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dh-ndpdwisit awa uskinlkiw, mistahi pakwdtam. ayisk mituni kanawdyim- 
dwak vMmimdwa ; namuya kiskdyimdwak mhkdts ndpdwa kita-Jah-wdpam- 
dyit. kiUak mlna dh~takuhtdt, tdpiydhk dh-wdpamdt, dkics Isi wdyunlw. 
kahkiyaw dsah lah-nakatdwak oki uskimkiwak, usdm dh-ndpdwihikutsik 
dh-totamiyit, kdkdts dsah dh~wdpaniyik, utsawdsimisiw aw uskinlkiskwdw. 
dkwah dkutah ay-aydw ; dhi pikuh vMmisahy ndpdsisah, dyakunih piku 
wlts-dydmdw. 
mwdhisi nisusdp tipiskdw dh-pdyakutsik, dkwah dmis itdw ; ayisk aw 
Iskwdw k-dtsawdsimisit ndpdsisah ofydwdw : “ kanawdyim kitihkwatim ; 
niwih-nikuhtdn, ” itdw dsah u^misah, 
kahkiyaw utaydwinisiyiwa utinamwdw ; ndspits ispimihk akutawdw, 
dmisih dsah dh~itdyihtahk : “ nka-kakwd-sipwdhtdn, ” dh^itdyihlahk ds awa 
uskinlkiskwdw. 
tdpwdh it dh-sakdhk dh-takuhtdtj wanakwayah kikamuhdw mistikuhk ; 
tdikahikan dkutah astdw ; aylsiyinlhkdnah vMhdw. 
“ awa dtah ndpdsis k-dydt, ‘ nimisd / ' itiskih, ‘ha / ' kik-dtdw, ” 
itdw dhi aylsiyinlhkdnah. 
tdpwd dkus Isi isi-wdpindw ^ dhi utawdsimisah, namuya kayds d-klh~ 
ndkuhdt. dkwah kltahtawd kinwds dh~wd-wdwdpitdt, kltahtawa mah-mdtd- 
yiwa. tdpwdw awa ndpdsis. 
“ nimisd, ntihkwatim mdtdw ! ” itwdw dsah. 
“ tsdskwah ! nimdkwd-nikuhtdn ! ” itik dsa dhi aylsiyinlhkdnah kd- 
klh-udihimiht. 
piyisk dkwah tipiskdyiw. piyisk dkwah vfih-kawatsiwak. mdh-mdtdwak 
dhi usk-awdsisah kd-kiki-wdpiniht. dh-Jah-ndwu~tipiskdyik, kltahtawd piy- 
dsiwah mistahi kd~pdhtdkusiyit. kayahtd piku dtah klh-apiyiwa, 
“ tdpwd mistahi kikitimdkisin, nlstdh, ” itik dsa dhi piydsiwa ; “ dsay 
anih mlnah undpdmiw kimis, ” itik dhi piydsiwa ; “ m-dka wiya nipd~ 
ndidw awa kitihkwatim. namuya misawdts ka-klh-pamihtwdsun, ” itik 
dsah. 
dkwah utaydwinisah ispimihk kd-klh-akutdwiht ndh-nlhtinamdk dhi 
piydsiwah. may aw d-klh-pustaydwinisdt, dkusi atih-utindyiwa dhi apisis- 
awdsisah. wist dkwah wayawlw. utasdmah d-klh-utindt, kd-wdpahtahk dsa 
itdh umisah dy-isih-sipwdhtdyit. kapd-klsik pimipahtdw. kltahtawd dsah 
dh-at-dtdkusiniyik, dtah waydhtsdhk klh-tdpdpahtam masku^wakdn.^ at- 
Ituhtdw. 
“ hwd, dwakw dtukd nimis nnkih I ” itwdw dsah. 
pdhtukdw. pdnam. dh-klh-pdnahk, pa-pimisin. dsah dh-ayltdpit, 
kltahtawd umisa tdhtdsimiyiwa kd-wdpamdt, dsah d-klh-maniswdyit. 
“ wahwd, tdpwd niklsindtsihik I ” itdyihtam dsah ; “ dkwah dwakunih 
nika-klh-uhtsi-kdkitsihdhtay nitihkwatim ka-pi-maskamikawiydn I ” itdyih- 
tam dsa. 
1 Hyphen is used, because the meaning is here m : “thither, thus” plus wapiiidw : 
“she abandons him .” By contrast, the very common unit word isiwdpin&w : “he throws 
him that way or there” has -wap- : “throw” as a non-initial stem. This illustrates the 
difficulty of drawing a clear line between simple words and compounds; for a native 
speaker it would be easy. 
The repetition of m is worth noting; it is perhaps due to the existence of the much 
commoner homonym; as homonymy is rare in Cree, the combination isi-wdpindw is 
inadequate and disturbs the speaker. 
^ Normal form doubtless maskuslmkdn , and below, the diminutive, normal: maskus- 
twikdnis. 
