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he is passing by.
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Say,
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tt Ko
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o w ow Ki
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Ai Ki wx se
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Ai wi se.
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ay se de.
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jagu
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'ųwa'ųwagi
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higiwąxare
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hiwire,"
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aíreže.
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what
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he is doing
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ask him
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[do it,"]*
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they had said.
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Ki wy se de.
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tt Ko
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w s Ki doo d w Kde.
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Ai Ky se de.
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Giwaireže.
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"jagu
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waragiš’ųžawąkše?"
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higaíreže.
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They hailed him.
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"What
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you are carrying?"
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they inquired of him.
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A Ke
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xA lini de.
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di Ki Ky se de.
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Ai tto l A s.
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Hąké
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xapinįže.
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Žigigaireže.
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Hijopahąra
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Not
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he did not answer.
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[They asked again.]*
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The fourth time
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Ai Ky se K tt.
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n di de.
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weyi.
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e de.
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tt Ko
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higairegają,
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nąžį́že.
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"Weyi,"†
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éže.
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"jagu
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when they asked,
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[he stood up.]*
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"Yes,"
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he said.
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"What
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s Kii dA wK deAe.
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Ai Ky se de.
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Ai roAo Ki tti wi s.
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tt Ko
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rak'išawąkše?"
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higaíreže.
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"Hisųkijiwira,
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jagu
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you are packing?"
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they said to him.
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"My younger brothers,
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what
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eyi d
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w dA wi.
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n w s.
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K tt K.
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eyižą
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wašáwi.
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Nąwąra
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gająga
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[a thing to speak]*
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you have asked.
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Songs
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now
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o tts
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Aoyi xi Ki.
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n w diAi diAi Ks.
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Ao t
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o tts.
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ujara
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hoixigi.
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Nąwąšišikra
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hotá
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ujara
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my stomach
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it is chuck full.*
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Bad songs
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some
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my stomach
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Ai Ki ni se s.
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w Kii w o mK dA n.
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rii xitti
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Ai K K
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higinįrera,
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wak'iwa'ųmąkšaną.
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Sixjį
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hįkaga
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that it could not contain,
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that I am packing along.
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A long time
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not
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n w ni n.
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e rKe
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n w s.
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K tt K.
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so A xitti*
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nąwąnįną.
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Ésge,
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nąwąra
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gająga
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rohąxjį
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I have not sung.
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Therefore,
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the songs
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right now
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a great many
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Ao do Ke.
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Ao t
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w Kii mK dA n.
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A K K.
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w KidiKi
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hožuge.
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hotá
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wak'imąkšaną.
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hąkagá
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wąkšik
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they are in me.
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Some
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I am packing.
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Never
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people
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w d
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A ttA ni m Ke.
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leAe de.
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Ai Ki
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w diAi n de.*
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wažą
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hačanimage.
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Peže
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higi
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wašinaže,
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any
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I have seen on my trip.
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Who
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for me
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to dance,
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n w Ki.
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e rKe
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Ai K K
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n w ni n.
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rii se tt xitti.
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nąwągi.
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Ésge
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hįkaga
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nąwąnįną,
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s’irejąxjį."
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if I should sing.
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Therefore,
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never
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I did not sing,*
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for a very long time."†
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e Ki.
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wixi n K.
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wy se de.
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Ko te
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n w
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Égi
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wįxnąka
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waíreže,
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"Koté,
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nąwą
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And
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those ducks*
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they said,
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"Koté,
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to sing
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Ai diAi wiy tte deKe.
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Ai w diAi wi doKo ni n.
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Ko te
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hišiwiyaješge?
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Hiwašiwišguniną?"
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"Koté,
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suppose we ask him?
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Then we would dance, wouldn't we?"
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"Say,
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de rKe Kette n.
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w diAi
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Ay liAi doAo no s.
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rii se tt xitti
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žesgekjeną.
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Waši
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haipišųnųra.
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S’irejąxjį
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let it be so.
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Dancing
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I enjoy very much.
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A very long while
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Ai K K
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lA diAi ni A tte n.
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Ao t
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ay se de.
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Ko te
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hįkaga
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pašinįhajeną,"
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hotá
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aíreže.
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"Koté,
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[not]
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I have not danced,"
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some of them
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they said.
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"Say,
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de rKe Kette n.
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ay se de.
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e Ki.
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w Ky se de
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w Ktt K K.
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žesgekjeną,"
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aíreže.
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Égi
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wagaíreže,
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"Wakjąkaga,
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let's do that,"
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they said.
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And
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they said to him,
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"Trickster,
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Ai ni A xitti.
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ny s Ki w wi Ki di.
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lA diAi Ktt wi n.
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hinihaxjį,
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nairagiwawigiži,
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pašikjawiną.
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older brother,
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if you will sing for us,
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we will dance.
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w diAi
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sow Ko A tt wi n.
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e
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n w s
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Waši
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rowaguhajawiną.
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E
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nąwąra
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To dance
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we have been desiring.
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[These]
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the songs
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Ai ttAo doKo ni A tt wi n.
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ay se de.
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wi xs
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wy se de.
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hįčųšgunihajawiną,"
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aíreže,
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wįxra
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waíreže.
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we do not have any,"
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they said,
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the ducks
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said they.
