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qalia'lo 1щгр'а' \ perÀerqujàp timiusiäs'crtiiiua tama't tijiiX'orio \ 

 täs'olo a^Å'amik nerisàs'aqaratik | arna'ta oqaripiricr \ qiriarna- 

 qu'tit perXerqojcrq \ as'arnerup inua aküerqwk \ perXerqoja-q 

 nimamut a'^Xarpoq \ tama-ne щегЫк-ипе tama-na'Tiaq torXo- 

 hcrpoq I as'arnerop inua акиегле \ tcrmak aniX'ari'ilaq \ кщил'- 

 ermik perXerqojwq as'orsuaq nipntorsuarmik torkoUrrpoq \ ila 

 üa as'üTnerup inua akilerke \ in'arsoriuamik aniX'dp'oq \ inuk 

 nep-iwiuk miX'ia^nik tiriumiartoq \ täs'ci as'arnerup in'ua perXer- 

 qùja'muX'O tun'iup-a' | perXerqùja-q oqarpoq \ ta'^nakasik süs-- 

 ari'ilaq \ uwaria nep-iwiup miyXianik peqarporia \ as-ahierup 

 in'ua oqarpoq \ takùs-udt ta'"walo nep'iwiup mi^X'ia' titiumia-- 

 nut is'uilerpa- \ perXerquiäX-o is-i^ilerpa- | etc. 



PerXerqoja-q had some meal in his garret. | He lived alone 

 with his mother. One evening when they had gone to bed, a 

 violent east storm came on while they slept, ; and took the 

 roof with it I and took all that little quantity of meal that 

 PerXerqoja-q owned with it ; and they had nothing else to 

 live on. I Then his mother said to him: j that is vexatious! 

 and it is your fault PerXærqoja'q. \ Now you must get the 

 lord of the east wind to give it back! j Per/ærqoja-q starts off 

 for the country j and when he has got far enough, he calls 

 out in the air: i The lord of the east wind must pay! — in 

 vain, he would not come out. | Again PerXerqojwq calls with 

 a loud voice: | г7«, гУ«, well! well! the lord of the east wind 

 must pay! i From a little bluff he appears, a human being with 

 a table-cloth in his hands. 1 which he off'ers to PerXerqoja'q. \ 

 PerXerqoja'q says: | that useless thing is not worth anything, | I 

 myself have a table-cloth. | The lord of the east wind 

 says : 1 (now) you shall see : | Thereupon he begins to spread 

 out the table-cloth, | and PerXerqoja-q pays close attention. | 

 Give bread, says the lord of the east wind. Give porridge, he 

 says and spreads the cloth out more. Give sweet things, he 

 says — and everything comes. He gives it to PerXerqoja-q^ 

 who returns home with it. Now PerXerqoja-q spreads the 



