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anektcxo'lemix her myth. 



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'"A2hababayo" 



" 'Ehehiu!' 



"A, 



"Ah, 



ita'etitk kja agxe'tx." A'lta iie'k-im iq;e'sqi 



their excre- and he oats them." Kow he said blue-jaj 



ments 



msE'xatx. Lnxa'lax na? Ka'ltas uLo'kuinan Lik L^e'caLx. 



you say. I eat [int. part. J? Only I look at them these berries." 



Ka aLxela/-it. TakE Lax aLi'xax LgoLe'lEXEink. 



Then they remained. Then visible it became a person. 



iuckte'mEu*;a. Qamcaxoe'inoL." "TcXa2, antckte'mEnf^a-itx 



you dive! It is desired a game with you." " Tcxa2, we always dive in 



intca'lEXam," ne'k-im iqe'sqes. "Ka'nauwe Ls^aLa/ma 



our town," he said blue-jay. "All days 



anktcte/iuEnsa-itx." "Mxii/LuX nay- e'ka go ilxa'lEXam'?" akLo'lXam 



we always dive." " You think (int. thus as in our town? " she said to them 



part.] 



uLa'cinEma-iL, "mxii'LuX nay- e'ka Ixai'ka? XoguL; fi'mEn^ax 



their woman married " you think [int. part.] thus as we? They dive 



among a foreign tribe, 



amo'kctiks, La'xka aLo'mEqtx, La'xka aqLo'L^^Ax." TakE agio'lXam 



two, that one is dead, that one ho has lost." 



Then she said to him 



iq; 'e/sqes, 



iqe'sqes: "A, iqe'sqes, ikLe'mEn^." TakE a'yuLx, 



blue-jaj-: "A bluejay, he is a diver." Then he went to blue-jay, 



the beach, 



A'lta cXumge'tga 



Now they two played 



toii'ether 



atcuXo'kXue tLa'Xilkiie go Ltcuq. 



he threw them away their bushes in the into water, 



bottom of the canoe 



okj'onasi'si k;a iqe'sqes. A'lta ackL; e'mEns. Atco'pcut uya'tamqj'aL 



[a bird ; diver] and blue-jay. Now they two dived. He hid it his club 



iqe'sqes. A'lta ackL;e'mEn8, e4. Xe'utctXom iq; 'e/sqes. Lfixa 



blue-jay. Now they two dived, 



ne'xax go qo'ta tLa'Xilkiie 



he became at those their bushes in the He breathed at those 



bottom of the canoe. 



li 



eh! His breath gave out blue-jay. Visible 



XifiE'Lotk go qo'ta tge'lEkuel; 



bushes in the 



bottom of the 



canoe; 



weXt 



again 



iiikte'mEiiG. 



he dived. 



Atco'lXam o'k; 'ouasi'si : 



He said to her the diver : 



agio'lXam. Le'le ka wiXt iie'ntctXom. 



she said to him. Long then again his breath gave out. 



go qota tLa'Xilkiie. TakE la'kti Laxa 



at those their bvishes in the Then four times visible 

 bottom of the canoe. 



" Moc 



" You are 

 there 



WiXt 



Again 



ua?" 



[int. 

 part.] ?" 



Lfixa 



visible 



" Xoc," 



" I am," 



iie'xax. 



he became. 



A'lta 



Now 



ne'xax 



he became 



tEll 



tired 



ne'xax iqe'sqes. 



he became blue-jay. 



A'lta sanpot. 



Now she closed 



her eyes. 



Ka oxoela'-itix- 



Where they were 



ec«e'c," 



blue-jay," 



A'lta atco'kctam ok;'onasi'si 



Now he went to look 

 for her 



the diver. 



Laq" 



Out 



A'lta agia'qct ile'e, 



Now she bit it the 



ground. 



a'tcax oya'tamqj'aL. AtcagE'lltcim yiikpa'. 



he did it his club. He struck her right here ! 



te'lx'Eiu ka aLuXua'nitck LgoLe'lsXEmk: "La'xka 



people then it drifted a person : "That one 



uELxE'lqamX LgoLe'lEXEmk. Ia2c go tge'lEkue, Mank 



shouted a person. He was at the bushes in A little 



the bottom of 

 the canoe. 



atco'pEna iqe'sqes ma'Lxole " Elieliiu'2, qantsI'2x-Lx 



he jumped blue-jay ashore. "Ehehiu! how then 



"'A2haliahiu'2' 



" 'Ehehiu'' 



le'le ka 



long then 

 while 



tio'LEma o'tak; 'anasi'si ka aqaxa'tkako ! " 



the supcrnat- their diver then he is beaten!" 



ural beings 



msE'xax, tcx-i antskL; e'mEncax go intsa'lEXam," ne'k-iin iqe'sqes. 



you say, then we dive in our town," lie said blue-jay. 



TakE wiXt Lax aLi'xax LgoLe'lEXEmk. " Qamcaxoe'moL, mco- 



Then again visible it became a person. " It is desired a game you 



with you, 



e'walx'tEina." TakE ne'k-im iqe'sqes: "Ka'nauwe L!^aLa'ma 



will climb up," Then he said bluejay: "All days 



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