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Ai rAo Ki tti wi s.
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liAi
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w s K wi n.
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de rKe Kette n.
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"Hisųkijiwira,
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pį
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waragawiną.
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Žesgekjeną.
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"My younger brothers,
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good
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you have said.
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It will be so.
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Ao w diAi Ao ttiAi s
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Ai d
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A o Kette n.
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e de.
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e Ki.
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Howašihočira
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hižą
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ha'ųkjeną,"
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éže.
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Égi
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A dance lodge
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one
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I will make,"
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he said.
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And
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Ki tti sy se de.
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e tt
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ttiAi rAe se tti d
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oyi se de.
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gijiraireže.
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Éja
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čiserečįžą
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ųireže.
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they helped him.
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There
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a long lodge
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they made.
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xA wi
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Ai ttiAi d.
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oy se de.
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e Ki.
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se x
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xawi
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hičižą
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ųireže
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Égi
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rex
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Grass
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a lodge
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they made.
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And
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drum
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so loAo so Ki d
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o de.
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e Ki.
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A ntt
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Ao Ke we
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roporokižą
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ųže.
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Égi
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haną́č
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hokewe
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[a round one]
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they made.
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And
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all of them
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to come in
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w diAi de.
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A ntt
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Ao K wy se de.
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e K K.
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e Ki
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wašiže.
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Haną́č
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hokawaíreže.
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Ekaga
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égi
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he told them.
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All of them
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they went in.
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[?]
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[and]
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n w Ktt n Ae Ki di.
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we de.
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Ai roKo Ki tti wi s.
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Ao o s
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nąwąkjanahegiži,
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wéže,
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"Hisųkijiwira,
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ho'ųra
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when he was ready to sing,
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he said,
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"My younger brothers,
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to do
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de Ko n
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n w K.
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w diAi
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w Ki Ki K.
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Ao w diAi
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žegųną.
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Nąwąga
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waši
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wigigiga
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howaši
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that is the way.
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When I sing,
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to dance
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when I have them,*
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the dance
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te e
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e ttoAo ni
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o w Ki Ki doAo no n.
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n wy d
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y o Ktt n Ae s.
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tee
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ečoni
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ųwagigišųnųną.
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Nąwąižą
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yųkjanahera.
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this one
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the first
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I have always had them do.*
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One song
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I am going to sing.
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Ao s dtty tt
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Ai lA.
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Ai K K
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Ai d
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s tt lini Ktt ni A wi n.
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Horašjaija
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hipá,
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hįkaga
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hižą
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rajapnikjanihawiną."
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The end of it
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up to,
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never
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one
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you shall not open your eyes."
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Aowo.
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ay se de.
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e Ki
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n w s.
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tti se Ai de.
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"Howo,"
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aíreže.
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Égi
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nąwąra
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jirehiže.
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"All right,"
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they said.
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Then
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the singing
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he began.*
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we de.
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A
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Ai roAo Ki tti wi s.
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Ai d
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s ttl wi Ki di.
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Wéže,
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"Ha
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hisųkijiwira,
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hižą
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rajapwigiži,
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He said,
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"Now
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my younger brethren,
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[one]
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if you should open your eyes,
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Ai dtt s.
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ni doAo tti Ktt wi.
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e de.
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n w s.
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A ntt.
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hišjara
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nišujikjawi,"
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éže.
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Nąwąra
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haną́č
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the eyes
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they will be red for you,"
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he said.
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The singing
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all
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Ai dtt no widi Ai s n K.
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w diAi s
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oyi se de.
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Ai Ko.
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hišjanųwįšhiranąga
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wašira
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ųireže.
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Higų
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they closed their eyes, then
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the dancing
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they did.
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[Yet]*
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w K s di
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mi nK o de.
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A Ko sey d.
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Ai d.
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wagaraši
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mįnąk'ųže.
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Hagoreižą,
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hižą
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he told them to dance*
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sitting he did.†
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In the course of time
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one of them
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a Ao s.
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Ki t tl deAe.
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Ao de.
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Kowo
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[e]de
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ahura
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gitatapše,
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huže.
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"Gwo,"
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[é]že.
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the wings
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flapping,
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it came, coming back.
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["Quack!"]
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[it said.]
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Kowo
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e de.
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Ai Ko
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di Ke
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Ai d
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"Gwo!"
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éže,
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higų
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žigé
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hižą
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"Quack!"
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it said,
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again
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and again
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one
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de rKe
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Ai ra de.
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n w s.
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A Ky s.
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i s.
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žesge
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his'aže.
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Nąwąra
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hagaíra
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ira
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the same
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it would do.
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The singing
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sometimes
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his mouth
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A s Ko wo
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we ni rKe ra de.
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A Ky s.
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di Ke
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Ai d
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harakuwu
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wenisges'aže.
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hagaíra
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žigé
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hižą
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he tightened up
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it [would] sound like.
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Sometimes
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again
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one
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deKe
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i tt niKi K deKe.
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e tt
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w K s di ra de.
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ške
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ijanįkgašge.
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éja
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wagarašis'aže.
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[also]
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it would cry out.*
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Then
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he would tell them to dance harder.
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K tt K.
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wi xi d.
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s ds.
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Ki reKe.
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wi Ky se doAo no s.
