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away.’’’ Coyote was told: ‘“And why did you run away?’ He 
said: “I was staying there, and Rabbit came. When he arrived, I 
said to him, ‘Now, why”? He said, ‘Tamrunning away.’ I thought, 
‘Oh, something must have happened, and I myself might almost have 
been in trouble!’ Then I ran away.” Then Rabbit was told: 
“Now, why did you run away ?’’—‘‘J was eating branches, the wind 
was blowing, the snow fell from the trees, and a branch broke off the 
tree; it almost fellon me. Then it made me run away. That is 
what I meant when I said, ‘fam running away.’’’ Then they laughed 
and separated. Now it is ended. 
qak.la’pne' huxxa’’mktxe’k. qakile’Ine’ ske’n'ku'tsts — ne’nko- 
He said to me: ‘Tam running away.’”’ He was told Coyote: “And you, 
qa’psin kensla‘qakalts!:’na’k. qake’;ne’ huqa‘osaqa’,ne’ ska’xe’ 
why were you running? ’”’ He said: “T was staying there; he came 
kianuqlu’mnats ki’wamts huq"ake’Ine’ ta’xa qa’psints qake’jne° 
Rabbit, when he T said to him: ‘Now, why?’ and he said: 
arrived 
husxa’’mktse*k. huqtatwi’yne: at ktsenma/Iqa tu’xwa_ at hul’e- 
‘Tam running away.’ T thought: ‘Something almost IT myself 
happened 
snqapwetsqa’,xa i ta’xa ma  kustaqakalts!’na’k. Qakik’Ine’ 5 
might be an trouble in his then, however, therefore I ran away.’’ He was told 
place,’ 
-Kianuqlu’/mnats ne’nko ta’xa = qa’psin” kenslaqakaxa’’mktse-k. 
Rabbit: “Now you, now, why did you run away?’ 
qake’jne. huq'%a’,kiPikula’t!ne’  n’uk!enthatume’n‘e’ nupuma’k- 
He said: “‘T was eating branches, at once the wind was blowing, snow fell from 
nets qake’;kal’yaqetsk!ala’,kine’, tu’xwa: ma_ ksel’yuwitsxo’,- 
the trees a branch broke off a tree, almost it fell on me. 
and 
na‘p. ta’xa husthutsqankaqkupeke’me‘k. ta’xa ma _ kue’tki't 
Then towards it made me run. Then however’ I meant that 
when I said 
kusxa’’mktse‘k. ta’xas numats’na’m‘ne‘ts lapa,tsqa‘tsa’mne. 19 
‘Tam running away.’”’ Then they laughed and separated again. 
ta’xas qaqa’’s,ne’. 
Then it is ended. 
