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again: *‘ Why do you keep his whereabouts a secret from us?” The 
youth spoke: ‘‘ You make my heart tired. He became a monster. 
You will not see him again. He is ashamed because you scolded 
him every day.” ‘Then some of his relatives cried. They said: ‘¢Oh, 
tell him that we will buy achief’s daughter for him.” The next morn- 
ing he went. ‘‘They say that they will buy a chief’s daughter for 
you,” said he to his friend. He replied: ‘* Tell them to be quiet; 
they were ashamed of me.” In the evening his friend went home, and 
they asked him: ‘‘ What did he say to you?” ‘‘Oh, he asked you 
to be quiet.” On the following morning his friend went again and 
those people made themselves ready. All the young men went. He 
said to his friend: ‘t They are surrounding us.” The people sur- 
rounded them. They tried to approach them secretly, but he went 
right through them. They saw him dive. There in the water he 
emerged again and lay on a snag. His ears were that long. ‘They 
wi'tax aqioqu’mtcxdgoa: ‘*Qagi imid’qjoala qa’xpa igé@’x?” A’qa 
again he was asked: “Why do you keep it where ‘he is?” Then 
secret 
ige/kim ya’ Xi igiu'lipX: ‘*A’qa tell imegi/yux é@’teamxte. Iqexé’Lau 
he said that youth: “Now tired you made it his heart. A monster 
ige’/xdx. Nict qa’ntstx wi'tax ameqixqelkela’ya.  Igixmma’sa-it. 
he became. Never again you will see him. He is ashamed. 
Ka’nauwe wka’etax ifmegid’mela.” Igoxoe’nimtck  tiad/cuxtike 
All days you scolded him.’’ They cried his relatives 
aqi’watike. ‘A tetjo’kti amiulXa’ma, antcgomela’lema éXt 
part of them. “Ah, good you tell him, we will buy her one 
gira’ l|Xam ina’ Xakjemana aya’Xan; antega-ilXe’wakua.” Wax 
people of a town their chief his daughter; we will buy a wife for him.” Next 
day 
ige’teuktiX. ld/’ya. ‘SA, aqmmuxd/la aqumela’lema wu’ Xi 
~ day came. He went. “Ah, you are told she will be bought that 
ina’/Xakjemana aya’Xan.” Itcid’/ Xam ia’cike: ‘‘AmLolXa’ma, ac 
their chief his daughter.” He said to him his friend: “Tell them, and 
qin abxanxo’xoa. A/‘oLEL itsn/kjemasamit.” Xa’piX igé’Xkjoa 
silent they shall be. Nevertheless I made them ashamed.” In the he went home 
evening 
ivetke. Iqioqu’mtexdgoa: **Qa itcimd’|Xam?” ‘*O iteimed/|Xam 
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his friend. He was asked: “How did he say to you?” “Oh, he said to you 
ac qg@n amecexixo’xoa.” Kawi'X io’ya ya’Xi ida’cike. — A’qa 
and silent you shall be.”’ Early he went that his friend. Then 
igoXue'tXuitck ta-ftei té1Xam. A’qa itgl/ya ta-ftei té’1Xam, 
they made themselves those people. Then they went those people, 
ready 
ka‘nauwe itel/ya tqjulipXEna‘yu. Itcid’ Xam ia’cike: 
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all they went the youths. He said to him his friend: 
“A’qaktxn’tak"t.” Iqexn/Ltakoa iguXua’qoam  ta-iteci té’1 Xam. 
“We are surrounded,’ They were surrounded they met those people. 
Ke’nuwa isxa’skjEnukLtuwa. Igé’kta ka’terkpa’tix’ ta-ftci te’) Xam. 
Try they approached secretly. He ran middle there those people. 
Iqid’qumit igikt@’meng. YaXi’ ma’~tniX Lax ige’xdx wu’ Xi 
He was seen he dived. Here seaward visible he became that 
akt’yaxpa. E’wemax eta’Lqtax tia/uteake. Jaxakjr’niakoa wu’ Xi 
snag on. Thus long his ears. He leaned on it that 
aki’yax. A’qga igd’/xoakjoa. Igoxoé’nimtck té’lXam a’qa. Igé’kim 
snag. Then they went home. They cried the people then. ‘He said 
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