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Gająga,
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wįxižą,
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ražra
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'gįsge'
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wigairešųnųną,
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Finally,
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a duck,
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its name
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['old squaw duck']*
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they used to call it,
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de rKey d.
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no xA w.
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Ao so xotto de.
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Ai dtt roAo s.
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žesgeižą,
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nųxawą
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horuxujše.
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Hišjasura
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one of this kind,
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secretly
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he looked at him.
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His eyes
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Ai so ad niKi
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Aiy n K.
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te we r Ki.
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ttA deAe s.
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hiroašnįk
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hiyanąga
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tewéraki,
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čašéra
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the least bit
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[he did and]*
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to his surprise,
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the necks
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wi so liAi ni
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w o nK deAe.
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w s xtt K n K
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wirupini
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wa'ųnąkše.
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Waraxjakanąga
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he was wrenching,
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thus he was doing.
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He could bite them and
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deKe
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wi s liAi ni nK deAe.
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e rKe.
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ške
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wirapininąkše.
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Ésge,
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also
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twist their necks.
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Therefore,
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w o nK deAe.
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i s
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A s Ko wo ni rKe.
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wa'ųnąkše.
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Ira
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harakuwunisge.
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[thus he did.]
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His mouth
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it was nearly closed.*
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n w n K.
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tt n K
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ayi Ki tt Ki.
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tee w Ai nK deAe.
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Nąwąnąga
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jánąga
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aikijągi,
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t'ewahinąkše.
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[He sang and]
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as many as
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as he reached,
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he was killing them.
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e Ki.
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Ki reKe ni K.
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A Ao.
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tee w Ki A nK dA n.
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Ai d
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Égi
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Gįsgenįka,
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"Hąho,
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t'ewagihanąkšaną.
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Hižą
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And
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the little red-eyed duck,*
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"Alas,
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he is killing us.
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One
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ni n i wiy tte
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a n K.*
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ttiAi s Ae tt
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Ai Ai nl n Ke de.
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e tt.
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nina'įwiyaje,"
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ánąga.
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Čiraheja
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hihinąpnageže.
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Éja
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try to save yourselves,"
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[he said.]
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Up through the opening above [in the lodge],
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he quickly flew out.†
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There
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ttiAi s Ae s
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A Ki Ki ni Ki se de.
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w Ktt K K.
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a Ao.
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čirahera
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hagiginikireže.
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Wakjąkaga
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ahu
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the opening above
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they crowded themselves out.
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Trickster
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with their wings
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Ai s lA s
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deKe
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Ae sey n K.
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e Ki.
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hirapara
|
ške
|
hereyanąga
|
égi
|
|
to strike him
|
also
|
[they did and]
|
and
|
|
n K K rs
|
deKe
|
Ae se de.
|
Ao so Ke tt
|
|
nągągasra
|
ške
|
hereže.
|
Horogéja
|
|
to scratch him
|
also
|
they did.
|
Into their midst
|
|
Ai dtt no w d n K.
|
Ao so ttK ttK K tt.
|
nl
|
|
hišjanųwažąnąga
|
horučgąčgągają,
|
nąp
|
|
with their eyes shut [and]
|
when he put forth his hands to grab,*
|
hands
|
|
a Ki w Ke.
|
Ai d
|
dA n.
|
w so ttAl deAe.
|
|
akiwake
|
hižą
|
šana
|
waručapše.
|
|
each (both)
|
one
|
apiece
|
he grabbed hold of.
|
|
de e
|
w so Ko r n K.
|
Ai dtt no widi n K†
|
|
Žee
|
warukusanąga
|
hišjanųwįšnąka,
|
|
[These]*
|
he choked them to death [and]
|
he closed his eyes,
|
|
K tt K
|
so Aotto tti Ke se Ki di.
|
no liAi wi
|
|
gająga
|
ruhojikeregiži.
|
Nųpiwi
|
|
when
|
when they suddenly all escaped.
|
Two of them
|
|
A so Ko rese.
|
wo Ko so xotto K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
|
harukosere.
|
wokuruǧočgają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
he had hold of.
|
when he looked at [what was] his,*
|
to his surprise,
|
|
wixi i xiAi si d.
|
riAi K a Ki w Ke
|
A so Koro
|
w o nK deAe.
|
|
wįxįxirižą
|
sik'ąkiwage
|
harukos
|
wa'ųnąkše.
|
|
a scabby-mouthed-duck*
|
each side of its legs
|
holding
|
he was.
|
|
no liAi wi
|
A so Koro reAe
|
Ai s n Ks.
|
e Ki.
|
A Ao.
|
|
Nųpiwi
|
harukose
|
hiranąkra.
|
Égi,
|
"Hąhó,
|
|
Two of them
|
he had hold of
|
he thought.
|
And,
|
"Ha ha,
|
|
w Ks.
|
K Ko Ai s n K.
|
ni lA n
|
s ttK Ai se n.
|
e de.
|
|
wąkra
|
gagųhįranąga
|
nipana
|
rajgahireną,"
|
éže.
|
|
the man
|
this is the way they do [and]
|
soup
|
they will drink,"
|
he said.
|
|
e Ki.
|
leAe tto too de.
|
e Ki
|
wi w roAo no
|
Ki Koo de.
