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world, she of course looked about lu'r in all directions, and saw on all 

 sides of her that everything was blue in color; that there was nothing 

 else for her to sec. She knew nothing of what would, ])erhaps, happen 

 to her, for she did not ceas(> from falling, liut after a time she 

 looked and .saw something; but she knew nothing of the thing she 

 saw. But, verily, she now indeed was looking on a great (>xpanse of 

 water, albeit she herself did not know what it was. 



So this is what .she saw: On the surface of the water, Hoating 

 about hither and thither, like x'ei'itable canoes, were all forms and 

 kinds of ducks (waterfowl). Thereupon Loon iioticeil iier. and he 

 suddenly shouted, saying: "A man-being, a female one is coming 

 up from the depths of the water.'' Then Bittern spoke in turn, 

 .saying: "She is not indeed coming up out of the depths of the 

 water.*' He .said: "She is indeed falling from above." Whereupon 



tiio"'hwendjia'te". Nen' wa"hi" wii'tioritka'thonnion"hwe' tii'hno"" 



Now verily she did look about in all tind 



there it earth stand 

 forth. 



wii'e'ke' 



she it saw 



lii" othe'no"' 



Not anything 



o'k' tha"tetcio'kwata'se' i 



onlv just it it surrounds com- 

 pletely 



o'ia' thaioiitkafho'. 



other she it eould .see. 



o'k' 



only 



ne' oroiT'hia' 



the ithluesky 



ni'io't. 



la" othe'no"' teiakoterieiT- 



Not anything she knows it 



tare' o" ki' 



what, Ibi 

 liev 



tkontEi"kwe"" 



o'k 



onl 



ieia'ton'tie' 



o""te' ne"iakoia'ta'wenne', a'se'ke""' o'k' tiio- 



perhaps so it her body will because 



so it her body wil 

 happen to, 



No'k' a'kare" 



.\nd after a 



nen 



now 



ia'ontkat'ho' o' 



continues herbodvis .\nd after a now thither.she looked 



falling. time (to .see) 



ki", o'k' nitiotie're"'. la" othe'no"' teiakoterien'tare' dji' 



I be- only so it is done (it 

 lieve. state of things is) 



ho'te"' ia'ontkat'ho'. 



kind of thither she it saw. 

 thing 



ne' ia'teiekan'ere' no'k 



Xot anything 



No'k" nen' 



the 



thither she it sft\i 



and 



ki" 



I 

 believe 



she it knt 



wfi"hr 



akao""ha" 



she herself 



■s where such 



ka'hnekowa'ne"' 



it great (water) 

 liquid 



ia" teieieiite'ri' 



not she knows it 



ne' na'ho'te"". 



the such kind of 

 thing. 



Ne' ka'tl" ne' 



The so then the 



ka "sora'tsera'ke ' . 



kind of duck in number. 



wa"tho"hen're'te'. 



he shouted. 



o'hneka'ke" ioti"lioriw:i'keronnionne".se 



it water on they boats drift about plurally 



from place to place 



E'tho'nc" ne' Tconniataren'to"' 



niiii te- 



all it 



the 



lh( 



WiVhat'toke" 



he it noticed 



No'k' 



.\nd 



e'tho'ne' 



"On'kwe' ta'ie"" kanoiTwako"' 



"A man- she is it water In the 



being coming depths of." 



Te'ka"ho"* ta'hata'ti", wa'hen'ro"': "Isi" 



wa'hefi'ro"': 



he it said : 



SB 



kanon'wako"' thofita'ie"', 



he replied. 



Wa'heii'ro"': 



He It .said : 



E'neke"' 



"Above 



"Not 



deed 



.se" taieia'- 



indeed thence her 1* 

 body 



