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Afterward he was alwa3's liungr\-. But when he began to take some 

 egg's from among those on the l)each, they sliouted, ''Moldy-end is 

 eating eggs along the beach of the town," " and he felt badly. 



Next door to the place where he liv^ed the people were always danc- 

 ing. After a while he looked into the house where they were dancing, 

 and his face was all over tish eggs. It was the herring people dancing 

 for joy. One woman called him aside and said to him, ''Do you remem- 

 ber when you said something against the salmon people!' Tliat is why 

 they have captured you." She said to him, "Do you know the creek 

 over there? When you are hungry roast salmon from it in the tire 

 and eat them there. After you have eaten, put all 3''our leavings into 

 the water and your roasting sticks also, in order to wash the leavings 

 off." When he was hungry he did just the way he had been told. 

 When he was very hungr}^ again he went to get another salmon. He 



xA.dA'xawe dui't yan uha'itc. AdA'x yua'nigaya qAha'k" ciyAdihe'n 



Then to him hunger always was. Then on beach of the eggs were many 



town 



qa yAtle'uAx Akaodica't. Ketlfi'n duwai'q! "CAnya'kl^Lax an igaya' 



and from among he began to take. They were shoutnig, "Moldy-end town along 



them beach of 



qAha'gu ayaxa'." AdA'x dutu'wu yen ek". 



eggs is eating." Then his feelings were bad. 



Atlu'k dukida' kade' yAgase'tc alIc'x. Aua'x nel aoLige'n 



Next door to the place where he always went on dancing. After that into the he looked 

 lived hou.se 



yu'a AduLle'xe. TcIuLe' duyaki'k a'nel awutiyi' dJAldakA't duyaki'k 5 



where dancing was Then hi.s face inside it was all his face 



going on. 



gaq!" wusi'ti. HAdju yao qoa'ni a'j^i ALA'k" alIc'x hAsdutuwu' 



tish eggs was. Because herring people it was for it dancing their feelings 



for it 



sign'. He adA'x lc/uax cawA'ttc wuxo'x ye Acdayaqa' " Isiku' gi 



were There was there one woman called him thus said to him, " Do you ? 



happy. . know 



xat qoa'nix qlA'naqcLigA't a a'ya i'usinex." AdA'x ye Acia'osiqa, 



salmon people when you ever said that is why they captured Then thus she said to him, 

 anything against yon." 



"Isiku' ge hex ka'wadayi hin. Ayi'k dAx Xclt uAdA'x gAneJtsi'kx 



"Do you ? that is there creek. Down in it from salmon from at roast by the fire 



know 



tclAgu'qIsa ii'x yanha'. AdA'x yen ixayi' i'qiaite dJAldakA't 10 



and eat it to you when there Then there after you your leavings all 



is hunger. have eaten 



hi'nde ye yuuAsni'k, itsi'gi-dfi'a tslu Ada'dAx yu'nawuslk." 



into the then put your roasting stick also from on it to wash off the 



water leavings." 



TcIuLe' dul't yan wuhayi' tciA wa'sA cu'kAn duwAdja' tciA 



Then to iiim hunger being just how all he was told just 



a^'A'x qowanu'k". AdA'x ts!u aLe'n dul't yan uwaha' ts!u 



like it he did. Then again very much to him hunger was again 



a This has been expurgated by the story-teller. For the proper wording, see last story. 



