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whither they had gone. Afterward they went straight up into the 

 woods. And after they had started [the people] rushed up to hunt 

 for them, but they hid themselves. The younger kept saying to the 

 elder, "Let us make some kind of noise for our mother." She an- 

 swered, " How does the inside of j^our cheeks feel f She kept saying 

 to her younger sister, "Oh! we can not do it. She said to us, 'Let 

 Mountain Dweller marry both of you.' I know what she was saying 

 to us." 



For this reason they went far up into the woods. They wandered 

 along, aimk^ssly crying. The younger sister wanted her elder sister to 

 go ])ack to the place from which they had started, but she did not 

 want her mother to see her down there. After they had gone a long 

 distance they saw a small mouse running across a log. The mouse 

 went into a little hill. Then her younger sister said, "Grandmother 

 mouse, peopk^. have seen you." So said her younger sister. "Put me 

 quickl}^ across this log," said the little mouse. "My grandmother 

 says 'Call them into the house.'" On account of that it had run out. 



AdA'xu3'u Le dA'(|datcun gone' hAs uwaA't. Le gonaye' hAs 



And then tlien straisjht np [into started they went. Then 'started they 



the woods] 



wuadi'awe hA'sduTga' qociyi' ariA'x dilq ya'odigitc. Le hAs a'oLisin. 



when went for them going to hunt up from it started to rush. Then they liid them- 



selves. 



CAtxe'a ye yen dosqc'tc ke'kliatc, "DuT'haxt dua'x de AXLtV." "Ye 



The elder as to alwayssaid the younger, "Som(>kindof let us (imp.) [for] "So 



follows " noise make our mother." | 



qoyenaqetc hawa'sAS I'yenuk Iwactu'?" Ye yeuAsqe'tc dukfk, 



do you feel how inside of your cheeks?" So she kept saying her 



to younger 



sister, 



5 "Ayc'txa haya'wa woq!. CilkAna'Itc q!wAn yAx yiyA'x laca' 



'•Oh! we oau not doit. 'Mountain Dweller let like marry both of you,' 



yu'xahada'yaqa. Xosikil'xoa a'da hadfi'yaqaya." 



was what she said tons. I knovv wliat slio was saying to us." 



Atcawe' Le dA'<idatcrin gonaye' Iias uwaA't. Tcakuge'awe yfi'snaA, 



This is why then far up in the starting they went. In any direction they were 



woods going 



hAs gAx-sati'nutc. Qo'xde At kudAna' ducA'tx tcu-e'qdAx dukl'k!. 



they were always crying. To go back thing wanted her older from whore the younger 



sister they started one. 



Tu'wuq! ho Lei ucku' duLiV ayawutl'ni. Wa'3^uskori't-sawe' hAs 



Down there she not wanted hermother to see her. Alter going a long distance they 



10 a'ositen xao IvAua'x ke iciktc kAgil'q yetk!°. Gutc tu'de nv\ 



saw across a log up running mouse a small. The little into inside 



hill 



uwagu't yukAga'q. Ax dukl'kldje aosiqa', "KAgfi'q koca'nAk! 



went the mouse. After it her younger sister said, "Mouse grandmother 



ilngt't kotl'ni idayeyati'." Yil'yawaqa dukl'k! "Hallngi'txa xao 



people seeing have done to you." What said, her younger "People the log 



sister, 



kAUA'x ke xAt dji'watAn," yu'qoyaqa yukAga,'q, "Nelde/ hAs 



across up me put quickly," said the little mouse. "Into the them 



house 



