Hotcâk Text -- The Twins Get into Hot Water
Version 1
by Sam Blowsnake
interlinear translation by John Baptiste (164-193)
and Oliver LaMère (?) (194-200)
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e Ki.
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K tt.
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w se ttA w
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Ai s ni Ae s.
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xeAe te niKi Ks
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Égi
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gadjâ
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Waretcáwa
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hiránihera
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xedenîkra
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And
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at this time
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Twins
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[there are]
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the oldest one
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we de.
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w so s.
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de tt ny xitti
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m n Kese
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Ao we
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Ao s tte Kette n.
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weje,
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"Warora,
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jedjanaíxdjî
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mânâkere
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howe
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huradjekdjenâ.
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he said,
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"Flesh,
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now
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in the world
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around
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let us go visiting.
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tteAe Kitti s.
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Ai ttAo Ke Ai Ai s
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e Kiy Ks
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e Ao w Ai KeKe n.
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Tcekdjîra,
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hitcokehihira
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egiakra,
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ehowahikekenâ."
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In the first place,
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our grandfather
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he is located here,
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we shall [go] by him."
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a wi de.
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e tt.
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Ai s Ai se de
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Ai ttAo Ke Ai se s.
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ttAo K
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awije.
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Édja
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hirahireje,
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hitcokehirera.
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"Tcoka,
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they said.
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There
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they had come,
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their grandfather.
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"Grandpa,
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A tti w[i] d ny n.
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ay se de.
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Ao Ao.
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Ai ttAo deKe niKi w A s
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hadjiw[i]janâinâ,"
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aíreje.
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"Hohó,
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hitcûcgenîkwahara
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we have come,"
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they said.
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"Well, well,
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my little grandsons
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A tti se Ko ni.
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e liAi n.
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ni Ko no ni A.
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AK wi n.
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e de.
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hadjiregûnî.
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epínâ.
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nikonuniha,
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hâkwinâ,"
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éje.
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they have come.
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It is good.
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I have been lonesome for you,
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as I lay here,"
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he said.
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Ai deKe
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ttAo K
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deyi rK wi Ke
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w o Ao wi n.
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Ai Ky se de.
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"Hicge,
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tcoka,
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jeisgawige,
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wa'ûhuwinâ,"
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higaíreje.
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"Also,
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grandpa,
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we have been made [this way,]
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so we have come,"
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they said to him.
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e tt.
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tee w Ai
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n i de.
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ni
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xeAe se
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Édja
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t'ewahi
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nâ'îje.
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Ni
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xere
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There
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to kill them
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he tried.
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Water
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to boil
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Ai tt Ke se de.
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e
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wi so A Kette Ke.*
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Ki so di tti se de.
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hidjakereje.
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E
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wirohâkdjege.
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Kirujidjireje.
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he put on.
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He
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he was to boil them.
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They began to tease one another.
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o xitti Ai se de.
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e tt.
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wK no K.
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ni
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xeAe se tte K
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'Ûxdjîhireje.
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Édja
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wâknuka
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ni
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xeredjega
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Very hard they [did it]
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There
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the old man
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water
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that which was boiling
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A n Kodo Ai s n K*
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tee Ai
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Ai se de.
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A Ao
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w so s.
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hanâkcûhîranâga
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t'ehi
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hireje.
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"Hâhó
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Warora,
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they tipped it over by foot and**
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to kill him
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[they did].
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"Say
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Flesh,
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te e
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e
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w o n.
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Ai o ni Ai Ai s.
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sotto dA n.
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dee
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e
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wa'ûnâ,
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hi'ûnihihira
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rutccanâ.
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this one
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[he]
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he had done it,
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our mother
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he has eaten.
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Ai so tti Kette n.
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e de.
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e tt
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so tti se de.
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e Ki.
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Hirudjikdjenâ,"
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éje.
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Édja
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rodjireje.
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Égi
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Let us eat him,"
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he said.
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There
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they ate him.
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[And]
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so dtt
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Ai se Ki di.
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e Ki.
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ttiAi s
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Ao w xitti
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rucdja
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hiregiji,
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égi
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tcira
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howaxîtc
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[eaten]
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when they had,
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then
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the house
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to set fire to
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Ai se de.
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e Ki
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e tt.
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A sy se Ki di.
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tt n K.
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hireje.
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Égi
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édja
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haraíregiji,
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djanâga
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they did.
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And
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there
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when they started,
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all
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w d s
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Ai Ke
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liAi ni Ki di.
