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A SPECIMEN OF THE NABRATIVE STYLE. 



FIRST PART OF A WIDELY KNOWN TRADITIONAL TALE, 



PENNED BY A NATIVE OF GREENLAND. 



(1) Oqalugtuaq Qagssagssuk. nup (2) kangiane (3) qdrqitme 



The Tale: Kagsagsuk. , East of Nuk at Korok 



(4) ukiveqartut (5) sikutaraut (6) imaerutdlugo 



those who wintered usually were icebound, making it devoid of open 



(7) igdlume igdloqatigit (8) ilait atautsimik 



sea. In a house the housefellows some of them -having one 



(9) ernigdlit, arnti (10) ndparame toquvoq ; ama kingorna angutti 



son, his mother as she fell sick died: also afterwards his father 



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(11) toqugivoq sule erninguat (12) mikisunguaq (13) igdloqatdta 

 died still their little son a baby their housefellow 



(14) nagdliginermit (15) ernersiartdrd (16) iierorsarwnavdlugo 

 out of mercy made him his fosterson intending to bring him 



(17) ajungitsidnarnik (18) atissaqartitdlagido nerissaqartlpd 



up, only good clothes making him have and food making him have, 



(19) asanermitdlo angutisidta (20) qiarqungitdluinardlugo 

 and out of love his fosterfather letting him feel no cold at all 

 sordlo nangmineq qitornane\ Msa ukiut mardluk qdngiuput side 

 just as his own child. At length two winters^ had passed, still 

 (21) agdlimlngitsoq Msa angutisidta (22) asavdluarungnailerpd 



he not growing a bit larger, at last his fosterfather began ceasing 

 agdlineq (23) ajormat ilane qajartor- 



really to love him, as he was not good for! growing. Once kayak- 

 dlune tikikame nuliaminut ningagsuleriarame 



ing , as he came home , upon his wife as he began being harsh, 

 oqarpoqiflb) : unakasik agdlineq (25) ajukasigptoq una (26) agtamut 

 he said: that nasty one to grow he is unable he, on the dust 

 igeqiuk! (27) nidiata nakigalugo igikumdngild. 



hill! throw him ! His wife pitying him would not throw him out. 



