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rose and laughed. Then Coyote spoke: ‘*We will always do so 
when we get hungry; we shall catch everything.” They singed the 
Seal. After several days they finished it. They got hungry again. 
“What do you think, younger brother’ We will send word to 
the Porpoise.” Badger said: ‘‘I think so.” Coyote went again to 
the water. He stayed a little while. A canoe passed. He shouted: 
“Tell the Porpoise to come and see our younger brother!” The 
people said: ‘‘ We will tell him.” Coyote stayed a long while, then 
he saw a canoe. He told his younger brother: ‘* A canoe is coming. 
I think it is the Porpoise.” Now the Porpoise landed and went up. 
A little while he stayed. Then Badger groaned. He said: ‘‘I 
want to go out! I want to go out!” Then Coyote said: ‘* He always 
tells me so and makes me tired. He asks me to haul him and carry 
him out. Help me. Let us carry him out.” Then the Porpoise 
arose. Coyote told him: ‘‘You take his feet.” Then they carried 
him out. When his feet came outside he broke wind and the 
age’sgoax. Igixn’latck ipjé’exac. IRgixkjaya’wulalemtck. Ige’kim 
the seal. He arose badger. He laughed much, He said 
itja’lapas: ‘‘Ksta kjoanqii’ atxd’xoa, mane’x wa'‘lo aktx0’xoa. 
coyote: “Then thus we shall do, when hunger acts on us. 
Ka'nauwé ta’nemax  atktdqoe’mra.” = Icgatkjn’tsXema = wu Xi 
All things we shall send for.”” They singed her that 
aqe’sgoax. Qa’watiX Lq id’qoyatX aqa icgo’/L.Xum. 
seal. Several maybe his sleeps, then they finished her. 
Aqa wi wa'lo igieux. ‘*Wu'ska qa imé’Xagamit, a’oe? 
Then again hunger acted on “Come, how your mind, younger 
them. brother? 
Atxgoqoe’mia — ako'tckote.” Ige’kim —ipje’exac: ** Kioanqii’ 
We will send word to the porpoise.”’ He said badger: “Thus 
nXLo/Xuan.” Aga wi iuLa’eta ma/tniX itja/lapas. Na’LjiX 
I think.” Then again hestayed at the water coyote. A little 
id’La-it; ig@’xkoa ikn/nim. Itcigé’loma. ‘* Amcgul Xa’ma ako’tckote. 
he stayed; it passed him a canoe. He called it. “Tell her the porpoise. 
Agé'tkstama inta’mXTX.” Lalé id’ta-it. Itce’qrlkel ikr’nim. 
She shall come our younger Long he stayed. He saw it a canoe. 
and see brother.” 
Igixelkre’tckoam ia’mXTX. ‘Ikn’nim ite’t,” itcio’ Xam ia’mXiX. 
He told him his younger “A canoe iscom- hesaidtohim his younger 
brother. ing.” brother. 
“Xuan ako’tckote.” TIgaxa/igelaiX ako’tckote.  Iga’tptckam. 
“Perhaps the porpoise.”’ She landed the porpoise. She went up. 
Na’LjiX igd’La-ft. Iga-iXelqa’yalalemtck ipjé’cxac. ‘‘ Piaya’, pjaya’,” 
A little she stayed. He groaned badger. ‘“Piaya’, piaya’,”” 
ige’kim ipje’exac. Ige’kim itja’lapas: ‘* Kjoanqii’ gi qatsEnd’xoa-ttx. 
he said badger. He said coyote: “Thus this he always does to me. 
Aga tell = qatcmnd’xoa-ftx, as  qaniura’tax qaniuktepa’x. 
Then tired he makes me, and T haul him I carry him out. 
Amengelgé’cgama. Atxgiuktepa’ya.” Ig6’tXuit ako’tckote. Ige’kim 
Help me. We will carry him out.’’ Shestoodup the porpoise. He said 
itja’lapas: ‘‘ Ewa’ téia’qo-itat amigrlea’ya.” Aqa icgi’uktcpa. Lax 
coyote: “Thus his feet take them.” Then they earried Out 
him out. 
tgd’/xoax tia’qo-it @’wa  a’xaniX. Iga-ixn’lqo-ieqo-ie, ac kopa’ 
came his feet thus outside. He farted, and there 
