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dkus d-nipiniyik, kdkdts dkwah xvistdwa ta-takusiniyit, kitahtawdh 
d-pitsitsik, iidh d-kapdsitsik, kUahtawd kd-pd-sdkdwdyit aylsiyiniwah mituni 
dh-kawdhkatusuyit, mistsikus k-dydt, ndh-ndway kd-tahkupitdyikih d-kas- 
kipitdyikih, dkwah awa kayahid mistsikus k-dydt. 
dkwah dh-pd-takusihk, “ tawdw ! " itdw. 
dkwah, “ d, tdnisi oma f tdntd dw-uhtuhtdyin ! ” itdw aw ustdsimdw. 
“ msdskwatsu^hk.’^ 
“ tdntd mdka f ” 
“ misdskwaisu^hk, ntitwdn ! ” 
“ kdkivay mdka d-papd-ndtaman ? ” 
“ nipd-wlwin. tdntdh awa k-dpit^ kimisiwdw f usdm klstdwdw kipa- 
pdrnaskatikuwdw. ” 
“ namuya ka-klh-vfiwin. ” 
“ otah nimnak kisiwdk pdy-dydwak, kiyawd mlna dyakunik ta-vnwi- 
ydk. ” 
hd, nama idpwdhtamwak. 
ntsawdts kika-mdtawdndnaw f ” itwdw awa kd-kawdhkatusut dwaku. 
“ haw, kiya nlkdn ! ” itdw awa ihkwah k-dydwdt. 
kiydm mamitundyihtam, ihkwah ta-pakitsiyit. pakitMutdk awa kd- 
kawdhkatusut. ntsawdts kwdhkutdhk itisinam oma mistsikus kd-tahkunahk, 
dkwah d-klsisutsik ok ihkivak, nandtuhk matsi-pisiskiwak, mdhtdwak, aylk- 
isak, dyakunih dh-utihkumit awa. dkusi kdkdts d-mdstsihimiht, poyow. 
dkwah oma muhydpitsiskdn ; sdmdk dmis Isiwdpinam ; akuhkdw dkutah. 
uma piwdpisk ndtd isiwdpinam ; sdmdk awa kd-kawdhkatusut utinam pdyak 
utsihtsdhk, d-sinikunahk oma piwdpisk ; ndtd dh-isiwdpinahk, kiy-apisd- 
siniyiw. dkwah awa ntumdwak kit-uwitsdwdkanitsik. potih awa kayahtd 
k-dydt misdskwatsus pdyak ayiwdkipayiyiwa, itdmihk asklhk k-dydtsik 
mdhtsdsah d-wdpiskisiyit. 
“ dkutah dtsik dnih kiy-dtdmuydn, kiy-dtdmuydhk ! " dh-itdyihtahk, 
kUahtawd pah-kisimuhk dkutd, “ hddy, nlstdh, tawaydk ! nakatamuk 
kimisiikumiwdwa ! niwih-takuhtdn ! ” 
kdkway dtukd kd-pdtowdkuidyik, kd-pahkihtihk oma kaskipitsdsah, kd- 
tahkupitdyikih dwaku. pahkihtin muhtsihk. dkwah oma kdydpUs tsimataw 
uma mistsikus, kd-pd-takusihk, hdw, awa kd-namahtM, ka-muhydpitasdkut. 
“ omah tsdskwah aylsiyiniw kit-otinam utsdpihk. ' maskihkiy, ’ kit- 
dsiylhkdtam, k-dh-pdh-kitimdkdyimdt nlstaw. dkwah omah, nlstdiv k-dydt 
aylsiyiniw, ‘ misdskwat, nipisis, ’ t-dsiylhkdtam, t-dh-pimdtsihut. hdw, 
klwdh, nlstdh. iyinlndhk ituhidh. dkd wiya kdkdpdtsi-tdtah. dkd wiya 
nipahtdkdh, ” itik wlstdwa ; “ dkwah kiya kd-pd-mdtawiyin, ndtakdm 
ituhtdh. dkwah ki^mak iskwdwak otdh dpihtd-klsikdhk kit-dsi-sipwdhtdwak. 
usdm tahkih kiudh-papd-mdtawdn, dh-uyasuwdhk ta-miywdsik askiy, aylsiy- 
iniw ta-sdkaskindt asklhk, ” itwdw ; “ dkwah niya dtah muhtsihk nik-dsi- 
klwdn. kahkiyaw nika-kitimdkdyimik aylsiyiniw kikih niudkimdkan. 
dkwah kiya, nlstdh, dpakuslsak kd-kinwdyuwdtsik kik-dkutdwiwin. dkwah 
niya, ‘ tsipustsuwiydkani^s, ’ k-dtwdtsik aylsiyiniwak, dkutdwahk niya ! ” 
klpipayihdw ; dpakusisiwiw uunkimdkana kikih ; mituni api^sisiwak. 
dkuyikuhk dskwdk dtayohkdwin. 
^ Literally, “In which place is this one who sits your sister?" — there being three 
seated women. Questions of identity are often put in this form. 
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