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will take her mat away to-morrow.” After some time the other one 
spoke again: ‘‘Now the Hunger is coming.” Thus spoke the one. 
But the other one had seen her already. She came and arrived at the 
last house. There she looked in first, and she looked into all the 
houses. Now she looked into the house near their own. The 
children were crying. Then she looked into their own house. Now 
he jumped outside. It was evening. Then the other one went out 
also and saw her. His friend almost fell down, but he jumped up 
again. He fought with the Hunger. Now she threw him, and now 
he threw her. Fora long time he did so, and then he finished. He 
took her mat away. ‘Then she cried. She liked her mat. She was 
very lean; she was only bones, but she was strong. She had only a 
little hair, but it was braided. He hid the mat outside. Nobody saw 
him fighting the Hunger. It got dark and the friends were in bed 
again. Then he told his friend about it and they laughed at her. 
He said: ‘*Thus I did to her, and she almost threw me down. 
MLEXcga’ma Lga/qjapEnX.” Li, a’qa wi ige’k‘im ia/newa ya’ Xi 
aout take it her mat.” Long, then again he said first that 
rom her 
éXa’t: “*A’ga wi. ate’t wu’Xi Walo’,” ige/k‘im ya’Xi eXa't. 
one: “Then again she that Hunger,” he said that one. 
comes 
Tateje a/nga ted’qumit ya’Xi iacike. Igaté’, igate’mam ta’ Xi 
Yi 
But alrea he had ‘seen that his friend. Shecame, — she arrived at that 
her 
kn/mkXité tqu’ce. JanewatiX kopa’ igicka’napg. A’qa ka’nauwée 
last house. First there she looked into, Then all 
ta’Xi tque’max igickXa’napq. A’qa igickXa’napq qjoa’p tr’Laqupa 
those houses she looked into them. Then she looked into it near their house at 
teXt tqu’Le. Igoxoe’nimtck ta-ftci tqa’totenike. A’qa igfeckXa’nap 
one house. They cried those children. Then she looked into 
te’LaqLpa. Itcr’sopEna La’xaniX. Tso’yustiX, a’qa id’pa  ya'Xi 
their house at. He jumped outside. Evening, then he went that 
out 
ia’cike, a’qa itcd’qumitck, a’koapo nixé’maxitx, a’ga wi qayo’tXuitx. 
his friend, then he saw her, almost he fell down, then again he stood, 
IcXr'lgaya kja wu’Xi Walo’. A, kopa’ igikia/itx, a’qa itcagr’La-it. 
They twofought and that Hunger. Ah, there she threwhim, then he threw her. 
Lele a’koa igé’x6x, a’qa ive’Xorg. Iteraxn/cgam  Lga’qjapenX. 
Long thus he did, then they finished. He took it from her her mat. 
A’qa igagnr’tcax. Tqjéx ign’LOx Lga’qjappEnX. O’LjElXt, 6/LjELXt, 
Then ~ she cried. Like she did it her mat. She was lean, she was lean, 
OLjELXt, ta’ema tzH’qjotco, ta’teja tga/LxewulX. Nonj ta’ Xi 
she was lean, only bones, but she was strong Little that 
LE’gaqso, tatcja Lakpjo’stemtiX. Kopa’ La’xaniX a’qa_ iteo’peut 
her hair, but braided. There outside then he hid it 
La’ Xi Lqja’pEnX. Niict Lan Lgid’qumit ya’Xi icXe/lgayu wu'Xi 
that mat. Not any- saw him that he fought her that 
one 
Walo’.  Iga’ponem, a’qa wi  icknqa’yuXuit ia’etke.  A’qa 
Hunger. It grew dark, then again they two lay down his friend. Then 
igixElkrélalemtck — ia’cike. A’ga —s hiv’hé ~~ ieqjaya’wulalemtck. 
he told his friend. Then laughing they two laughed. 
Itcio'|Xam: ‘“‘A’wi nd’xoa, a’koapo igingn'ta-it, tatcja ta’ema 
He said to him: “Thus I did to her, almost she threw although only 
me, 
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