|
|
Égi
|
pejot'ųže.
|
Égi
|
wiwasunų
|
kik'ųže.
|
|
And
|
he made fire.
|
And
|
sharp-pointed sticks
|
he made [himself].*
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ao t
|
w w roAo no de.
|
di Ke
|
Ao t.
|
|
Égi
|
hotá
|
wawasunųže.
|
Žigé
|
hotá
|
|
And
|
some
|
he roasted in that manner.
|
Again
|
some
|
|
s xoAotto Ko A.
|
w so Kii de.
|
e Ki.
|
w leAe s.
|
|
raxojkuha
|
waruk'įže.
|
"Égi
|
wapera
|
|
under the ashes
|
he covered.
|
"And
|
waiting for
|
|
n tteKe Ai ro Ki Ktt n.
|
Ae K tt.
|
A n Kette.
|
e
|
|
nąčge hįzogikjaną.
|
Hegają
|
hanąkje.
|
E
|
|
I shall be very anxious.
|
It will be
|
I will sleep.
|
They
|
|
to tti se K tt.
|
y Ki Kette
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
tučiregają
|
yakįkje,"
|
éže.
|
Égi
|
|
when they are cooked thoroughly,
|
I shall awaken,"*
|
he said.
|
And
|
|
we de.
|
Ai roAo Ki tti.
|
wi s K s tte.
|
A n Ktt ne n.
|
|
wéže,
|
"Hisųgijį,
|
wirakaraje,
|
hanąkjaneną,"
|
|
he said,
|
"My younger brother,
|
you keep watch,
|
I am going to sleep,"
|
|
e de.
|
w do deAe we riAi wi Ki di.
|
w w A r tte.
|
e de.
|
|
éže.
|
"Wašušewesįwįgiži,
|
wawahasje,"
|
éže.
|
|
he said.
|
"If you should notice anything,*
|
you drive them off,"
|
he said.
|
|
o di s
|
w K s Ke de.
|
e Ki.
|
leAe tte tt.
|
|
Užira
|
wagarageže.
|
Égi
|
pejéja
|
|
Anus
|
he was talking to.
|
And
|
to the fire
|
|
Ao w rii
|
mi K n K.
|
n doKo ni de.
|
e Ki.
|
e tt.
|
|
howas'į
|
mįkánąga
|
nąšguniže.
|
Égi
|
éja
|
|
his hind part
|
he lay and
|
he slept.
|
And
|
there
|
|
w deAe se Ke.
|
ni Ks.
|
ow tti se K tt.
|
w t lA n l n de.
|
|
wašereke
|
nįkra
|
uwajiregają,
|
watapanąpanąže.
|
|
foxes
|
the little ones
|
as they came along,
|
they scented something.*
|
|
A Ao.
|
e Ki.
|
w d Ko ni
|
ay se de.
|
lA s.
|
|
"Hąho,
|
égi
|
wažągųnį,"
|
aíreže.
|
Para
|
|
"Well,
|
here
|
there must be something,"
|
they said.
|
Noses
|
|
m A A ni s n K.
|
ow tti se K tt.
|
te we s Ki
|
|
mąhąhąniranąga
|
uwajiregają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
turned to the wind and
|
as they were coming along,
|
to their surprise,
|
|
e tt
|
leAe tti d
|
xiAi xiAi tte de.
|
Ao so xotto Ai se K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
|
éja
|
pejižą
|
xixiježe.
|
Horuxujhiregają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
there
|
a fire
|
it was smoking.
|
When they had looked,
|
to their surprise,
|
|
w w roAo no s.
|
leAette tte K
|
Ao Ki
|
Kixi deAe
|
|
wawasunųra
|
pejejega
|
hogi
|
gixše.
|
|
point sharpened sticks*
|
the fire
|
around
|
all around.
|
|
n rA stt
|
A Ao Ai s n K.
|
A tti
|
Ao so xotto Ai se K tt.
|
|
nąsarač
|
hahuhiranąga
|
haji
|
horuxujhiregają,
|
|
Stealthily
|
they came and
|
when
|
when they had looked,
|
|
te we s Ki.
|
Ai d
|
Ai tt.
|
n nK deAe.
|
Ko te
|
|
tewéraki,
|
hižą
|
hija
|
nąnąkše.
|
"Koté,
|
|
to their surprise,
|
someone
|
there
|
he was sleeping.
|
"Say,
|
|
te
|
w Ktt K K
|
w o nK dA n.
|
n
|
w o nK dA n.
|
|
te
|
Wakjąkaga
|
wa'ųnąkšaną.
|
Ną
|
wa'ųnąkšaną.
|
|
it
|
Trickster
|
it is.
|
Sleeping
|
he is.
|
|
Ai w so tti Ktt wi n.
|
liAi Ai xitti
|
o wiy tte.
|
|
Hiwarujikjawiną.
|
Pihixjį
|
ųwiyą́je.
|
|
Let us eat.
|
Very careful
|
be.
|
|
doAo so xiAiKi wiye Ke.
|
Ai w so tti Ktt wi n.
|
ay se de.
|
|
Šuruxįkwiyege.
|
Hiwarujikjawiną,"
|
aíreže.
|
|
You might wake him.
|
We will eat."
