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75 handsonae boy, II whose name was Hawas. And the youngest | 

 daughter of Wag'ides, the speaker of the house of Llaqwalal, | chief 

 of the numaym La^lax's^Endayo, whose name was l lax'L IsledzEmga, 

 was also very pretty. | Now G'exk'Enis and his children lived 

 together in a house; | and Wag'ides and his children lived in the 



80 house of Llaqwalal. || Then Hawas was in love with Llax'LlEle- 

 dzEmga, and went to her | every night. They never guessed that 

 Hawas was the | lover of Llax'LlEledzEmga. When it was | seen 

 that Llax'LlEledzEmga was stout, she was called by her father 

 Wag'ides, | and she was asked by her father: "Why are you || 



85 stout and has your face so much | changed?" he said to her. Llax'- 

 LlEledzEmga did not try to deceive | her father Wag'ides. She told 

 him at once that | Hawas lay with her every night and that he was 

 the cause of her | pregnancy. (She said) "I do not love any one 



90 except Hawas:" II therefore what could her father Wag'ides say? 

 What could he do, when he | saw that his youngest daughter was 

 really in love with | Hawas? Therefore he only said, "ReaUy show 

 yourself with him, | that it may be the same as though Hawas were 

 your husband." Thus he said. Then | Hawas and l lax'LlEledzEm- 

 ga hved together as illegitimate husband and wife. Hawas belonged || 



95 to the numaym Elgunwe^ and his illegitimate wife | l lax'L lEledzEmga, 

 whose father was Wag'ides, belonged to the numaym | La&lax'- 



75 sasEmasxa Legadas Hawasa. Wii, la^laxae Loma ex'sokwe ama- 

 ^yEnxa^ye tslEdaq xunox"s Wag"idese yE^lax yaqlEndelas Llaqwalal, 

 yix g'ig&ma^yasa ^nE^memotasa Laalax's^Endayo, l lax'L lEledzEm- 

 gax'Leda tslEdaqe. Wa, la^me qlaplaele G'exk'Enise LE^wis 

 sasEme lo^ Wag'idese LE^wissasEme lax g'okwas Llaqwalal. Wa, 



80 heEm^lawis laats Hawasaxa gagEnoLe qa^s la ku-lll lo^ Llax'LlE- 

 ledzEmga, hemEnalaxa gagEnoLe. Wa, hewaxaEm^lawise k'otaso^ 

 waLade Hawasas Llax'LlEledzEmga. Wa, al^Em^awise dox^waLEle, 

 L lax'L lEledzEmgaxs lae pEULa, wa, la^lae Le^lalasoses 5mpe Wa- 

 g'idese. Wa, la^lae wiiLasE^wa ylses ompe: "^madzes xEnLElag'i- 



85 laos la pEULa. Wa, yo-mesoxda goguma^yaq5s yixs laaq5s xEULEla 

 oguqEm la," ^nex'^laeq. Wa, k' les^lat la ■wuHEm hayame Llax'LlE- 

 ledzEmga qaes ompe Wag'idese. LaEm^lae a.Em hex'^ida nelax 

 hemEnala^mae kulkulk'a Lo^ Hawasaxa gagEnoLe; "Wa, he^mesEn 

 bEwegwase qaxg'En k'leasek' ogu^la waLEla lax Hawasa," ^nex'^lae; 



90 qa ^maselawls waldEmas ompase Wag'idese qa wex'^ides qaxs do- 

 qtila^maax naqa^yases ama^yEnxegasaxs alak' lalae laxulanux"s Ma- 

 wasa, lag'ilas S,Em ^nek'Eq: "Alag'aEma neltsEmx'^id LE^we qa^s 

 ^nEmax'is^maSs l6^ la^wadas Hawasa," ^nex'^lae. Wa, laEmxae 

 klutExsde Hawasa Lo^ Llax'LlEledzEmga. Wa, heEmxae g'ayole 



95 Hawasa laxa ^nE^memotasa Elgiinwa^ye. Wa, la kliitExsdotase 

 Llax'LlEledzEmga g'ayole 5mpase, yix Wag'idesa laxa ^nE'memotasa 



