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miywdyihtam iydpdsia dh-miyusit, dh~itdyihtahk. umdhkumdn tahka- 
maw watayihk. tapasiyiwa. 
“ matsih-kakdpdtis ! tdnitah kd-udhkimdkusit I nindktdhkaidwdh ! ” 
nipdhdw ; nipiw awah iydpdsis, dkusi dh~pahkisiniyit, dh~nipiyitj 
ituhtdw wisahkdtsdhk. 
“ hay hay hay ! dkwah nika-mitsisurif ” itwdw. 
dkwah wiyinihdw, dh-pahkwdkiswdt. 
dkwah umis Itwdw wisahkdtsdhk : “ wiyin nikah-aydn, ” itwdw, 
uma ospitun, wisahkdtsdhk uspitun “ namoya / ” itwdw, “ niya nikah- 
ay an wiyin, ” itwdw. 
kulak uspitun : “ namoya ! niyah nik-dydn. ” 
dkusi jnkiskwdwak, tdpiskots nistu ayisiyiniwak, dh-pdyakut wisahkdt- 
sdhk. kisiwdsiw dsay awa ; awa mlna kisiwdsiw, 
“ namuya kik-dydn wiyin ; niyah niwih-aydn. ” 
msahkdtsdhk dmisi pdkiskwdw : “ dkd wiyah, ni^mitik ! kuntah kiun- 
kisiwdsindwdw wiyds uhtsi. ” 
“ a, namuwya ! uhtsitaw dh-dspunisit. ” 
“ a, dkdya ndntaw itwd ! kika-tahkamitin. ” 
“ ah, nlsta ka-tahkamitn. ” 
“ a, tsdskwa nmm ! namuya ta-miywdsin ta-nipahituydk wiyds uhtsi. ” 
kunta mdka kisiwdsiw. 
“a, dkd ndntaw twd ! ” 
mdhkumdn dmisi tahkamdw ; drna uspitun takkahtam. kwdski miyisdw 
umisi mdhkumdn. kutak minah uspitun tahkahtam. dkusi dkwah pahkihtin 
mdhkumdn ; nipahdw uspitunah. nipahitdwak. 
dkwah wisahkdtsdhk nlpawiw, uspitunah dmisi. dkwah wisahkdtsdhk 
namdya mitsisdw ; sipwdhtdw ; nakatam wiyds. ayis uspitunah dhkusiw ; 
nipiyiwah uspitunah ; namuya klh-mitsiminam mdhkumdn. 
dkusi dyakdw dtiyohkdwin. 
Once upon a time Wisahketchahk was walking along; as usual, he 
was hungry. Presently he saw two buffalos, a bull and a young steer. 
This was what he thought: “How shall I kill them?” he thought. 
He had no gun. Then he went from there. When they saw him, 
they wanted to run away. 
“Wait a bit, my little brothers. I shall tell you a good story!” 
Soon the buffalos stood still; they did not run away. Then Wisahket- 
chahk walked up to them. 
This is what he said to them: “Some men said, ‘The bull smells good; 
he is beautiful,' but then some others said, ‘The young steer is beautiful; 
he smells good,' and so they quarrelled. On this account they were getting 
quite angry. ‘Just wait a bit, while I go look at them to find out which 
smells better,’ said I, and so I have come to see you,” he spoke to deceive 
those buffalos. 
The buffalos really believed him. So he touched one; he smelled his 
hand like this; and then the other one. He took his knife. 
He said to him, “You, you smell good; you, you are handsome,” he 
said to the young steer. 
The steer was glad to think himself beautiful. He stabbed him in 
the belly with his knife. The other one ran away. 