|
they said.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ai tt
|
A tti se de.
|
we s Ki.
|
wi se Ai de.
|
|
Égi
|
hija
|
hajíreže.
|
Weraki,
|
wirehiže.
|
|
And then
|
there
|
they came.
|
To their surprise,
|
he quickly expelled gas.
|
|
loAo.
|
ey Ki de.*
|
Ko te
|
Ai Kiy Ko ni.
|
ay s n K.
|
|
"Po,"
|
eigiže.
|
"Koté,
|
hikįyagųnį,"
|
airánąga
|
|
"Pooh,"
|
he made it say.
|
"Say,
|
he must be awake,"
|
they had said and
|
|
A Ktt
|
Ao Ki n Ki se de.
|
Ko te ni di
|
n
|
|
hagają
|
hoginąkireže.
|
"Koté niži,
|
ną
|
|
then
|
they ran back.
|
"Say,
|
asleep
|
|
w o n Ko ni
|
y se n.
|
ay se de.
|
Ko te
|
Ao rKe
|
|
wa'ųnąkųnį
|
yareną,"
|
aíreže.
|
"Koté,
|
hosge
|
|
they are,
|
[I think,"]
|
they said.
|
"Say,
|
a bluff
|
|
w o n Ko ni.
|
w d
|
o s? doAo no n.
|
ay se de.
|
|
wa'ųnakųnį.
|
Wažą
|
'ųrašųnųną,"
|
aíreže.
|
|
it is only.
|
[Something]*
|
he is always doing,"
|
they said.
|
|
a nK Koo
|
di Ke
|
Ai tt
|
Ao w
|
Aoy se de.
|
|
Anąk'ų
|
žigé
|
hija
|
howa
|
hoireže.
|
|
Thus they were saying
|
again
|
[there]
|
towards
|
they came.
|
|
di Ke
|
o de.
|
wi se Ai de.
|
di Ke
|
A Ktt
|
|
Žigé
|
'ųže.
|
Wirehiže.
|
Žigé
|
hakjá
|
|
Again
|
it did.
|
He expelled gas.
|
Again
|
back
|
|
Ao Ki nK
|
Ai se de.
|
t ni A
|
de de rKe
|
Ai de.
|
|
hoginąk
|
hireže.
|
Tanihą
|
žežesge
|
hiže.
|
|
running
|
they did.
|
Thrice
|
thus
|
they did.
|
|
Ai tto l A s.
|
di Ke
|
Ai tt
|
A tti se de.
|
di Ke.
|
|
Hijopahąra
|
žigé
|
hija
|
hajíreže.
|
Žigé
|
|
The fourth time
|
again
|
there
|
they had come.
|
Again
|
|
wi se Ai de.
|
de rK no ni Ke.
|
A Ke
|
Kiyr
|
Ai s ni de.
|
|
wirehiže.
|
Žesganunige
|
hąké
|
kias
|
hiranįže.
|
|
he expelled gas.
|
Regardless thereof*
|
not
|
to run away
|
they did not.
|
|
di Ke.
|
Ai s tty s.
|
m dtt
|
wi de
|
de rK no ni Ke
|
|
Žigé
|
hirajaira,
|
mąšją
|
wiže.
|
Žesganunige
|
|
Again
|
harder,
|
stronger
|
he expelled gas.
|
But
|
|
Ai Ke
|
Kiyr
|
Ai s ni de.
|
di Ki t ni A s
|
o de.
|
loAo.
|
|
hįké
|
kias
|
hiranįže.
|
Žigitanihąra*
|
'ųže.
|
"Po!
|
|
not
|
to run away
|
they did not.
|
[Again] the third time
|
he did this.
|
"Pooh!
|
|
loAo.
|
loAo.
|
eyi Ki de.
|
m dtt xitti
|
no ni Ke
|
|
Po!
|
Po!"
|
eigiže.
|
Mąšjąxjį
|
nunige
|
|
Pooh!
|
Pooh!"
|
he made it say.
|
Very loud
|
but
|
|
Ai Ke
|
Kiyr
|
Ai s ni de.
|
di Ke
|
Ai tto l A s.
|
o de.
|
|
hįké
|
kias
|
hiranįže.
|
Žigé
|
hijopahąra
|
'ųže.
|
|
not
|
to run away
|
they did not.
|
Again
|
the fourth time
|
it did.
|
|
loAo.
|
loAo.
|
loAo.
|
loAo.
|
ey Ki de.
|
Ai too l A s.
|
|
"Po!
|
Po!
|
Po!
|
Po!"
|
eigiže.
|
Hijopahąra
|
|
"Pooh!
|
Pooh!
|
Pooh!
|
Pooh!"
|
he made it say.
|
Four times
|
|
de rK no ni Ke
|
w w roAo no s.
|
Ai d
|
dA n.
|
|
žesganunige
|
wawasunųra
|
hižą
|
šana
|
|
thus, but
|
the roastings
|
one
|
a piece
|
|
so tt ttiy sy se de.
|
K tt K.
|
te e.
|
w Ktt K K.
|
o di s.
|
|
rujiyaraireže.
|
Gająga
|
tee
|
Wakjąkaga
|
užira
|
|
they began to eat.
|
[Now]*
|
[this one]†
|
Trickster
|
anus
|
|
de Ko.
