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lie ciillcd Little Porpoise, siiyiiig, "■ Voii will he :il)le to hear what the 

 eliief on shore is sa\'ing." Little Porpoise swain ashore. He was 

 iii)( very lari;e. Then the Giant ran out ajiaiii and ci-ied. "Alal ala! 

 ala! Li'uts'e'ek"." Then the chief of the salmon undei-stood it, because 

 Little Porpoise had told him. lie said, '"The chief ashore tells 

 us what to do. He says that we salmon shall all swim toii-ether." Then 

 the chief of the salmon repeated it, and all the sidmon went ashore 

 together. Then all the halibut were left dry on the beach. The 

 Giant ran out of his house carrying a stick. He clul)l»ed them and 

 earriiul them up to the house. Then he dried some of them and ate 

 others. He was eating all the time. He was a great eater. He ate 

 them all and then he went on. 



'Sa. Now he was very poor. He had no blanket. He was quite 



1 Nl,k'"et wo'ol, l.go-dzi'X: "'Nen dl.m t"aii naxna'l. lial. sKin'a'g'it 



Tlii'ii lie ciilU'ii little porpoise: "Ydii ifut.) "liu lieurs whiit the chief 



sii ys 



2 ai, g'Tle'lt.x't ^VI-g•a't/■ aii-h:i'i. ha'ng'e. Ni.k"'e hagun-g'a'L 



Mt iiilMTiii Giant." whnt sniii tlii'snlmon. Then townrtl was 



;-; i.go-dzl'X. Nig'i wl-t'e'st. Ni.k"'e huX k"si-lia'.\s Wl-g'a't: 



little pnr- Not it was large. Then airain out ran Giant: 



poise. 



4 "Ala', ala'. ala'. guts'e'ek", ala'. ala'. alii', guts'e'ek"." 



"AVy, ala', ala'. guts'e'ek", ala', ala', alA', guts'e'ek"." 



5 Ni,k"'e iiii.xna'i. sKm'a'gidKm ban Lfit niai.i. i.go-dzI'X: 



I'hen heard him tlie ehief salmon (perl'.i lieloM little porpoise: 



ti '"Tiion-i'aL di:m InvilKiii dEin ala'tk"-giit nom."' 



"This he says (fut.) we do (fnt.) swim in a he says we will." 



shoal 



7 Xi.k-'e a'lg'i.xL mem. han. NLk-"e ala'tk"i. haii. Hwii'i! 



Then spoke the thesalmcui. Then swam in a the Well; 



ehief of shoal salmon. 



8 K"uL-g"ina-do'.\t ai. g'lle'lix' txaiu"''tk"i. txox". NLk""e k'si-ba'xs 



.\hout left they at inland all the Then out ran 



were halibut. 



9 ^\'I-g■a't yu'kdEi. gaii. Ni.k'"(" q^ax'tfaya'aiit. NLk''et 



Giant lie carried a sliek. Then he einlilied Then 



them. 



IM sagait-wi'lgat lik's-g-a'i. (jabe't. lN'Lk''e gwa'lgus Wi-g-a't 



together he ealTied a .strange number. Then ciried Giant 



them 



n i.a ((ats'o'ot. NLk"'et g'^pi- huX qats'o'ot. (^a'ne-hwTla 



some of Then he ate again some. .\lways 



I hem. 



1- yr)'oxk"t. sp:m-ga'lg"a lik's-g'a'i. (["algti'iit. Ni.k'"e i.a wi-lu"''li, 



heati'. -very he was a eater. Then (perf.) many 



strange 



ly .sai, hwilt. Ni.k-'et huX dzai.t. NLk-'e qa'odEt. 



days he did so. Then again he ate it Then they were 



all. linislu'd 



I'i 3«. NLk^'e a'd'ik'sk"]. sKiii-hwII gwil'et. Ni'g'i gula't 



Then he eatne very bein,!; poor. None his 



blanket 



