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will go home.” Then she went home. When she approached her 
house her child was crying. She entered and took it. She took it [in 
her arms] and, behold, it was a stick! ‘*Oh,my poor child! Perhaps 
AqjasX@’nas Xéna carried it away.” 
Now AqjasXé@’nasXéna carried that child. She took it home to 
the house [which she herself] and the Crane [inhabited]. Now they 
stayed there. The child grew up. ‘Then she always carried the boy 
on her back. After some time she grew tired and one day she left 
him at home. Then the Crane said to him: ‘**Come here. I wil! give 
you food.” He gave him trout to eat. Now he told him and said to 
him: ‘*Do you think she is your mother? She is another [woman]; 
she is not at all your mother. She carried you away. Her name 1s 
AqjasX@/nasXéna.” After some time she came home. Now her boy 
was angry. ‘*‘ What did you say to your nephew, Crane?” ‘‘T said 
to him: ‘She is your mother.’ You made him sick.” . ‘Oh, younger 
brother, thus shall you speak to your nephew.” On the next day she 
went again and carried him. In the evening she came home. On the 
Lo'quiqt Lten/xan. Tetjo’kti nXkjua’ya.” Aga igd’ya, iga’/Xkjoa. 
cries my child. Good I go home.” Then she went, she went home. 
Qjoa’p iktd’xam tqu’Le, aqa LO’quiqt Lga’xan. Agqa igd’pqam. Aga 
Near she came house, then cried her child. Then she entered. Then 
igh’LeElga Lea’xan. Aqa ii’wa igh’LOx. Aga @’mEqo: **O Len’xan 
she took it her child. Then thus she did it. Then a stick: oO my child 
LgowLi. LXuan AqjasXe’nasXéna ikvota’mit.” Aqa ign’/Lukn 
poor. Perhaps AqjasXe’nasXéna carried it away.’ Then she carried it 
AqjasXe’nasXéna btaXi wk’a’skas. Aga ikio’/kram tr’ctaqn kja 
AqjasXé/nasXéna that child. Then shecarrieditto theirhouse and 
iqjoa’eqoac. A’2qa  iexe'la-itX ko’pa. Aga ina’qa-in igttxn/l6x 
the crane’s. Then they two stayed there. Then large became 
taXi Lk’a’skas. Aqa igh/LOkL ikLo’ctxoax. Le’lé aqa tel iga’xdx. 
that child. Then she earried she carried him Long then tired she be- 
him on her back. came. 
Aqa @Xt we'koa iqiqn’loqigq. Aga itcio’|Xam iqjoa’qoac: ‘* Mi’té, 
Then one day he was left. Then he said to him the crane: “Come, 
mii’té! iami’lqoim.”  Itcayi’lqoim a’qjéx*mné. Aga igixéleu’ritck. 
come! I will give you food.’’ He gave him food trout. Then he told. 
Ttcid' Xam: ‘*Mxzo’Xuana wa’maq a’ Xau? AXelo‘ita.  Nicqé’ 
He said to him; “Do you think yourmother thatone? She isanotherone. Not at all 
wa'maq. ITormuti’mit. Itca’Xeleu AqjasXé@/nasXéna.” Li aqa 
your mother. She carried you away. Her name is AqjasXé@/nasXéna.”’ Long then 
igaxatgoa’mama. Aqa iXrn/LNadkt itea’Xan. ‘Qa  mioxd’la 
she came home. Then he was angry her son. “How did you speak 
to him 
ime’Lat Xen, iqjoa/eqoac.” ‘*Qa2 niuxd’/la? Niuxd’la wa’maq a’/xaué. 
your nephew, crane!’’ “How did I speak Ispoke to your mother that. 
to him? him 
Ttca’tequm = qamia/itx.” ‘‘A4, a, a, a’owe! kjoanqii’4 amioxo’lalema 
Sick she always makes “Ah, ah, ah, younger thus speak to him to 
you.” brother! 
imé'LatXen.” Aga wi igé’teuktiX. Aga wi igd’ya. Aqa wi 
your nephew.” Then again it became day. Then again she went. Then again 
igé’yuctx. Tso’yustiX ickoa/mam. Aqa wi igé’teukt?X. Aqa 
she carried him. In the evening she came home, Then again it got day. Then 