|
loAo.
|
n di de
|
m dtt xitti.
|
o nK Koo.
|
|
žegų
|
"Po!"
|
nąžįže.
|
Mąšjąxjį.
|
'Ųnąk'ų,
|
|
thus —
|
"Pooh!"
|
continuously.*
|
Very loud.
|
Finally,
|
|
w w roAo no s.
|
tteAle w Ai se de.
|
di Ke
|
w so Kitti s.
|
|
wawasunųra
|
čepwahireže.
|
Žigé
|
warukjįra
|
|
the roastings
|
they ate them all up.
|
Again
|
the roastings under the ashes
|
|
wi s tti sy se de.
|
e Ki.
|
de Ko di.
|
loAow.
|
Kono ni Ke.
|
|
wirajiraireže.
|
Égi
|
žegųži,
|
"Po!"
|
gununige
|
|
they came to.
|
And
|
thus,
|
"Pooh!"
|
it was making, but
|
|
w so tts
|
o xitti nK deAe.
|
di Ke
|
ttAele w Ai se de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
warujra
|
'ųxjįnąkše.
|
Žigé
|
čepwahireže.
|
Égi
|
|
eating
|
very much they did.
|
Again
|
they ate them up.
|
And
|
|
w oyi se de.
|
w so Kii K.
|
liAi Ai w Ki wo nyi se de.
|
|
woireže.
|
Waruk'įga
|
pihiwakiwonaireže,
|
|
they did.
|
What he cooked under the ashes,
|
they nicely replaced,
|
|
s xoAo tts
|
dA n.
|
e Ki.
|
ni Ke
|
Ao w K sy se de.
|
|
raxojra
|
šana.
|
Égi
|
nįge
|
howagaraireže.
|
|
the ashes
|
only.
|
Then
|
[the place]
|
they went away.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ai Ki de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
w so Kii s.
|
ny di
|
|
Égi
|
hikįže.
|
"Hohó,
|
waruk'įra
|
naįži
|
|
Then
|
he awoke.
|
"Oh, oh,
|
what I cooked
|
about this time
|
|
Ao ty Ki Ao lese xitti
|
Ai se Ko ni.
|
a n K.
|
Ai tt
|
|
hotaigihoperexjį
|
hiregųnį,"
|
anąga.
|
Hija
|
|
cooked to a crisp
|
they must be,"
|
he had said.
|
[There]
|
|
Ao so ttK ttK K tt.
|
Ai d
|
riAi s.
|
A so ttAl deAe.
|
K tt
|
|
horučgąčgągają,
|
hižą
|
sira
|
horučapše
|
gają.
|
|
when he had felt around,
|
a
|
foot
|
he got hold of
|
[.]
|
|
A ni Ai Ko K tt.
|
riAi s
|
dA n.
|
A ni Ai Ko de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
|
Hanihigugają,
|
sira
|
šana
|
hanihiguže.
|
"Hohó,
|
|
When he pulled it out,
|
the foot
|
only
|
he pulled out.
|
"Oh, oh,
|
|
w so Kii s.
|
Ai deKe
|
de rK wi ra d se.*
|
Ao t Aolo se xitti
|
|
waruk'įra
|
hišge
|
žesgawis'ažare,
|
hotahoprexjį
|
|
the cooking
|
thus
|
it usually is,
|
thoroughly cooked
|
|
Ai se K.
|
a n K.
|
di Ke
|
Ai tt ne s.
|
Ao so ttK ttK de.
|
|
hirega,"
|
anąga.
|
Žigé
|
hijanera
|
horučgąčgąže.
|
|
when they are,"
|
he said.
|
Again
|
another one
|
he had felt around for.
|
|
di Ke
|
Ai d.
|
A so ttAl liKi
|
A ni Ko K tt.
|
riAi s
|
|
Žigé
|
hižą
|
horučapgi
|
hanigugają,
|
sira
|
|
Again
|
one
|
when he took hold of
|
when he pulled it out,
|
the foot
|
|
dA n.
|
w ni Ai Ko de.
|
di Ke
|
e de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
|
šana
|
wanihiguže.
|
Žigé
|
éže,
|
"Hohó,
|
|
only
|
he pulled out.
|
Again
|
he said,
|
"Oh, oh,
|
|
w so Kii s*
|
to ttAi Ai se doKo ni de.
|
Ai roAoKo A s.
|
|
waruk'įra
|
tučihirešųnįže.
|
Hisųkhara,
|
|
the cooking of mine
|
it must be cooked very much.
|
My younger brother,
|
|
w so Kii
|
Ai s K s.
|
A diAi s.
|
|
waruk'į
|
hirakara
|
hašira
|
|
the roast
|
watching
|
I told him to.
|
|
w d
|
w so Kii
|
w so liAi K rKe xitti
|
e de.
|
|
Wažą
|
waruk'į,
|
warupigasgexjį,"
|
éže.
|
|
[Some]
|
cook,
|
such a good one,"
|
he said.
|
|
to we o tti se Ke se.*
|
K tt K.
|
mi nK Ki si n K tt.
|
|
Towe'ųjiregere.
|
Gająga,
|
mįnąkirinagają,
|
|
On and on, he kept up.
|
[At length,]
|
when he sat up,
|
|
te we s Ki.
|
w w roAo no s.
|
A K w dini se de.
|
Ao Ao
|
|
tewéraki,
|
wawasunųra
|
hąkawažinireže.
|
"Hohó,
|
|
to his astonishment,
|
the roasting by sticks
|
they were gone.
|
"Oh, oh,
|
|
w so Ko Ko K n Ks
|
w di Ki dKyi se Ko ni.
