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blew his whistles, and shouted "Ho he | he!" and the Begging- 1 

 Dancer blew his whistles, and shouted | "Ha ha! begging-dance, 

 begging-dance!" and the | Tamer and the One-Wio-Presses-Down 

 (-Sickness) sang their sacred songs. And after | Qiix'Elal ended her 

 shouting, then Cannibal-at-North-End-of- World cried " Hap hap hap 

 hap hap hap !" || and his many whistles sounded on top of the great | 5 

 mountain. It was as though he came flying to the foot of the moun- 

 tain. I His wife, Qux'Elal, stood at the door of the house, | waiting 

 for him; and when her husband, Cannibal-at-North-End-of-World, 

 came, | Qiix'Elal said to him, "Go rightalong! They went thatway, |1 

 when they left." Thus she said. Then Cannibal-at-North-End- 10 

 of- World began to run; | and when he was coming near the three 

 brothers, | and nearly overtook Wak'as, then Wak'as | threw the 

 comb backwards, and immediately it turned into | a great, dense, bad 

 mass of underbrush behind the three || brothers; and Cannibal-at- 15 

 North-End-of-World looked for | a way to go through to the other 

 side of the dense underbrush. | Meanwhile the three brothers had 

 gone far; but the call of Cannibal-at-North-End-of- Wo rid, "Hap hap 

 hap hap | hap hap!" came up again just behind them; and when | 

 he nearly took hold of the youngest brother, Wak'as, the latter, threw 

 down the || stone between himself and Camiibal-at-North-End-of- 20 

 World, and | immediately a great mountain stood up between the 



hexa. Wil, he'misa Q!weci!wasElaI lae mEdzets!alaxs lae ^nek'a 1 

 haha Q!\veq!wasElala^ye, Q!weq!wasElala^yexEla. Wil, he^mis la 

 \alaq!w£ilats Hayalikila l6^ Lalaxwila. Wii, g'il-Emxd%e q!ulbe 

 ^laq!walaena^yas Qux'Elale laa^lase haphaphap haphaphapxe Bax"- 

 bakwalanux"slwa^ye la q!ek'!ales msdzese lax oxta^yasa ^walase 5 

 nEg'a. HceI gwex's p !ELE^nakulaxs g'axae lax 5x"sldza^yasa uEg'a. 

 Wa, la-iae gEUEmase Qux^Elate Lax"stalasEx t!Ex'ilases g'okwe 

 esElaq. Wa, g'il^Em-lawise g'axe hVwunEmase Bax"bakwalanux"sl- 

 wa^yaxs lae ^nek'e QiixElalaq: " Hag'a he-nakulax he-me gaj-aqaxs 

 laa qas^ida," ^nex^^hie. Wit, h¥lae Bax"bakwalanux"sIwaH'e dzslx- 10 

 ^wida. Wit, lasm^lae L!asgileda yudukwe ^'uE^memaxs lae helts!ax- 

 LilsE^wa. Wii, laEm^lawise Elaq dax'-'itsE^we Wak'asaxs lae ts!E- 

 xElsasa xEgEme laxes ElxLa^ya. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise la lelxE^ya 

 la ts!ets!asE^wa ^naxwa^yax"sEmq!wasq!uxEla lax slxLa^yasa yudu- 

 kwe ^UE^mema. Wii, laEm-lae Bax"bakwalanux"siwa^ye iilii qa^s 15 

 g'ayagas lilx qwesEnxa^yasa ts!ets!asE^we q!wiisq!uxEla. Wii, qwes- 

 g'ilaEjn^lawisa yudukwe ^uE^memaxs g'axaase et!ed haphaphap 

 haphaphapxe Bax"bakwalanux"slwa^ye liix ElxLa^yas. Wii, g'il- 

 ^Eni^lawise Ehlq diix'^Idxa ama^yinxa^ye Wiik'asaxs lae ts!Ex^Elsi:isa 

 t!esEme laxes iiwagawa^ye lo^ Bax"'bakw£ilanux"slwa^ye. Wa, la- 20 

 ^lae hex'^idaEm k'!ok'!ak'odeda ^wiilase uEg'iixa yudokwe ^nE^mema 



