The Porcupink and the Beaver 



[Told by Moses] 



The Porcupine and the Beaver were friends. They loved each 

 other. The Beaver used to invite tiie Porcupine to his house all the 

 year round. The Porcupine went and entered the Beaver's house. 

 The house of the Beaver was in the middle of a great lake. The 

 Beaver lilted the water very much, but the Porcupine could not go 

 into the water because he could not swim; he was afraid he might 

 perish if his stomach should get full of water. Therefore the Beaver 

 went to the shore and called the Porcupine. The Beaver came up 

 twice when going to the place where the Porcupine wa.s sitting on the 



AXt qani- ts'eme'lix' 

 Porcupink and Beavek 

 An-dri'niqLk"L aXL ts'Eme'lix. NLk""e nE-sEpsi'Ep'Endet. 1 



The frienil wns the the beaver. Then eaeli tliey love<l. 



poreupine of other 



NLk''e txane'tk"L k'o'uL hwil hwi'ldet. Wo'ol ts'Euieiix' 2 



Then all year they did so. Itinvite<l the beayer 



aXt. NLk''e iii'ci. :iXt. uLk'^e ts'ent ai. hwilpL ts'Eme'lix'. 3 



the Then went the then he at the house the beayer. 



poreupine. poreupine, entered of 



Wl-lax-t'a'xg"e, nLk"'c sEm-bagait-se'luki, t'ax hwil d'fii. hwilpL 4 



Large on lake, then very right on the the where was the house 



there middle of lake of 



ts'Eme'lix'. NeL q'ap-de-ana'goL ts'Euie'Hx'E ts'Eui-a'k's. NLk''e 5 



the beaver. Then really on liked the beaver in the Then 



his part water. 



aqL-uks-hwi'li. a'Xtg'e. ai. hwil ni'g'idet hwila'x'L dEin ha'dik'st. 6 



no from to do the poren- beeause not he knev,' ifiit. i to swim, 



way land to sea pine, 



Nuie'L qan xpetsVxL a'Xtg'e ai. op tsE no'ot. tsE me'tk"r, 7 



Therefore was afraid the poren- that else he die. it \vas full 



pine mi^ht of 



ak's ai. bant aL hwil nig'idet hwna'x't. NLtjan tgouL S 



water in belly beeause not he kneu' it. Therefore this 



bwilL ts'Eme'lix': tsagam-cja'oL aXt Le wo'otg'e. Q"am-g''r''lpEl 9 



dill the beaver: from sea he the por- (perf.) he invited iMily twiee 



to land went to cupine him. 



hwil g'a'bEiiL ts'Eme'lix' aL hwil houks-d'a'L :tXt. NLk'"e It) 



emerged the beaver to where at the sittin.i^ the Then 



shore jioreupine. 



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