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around it. As soon as she had done this, | she put it aboard the 46 

 canoe. And it is said that the bad woman asked | lier son to take 

 aboard a large stone. | Then her son looked for an elongated large 

 stone. I When he found one, that was good for an anchor, so || large 50 

 that a man coidd hardly lift it, he put it aboard the canoe. | Then he 

 went aboard, and the bad | woman with her son paddled out to sea. 

 The large box was in the middle of the canoe. It was just like | 

 shining on account of the ab alone-shells that covered the box, with 

 the brightness | of the sun. Then they went out to sea, and the 

 bad II woman said to her son, "Tie the rope to the | stone, and after 55 

 you have done so, tie the other end | around the box." Thus she said. 

 Immediately the boy did this. | And after he had finished, he 

 threw the ab alone-covered | box into the sea. When it drifted 

 about, he took up || the elongated stone and threw it into the water; 60 

 and after he had | thrown it into the water, thej" paddled away from 

 it. They never turned around to see | what became of the box that 

 had been thrown into the water, for they felt that they had done 

 something bad. | When the}' nearly arrived at the house, the bad | 

 woman spoke to her son and said, || "Ob, son, hsten ! Let me tell you 65 

 what I have in mind, for we | are going to be asked what became of 



qEX'SEmtsa dEnEme laq. Wa, g"ipEm^lawise gwala lag hang'aa- 45 

 lExsaq laxa xwak'.una. ■ Wa, la^laeda ^yax'SEme tslEdaq axk'Ia- 

 laxes xunokwe qa t'.axiilExsesex ^walasa t'.esEm laxa xwak!tina. 

 Wa, laEm^lawise xunokwas aliix saxsEma ^walas tIesEma, 

 Wa, la^lae q!axa ala la ex" lax qlsltsEm. Wa, halsElaEm- 

 ^lawisa bEgwauEme lax"s g'axae t!agExsaq laxa xwakluna. Wa, 50 

 la^lae laxs laxa xwak!una. Wa, la^lae sexwatlaleda ^yax'SEme 

 ts'.Edaq LE^wis xiinokwe hanoyalaxa ^walase g'ildasxa he gwex"se 

 qlsqalaena^yasa ex'tslEme la ^mEgEsgEmexa g'ildase q!Eqalaena- 

 -yasa L!esEla. Wa, laEm^lawise laxa L!asakwaxs lae ^nek"eda *yax"- 

 sEme tslEdaqa laxes xunokwe. "Weg'ayiltsEmtsa dEuEmex laxwa 55 

 tIesEmex. Wa, g'il^Emlwits gwal qaso lal yiltsEmtsa apsba^yaxs 

 laxwa gildasex," ^nex"^lae. Wii, hex^idaEm^lawise he gwex'^ideda 

 bEgwanEme. Wa, g'U^Em^lawise gwala lae han^stEntsa ex'tsEmala 

 g'ildas laxa aowak'e. Wa, gil^Em^lawise hS,nwalaxs laaEl t'.agEl- 

 tsaxa g'iltsEme tlesEm qa^s t!ax^stEndes. Wa, g'il^Em^lawise 60 

 la^staxs g'axda^xwae sexas. Wa, laEm^lae hewaxa mElexLaxes 

 la^stanowe gildasa, qaxs lae qiak'aqexs ^yax'sEmaes gwex'^idaase. 

 Wa, la^lae Elaq lag"aa laxes g'okwaxs lae yaqlEg'a^Ieda ^yax"SEme 

 tslEdaqa laxes xunokwe. Wa, la^lae ^nek'a: "^ya, xOnok", wa- 

 Ents5s hoLelax qsn nelesg'a gwalaasg'asg"En naqek", qaxg'Ens 05 

 wuLaso^meLEk" lax x"Eyasas tsla^yax-da. Wa, Ieu ^nenk'IeqEla 



