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12. The Ant, the Katydid, and the Locust 

 Ka'tcidlkte-na'-di ti' o^^x nS'. Eka°' snihi'-xti ka°' SKsoti'-di 



The Ancient of Ants (sub.) house was making. And cold very when Katydid (sub.) 



Yosaha' i'no'^-pa' eya^^'hi. Ti' utcu'we tg ha'nde ka°', Ka'tddikte' 



Locust he too arrived there. House to borrow wished continued when " Ant 



kya°'hi-daha': "An]i'''hi°-dixyi''' iksa'pi ha'' ya'C'-pa ya'kitatu ha' 



scolded them "Warm when you grow when singing only vou attend when 



" to it (pi.) 



ati'-k kayo^'ni." Eka"^' wo'xakitu ha' tca'tu o'^'ni, snihi'xti ka'". 



house (Ob.) you do not And they became and they died very cold as. 



make." ashamed 



E'keo'^'nidi' ana'^' dixyi'^' tcatu' xa. Etu' xa. Eke'-dixyi°' ami''' 



Therefore winter when they die regu- They regu- That is why warm 



[= every winter) larly. say it larly. weather 



dixyi°' kiya' a'kuwetu' xa. Etu' xa. E'ke o'^nidi' ami'" dixyi"" 



when again they come out regu- They regu- Therefore warm when 



larly. say it larly. weather 



yao"' pa a'kitatu' xa. Etu' xa. 



singing only they follow regu- They regu- 

 It larly. say it larly. 



NOTES 



This must be a version of the Ant and the Grasshopper fable, as 

 told by yEsop. 



2. Yosaha^ used where we should expect some such form as Yosahena^ 

 the Ancient of Locusts, as yosahe-di^ is a locust; but as yosahayi is an- 

 other name for locust, Yosaha may be the Ancient of Locusts. 



TRANSLATION 



The Ancient of Ants was building a house. When it was very cold, 

 the Katydid and the Locust arrived at the house of the Ancient of 

 Ants, asking for shelter. The Ancient of Ants scolded them, saying, 

 "When you get your growth in warm weather, instead of building a 

 house, 3'Ou give all your attention to singing." Then the Katydid and 

 the Locust became ashamed, and as the weather was very cold they 

 died. Therefore katydids and locusts die regularly every winter, and 

 for that reason, too, they come forth again eveiy summer. And 

 therefore they do nothing but sing in the warm weather. 



13. The Crow and the Hawk 

 A'"tckaho''na' tando'-ya** Paxexkana' yinka'ti. E'ke-ha'nde-ka° 



The Ancient of Crows her younger The Ancient of she niarried ' At length 



brother [Chicken-] hawks him. 



tedi yi'nkati. E'keo'^ni ka'" AHcka-na' a'tcodo^-ta' ha'nde o°ni' 



he her husband. Therefore the Ancient she was mourning for him in the 



died of Crows past 



Paxexkana'. Ekeo'^'nidi' hane' dixyi°' wahS' dusi' de o'^'ni. Etu 



the Ancient of Therefore it finds when cries out catches has gone (?). They 



[Chicken-] hawks. one It say it 



xa'. Eke' xya ka"" hane' dixyi"' awa'he yu'j^e xya'. Etu' xa. 



regu- So regu- as it finds when they are crying out as regu- They regu- 

 larly, larly one they move larly. say it larly. 



