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Pakwil m^m^n Po'opQyo pnwaitha lukkuitha wan. '"QthsEowa, 

 Ps'op^yo," tylui. "Tcailcwil 'g'?yCi" P^'opeyo pa 'ommia. Yaimnn§ 

 tcihokwil niQ'aitQn wipai 'gntcltcelai. MQntcoho Pa'op^yg waiHa- 

 m^nta laxatcicihu. "Ilcittg pQna 'gngxwinng taSonh^." Han 

 YaimgnQ tghu: "'QlK'u'oliQn kgngt^thiapo?" Po'opeyg thapa 

 m^ntoolio tohu: "Ng pnken'au tiyaitotcikeko, hoke'e hattg wewe 

 tafSgnh^ko." Ydimgn§ m^ntcoho Po'op^yo paketha 'at^w^thiam^'epa 



M^raQn "ipakuatilikittha wnn'ait^n pgnnu 'ongpaRuaxahaket^n \va 

 Rwiatcioxw^'outcopiu m^. Tcltha wan'ait^n RwiatcioxwQ'eutco 

 'om?: '"Gix^'n tcano yinate koxwoletgntci, 'aix^n w^m'a ygnn? 

 pgnnu pakuaxo'enc; 'gngtcejle'gn, hokeyo w^nnQnng kongloleh?. 

 kopghaxwatce'gn yjnate kowawglepg." "Tgxui kow^nno, tasotc^l- 

 hui'gntci." Haih^n niQntcoho 'gngpakuaxa'ophutcia. How^nko 

 natcQle wewe w^n 'gng'ophutcia. Thapa tcitoi natcQle patcunngwia'e 

 'gng'ophutcia. Thapa natc^le. Hattg JeimgnQ pa Igmmiahu 'ommi- 

 om^n: "Tcang 'ghui'gntci yon?oi yo han phulian." "Ha, tatatci." 

 Kwiatciaxw^'eutco tohu. MQntcoho winngwia'e 'gng'ophutcia. 

 Notc^le. "Howe yina 'gitaiw^n, hoh^nno 'ongngwia'gn," Yaimgn^ 

 pa 'omniiahu. Kwiatciaxw^'outxo Igni^wt^h^n mg'aih^n hewaitoni^n 

 kui. Yeinign^ thapa w^n ngpnkuaxotcgn?. "Tcang wjwinakke 

 'ahakwia'gm?m§. Yon^aiyo phulia, hattg 'gnatc^le'gn yinate 'awaipg.' 

 Yoimgn^ tgni^n 'gngphuliawiapu'e ng'ophui. HowQuko mcjutcoho 

 RwiatciaxwQ'dutco 'gngtcQltia. "Tgxui," Yoiingncj tgliu, "yinlai yin 

 'gkuipe'ano ng'aukwil 'gng'ophutci." Yin hewai'gmmian ng'ophui- 

 'aili^n, !Qut?n pakua'emg 'i'otropisi'e kwilpa 'iwllehu, ygkwe waima- 

 kwil wa k3ta pgtliax^n. "Tcano lian," Yeinign^ pa 'gmmiahu, 

 "yimpcti pgkua'emg 'ikimmakwillo 'gwlleh^n kowaletci." Kwia- 

 tciaxw^'autco m^ntcoho 'owale. "Tsengho niauTgn," Yoimg'gniQ. 

 Tiiapa he keni'gnlv(;;n 'gncipupu'e thapa he yina taitiapu'e Yoimgn§ 

 'ommia. "Hoxui," Yaimgn? tohu. Yin 'ilakonkuipiu 'gmm^'aih^n 

 Yoimgn^ lapupithgn, ho'aih^n Kwiatciaxw^'outco 'gwitcia, 'gmmi- 

 aniQn: "Ygnlai piipin^ yo tcatthohin^n kgliulan^ ' gngkuiwiatlia 

 'gktitci. Yon?9i payo Kokammiatci. Hokeyo kgthsppiu 'gm^tci, 

 hgwQnivo he 'ayolIu'gniQpg. He 'ayawelo'cimpo. Yon?ei piipiuQ 

 pa'aih^nng han," ho Yyimgn? pa 'gmmiam^h^n thappiu mq. 



