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everywhere. They ealled to evcr3"thing. Then they went to the phice 

 where he hud baited his traps, and saw his tracks leading- into the 

 water. They wept, sa3nng, "What has become of you, my son?'' 

 The man waded out, crying, looking- for his st)n. Then they did not 

 sleep looking for thcur son. They hunted everywhere for him. Next 

 morning they Avent into the water and along the whore. They had not 

 eaten anything since their son was lost. They hunted for him all sum- 

 mer. After they had hunted for him for months they gave up looking. 

 Lively-frog-in-pond had lieen captured by the salmon people, how- 

 ever, who swam out with him. They looked to him like human beings. 

 Then tliey came to the salmon people's village with him. lie pouted 

 all the time because he was ah\ ays hungry. Then the salmon people 

 said, "Let us go with him to Amusement creek." So they went with 

 him to the creek. They put his arms around the necks of sand-hill 

 cranes at the creek's mouth. 



hAs al'q! AdA'x Aq!" Asnu'tlaye At hAS uwaA't aq!o's-Iti' hAs aositl'n 



to everything. After it at it lie had baited there they went his tracks they saw 



t(;!uLe' hinx hAs aka'wusike. Has gA'xsate ye hAs qiayaqa' "Wa'sA 



then into the tliey went. They crying thus they said to [him] "What 



water 



i'wani Axyl't!^" AdA'kdage nakwA'n gax tin duyi'tga (jutl's! yuqa'. 



has be- my son?" Outward lie was wading crying witli for his son looking the man. 



come of you, 



AdA'x tcul hAS uxe'q!" xo hAs ((uci' hAsduyl'tga. DJAklakA't yet 



Tlien never tliey slept while they hunted for their sun. Everywhere [their] 



son 



5 hAS qoci' ax tsluta't yilhl'n taq qa yen tcuka'. Lei liAs At uxwa' 



they hunted after in the morn- the water in and along the shore. Not they thing ate 

 for it ing 



tc.'u hAsduyl't Iqo'wustlyi dAx. AdA'x dJAldakA't yukuta'n hAS 



then their son was lost since. After it everywhere all summer they 



qoci' hAsduyl'tga. AdA'x dfs cuwaxl'x aga' hAS qociyi' fi hAS 



hunted for their son. Then months were all past for him they hunted after they 



which 



aolixa'tc. 



gave up looking. 



AdA'xayu Ak!"tatsl'n qo'a xat qoa'nitc Asgi'yu wusine'x. Dui'n 



After it Lively-frog, however, salmon people were captured him. With him 



10 yfi yAHAkwA'n tc!aye' llngi't yex duwage' yAti'. AdA'x dui'n xfit 



there were swimming those people like his eyes were in. Then with him sal- 



mon 



qoa'ni ani't yawagu'. AdA'x LeJ tucqe'nutc tcALA'k" dui't yan 



people's to village they got. Then he was pouting because to him hunger 



all the time 



uha'itc. AdA'x yu'xat qoa'ni ye ya'waqa, "Dui'n yAk"'nA'gaha 



was always. Then the salmon people tlius said, "With him let us go 



KatA'xwAxsAkA-hl'ni de." AdA'x dui'n yAkuwuhtV jaihl'nde. AdA'x 



Amusement creek to." Then with him* they went to the creek. Then 



ase'nAx djI'yAnduwati' yuhl'n WAt du'H. 



around neck they put his hands the creek at mouth sand-hill 

 of of cranes. 



