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ma'^'lk'sta mEiiI'sk' aux ^ kuts-tsi'tsk" !ak'. Temu'^'hu %*ts-suda*'- 

 stk'emyuk' temu'^'hu tsqa'mtla kwas itsai's LEyai^xayii kuts-tsi'- 

 tsk' !ik- . 



Temu"'hu pqa'ya'txaiiLnx hak' au'k' . Tern k'Ets mu^'hu ma'3'Exa 

 5 kiis mena'tEm. ''Pa'lEnxutsa' tern kus hi'k'e la'ltqauhi.^ K'-lk'i- 

 tsa'yusxam * hi'tsLEm Lowa'txayusxam. 'Liya^ a' sis mu'^'hu Iq !a- 

 yu'ln k'is hahawlya'ln ? " Tern k'Ets mu'^'M yEa'bix. ''Ta^'muqwa 

 hi'k'e. Ai's mu°'hu k'a^'tsus xti'si LEhaya'hayusxam, lis mu'^'hu 

 Iq layu'Li." Temu'^'hu mis tsqa'mt !iyu kuts-tsk- !al'sk' kus lUEk' ai'- 



10 nik'slau, tern k'Ets-axa mu°'hu haitsa'yux" kuts-tsi'tsk' !ik' qa'niik's 

 qakuts-ti'k' extitsLok' . Teinu°'hti-axa spai'tx kus k' i'yai itsai'sik' s, 

 temu°'hu mis-axa wi'lsusx itsai'sik' s, temu'^'hti yEai'nx kuts k' !e'- 

 pauk'. "Hu'^'k'i tEha'm ta'aLx ts-k'i'yaik." Temu'^'hii yEai'nx 

 kuts-ti'k' extitsLok' . ' ' Xa-tsima'yEmts tsha'yEmts kwas k' i'yai. Xa- 



15 hi'k' e k' a'^'tsiis ma'alk'stayEmts." Temu'^'M k' e'a hamsti^ is pi'ts- 

 kum temu^'hu tsama'Pyainx. Temu'^'hii 'k'ts-suda^'stk'em3'uk* 

 temu'^'liu yEai'nx. ''Xa-mu^'huyEmts. Xa-'Liya^ simpa'3'Emts. 

 Xa-lii'k'e tsa^'mE paxt la'yEmts kwas k" i'yai." Temu^'hu k'e'a 

 imsti'nx. Na'k'eai k'Ets plui', k'is mu'^'hii k'i'mhak's tpayu'Li 



20 qakuts-ti'k' extitsLo. K'Ets mu^'hii paxtla'a kwas k' i'yai, k'ilta's 

 ^Liya^ xii'si Lx'i'msidi,^ k'Ets 'hi'k' axa na''yEm tsa'ms pliii'x. K'is- 

 axa mu"'hu qalpa'a k'i'mhak's tpajui'Li, k'is paxt!a'a, k'ilta's tai^ 

 le'wi' Limk' le'nti. Siida'^'stk'em ha^'tsE tsimai'nx. Temu'^'hti 

 Lxai'nx temu'^'hu yEai'nx. "Mu'^'hux k' !ep, k'-Liya^ qati'k'eai ilt- 



25 qa'yii." Temu^'hu aya'yususx kus qa'niik's mu'^'hii 3'Eai'nx. 

 ''Hti^'k'iLx ya'tsxalxasx ham ta'aLx. Xa-mu°'hu hu'^'k'i i'tsxastai- 

 sxai'mi." Temu"'hii Lxtii'nx qa'kus mEk'ai'nik'slau kuts-ta'ak'iLx 

 Iklwa'ank'® tem-axa ts-a^qaik'iLx tem-axa kwas tsa'ms kuts-ya°'- 

 hats'.ik'iLix. Temu'^'hii qauwa^^ is qamLi's temu^'hu k'im mEtsi'- 



30 k'alx.'' K'Ets hi'k'e qei'tsx kus qa'no kwas ^ ql'npa ts-t lEli'lk' , 

 la'lta mis ta'mE xa'^'waa.^ Temu'^'hu qauwa^'^ is pi'tskum temu°'hfj 

 k' lila'hal. K'Ets mu'^'hii hapE'nk' kwa'k'Ets-itsai'sk' '° qauwa'"* ts- 

 tExk' k'a'tslinx. Tsiila'qaniLx kuts-ql'npak' tem-axa qe'hix kuts- 

 k'i'yaik" tem-axa Iqwaai'lx kuts-k'iyii^'salyustlExk'. 



35 Temk'Etsmu'^'lm mis LEai'sx qa'kus mena'tEm hak' aii'k', tem k'Ets 

 mu'"hii ma'yExa. ''K'-Liya^ hi'k' e la^ a' iltqa'ln ? Hi'tsLEm mu°'- 

 hu Lowa'txayu. K'-ha'alqa hi'k'e Lqlayu'ln." Temu'^'hii k'e'a 



1 Abbreviated for tsVtsk-.'atra. 



2 msk- FAR. 



3 Id'tEq SOMETHING, WHAT. 



* k'Ets temporal particle. 



'■•X-ims- TO TOUCH, TO FEEL OF. 



6 Simplified for ts-lk!wa'ank\ 



' tsk-- TO BE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION, TO SLEEP. 



8 The objective form of the demonstrative pronoun kus is used here to denote instrumentality. 



9 .^abbreviated for jan'K'cixa. 



10 Consists of kwas + k'ts- + itaaVsk'. 



