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friend: ‘*The Hunger is my supernatural helper. I see her coming. 
She is carrying a mat on her back. She came round that point of 
land. She is coming. Dont you see her?” Thus he spoke to his 
friend. His friend said: **] do not see her. You alone haye her for 
your supernatural helper, and therefore you see her.” In the after- 
noon the children began to cry. They were hungry. On the follow- 
ing day the friends were in bed. They slept long. Then the one 
said again to his friend: ‘*’There, the Hunger is coming again. Do 
you see her?” The other one said to his friend: **I do not see any- 
thing. You alone have her for your supernatural helper; therefore 
you can see her.” But this one of the friends did see her, because she 
was really his supernatural helper. She was not a very strong super- 
natural helper of the other one. He was less powerful. He said to 
his friend: ‘* To-morrow I will take away her mat.” ‘Oh, indeed,” 
said the other one, ‘our relatives are poor. The old people and 
the children are poor.” On the following day they had only fern 
A’ga itcid’IXam_ ia’ctke ya'Xi iqju’/ltpX: ‘Nai‘ka oi’yutemax 
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Then he said to him his friend that youth: oy having «a super- 
natural helper 
Walo’. No’qumit ya’ Xi no’yiX nate’x. Ikio'ctxula Lea’qjapenX; 
the Hun- I see her * that she’goes she comes, She carries it on her mat; 
ger. her back 
ra Xi iqayd’ktjitTX staX naxd’xoax nate’x. TeiX mo’qumit?” 
” that point of land around she gets she comes. Do you see her?” 
itcid’ Xam ia/eike. Ige’k‘im ia/cike: ** Kya’ya, nict no’qumit, tenoX 
he said to him his friend. He said his friend: “No, not I see her, only 
mai’ka ami/yOLEmaX, ta’ntxo mo’qumit.” Lax naxo’xoax aqaLa’x, 
you your supernatural therefore yousee her.” After- became the sun, 
helper, noon 
a’qa noxo-iné’mx tqi’totenike. Wald’ aktd’xoax. Wax wi 
then they cried the children. Hunger acted on them. Next again 
day 
nikted’/ktxtX, a’qa wi qackniqa/yuXuitx ia/cike flXn’mépa. Li’le 
day came, then again they two lay down his friend the bed on. Long 
qackiqa’yuXuitx, a’qa wi itcio’'lXam id’ctke: ‘* A’qa wi alate’ya 
they two lay down, then again hesaid to him his friend: “Now again she will 
come 
wu’ Xi Walo’. Mo’qumit tci?” Itcio’lXam ia/cike: “Kja niet 
that Hunger. You see her {int. He said to him his friend: “No, not 
part.]?”’ 
no’‘qunit. TrnoX mai’ka ami’yotremaX, ta’ntXo  md’qumit.” 
I see her. Only you your supernatural therefore you see her.”’ 
helper, 
Tateja ted’qumit ya’ Xi ia’ctke. Ya’Xka wukj aya’yoLremaX, ya’ Xi 
But he saw her that his friend. He really his supernatural that 
helper, 
eXa’t nict pat aya’yOLEmax ac norjiX aya’yOLremaX.  Itcid’| Xam 
one not strong hissupernatural and little his supernatural He said to him 
helper helper, 
ia’cike: ‘Ola a’qa antaxcea’ima Lea’qjapenx.” Itcid'| Xam ia’cike: 
his friend: ‘‘To-mor- then [shall take from her mat.” He said to him his friend: 
row her 
“QO, a’qanuwe, tega’giutgoax txa’cuXtike, tea’ giutgoax tqjeyo'gtike, 
“Oh, indeed, poor our relatives, poor the old people, 
tga’giutgoax tqa’totenike.” Wax igé’teuktiX, ia@’ema  ikje’cana 
~ poor the children.” Next day day came, ~ only pteris roots 
