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Temi'Lx mu^'hti yEai'nx kwasi'Lx psi'nLx kuts-ha^'t!ook', k'i'Lx-ail 

 mEhaya'nalxam. Temu^'hu misi'Lx-aii axa qauwa^* haya'ntx, tern 

 k'E'Lxats mu^'hu yEai'nx k'i'Lxa-ati qauwa^^ mEhaya'nalxam. 

 Temu°'hu k'ELxau'ts ^ LEhaya'nIyu, k'is hi'k'e Lqai'yusxam-sl5. 

 5 Temu°'hu mi'siLx k'eal', tem k'Ets mu'^'hu kus qau'wis pi'usxa^ya'a 

 ts-hai'^k'/ ''aaah." ^ Tem k'Ets mu°'hu mis k'eai', tem yEai'nx kus 

 qala'xstEt kuts-ha'^'tlak" k'-u pi'usxa^ya'a ts-hai°k" ? Temu'^'hu mis 

 k'eai', tem k'ELxa'ts mu'^'hu yEai'nx. ''Ai'xap mu^'hti! K'il-au 

 xas qauwa^* pi'usxa^ya'a lin hai"^^: 'aaaah, aaaah, aaaah,' " Tem- 



-10 u'^'hu qamLi', temu"'hu yo'ltsuxsai yixai'nx-auk" ts-hai"k' kus lim- 

 la'lx'usxamt. Las hi'k'e tas Li'qxamtELl is ko'x", te'mlta hi'k'e 

 qxenk'sal'. Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu kus mEku'mk"Lx ts-mena'tEmk' tem 

 k'Ets ma'yExa. "Kwa^la' k'xuts as MoTuptsini'sla * k'is i'La Lxa- 

 ma'k'ink'a'lsxam." ^ Temi'Lx mu°'hu phainsa'Lnx, te'mltaLx mu°'- 



15 hu k'e'a wa^na'. Temu'^'hti mis qal'-slo, tem hi'k'e qauwa^* tas la* 

 kuPal k' !ets, tem tskwayu'Liix kus hi'tslEm 'k'pi'usxai ts-qali'xk' 

 hak'ik' !e'ts. Temu'^'hu phainsa'Liix, te'mlta tai^ kui'puna tsk'i'x 

 hak' !e'ts-Em is ko'x". Tem is i'mstE na'mk' k'Ets kus tsa^'niE su'- 

 slotx, k'i'kus k' liqai'xam kus kuipu'na k'is 'wala'haitxam is hi'tslEm, 



20 la'lta mis imi'stal kus ta'mmg'ink'. 



Temi'Lx mu'^'hu ma'yExa. "K'il na'k's-Em mu'^'hii ayai'mi?" 

 Temi'Lx mu'^'hii ma'yExa. "K" il tsqaniii'mi 'k'ta's le'wi' qauwi's 

 mukwe'sta. Temu°'hu slis k'eai'mi k'lis mu'^'hii qauxank'sai'm." 

 Tem k'Ets mu'^'lm ti'utl'wantxai' is kwe^ kus mena'tEm. Tk'i- 



25 lai'nx kus ini'yu tem mEya'kanx." Temi'Lx mu'^'hii mEqo'tsEta 

 ayai'm. Temu°'hu 'Liya^ qa*'tsE temi'Lx wi'lx LEya'tstik's. Tem 

 k'Ets mu°'hu ma'yExa kus mena'tEm: "A'lk'uxul a' k'a'''tsus, k'in 

 phainsai'm." Te'mlta yEa'lnx, "Ami'stis hi'k'e ta^muqwa." — 

 " 'Liya^, k'in I'o'tsu mu°'hii phamsai'm," Tem k'Ets mu'^'hii mEtsa'- 



30 SEX, tem k'Ets mu'^'hu k' !iqai'. Temu°'hu mis LEai'stinx, tem yEa'- 

 lnx; ''Xa-'Liya^ a'ya! Aki"^' 'k'ama'tsux" ^ is hi'tslEm." Tem k'Ets 

 mu°'hii pxeltsusayu'LX. "Nak'-E'n mu'^'hu? Hanhu'u k'in le- 

 ai'si." Temu'^'hti tEsina'yEmux", temu°'hu LEai'sx, te'mlta tai- 

 ta'puxk'in tsmai'x. Tem k'Ets mu°'hu su'pLi kumu'kwalyu'Lx ya'- 



35 sau: "K'-hi'k'e Limi'staldti xas kla'mtslEm ts-la'mxadook' ." Tem 

 k'Ets mu°'hii piltkwai' tem t!axut lai'nx kwas k'a'tslisau ^k'ts-yu"^'- 

 salyustlExk' hak'iqe'xan ya'sau: "K'ex 'Liya^ lama'tsutELi ^ is 

 hi'tsLEm. K'-hi'k'e ta'puxk'in xam Ian." Tem k'Ets mu^'hii niE- 

 haya'nix, te'mlta hi'k'e Lpa'ala tas hi'tsLEm ts-qe'kusk'. Tem 



40 k'Ets mu'^'hu Lktii', temu'^'hti mis-axa wi'lx temi'Lx mu^'hti ayai'm. 



1 U'Ets + -Lx + -u. ' xartik'ink'- to do mischief. 



2 Literally, "will cause his mind to sound fre- e 2/a'i-a crosspiece. 



quently." ' a'mia entirely. 



3 A sigh-like exclamation. 



* It would seem that one of the Five Transform- 

 ers was Mo'luptsinisla (Coyote). 



