334 PICURIS CHILDREN'S STORIES [eth. ann. 4.f 



tohii. "Tcu?8i yoho ngphitcinokeh^n taJam^kohe wi Pf'o'o'on? 

 WQn yoho 'gngmaiwamm^ko." 'lase, 'iase. "Petcu^ei ngwiTa'ai, 

 Ph^iphallole, wa'e 'gngmisoP^'omQhu." TcexgmQn Pf'o'o'onQ 

 haupa 'gmmQhu. Takolo'oH'o lelpQw^h^n mo'aih^n k^watta 

 'ihonhuihii. 



P^'o'o'on? 'gmm^m^waita Tasalole ' tapia?am?ntha 'gnwan. Heyo 

 tcimQ, 'o'o'onQ tcokwillo mgmm^hu?" Taselole pa wetce huikwilta 

 tatoimgm^n 'gn'gmmia. "'Qnkwilhu, Takolo'oU'o pa thapai kong- 

 hgpa'ofsawiamQn 'gnxo^apiam^ko hokeyo maix^m?," P^'o'o'onQ 

 'gntghu. "Tgxui, yon tatimraa wipaita mgnfen." Tcexgm^n 

 wipaita P^'o'o'onQ 'gntsan. L^ut^n ngngn Takolo'oU'o lelpaw^h^n 

 mg'aih^u 'ikQl'^'gnkui'aihQii Taselole tapium^ntha ^ wan. "Tasalole, 

 yoho mgmapQ'omgn?" Takolo'oli'o tohu. "Ng tcufai tapiakeh^n 

 tafianieko wi P?'o'5'on? w^n ygho piyaimgm(?ko," wetce huikwilta 

 tatginiomt>n tohu. "Tiu tig liake, tig tig take/" Tasaiole tghu. 

 "PetcuJai ngwrta'ai, Taseiole, wa'e 'gngmisoP^'om^hu." Tijm^n 

 P^'o'o'on^ haupa pima 'gmm^hu. Takolo'oli'o lelpaw^h^n mg'oihen 

 kewatta 'iP^'ohonhu. 



P^'o'o'on^ hfiputa kwelna Patcan? pakaitha lukkuitha 'gnwOn. 

 "Heyo tcun?, 'o'o'on? tcokwillo mgmm^hu?" Patcalole pa 'gn- 

 ommia. "Takolo'oli'o pa thapai konghope'oSawiam^ko 'gxo?apia- 

 mtjko 'gnkwilhu. Hokyo wa paliaukwema maihem?," P^'o'o'on? 

 Patcalole 'gn'gm(;. "Hoxui," Patcalole tohu, "mgn'elwOn xui ngyo 

 paliaukwepa mgpgnsohem^tci." Teexgm^n Pif'o'o'onQ 'gn'elwan- 

 niah^n paliaukwepa 'gnhemmiah^n Patcalole pa 'gn'gmmia: 'Wa 

 Ruhan^'ai P^tcon? 'ithan'au wo mgnm^tci. 'l^w^n payo tcokwil 

 mgnso'eliatci." Ho Patcan? pa 'gn'ommiam^h^n P^'o'o'on? 'gram?. 

 L^gtQn ngngn Takolo'oli'o lelpaw^h^n mg'aih^n 'gnk^l'^'gn kui- 

 'aih^n Patcaloie pOwaitha lukkuitha wan. "I^atcalole, ygho mgma- 

 p^'omgn?" "'(J, tcatt^nng ygkwe pa'gn pihem^. Halo tcou- 

 'oh^nng 'gmm^liu." "Tgxui, ng'c maiheniQn h^u'au 'gngmaxgitciat- 

 ta pitccjltcikke," Takolo'oli'o t^hu. "'Q'elwa xui," Patcalole pa 

 'gmmia. Mg'elwaneh^n pa'ai hemmiahu, papTn'ai 'olgiw?nna wam- 



' The more original meaning is "Digging-stick Shaper Old Man." 

 ^ The common meaning and the one here intended by the narrator 

 is "plow;" the more original meanuig is "digging-stick." 

 ' Representing the sound of hitting the plow as he shapes it. 