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
warugųgųganąkra
|
wašigišgąiregųnį,"
|
éže.
|
Égi
|
|
those covetous friends
|
they must have done me wrong,"*
|
he said.
|
And
|
|
leAe tts
|
Ki ttK K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
Ao deAe se Ks d n.
|
|
pejra
|
gičgagają,
|
tewéraki,
|
hušerekrašana
|
|
the fire
|
when he had poked around,
|
to his astonishment,
|
the bones only
|
|
leAe tts
|
Ao do tte de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
e de.
|
A K w d.*
|
|
pejra
|
hožuježe.
|
"Hohó,"
|
éže,
|
"hakawažą
|
|
the fire
|
it was full.
|
"Alas,"
|
he said,
|
"surely
|
|
n tteAeKe wi sey d.
|
Ai soyi se.
|
w so Ko Ko K n Ks.
|
|
nąčge wireižą
|
hiroire
|
warugųgųganąkra
|
|
disappointed
|
[the homely things]
|
those covetous things
|
|
Ai deKe
|
te
|
Ai soyi s s tt ne.
|
tt rKe s s tte K tt.
|
|
hišge
|
te
|
hiroirarajane,
|
jasgerarajegają?
|
|
also
|
[this]
|
homely thing,
|
what have you done?*
|
|
wi s K s ni diAi s.
|
Ai s leAe se ri Ktt ne n.
|
A Ke
|
|
wirakaranįšira.
|
Hiraperesikjaneną.
|
Hąké
|
|
I told you to watch.
|
You shall know about this.*
|
Not
|
|
liAi ni Ai s Ki Ki n.
|
i s
|
t xoAo ni Ktt ne n.
|
tt Ko.
|
|
pinihiragiginą.
|
Įra
|
taxunikjaneną.
|
jagu,
|
|
you have not done right.
|
Your mouth
|
I will burn it.
|
Consequently,
|
|
Ai Ke.
|
i s
|
w d
|
Ai so s Ko ni Kette n.
|
a n K.
|
|
hįké
|
įra
|
wažą
|
hiroragųnįkjeną,"
|
ánąga.
|
|
not
|
your mouth
|
anything
|
you will not [do ?] with,"
|
he said.
|
|
n o retteyi d
|
so r n K.
|
i s.
|
t xoAo Ai de.
|
o di s.
|
|
Ną’ųsteiža
|
rusanąga
|
įra
|
taxuhiže.
|
Užira
|
|
A fire-wood-burning (brand)*
|
he took up [and]
|
the mouth
|
he burnt.
|
The anus
|
|
t xoAo Ki de.
|
e Ki
|
K tti n.
|
to wi.
|
to wi.
|
|
taxukiže.
|
Égi
|
gajiną,
|
"Tuwį!
|
tuwį!
|
|
he burnt himself.
|
Then
|
repentantly,
|
"Ouch!
|
ouch!
|
|
A K K rKeyi d.
|
xoAo riKi xitti
|
A Ki.
|
te de rKe Ke.
|
|
hagagasgeižą,
|
xusgixjį
|
hagi.
|
Težesgege,
|
|
it is too bad,
|
skin to smart so
|
I made.
|
For of such,
|
|
w Ktt K.
|
Ai K n Ks.
|
Ai tt
|
Ao s ny se.
|
|
'wakjąka',
|
higanąkra.
|
Hija
|
horanaire.
|
|
'trickster',
|
I am called.
|
[Others]
|
they have talked me into it.
|
|
w d
|
o ni reKe
|
w o A tte.
|
e de.
|
e tt.
|
|
Wažą
|
unisge
|
wa’ųhaje,"
|
éže.
|
Éja
|
|
Something
|
just as though
|
I had done [it],"
|
he said.
|
There
|
|
w Ktt K K.
|
o di s.
|
t xoAo Ki de.
|
n o rete*
|
t xiAi ni.
|
|
Wakjąkaga
|
užira
|
taxukiže.
|
Ną’ųste
|
taxįnį
|
|
Trickster
|
his anus
|
he had burned.
|
Firewood
|
burning
|
|
Ao w so xiAi ni de.
|
e Ki
|
e
|
e tt
|
ni Ke.
|
|
howaroxiniže.
|
Égi
|
e
|
éja
|
nįge
|
|
he put to it.
|
And
|
he
|
there
|
somewhere
|
|
Ao w se doKo ni
|
e tt
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
|
howarešguni.
|
Éja
|
úwahigają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
he did go.
|
There
|
as he was going along,
|
to his surprise,
|
|
ey tti do we de.
|
Ai so we de.
