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k-a/Edsksga g'a'ltga a'm a sopa's Bin io'otga. Adat k'asga wul 

 comes a certain nice young man. And he goes where 



na'gasga tlgua'lksga. Ada ha'ut gasga dsmt de batga. Adat 

 lies the chiefs daughter. And he says (?) with run him. And 



(elope with him). 



ena/oqtga. Adawul k-ada'wutltga. Tla t wasga nawalptga, 



she consents. And then they left. (Perfect) they having reached his house, 



adawult . tqal ha'yint g as g a gye'laqga, adasl ts'e'entga, ada 



and then he against makes her stand at outside, but he enters, and 



ha'us dEp na'otga dis nugua't : " Ayentl nak'anuwa'ne, 

 say (plural) his mother and his father : " Did not you (past) make work you 



(go for her sake), 



nat?" "Ha'yetga da gya'larat," da'yaga. Adawul ksa otlga 

 my dear?" "She stands at outside here," he replies. Then out run 



tlemkti'yetkgatga. Adawult ts'E'lEm cto'oltga. Adawul 



his sisters. And then into she accompanies them. And then 



tqa'oqgatga asga loma'msga k'aga'otga. K'antla'kga. Adawul 

 they eat being in good hearts. It is morning. Then 



tlgua wud'agya'tga, KsEmwuts'e'enga wa'atga. Ada 

 a little old person, Female Mouse her name. And 



ha^utgat : "Tqe'el g-antseino'nt ! " ada wa'lsga tlgua'lksga; 



she says : " Burn your earring here ! " and she does so the chiefs daughter ; 



adaElwu'lt asti daqtga tlgua wud'a'gyatga. Adawul ha'utga : 

 but then she from fire she takes it the little old person. Then she says : 



"Datl! Wula'yene, go tEi/nga'dEnt? " "Ayent," da'yapa. 



"My dear ! do you know, who the taker of you here?" "No," she replies. 



"HatsaE'rEldEt," da/yaga. Ada SEm-ba'sga tlgua'lksga. Ada 

 "The snail," she answered. And very afraid the chief's daughter. And 



ha'usga KsEmwuts'e'eoga : "Nda/e! gy'e'eqkEn ! atlgE waraida otl, 

 it said the female mouse : "Go! runaway! not far run, 



wul dsoqs dEp DEgua/dEn. Da ya'kEn sto'op'El atlge 

 where stay (plural) your parents. Just walk on road back of house not 



nesa'ba na liya'gESEmt yag'a. Ye'tlEt. Nene'etl 16 



visible (past) you went (plural) downward. There is slime. The same in 



ya'kEn baq k*a sqane'esit ada me le'r'an yaVget I Nene' wul 

 go on road up go mountain that and you over go ! It is where 



ds'oqs dEp nsgua'dEn gye'egEt." Adawul wa/lesga 



stay on beach (plural) parents below." And then she does 



tlgua'lksga. Sis lam ksErgaga'. AdaElwu'l batga. 



the chiefs daughter. She pretends after a while to go out. But she runs. 



Sem- 16 ya'tgatga na matldEsga tlgua wud'a/gyatga. Tlana'ksga 

 Exactly in she goes (past) she told the little old person. Having some time 



waldga, adawu'l gua'desga na'kstga. Adat wul wula'isga 

 done so, then he misses her her husband. And he then knows 



gy'e'eqgatga. Adawult sag-a'it hukbo'otkgasga tqane'esga nE wi 

 she had escaped. And then together he called them all his great 



ts'a'ptga. Adawul lolia'gEtga. Tla ssmt watga 



tribe. Then they pursue her. (Perfect) exactly she reaches 



tlgua'lksga sEin laq'o'sga sqane'isga, da nEqna/etga wi 

 the chief's daughter the very top of the mountain, just she hears great 



qsta'mEqga. Adawult go'usga ts'Et loya'yet. Adawu'la tgye 

 noise. And then she guesses that they pursue her. And then down 



