BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 1385 
It grew dark. Then the Panther lay down at the end of the house 
and the Owl at the other end. The Panther was awake. The Owl 
asked that woman: ** What is that?” ‘* My hair.” *‘‘Oh, our hair, my 
wife.” ‘* What is that?” he said to her. ‘*My ears.” ‘Oh, our 
ears, my wife.” ‘* What is that?” he said. ‘‘My face.” ‘Oh, our 
face, my wife.” “‘What is that?”  ‘“‘Oh, my eyebrows.” ‘‘Oh, 
our eyebrows, my wife.” ‘*‘ What is that?” ‘My forehead.” *‘*Oh, 
our forehead, my wife.” ‘* What is that?” ‘‘My mouth.” ‘Oh, our 
mouth, my wife.” ‘*What is that?” he said to her. ‘*My nose.” 
**Oh, our nose, my wife.” ‘* What is that?” ‘+My throat.” ‘‘Oh, our 
throat, my wife.” ‘tWhat is that?” ‘*My arm.” ‘Oh, our arm, 
my wife.” ‘‘What is that?” ‘‘*My hand.” ‘Oh, our hand, my 
wife.” ** What is that?” ‘*My belly.” ‘*Oh, our belly, my wife.” 
**What is that?” She was silent. Twice he said: ‘* What is that?” 
He became angry. ‘* What is that, woman?” She said: ‘* My navel.” 
“Oh, our navel, my wife.” ‘* What is that?” She did not speak to 
him. He said to her: ‘‘ What is that? I shall scratch you.” She was 
Igo’ponem. Aga wi ickLka’yoXuit @’wa goeua’olfX ikjoa’yawa, 
It grew dark, Then again they went to bed thus at end of house the Fetes 
@wa eooua’oliX ika’oXao. Igixr’orlimtck ikjoa’yawa. 
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thus at end of house the owl. He was awake the panther. 
Itcuqu’mtcxdgoa wuXi -aqage’lak  ika/oXad: “Tan taya’x?” 
He asked her that woman the ow]: “What this?” 
qatculXa’mx. “*LgE’qed.” —** OhO’, Le’ntaqed, aga’yakikal. ‘* Tan 
he said to her. ‘*My hair.” “Oh6’, our hair, ~ my wife. “What 
taya’x?” AgiulXa’mx: **Teé’ucake.” ‘‘Ohd’, tenta’ucake, aga’yakikal. 
this?” She said to him: “My ears.” “Oho’, our ears, my wife. 
Tan taya’x?” qatculXa’mx. ‘“‘Seé/xdst,” agiulXa’mx.  ‘‘ Oho’, 
What this?” he said to her. “My eves,” she said to him. “Ohd’, 
sEnta’yaxdst, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” ‘*Tgé’lktsalemax.” ‘* Oho’ 
our eyes, ~ my Wife. What this?” ““My eyebrows.” “Ohsd’, 
tenta’yalktsalemax, aga’yakikal. Tan  taya’x?” “Age'tepuX.” 
our eyebrows, my wife. What this?” “My pee pes 
**Oho’", anta’yatepuX, aga’yakikal. Ta’n taya’x?”  ‘“‘Itcii’keXat.” 
*“ Oho’, our fore head, my wife. What this?” “My mouth,” 
Oho’, inta’keXat, aga/yakikal. Ta’n taya’x?”  qatcol Xa’mx. 
“Oho’, our mouth, my wife. What this?” he said to her. 
**Ktckte.” Oho’, yi'ntakte, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” 
“My nose.” “Oh, our nose, my wife. What this?” 
“A’gemokue.” ‘*Oho’, a’ntamokué, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” 
‘Aly throat.”’ “Oho’, our throat, my wife. What this?” 
cH texo,” Oho’, é’ntaxo, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” ‘‘1é’gakci.” 
“My arm,” “Oho, our arm, my wife, What this?” “My hand.” 
**Oho’", Le’ntakci, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” ‘‘Ite@’wan.” ‘Oho’ 
Oho’, our hand, my wife. What this?”’ ‘*My belly.” “Oho'’, 
inta’wan, aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” Qan iga’x6x. MOd’keti?X 
our belly, my wife. What this?” Silent “she was. Twice 
ige ‘kim. Itco’Xam: ‘*Tan taya’x?” Kala’lkuilé ige’xdx. * Tan 
1e spoke. He said to her: “What this?” Scold “he did. “What 
taya'x, aqage'lak?” ‘‘Agii’qjamco,” igid'|Xam. **Oho’, anta’qjamco, 
this, woman?” “My navel,” she said to him. “Oho'’, our navel, 
aga’yakikal. Tan taya’x?” Kja nictqa igid’IXam. ‘Tan taya’x?” 
my wife. What this?”’ Silent, notatall she said to him. “What this?” 
