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beach at the other side | of the point of the village. They went into 22 

 the thicket, | and there he saw many men sitting in a circle. | Then 

 Waned was told by them to sit down behind them || with his great 25 

 dog. When Waned sat down | close to his dog, then he | saw that 

 the men were groaning on account of wounds in their throats and | 

 in their ears. For a long time the men did not speak. | Then Waned 

 was a little afraid, for || his dog just continued to stare at his | master. 30 

 Then an old man arose | and spoke. He said, "Now, come, | Waned, 

 and look at my tribe, | and their woimds here, which you and your 

 dog have made. II Look at them ! We are men 1 as you are. And 35 

 now, Waned, you shall learn." Thus he said, | and went towards the 

 place where Waned was sitting. He took off | his human body, and 

 he took off the | dog's body from the dog of Waned, and put it on || 

 Waned, and Waned became a dog. Then he | put the man's body 40 

 of Waned on his dog | NEsa. And after he had done so, the new 

 Waned arose | — the one who had been a dog — and went home to 

 his house, | and his dog, who had been the real Waned before, followed 

 him. Before Waned || came near to his house, the many dogs | ran 45 

 up to the large dog, and they took revenge by biting him. | Then the 



k'asase g'okwa. Wa, lak'as la laqa lak'asxe q'.waxulklwask'ase. 22 

 Wa, lak'as^laxae dox^waLaxe q!enEmk"ase bebEkiimaxElos k'.wala. 

 Wa, lak"as^laxae Wanede axk' lalasokwas qak'as he k'.wale aLeqliis 

 Lo^kwase omas ^watslas. Wa, g'ilk'as^Em^laxae kIwag'aElsk'ase 25 

 Waned mamk'Els Lo^kwase ^wats!, wa, lak'as^Em^laxae Wanede 

 doqwaxe bebEkuma gwaLase lelax"alaLa lak'asax q!oq!unas l6- 

 ^kwase plEplEyokwasas. Wa, lak'as k"!eokwas geol dotlEg'a^tse 

 bebEkuma. Wa, lak'as^Em^laxae Wanede k'ek'aleqak'asa qak'ase 

 ^wats'.ak'asas, yik'asExs okwas^maasene hemEualaEm doqumalasxes 30 

 ^wadzed. Wa, lak'as^laxae Lax^wElseda q'.ulyaxwe bEkiimala. Wa, 

 Wa, lak'as^laxae dotlEg'a^ia. Wa, lak"as^laxae ^nex'a: "Wa, gela- 

 g"ak"as^la Waned, g'axk'asaaqos. Wak'asla doqwaxg'En g'okwao- 

 tak" yik'asg'a lelax's^aLak'asg'as qak'ats hayaos Lo^kwasos ^wats'.a- 

 qos. Wak'asla doqwalax; sokwas^EmxaEn gwex'sk'ats bEkumaEm- 35 

 xaEn sokwas gex'asas. Wa, lak'as^mots Waned q!al^aLal," ^nek'as 

 laxexs lak'asae gwae^sta lak'asax kiwadzad Wanede qak'ats dawa- 

 yodk'asex bEgwauEmk' lina^yase. Wa, lak'as^laxae dawayddk'asax 

 ^wats!ak!ina^yas ^watslas Wanede qak'ats ax^aLodk'ases lak'asax 

 Wanede. Wa, lak'as^mene ^wats!EX'^ide Wanede. Wa, lak'ase 40 

 ax^aLasa bEgwanEmk'linak'asas Wanede lak'asax ^watslak'asase 

 NEsa. Wa, g'ipEm^laxe gwalk'asa, lak'ase alolxwe Wanede Lax- 

 ^wElsk'asaxe ^wats!ak'asde, qa^s lak'ase na^nax" lak'asxes g'ox" 

 lak'axes ^watslaxe alak'asaLal Waneda. Wa, k'!e^yask'as^Em^laxae 

 ex'^ak'ase Wanede lak'asxes g'ox", g'axk'asaase q!enEm ^waotsIR 45 

 qaqaaxe 5mas ^wats'.ak'as. Wa, lak'as^Em^laxae yink'a qlak'a- 



