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2. The Humble-bee. 

 {üa'itut, Oommannaq Fjord). 



iqut'aq I iÅ'o atxseq qeqertanie \ tm'uk'ut iuonvik ak'amik 

 isertus'aqari'it'oq mdto map-erpoq \ muk isilerpoq \ kajortuitfa'soq 

 is'a-i tukiriasut \ iriip'oq uharmut \ ещегкиНк itvuit ersilerput \ 

 isermat oqdÅ'diiuarane | sanerqanvimU ka-'^torame \ am.o.a' qiç'- 

 ariàriuaq \ kik'im-inut iliwa' \ in'ti^it oqarput isuwsnk'iitik \ so'q 

 ta-ma'itoq кта-^па-8иа1що \ ещегкипе nip'ine tamd't suwrpoq \ 

 qiç'ariaiiua'rniarpo7ia\orso7iuarsiniarA07ia\ ip'atip atdsnik orsomik 

 awiç-iX'uqo \ tuwiwa't [anim'dt таЫХ'ЩО \piiiuars7m'ut pulawoq] 

 suna'(p'a I i^ut'ciq inopO'Hoq \ täs'ci nci'woq \ 



There lay one single house over on the island. | At night 

 they kept the door shut so that no stranger could come in. \ 

 Yet once there came a person in; | he was all dark red and 

 had scowling (or squinting) eyes, j He sat down by the front 

 wall of the house. | Those who dwelt in there were immediately 

 seized with fright. | The one who had entered did not say a 

 word, but after having stuck his hand into a hole in his side, | 

 he pulled out a little ball of thread | (and) unwound it as far as 

 he could. The inmates of the house spoke to each other in 

 whispers: | why does he act that way? who is he? they think. 

 Immediately the stranger calls out with all his might: | I want 

 to wind myself a little case ! | let me have a little blubber ! | 

 They took out blubber from the place under the stump-bed, 

 cut it off I and gave it to him. | When he went out, they follo- 

 wed after him. | He creeps into the little case | they look at it 

 in amazement. | He was a bee, which had transformed itself to 

 a person. | This is the end of it. 



3. Sun and M ООП. 

 (Sattut, Oommannaq Fjord.) 



qa"'s-ersuarmiqo-q | iX'O i^alcrrqari'it'oq \ iwuit pa-^niartar- 

 (fipsa't I suna'fii iwuHt гзега-цатгк I ta'rtuin'anvdt \ invinut Hi- 



