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“ dm Itah ! ” 
tdpwd. 
“ hd, mdka dkwah mdka nnahdhkim kd-kakwd^miskawdt ntihkumah 
pdyak ! ” 
asidyiwa ut^kahikan^ utahkdmasiniy , piwdpiskwah pisisik. 
dkwah, “ hah, otah mdka kit-dspiskwdsimdw ! ” uhtsikwanihk. 
may aw d-nahisihk aw Iskwdsis, nama kdkway utihkumah. mi-misiwd 
tah dh-dia-ntunawdt aw uskimkiw, nama klh-miskawdw. 
“ haw, nnahdhkim,^ ayis nama kikt-miskawdw ; dkwah mdka kd- 
pakamahutdn ! ” itdw. 
“ a’ / iyikuhk dhi sdkuhtdyani, dkuyikuhk kika-pakamahun ! ” 
sdpunikanah tsimatdwdpinam. pot dhi d-misdyikih piwdpiskwah 
aspin itdm, ispimihk, min dtd muhtsihk. 
“ hay, nnahdhkim, iyikuh mdka sdkuhtdyani dhi, dkuyikuhk kd-pimitis- 
ahutdn ! ” 
dydta-tslkahahki, piyisk indstsihtitdw utslkahikan. dkwah utahkdm- 
asiniy mdstsihtitdw min awaku. 
dkwah, “ hdy, tdpwd nikisiwdhik nnahdhkim ! ntdm, dstam I ” itdw 
utdma ; “ hdw, ntdm, mils dhi ! ” itdw. 
mayaw d-sdmahtahk aw dtim, tdpiskdts wiyds. kiyipah kitdw. 
“ nyd, ntdm, klwdh ! niu^h-ntawi-pakamahwdw oyd nnahdhkim / ” 
pimitisahwdw ; t^kahikan pikuh tahkunam. kisiwdk dh-askdkut, 
utdhk isiwdpinam uskdisihk. 
“ dtah misiw-ukdminakasiwdhtikwak kit-dhpikiwak ! ” itwdw aw uskinl- 
kiw, 
dtdhkimihk tdndtdni misw-dkdminakasiyak ! wdtihtahk awa, iydta- 
t^kahahk, kiylskikahwdtsi, wdtsipitdtsi, pdtih nama pihkuhdw, ta-klh- 
tawinahk. utdma tdpwdtdw. tdpwd iakusiniyiwa. 
“ hdw, ntdm, mdw dki ! ” itdw. 
dsay mlna ati~mdwdw dhi mistikwah ukdminakasiya. min dyakuni 
kitamwdw. 
'‘niyd, klwd, niidm! ” itwdw. 
klwdw awa dtim. nawaswdw aw Iskwdsis k-dtihkumit. kdydpits utnk- 
ahikan pimiwitdw. kisiwdk dh-askdkut, dhkumah ka-klh-miyikut asiniyah 
ispdhkdwdpindw. 
“ diah utasimwatsiyiw ! itdmihk dkutd nik-dydn ! ” itwdw. 
dkwah iydtah-wd-kakwd-pikinikahwdt dh asiniyah, piyisk mdstsi-misi- 
wandtsihtdw utdpatsihtsikana. 
“ hdw, nitdm, pd-sipwdhtd ! ” itwdw, dh-idpu'dt. 
tdpwd kiyipa takusiniyiwa. 
“ ntdm, 7idhah itdmihk kd-pi^nisihk ntawi-nipah ! ” itdw. 
dkwah atim atva asiniyah ati-mdwdw. piyis utihtdw. 
dkdya jnkupis, nitdm ! tdpiydhk kaskikwdn ! ” 
dkusi tdtam. nipahdw. 
dkwah ndhah aylsiyiniw kd-kihtimit, usdmah awa dyaku, dsah vfistdwa 
kd-sipwdhtdyit, umisah piku nlsiwak. dkwah ndha misdskwat aydw dskusit 
dy-iskwdyik, nandtuhk dy-itasinahikdtdyik. ispimihk tahkupisuyiwa mdk- 
wanah pdyak. dkwah dyaku pik dtinam. umisah kdmwdtapiyiwa, dh- 
pUkiskdtdyit usdmiyiwa. 
* Her sudden violation of tabu in addressing him directly implies that he no longer 
counts as a pjerson; it is all up with him. 
