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61 and place me on the south side of the fire in your house, | and say, 
‘Don’t put me too near the fire, else there will be too much in | 
your world! Northwest Wind! East Wind!’ Thus you shall say.’”’ 
“Thus said the | Fern to Great-Inventor. | 
65 “As soon as he stopped speaking, some slow || young man also 
spoke, and said: ‘O | Myth people! listen to me! I am Snail. | 
When you are going to make war on Southeast-Wind, and when | the 
southeast wind is blowing strong, and when it is raining, then I am 
the only one who has a way of | calming the southeast wind, and I 
70 also have a way of | stopping the rain.’ Thus said the Snail to 
Great-Inventor. | ‘Whenever the rain falls with the southeast wind, 
you shall take me | and three of my tribe and put us by | the south 
side of the fire in your house; and as soon as we | put out our tongues, 
-75 you shall sing; and this is what you shall say: |\‘‘Listen to me, Clear- 
Sky! Look at | me! I put out my tongue; I sweep off with my 
tongue from you the | clouds, Northwest-Wind, East-Wind, Clear- 
Sky!”’ | Thus you shall say.’ 
“Thus he said. 
80 ‘This is imitated by later (generations of) man. Then || Great- 
Inventor felt glad on account of the words of the Snail. | 
“Then Land-Otter spoke also, and said, | ‘O Myth people! turn 
laqosé’, Dza’q!walanukwai’, Xa‘yOlisiixt&yai’;’ ‘né’x'Lms,’ ‘né’x*- 
‘laé sa/laédana lax K!wék!waxa’wa‘yé. 
Wii, g'i’lfem‘la’ wise q!we’tida, la’é 0’gwaqa ya’q!eg-a‘téda awi’na- 
65 gemala é’x’sox" hé/l'a begwa’nema. Wa, 1a’‘laé né’ka: ‘‘ya, 
nux"né*misai’, wé’g'it ho’Lélat ga’xen. N6o’gwarm q!wea’ts!Eqa. 
Wa, hé’'maa gaso lal wi’natex Meta’lanukwé, wii, la’Lé La’k!wé- 
masLéda mela’se Le‘wa yu’gwa, wi, len léx"arm gwé’x“‘idaasnux" 
q!o’x*wida’masxa mela’sé. Wa, la’xarn gwe’x“‘idaasnux"*em ts!é- 
70 x‘idamasxa yi’gwa,’ ‘né’x“laé q!wea’ts!eqax K!wek!waxa’wa‘yé. 
Wii, hé/*maa qo yii’gwaqelata mela’sé, wii, la’LEs §x‘@’deL g-a’xen 
Lof ya’dukwa ga’yol la’xen g‘o’ktlotéex. Wii, las Axpnd’lisa 
g’a’/xmnu‘x” 1a’xa ‘na’lana’*yasés legwi’tos. Wi, g‘i’l*emlwispnu‘x" 
Elx‘n’lgwis‘i’ dex, wii, 1a’Les dp’nx“idLor. Wi, hé’ems waldemta: 
75 ‘We’g it la hd’Lélan g-a’xEn, Q!0’xtilisixtayai’. Wé'g'a do’qwala 
ga’xen. La‘men b’lx‘elgwi’sa, xé’kwasg'in k‘!ele’mk: lox, &’n*ain- 
wéegii’; Dza’q!walanukwai’, Xa‘yolisiixtdyai’, Q!dxtlisiixtayai’,’ 
né’x'LEs,”’ ‘né’x"‘laé. 
Wa, yu’‘mis la ha’yigisdsdxda a’léx begwi’nema. Wii, 1a’‘laé 
80 é’x*tidé na’qafyas K!wek!waxa’wa‘tyé qa wa’ldemas q!wea’ts!Eqé. 
Wii, la’‘laé @’t!éd ya’q!ng-atlé XU’mta‘la. Wii, la’‘laé ‘né’k-a: 
“eva, na’x"némisai’, wé’g'il la’g'a gwa’sgemx"‘idEx qen 6’talisg’in 
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