340 PICURIS CHILDREN'S STORIES [eth. ann. 43 



No. 1 



SONG OF THE ELF AS HE IS PACKED ALONG 



Weselo weselo selo selo selo we'a 

 Me'e yehe yehehe 

 'Q'ahahaha 

 'Ehclowe. 



Weselo weselo selo selo selo we'a 



Me'e yehe yehehe 



'Q'ahahaha 



'Owifaingla'epa 



Taso'elhu tcam^nno sg.' 



"Wiho 'a'^lopo. Ngthia'aiyo 'gxal." Tcexgm^n Takololole lOpa- 

 wQh^n mo'aih^n m^hu. 



Than'ai kgliat(?n Takololol? Igxgn'epa m^ntcoho mgioiwaEui. 

 Tcexgni^n Yaimg'on^ ketha 'owaleh^n ng'omolotha ngthgn. 'Qng- 

 ph^ixgmmo tcipun'aite 'iwalwatceh^n 'o'gpapholhu. TcexgmQQ 

 'o'o'gme: "'O'o'on^, mamgxwiwe!" Tcexgm^n wes^n 'ikw^no'alhui. 

 'Qkw^kgl'ait^n jaimg'on? kw^phokiahu, tcan'ehan wewe 'o'o'on§ 

 'i'opiatcia. 



Yaimg'oDQ Takololole thappiu IJsan. Takololole tciwapuix^n phia- 

 Ro'gn. "Xgming tcaikwil 'g'^y?, 'o'on?," tcexgm^n Yaimg'onQ 

 'gmmia. Mgmiam^nt^nno TakoloiiQ tohu: "Tcannoi ng takalsl- 

 m^tci. YonTai wi ng'o'okgyg'eyo m^n wia." M^ntcoho phiana 

 xatakia. Yaimg'on^ phiaJDapholm^h^n phiana San. Teexgrn^n 

 'gngtcapo : 



' Only the last two lines have meaning: "A person who is very 

 kind is carrying me on his back." 



