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dkusi dmis liwdw : hd dy^ nimisd, dh-kitirndkindtarif dkd kdkway 
k-o~wih-nipahidydn, usdm mistahi t-dtuskdyin, dy-itdyimitdn, ” itdw umis- 
ah}; ydhidwdpinah ! ” 
ydhtdnam aw Iskwdw, dkwah aw oskinikiw dh-kituhtsikdt. dh-k%si- 
kituhtdt, akuldw. kiyipah kd-pdpayiyii apisi-mdsusah, dh-mihtsdtiyiif 
dkutah iskwdhidmihk d-pimipayiyit, dwakuni dh-pdh-pimwat. iyikuhk dh~ 
mdstinahk vdpisisah, dkuyikuhk pdydw, dhtsi pikuh mihtsdt mistahi nipa~ 
hdw. dkuyikuhk tapasiyiwah dyakuni. 
dh, nimisd f ntaw-utinah nlpisisah. mihkdwikwdwi, kd^hamdhkan. ” 
tdpwd wayamw aw Iskwdw. dh-itdpit, mihtsdt apisi-mdsusah nipah- 
dyiwa. 
“ hay hay ! dkwah kd-mitsisut ninmis ! ” itwdw, atsusisah dhi dh-wdh- 
mhkwatinahk, dh-ati-kd^hahk. 
dh-'fdhiukatdt, pdii kl-musdskatdyiwa u^ma, dh-wdwdkinamiyit utakuh- 
piyihk. d-kih-utinamiyit atsusisah, dh dtaydwinisiyiwa, “ nimisd, way- 
amwdpinayi / ” 
dh-wayaunwdpinahk, dkwah umdhkumdn utinam, dh-wayavfiL dh- 
nandtawdpahtahk dhi kd-wayawiwdpinahk, namuya wdpahtam. dkusi 
dkwah dh-wiyanihtdkdt. dh apisi-mdsusah d-Jasi-wiyanihdt, iydyaw pamina- 
wasdw. dh-kdsi-mitsisut, dkwah dw dpisi-mdsuswaydna ndd utindw, d-ivih- 
pdswdt. dkus uwiydsima pdhtukdydwatdw. dkwah dtiht wayaudtimihk 
astdyiwa, sdm mihtsdt kdh-nipahdyit. dh-Hsi-nahastdt, dkwah pdhtukdw, 
pdskis mlna dh-paminawasut, dskaw dh-atuskdtdt dh dpisi-mdsuswaydna. 
dh-utdkusiniyik, asay kdsihdw, dkwah dh-kaskikwdtahk u^ma dh-utayd- 
winisiyit, kdkdts ta-kawisimutsik, dh-ispayiyik, Jasihtdw. itisinamawdw 
unma, pustaydwinisdw aw uskimkiw. dsay mlna kutakah pdswdw. dkusi 
d-kawisimut awa uskimkiw, awa wiy Iskwdw atuskdtdw apisi-mdswaydna, 
piyis d-ndhtdhkwasit, kawisimdw. kiksdpd dh-pdkupayit, dsay u^ma 
simatapiyiwa. dkusi paminawasdw. d-klsi-mltsisutsik, dsay mlna aw 
uskinlkiw iskutdw utinam, mlna dh-miydhkasahk ukituhtsikanis. 
^‘ydhtdwdpinah, nimisd ! ” itdw. 
d-ki-ydhtdnahk, kituhtdw. dkwah wdwdskdsiwah dyakd pdtsimdw, 
dyakunih dkwah dh-ndtsihdt. iyikuhk mlna dh-mdstinahk impisisah, dkuyi- 
kuhk mlna tapasiyiwa. 
” d, nimisd, uiina nlpisisah ! ” 
dh-wayaudt aw Iskwdw, d, mihtsdt dkwah wawdskdsiw. 
“ hay hay ! mahtiy dkwa dk dh-ndhtdhkatdydn ! ” itwdw aw Iskwdw, 
dhi dh-wdh-udhkwatinahk atsusisah. 
dh-pdhiukaidt, dsay mlna Jdh-musdskatdpiyiwa u^ma. 
“ ha, nimisd, dyakunih anih wayawdwdpinah I ” itdw. 
wayavdwdpinam. dkwah umdhkumdn utinam aw Iskwdw, d-mh- 
wiyanihtdkdt. nama kdkway wdpahtam u^ma utaydwinisiyiwa, ayis dh- 
wdpinamiyit. dkusi dkwah mlna wiyinihtdkdw. dh-klsi-wiyinihtdkdt, 
dkuyikuhk dkwah klsitdpdw, d-mh-mltsisutsik. piyisk mltsisdwak. d-klsi- 
mltsisut, iydyaw dkwah uMhdw pisi-mdswaydnah, dkwah pdyak wdwask- 
dsiwa, wawdskdsiwaydna. iyikuhk dy-utdkusik, kahkiyaw klsihidw, dkwah 
pitah dh-paminawasut. dh-kdsi-mltsisutsik, dkwah kaskikwdsdw. dkwah 
klsihtdw utaydwinisiyiwa u^ma. iydyaw dkwah pdsam pahkdkinwah. 
piyis mistahi tipiskdyiki, dyikuhk kawisimdw. iyikuhk dh-pdkupayit, 
* A good instance of bravado: one lets a bad situation go far, and then, before acting, 
belittles the danger by giving a trivial reason for the delay. 
