342 PICURfs CHILDREN'S STORIES (eth. ann. 43 



No. 2 



SONG OF THE ELF IN THE FIRE 



Weselo weselo selo selo selo we'a 



Me'e yehe yehehe 



'Q'ahahaha 



'Ehelowewe 



'OwiEaingla'epa 



Ng wiiunna tgsotakianno.^ 



"Tcu?ai ygntai 'o'otcawia'eyo men wia." M^ntcoho Takololole 

 wewe tcipiu. Takol5lole tclkuithd Yaimg'onQ tcekglthalpiinhQn 

 phianate 'owale. 'Iphionatcaitokoleh^n Takololole pexwgnhon. Kcn- 

 'aukwil 'owaleh^n wewe 'o'qpapholm^h^n 'o'o'on^ 'imgxwiwehu. 

 Tcex(jm§n Yaimg'onQ pa 'i'Qmmiahu: "Tcano hattg Takololole 

 mghgniam^pu'epa mgpinhon. Tcano han mgthappiu piwep^n 

 mgmQtci, wa mgthen'au ngla'ai mikkiatgmenQ 'ipin^'^n'au. Thapa 

 ngx^n hau'au wo tatha. Thapa 'gnthon'au 'gnletopln^'e tcikwekwillo. 

 Thapa. ng tam^hu. Hokejo Rokiamg. Mgthappiu mgm^tci." 

 Tcexgm^n 'o'o'on^ 'iYaimgtha'a'om§h§n 'ipghamQ. 



Hokeyo hattg 'iyaTakolotha. 



The Famine 



Ngkuth? ngkuth^ke tcexgm^n tatha Piwweltha 'iTaitha. M^ntcoho 

 wepa 'ipegpuihu. Hele ngpia'au soUota ngng. Tai'en? 'ingp^gthe- 

 wiahu. Piasai t5thate 'iupQgxwiwwalehu. Phesalon? han wel 

 ha'o'oHQ 'iung'eleh^n wes^nn^n pang mglencjn 'iuwalehu. Pghatta 

 tanon 'im^hu. Wel Pakeuphalpiu, Xaipapiu, Paqwalepiu 'ip^gxwim- 

 mQhu. M^ntcoho s5nen§ hal lluen? wel 'ipi'o'el'aih^n haw wel 

 'ipLxatc^le'aihQn 'im^hu. 



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

 kind has put me in a warm place." 



