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27 After doing this, she takes medium-sized dishes | and washes them 
out with water. When this has been done, | she piles them up. 
Then she takes her spoon basket, in order to | have it ready, and puts 
it down next to her seat. When she thinks that the || steamed 
viburnum-berries are cold enough, she sends her husband to invite 
whomever he | likes among his friends, or, if he wishes | to invite 
(them), the members of hisnumaym. He invites them to | come and 
eat steamed crushed berries. When they | come in, the woman gets 
35 ready. She takes a || medium-sized dish from the pile, and she puts 
it down at the | place where she always sits; and she takes oil and | 
puts it down where she sits; and finally she takes the dish containing | 
the steamed crushed viburnum-berries and puts it down | just out- 
40 side of her seat. Then she takes a medium-sized || dish and puts it 
across the corner of the large dish in which the steamed | crushed 
viburnum-berries are. She takes a long-handled ladle, | dips it into 
the berries, and puts it into a medium-sized | dish. When it is half 
full, she puts it down; and | she does this with all the medium-sized 
45 dishes. When || the crushed steamed viburnum-berries are in all of 
them, she takes | oil and pours it in. She does not put in very much 
oil. | When she has done so, she distributes the spoons among the | 
guests of her husband; and when every one has one, the woman her- 
50 self | places the medium-sized dishes before them. ‘There is || ane 
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27 qa‘’s aék'!é ts!oxwigidalaq yisa ‘wape. Wa, gilfmésé gwalpxs 
laé maxogwalitaq. Wii, laxaé ix‘édxés k-ayats!é, qa’ g'ixes gwa- 
lita lax k!waélasas. Wi, gilfmésé kOtaqé larm ‘wiidex‘‘idés 
30 ktinékwe t!elsaxs laé ‘yalaqasés la‘wiinemé, qa lis Lé‘lalaxés 
gwe‘yowé, qa‘s Lé‘lalasp‘we laxés ‘né‘nemokweé Loxs ‘nék’aé, qa‘s 
hé rélalasp‘wés ‘nm‘mémote. Wii, la‘mésé wée‘lailaxda‘xtiq, qa 
g-axés t!elst!asxa q!wélkwé ktnékwé t!elsa. Wii, gil‘mésé g-ax 
‘witlaétexs laé héx*fida xwanal‘idéda ts!mdaqé, qa‘s Ax‘édéxa 
35 hifyal'a loq!wa laxés maxolilasé, qa‘s g'axé mex‘alilas laxés 
hémenélasé k!waélasa. Wii, laixaé &x‘édxa Liéna, qa‘s g:axés 
hafnet lax k!waélasas. W<ai, li alelxsdalaxs laé ix*tédxa kiinéx"ts!A- 
lixa q!wélkwe kiineékwé t!els ‘walas loq!wa, qa‘s g'axé hing-alilas 
lax Llasalitasés k!waélasé. WéA, li ix‘édxa ‘neméxta laxa hi‘yal‘a 
loq!wa, qa‘s hingiigendés laxa ‘walasé loq!wa ktméx"ts!alaxa 
q!welkwé kinek" tlelsa. Wa, li &x‘edxa giilt!exiala k-ats!enaqa, 
qa‘s tséx“‘idés laxa kimékwe t!elsa, qa‘s li tséyosElas lixa héli 
loq!wa. Wii, grilfmésé negoyoxsdalaxs laé k-agalilas. Wa, li 
‘naxwarm hé gwéx-‘idxa waokwé hi‘yala lonlq!wa. Wai, g:il‘mésé 
45 ‘wila la t!ét!elts!alaxa q!wélkwe ktnékwé t!elsexs laé ix‘édxa 
Liena, qa‘s k!inqg!eqés laq. Wi, lai k'!és flarm q!éqxa L!e‘na. 
Wa, gil'mésé gwatexs laé ts!ewanaésasa k-ak'rts!mnagé lax Le‘la- 
nemases lafwtnrmé. Wi, gil’mésé ‘wilxtdxs laé k-aéséda ts!p- 
daqasa h&fyalfa lorlq!wa. Wa, lafmé yaéyaddkwa bébrgwainrmé 
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