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the poor kind of grease. Then the chief said: ** What do you think? 
Why are you angry all the time, you old Owl?” The Owl did not reply. 
The next morning the Panther made himself ready again. Then 
the woman made a hole in her mat, and she saw him again. Then she 
was very much pleased with him. He always ate before he went 
hunting. Something was left over which he put wp on the loft, and 
the woman saw it. In the morning the Owl arose and stole fat at the 
end of the house. He gave it to his wife. Then he hid her again. 
He went out. The Panther thought: *‘ What is the matter with the 
Owl? He is always angry. He was not that way formerly.” Thus 
thought the Panther. ‘‘T think I will go home when the sun is still 
up in the sky.” He went home at that time and noticed that the 
Owl was there already. He said to the Owl: ‘* Behold, you are here 
already!” ‘*Yes; I am here already. Yes; I gave up hunting 
because I did not catch anything. Therefore I came home quickly.” 
Then the Panther spoke to the Owl: *‘Oh, you old Owl; bring our 
itca’xoqtek. — Iteid' Xam ia’ Xakjemana: Qa gi mgex, 
he took it. He said to him his chief: ‘How this you are, 
cinaXauXau, gua/nesum amXe/LXaqt?” Né’ct qa  ige’kim 
old owl, ~ always you are angry?” Not anyhow spoke 
ika’oNau. 
the owl. 
Kawi’ X igixn’ItXuitck ikjoa’yawa. Aqa wi Lxoa’p igi’yux yaXi 
Karly he made mimasel the panther. Then again hole she made ~ that 
ready 
icd’Inte. Aga wi igid’qomiteck. Qjat igi’yuxt é’tcamxtepa. 
mat. Then again she saw him. Like she did him her heart in. 
Toixixii'lemitck, igixkje’tcinktame.  Joixkja’/et?X ya’Xi_ ta’nki. 
He ate, he ate before going out. He left it over that some- 
thing. 
Aqa yaXi'pa itciugakjo’Lit ca’xaliXpa. Igid’qumé wuXi aqagé’lak. 
Then there he put it up up at. She saw it that woman. 
Tge'tcukte. Igixn’latck ika’oXad. Igigd’xtkam @’ wa gueua’oliX. 
It got day. He arose the owl. He stole there atthe end of the 
house. 
Itca'lqo-im = wuXi — aya’kikal. Aqa Wi  icco’pcot. lo’ya. 
He gave to her that woman, Then again he hid her, He went. 
to eat 
IofXLO’xoa-it ikjoayawa’: ‘“‘Qa a’Lqi ige’xax ika’oXao, — teqi 
He thought the panther: “How later on will be the owl, then 
gua/nsum iXe8/LXaqt. Nict kjoarqi’ a’nga.”  Igixto’xoa-tt 
always he is angry. Not thus before.” He thought 
ikjoayawa’: ‘*Ni’Xua ka ca’xaliX aqala’x, aga anXkjua’yu.” 
the panther; “Well when up the sun, then I will go home.” 
Ka ca/xal?X aqara’X aqa igé’/Xkjoa. Xax itci’yuxt &’yamxtepa. 
When up the sun then he went home. Notice he did him his heart in. 
Tei Xkjoa’ mam; anga 10’Xt ika’oXao. Iqid’ Xam ika’oXao: **A’nga 
He came home; already there the owl. He was told the owl: “Already 
was 
Lj imXatkjoa’mam.” ‘‘A’nqa inXatkjoa’mam, ka te’menua ink’xOx, 
be- you came home.” “Already I came home, when give up I did, 
hold! 
aqa kja taXi qbmntopjia’Lxa-itx, tantxo aya’q ini’ Xatkjoa.” 
then nothing those I caught them, therefore quick I went home.” 
Iqiod| Xam ika’oXad: ‘*Ca’naXauXau,  ia’ckatq*tck itxa’molak.” 
He was told the owl: “Old owl, bring into the our elk.” 
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