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old woman. He took that firebrand and put it back. Now the old 
woman looked after the fire, and the firebrands were all there. Then 
the Lynx took again one firebrand. Then the old woman looked again 
after the firebrands and found that she had lost one. She spread her 
legs and struck her vulva, crying: ‘* You, you, you have eaten it, you 
have eaten it, the fire, the fire, vulva, vulva!” Now Lynx went out 
and took away that firebrand. He swam across. He came home to 
the house of his elder brother and made a fire. In the evening his 
elder brother came home. When he came near the house, he smelled 
the smoke. It smelled different, and the Panther thought: ** Maybe 
our fire went out; maybe he stole fire.” Then he came home. There 
was his younger brother. He spoke to him: ‘* Why does our smoke 
smell different?” Lynx replied: ‘‘ You are a liar, it is the same 
fire!” They slept. Early in the morning the Panther arose and went 
to wash himself. He put grease on his hair and stayed a little while. 
wi'gectgq, wiqii’ctq.” Itkj@’nuwa itcd’xoa yaXi ipu'koa wuXi 
t 
vulva, vulya.” Sitting and he did ~ that he lynx that 
looking at her 
aqjeyo’'qt. Aqa wit’ax iteaxé’ma wuXi aqa/leptckiX kopa’ yaXi 
old woman. Then again he putitdown that firebrand there ~ that 
a/nqa naxé’mat. Aqa wit’ax iktukjuma’nanemtck wuXi aqjeyo’qt. 
before it lay. Then again she looked at them that old woman. 
Ka’nauwe taXi tga’qaleptckiX. Aqa wit’ax itca’gElga wuXi a’eXt 
All those firebrands. Then again he took it that one 
aqaleptcktX ipu’koa. Aga wi iktukjuma’nanemtck wuXi aqjeyo’qt. 
firebrand the lynx. Then again she looked at it that old woman, 
Igona’xutck veXt. Lak ign’tdx tga’qo-It. Tnexe lqilX Le’gakei: 
She had lost it one. Spread she did “her legs. She slapped her hands: 
them herself 
“Mai’ka maika’ m0d’welqj; mowii'lq; wa'tun wati'L, wi'qéctq, 
“You you you ate it, you ate it the fire the fire, vulva, 
wiqii'ctq.”  Id’pa ipu’koa, itcuté’mit wuXi aeXt aqa’leptckiX. 
vulva.” He went ‘the lynx, he took away that one firebrand. 
out 
Io’kjotX —i0’ya. Id‘yam te’ctaqupa @’yalXt. Iga-iXr/lgiLx. 
He swam he went. He arrived their house at his elder “He made a fire. 
brother's. 
Tso’vusttX igé’Xkjoa @’yalXt. Qjoa’p itcto’xoam tr’ctaqL, aqa 
In the evening he went home his elder Near he reached it their house, then 
brother. 
ite’ina taXi tXtn'lé, cta’Xtule. Aqa_ ixaliita  é’taqtcke. 
he smelled that smoke, their smoke. Then different its smell, 
it 
IgixLo’xoa-it ikjoaya’wa: ‘*LXuan teXup iga’x anta‘toLr. wXuan 
He thought the panther: “Perhaps extinguished was our fire, Perhaps 
itco’/Xtkam a’tor. IgfXkjoa’mam tr’ctaqupa. I0’xt ia’m XTX. 
he stole it fire,”’ He came home their house to. There his younger 
was brother, 
Itcio' Xam: *‘Qa’tsq@ Sxoald’/ita @’taqtcke gi txa’Xtele?” Ige’kim 
He said to him: “Why different its smell this our smoke?” He said 
ipu’koa: **Qana’ga imeée/LjménXut, a/2xka atxa’toL.” Teto’qo-é. 
the lynx: “To no you lie, that our fire.” They slept. 
purpose 
Kawi’ X igixr’latck ikjoaya’wa. Igixqjoa’tam. Inixe’l6x Lqa’tcao 
Early ~ he arose the panther. He went to bathe. He putontoit grease 
