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"Oh, no, cousin! You just eat and you will feel happy again. I 

 had intended that our dead children should come back, but you did 

 not wish it that way. And now, whenever people die, they will not 

 come back, because you objected to it. You were right when you 

 spoke against it." 



He was justified in thus addressing him. People would have come 

 back after five days if he had originall}^ consented to it. It would 

 have been good if the dead people could come back. Here the story 

 ends. In this manner people relate this story. 



The Theft of Fire and Water 



Nma'henet^ tE^ 



With people it that 



(mutually) was there 



II « k-!atc!wal.' tl« 



They without fire. They 



Eit," la" 2 il« 



intend, that they 



thing 



tEina'Le^^ ma 



old people 



Lita. Go"s^ tcitc* li'mx'ne'^ ma. 



land. All kinds mixed up (they (the) 



were) mutually beings. 



t^ dPl^ lis Lowe^'wat^o 



When something they eat frequently 



Xle'itc^^ t'a'lats." La"^ 



With it with (they) dance. Those 



(they) eat. 



tso« he" la" 2 



now custom- that 

 arily thing 



LtL!e''yat.2o Wandj^i 



scoop it out. That way 



k'liixa^p.^ 



without water. 



Llpeqaqa'e'wat.^^ 



in the arm-pits to be, 

 cause it frequently. 



la" 2 tc!icila'e'wat^« he." Tso^ 



that cause it to be under- custom- Now 



thing neath, frequently arily. 



qlmits.^^ Yuwe^^ qa'lyeq Li'le, 



Whenever salmon comes 

 out, 



yuxtik'^^ he'iP^ Lowa'was, 



barely their food. 



sk wey eni'y eqEm ^* 



it is talked about 



1e-5 



the 



tclwal. 



fire. 



their 



"Xtcftcu2« 



"How 



UL," 



would 

 it be, 



he" pi'ctci," 



custom- warm it 

 arily gets, 



la" 2 he" il« 



they are usually they 

 the ones 



La" 2 



That 



thing 



28 



yuL-"' 



if 

 should 



la" 2 



that 

 thing 



Kn 



iTi- adverbial (§ 21); md people; -e auxiliary (§§ 44,10); -n distributive (§§ 37,25); -t transitive 

 (§§26,4). 

 2 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 100). 

 3Numeral particle (§ 109). 

 < Particle (§112). 



Himx'- TO mix; -nei distributive (§ 37). 

 6 Personal pronoun 3d person plural (§ 18) 

 U-.'a- privative (§20). 

 eConjunction (§ 110). 

 BPronominal particle (§ 108). 

 Wto^i-TO eat; -eiwo< frequentative (§§ 33,8). 

 "Syntactic particle (§87). 



i^i.'peg- TO BE IN arm-pits; -aenuat frequentative causative (§ 34); see also reduplication (§83). 

 "a;- instrumental (§ 24); i£ article (§ 17); -Etc instrumental (§ 70). 

 KfaZ- TO dan'Ce; -ts transitive (§ 26). 

 15 Plural formation (§78). 



^^tc.'icll mat; -aehvat frequentative causative (§ 34). 

 ^Tp'ictc- TO be warm; -i neutral intransitive (§ 31), 

 isg.'m- TO eat; -ts transitive (§ 26). 

 isj/fi VERY (§ 106); he customarily (§ 87); see also §9. 

 ^^LtLl- TO SCOOP out; -ryat causative (§§ 27, 2). 

 21 Modal adverb (§106). 

 S2 Possessive pronoun 3d person plural (§ 98). 

 ^Lou- TO EAT; -axuas verbal abstract (§§ 59,8). 



s<siw- TO TALK ABOUT; -cnl verbal (§ 45); -'lyeqEni passive (§§ 40,9). 

 25 Article (§ 17). 



S6a;- modal (§ 24) ; tcUc manner (§ 112); -m interrogative (§73). 

 27 Syntactic particle (§91). 

 '8 Personal pronoun 1st person plural (§ 18). 



