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



The Turkeys and the Great Flood 



NgRuth^ke tcexgm^n Ke'omapittha Pillelo'en? 'itha. M^ntcoho 

 wepa tcu?ai theltaien^ pa 'inc^ilalakalia wa Mgxwalaplttha ' tciu 

 'iyainankw^thalfaithan 'iwiletci'e, lolpa ngpakemmiah^'epa, 

 '(jncjthia'epa p^tha nglol'aUauwehQ'epa. 



Hattg thaanQ 'imQtci'e wan. Pohgn tcutcon§ wa Ra'omapittha 

 'ithopu'c 'im^hu Moxwalapippiu. Tcexgm^n wesQn Pillclo'cn? 

 'gni^ipgi'ophil tclhokwil 'imgp^sai 'gnpgi'oxatcile'aih^n. Hattg 

 pu'au 'iwanm^n 'nngnpgi'on^ 'gmglghanm^n ?alhu. "'Qmgpiatci, 

 kgngnpgi'onQ," 'gnpapaan^ pa 'gmmiahu. 'Qmailghanm^nta 

 falinQii m^hu. "'(Jtalpg, kgngnpgj'oiiQ, hattg Mgxwalatha 

 'iwi'owanh^," 'ommiam^n 'gnpapaoiiQ pa 'im§hu. 



M^ntcoho hetcuw^n Mgxwalapikkatha 'iwdn. Twan'oih^n 

 pikkatha ngkw^Jai'en^ hattg tholtai'en? 'iyaiwiatta 'i'?. Ngthia'ai 

 lolni^'epa hattg pIkkothaxQn pawOnhu. Wei tcutcon^ iakai'au 

 'imglaiin^n, hattg wi Mgxwalapinkatha pQwanh^n nglolpe. 



Hokeyo tcexgm^n Pillelo'en? xw^xan^'ai pathaw^n 'inkimgyg 

 'ipnxalapaxai'epa. Thapa hokeyo wcl thal?ai'enQ thapa wel 

 ngnkwQtai'en^ talaw^n 'imgyo, wa Mgxwalatha 'ilolxwinwileputtha 

 'ipaxalapaxai'epa. 



KgxwQki. 



The Origin of the Scalp House 



Ngkuth? ngkuth^ke tcexgm^n Tstha 'iEaitha. Thapa ts'opa 

 Thawehna 'i^aitha. Tgthate tcexgm^n Thawel'en? 'gn 'imgpun- 

 'gmm^'cpa, tholan'aih^n thaphal'au pohgn 'iwaiphaimQn '!'§, Thawel- 

 'en^ ngwian 'iwakkepuyo. 



M(jntcoho w^n Piwwelsanen^ 'gmgygpu'e lumg 'eleh^n xwelkoleh^n 

 tholanQ halo watholketta ta'opa Thawel'ene 'ithamma m§. Tciho 

 wan'oih^n 'ongthalesian'au ngnoputci'e mgxialai. Tcihui xia'^n 

 Thawel'o'o'on^ ngngpuimQii 'i'^pialaioQii 'inngpg: "Tghan phalpiu 

 'ilsonya hot^n Wila'en^ pa 'itc^lamg." ^ 



M^ntcoho ngngpupunh^n nglsonthokittha wan'aih^n phalpiu Ran. 

 TccxgiUQn wQii Jiuen? h^ii 'g'omgxuphiraihc^'n 'q. Sanen§ tciwatcehQn 

 lluen§ Ra?Qg. Tpekoleh^n wewe Tapakwil mgxwilesai. M^rn^n wa 



' Mgxwalaplnene, Pueblo Peak. 



^A Taos sentence in Pic. pronunciation, =Pic. Tghan phalpiu 

 'i&attci hot^n "Wila'en?" pa 'itc^lamg. 



