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45 water into the box. When it is half full, he stops. || Then he takes 
his tongs and puts them down on the floor.! 
(As | soon as this is done, the man takes a bucket and goes to | 
draw water; and when he comes back, he puts it down between the | 
empty oil-box and thefire.) Now all | the stones on the fire are red-hot. 
Then he || takes the tongs, dips the end into the | bucket, and picks 
out the red-hot stones. He | dips them into the water so that the 
ashes that stick on them come off;| and after doing so, he puts them 
into the water in the steaming-box. | He continues doing this, and 
55 does not stop until || the water really boils up. Then he takes the | 
rack and puts it into the boiling water. | After doing this, he takes 
the large basket containing the cleaned crabapples, | puts them on the 
rack of the one who steams crabapples,| and he also takes the medium- 
60 sized || basket and puts it in, and he also takes the | front-basket and 
puts it in. | As soon as they are all in, they are covered with hot 
water. Then | the man takes his tongs and picks up more | red-hot 
65 stones, which he dips into the water, || and then puts them in, so that 
the water really boils up. | When it is boiling, he takes a rest. | His 
wife watches the crabapples. She takes a ladle | and dips it into 
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45 Wa, laxaé ix‘édxés k‘!ipralaa, qa gaxés kadéla.t . . . Wa, 
e-ilemeae gwalxs laé ax‘édéda begwanremaxa nagats!e, qa‘s la 
tsixa ‘wapé. Wa, gilfmésé gax aédaaqaxs laé hanagots laxa 
drengwats!emoté LE‘wa lngwilé. Wa, la‘mé ‘naxwa la mément- 
tsemx*‘idéda tlésemé tlixralalés laxa legwilé. Wa, hé‘mis 1a 
50 daxidaats!éxés k-lipnalaa, qa‘s L!enxstendés laxa ‘wabrts!Awasa 
nagatsliixs laé k-liplits lixa xixExsemala t!ésema. Wa, laxaé 
hipstents laxa ‘wapé, qa iamines k!wek!titsemayaq gtina‘ya. Wa, 
eilfmésé gwaltexs laé k:!ipstents lax ‘wabrts!awasa q!olats!ixa 
oe dengwats!emota. Wa, li héx'sii gwegile. Wa, al‘miseé 
55 gwalexs laé flak: lala la mammdelqiilada fwape. Wa, la dax°édxa 
klitk: Imdésé, qa‘s li paxstents laxa marmdelqtla ‘wapa. Wa, 
o fl'mésé ales laé ix‘édxa ‘walasé k-‘imdegwats!é nig’é lexa- 
‘ya, qa‘s li, hindzots laxa k:!itk'!mdésasa tsatsrlx"silaxa tsElxwé 
qlotaseswa. Wi, laxaé ix*édxa kimdrgwats!ixa tselywe héloma- 
60 gem Ipxa‘ya, qa‘s lixat! hi‘nodzents laq. Wi, laxaé ax‘edxa 
k-imdrgwats!ixa tselxywé nanaigem lexa‘ya, qa‘s li hinagots taq. 
Wa, sales ‘wilastaxs laé t!apsemxa ts!Elx"sta ‘wapa. Wa, la 
ix‘édéda bregwanrmaxés k'!ipralaa, qa‘’s ét!édé k'liplits laxa 
=seensoraieile t!ésema, qa‘s liixat! hipstents laxa ‘wapé. Wa, 
65 li xan!nx‘id k-lipstalas, qa dlax‘idag’és medeElx‘widéda ‘wape. 
Wa, gilmésé Alak'!ala la marpmdelqitilaxs laé x‘os‘ida. Wa, 
hétlale genrmas la q!aq!alalaq. Wi, larm ‘ix‘edxa _kats!mnagé, 
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