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
|
eyajižuweže.
|
Hiroweže.
|
Úwahigają,
|
tewéraki,
|
|
someone went by.
|
He trailed it.
|
As he was following it,
|
unexpectedly,*
|
|
e tt.
|
w do diAi
|
ni Ke
|
Ai e de.
|
Ao Ao
|
|
éja
|
wažušį
|
nįge
|
hieže.
|
"Hohó,
|
|
there
|
a fat
|
of something
|
he found.
|
"Oh, oh,
|
|
Ai d
|
e Ki
|
w Kii Ki si
|
Ke se Ko ni.*
|
w d si d
|
|
hižą
|
égi
|
wak'įgiri
|
keregųnį.
|
Wažąrižą
|
|
someone
|
[here]
|
packing something
|
he has gone by.
|
Something
|
|
tee Ai Ki
|
w Ki o Ko ni
|
e de.
|
a n K.
|
w do diAi n K
|
|
t'ehigi
|
waki'ųgųnį,"
|
éže.
|
Ánąga,
|
wažušįnąka
|
|
he had killed
|
he must be packing,"
|
he said.
|
As he said it,
|
that piece of fat
|
|
so r n K.
|
sotto deAe.
|
a rs
|
so K n de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
|
rusanąga
|
ručše.
|
Asra
|
rokanaže.
|
"Hohó,
|
|
he picked up and
|
he ate it.
|
Delicious
|
it was very.
|
"Well, well,
|
|
A K w d.
|
a ri d.
|
wo diAi s.
|
e de.
|
|
hagáwažą
|
asižą
|
wošįra,"
|
éže.
|
|
such
|
a delicious thing
|
the fat,"
|
he said.
|
|
di Ke
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
di Ke
|
ni Ki e de.
|
di Ke
|
|
Žigé
|
úwahigają,
|
žigé
|
nįgieže.*
|
Žigé
|
|
Again
|
as he was going along,
|
again
|
he found a piece.
|
Again
|
|
sotto deAe.
|
Ao Ao
|
A K w d
|
a ri d.
|
w do diAi n Kse
|
|
ručše.
|
"Hohó,
|
hagáwažą
|
asižą
|
wažušįnąkre,"
|
|
he ate it.
|
"Well, well,
|
such
|
a delicious thing
|
these fat things,"
|
|
e de.
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
te we s Ki.
|
e
|
w ow Ks
|
|
éže.
|
Úwahigają,
|
tewéraki,
|
e
|
wa'ųwąkra
|
|
he said.
|
As he was going along,
|
to his surprise,
|
he
|
it was he
|
|
Ai leAe sere deAe.
|
w do diAi
|
Ai ey K.
|
soyitti
|
Ao diAi s
|
|
hipéresše.
|
Wažušį
|
hieyaka
|
róič
|
hošįra
|
|
he had discovered.
|
The fat things
|
he was finding
|
his guts
|
fat parts
|
|
w K s Ki
|
owK deAe.
|
o di
|
Ao diAi s.
|
soyitti tts.*
|
|
wakaragi
|
'ųwąkše.
|
Uži
|
hošįra
|
róičra
|
|
finding
|
he was.
|
Anus
|
the fat
|
the guts
|
|
doAo so ttese
|
w owK deAe.
|
t xoAo Ai Ki.
|
t ttoKo
|
|
šurujere
|
wa'ųwąkše.
|
Taxuhigi,
|
tajuk,
|
|
it had fallen out of him
|
[it did.]
|
Because he had burnt it,
|
he burned it,
|
|
Ai Ke
|
w o de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
e de.
|
wyi K sy dA n xitti.
|
|
hike
|
wa'ųže.
|
"Hohó,
|
éže.
|
waigaraišanaxjį
|
|
it contracted
|
[it did.]
|
"Oh, oh,
|
he said.
|
Very truly as they have called me
|
|
w Ktt K
|
Ai K n Ks.
|
Ai tt
|
Ao s n Ai se K tt.
|
e Ki
|
|
'wakjąka'
|
higanąkra.
|
Hija
|
horanahiregają."
|
Égi
|
|
'trickster'
|
they have been calling me.
|
[Others]
|
they have by such talking turned me into such."
|
And
|
|
liAi Koo de.
|
xeAe te Ai.
|
xoAo s
|
xA w ni de.
|
e rKe.
|
|
pįk'ųže.
|
Xetehi
|
xúra
|
xawaniže.
|
Ésge,
|
|
he fixed it.
|
A large part
|
the skin
|
it was lost.
|
Therefore,
|
|
liAi Koo
|
no ni Ke.
|
xoA s.
|
so Ko Koxo x n K w o de.
|
|
pik'ų
|
nunige
|
xúra
|
rukokoxanąka wa’ųže.
|
|
he had fixed it,
|
but
|
the skin
|
to pull together in wrinkles.
|
|
e rKe
|
so Kixi Ai de.
|
e rKe.
|
w o n Kde
|
|
Ésge,
|
rukįxhiže.
|
Ésge,
|
wa'ųnąkše.
|
|
So
|
he made it in ridges.*
|
So
|
they are.
|
|
w Kidi Ks.
|
o di s.
|
so Ki xi s se.
|
ay se n.
|
|
wąkšíkra
|
užira
|
rukįxirare
|
aíreną.
|
|
The people
|
their anuses
|
[they are made in ridges]*
|
they have said.
|
Source:
John Baptiste (trs.), "Wakjukaga," in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago V, #7: 104-151.