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thing must have happened, and I might almost have been in 
trouble myself!’ Wolf started to run. He went along and went 
along. There was a little prairie. There was Grizzly Bear. He saw 
Wolf coming. When he was coming along and when he arrived, 
he said to him: ‘‘Now, why are you running?”’ He was told: ‘I 
am running away.’ Wolf went past. Grizzly Bear staid there, 
and thought: “Oh, something must have happened, and I might 
almost have been in trouble myself!’ Grizzly Bear started to run. 
Grizzly Bear went along and went along. There wasa prairie. There 
he saw the three friends. He went on, and arrived there. He saw 
Wolf sitting there, a little farther along Coyote, a little farther along 
Rabbit. Grizzly Bear said to Wolf: ‘‘Now, why did you run away ? 
There is hardly anything to run away from.’’ Wolf said: “I was 
staying there, and saw Coyote coming. When he arrived, I said to 
him, ‘Now, why are you running?’ He said to me, ‘I am running 
ske’/n'‘ku'ts. qa‘nqa’mek ka’,ken. qalwi’yne’ at ktsenma‘iqa 
Coyote. He was sitting Woll. He thought: “« Somethirg 
happened, 
tu’/xwa atulene‘senqapwetska’,x ne’. nutsenqkupeke’me’k 
almost ' T might bein troublemy ~~ olace.’” He started to run 
ka’,ken. qa’na’xe’ qa‘na skiknu‘qle.itnana’se’. — saosa- 
Wolf. He went along, went along. There was a little prairie. There 
qa’,ne' k.la’wla. n’v’pxane’ ska’se’. ka’,kens qa’waka’se’. 
was Grizzly Bear. He saw coming Woll. He was coming. 
5 ki’wasts qake’Ine’ ta’xa_ qa’psin” kenselts!e’na‘k. qak-.ta’pse* 
When he he said to ““Now, why are you running?’’ He was told: 
arrived him: 
husxa’’mktse’k. qayaqa’xe’ ka’,ken. qaosaqa’,zne’ k.ta’wlats 
“T am running away.’’ He went past Wolf. He staid Grizzly Bear, 
qatwi’yne' at ktse‘nmaln:’ke't. tu’xwa  atutene‘senqapwets- 
and he thought: “Something happened to him. Almost I might be in trouble myself in 
ka’,xXane’. nutsenqkupeke’"me’k  k.ta’wla. qa‘na’xe’ — k.ta’wla. 
his place.’’ He started to run Grizzly Bear. He went along Grizzly Bear. 
qa'na’xe’.  skcknuqle.¢’t.se’. n’y’pXane’  saqa’pse’ alswv’timos. 
He went along. There was a prairie. He saw those there friends. 
10 qa‘oxa’xe'ts laxa’xe’. n’v’px,ne’ qo, naqna’kse’ ka’,kens a‘nly’- 
He went on and arrived. He saw there sitting down Wolf; a little 
n‘o’sts ske’n'ku'ts’ a‘nly’n‘o’sts kianuqtu’mna. k.la’wla qake’Ine’ 
farther Coyote; a little farther Rabbit. Grizzly Bear said to 
ka’,kens ta’xa qa’psin kensxa’mktsa’ke;t ma‘nqa‘nekaxa’’mk- 
Wolf: “Now, why did you run away? There is hardly anything to run 
away from.’’ 
tse‘k. qake’jne’ ka’,ken huqa‘osaqa’,ne’ hun’y’pxane’ ske’n’- 
He said Wolt: “T was staying, IT saw Coyote 
ku'ts ska’xe. ki'’wamts huqak:’Ine’ ta’xa qa’psin kensdts!¢’na‘k. 
coming. When he I said to him: ‘Now, why are you running?’ 
arrived, 