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tee Ai se de.
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m n Kese
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wajâra
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hîké
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pînîgiji,
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t'ehireje.
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Mânâkere
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the things
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not
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[that were not good,]*
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they killed.
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The world
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A n ttiAi
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Ao oyi se de.
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e Ki
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m Ko A s.
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ni n Kse deKe.
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hanâtcî
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ho’ûireje.
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Égi
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mâk’úhâra,
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ninâkrecke,
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all
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they went over.
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And
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under the earth,
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and all the rivers,
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te tt s deKe.
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Ai Ke
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m n Kese
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ni Ke
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n Kd di s ni de.
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dedjâracke,
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hîké
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mânâkere
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nîge
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nâgâjiranîje.
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the ocean also,
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not
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in this world
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anyplace
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they did not miss.
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e Ki
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di Ke.
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w Ks.
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Ao o
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Ai se de.
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A Ai
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Égi
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jigé
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wâgra
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ho’û
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hireje.
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Hahí,
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And
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again
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above
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to go over
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[they did.]
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Finally,
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m xiAi
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w Ks
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deKe
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Ao o
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Ai se de.
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mâxi
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wâgra
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cke
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ho'û
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hireje.
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skies
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up
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[also]
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to go
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[they did.]
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A ttAi tt.
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A Ae s.
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n Ki di
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wi s Ai se de.
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A ttAi tt.
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Hatcîdja
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Hâhéra
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nâkiji,
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wirahireje.
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Hatcîdja
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Wherever
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the Night-beings
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they are,
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they got to them.
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Wherever
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wi n Kse.
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ttiAi
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w o n Ki
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deKe
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wi s
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winâkre
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tci
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wa'ûnagi,
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cke
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wira
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the sun
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to live
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[if he did it,]
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[also]
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the moon
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Ai se de.
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A ttA[i] tt.
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wi s Ko deKe
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n Ke
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w o n Ki
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hireje.
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Hatc[î]dja
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wiragocge
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nâge
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wa'ûnagi,
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[they were.]
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Wherever
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stars
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[to sit]
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[if they were,]
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deKe
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wi s Ai se de.
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e Ki
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A ttAi tt.
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w K tt
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cke
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wirahireje.
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Égi
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hatcîdja
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Wakâdja
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[also]
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they got to them.
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And
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wherever
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Thunderbirds
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ttiAi n Ki d
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n Ki
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deKe
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Ai s Ai
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Ai se de.
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tcinâkijâ
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nâgí,
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cke
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hirahi
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hireje.
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a village
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if it is,
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also
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to get to
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[they did.]
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m s.
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t[t]o liAi wi
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A n Ki di.
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A ntt
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Ao we
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Mâra
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d[j]opíwi
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hanâkiji,
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hanâtc´
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howe
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The worlds
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four
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that be,
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all of them
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through
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wo o
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Ai se de.
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A Ke
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ni Ke
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n Kd
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wo'û
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hireje.
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Hâké
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nîge
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nâgâc
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to go
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[they did.]
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Not
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anyplace
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to miss
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Ai s n[i] de.
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A Ko sey d.
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o n Koo.
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m o s.
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ni Ke
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hiranîje.
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Hagoreijâ,
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'ûnâk'û,
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Mâ'ûra
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nîge
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they did not.
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In the course of time,
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as they went about,
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Earth-maker
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where
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n Ki di
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Ai s Ai
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Ai se de.
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Ko se
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Ai se de.
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nâkiji,
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hirahi
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hireje.
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Koré
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hireje.
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he dwells,
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to reach
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[they did.]
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To surprise him
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[they did.]
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Ai K K.
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e tt
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Ai d
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w n o Ke we
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Ai ni Ktt n Ae de.
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Hîkaga
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édja
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hijâ
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wanâ’ókewé
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hinîkdjanaheje.
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Never
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there
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one
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of his own accord
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[he would not come.]
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Ai s nK o
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w o A Ai se de.
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ttiAi
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xeAe te xitti s
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no liAi wi wi de.
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Hiranâk’û,
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"Wa’ûhahireje."
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Tci
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xedexdjîra
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nûpiwiwije.
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He was thinking,
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"They came here."
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Buildings
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very large
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there were two.
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e tt.
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m o s.
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Ae se doKo ni s.
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Ai s Ki rA niKi
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nK dAe
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Édja
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Mâ'ûra
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Herecgúnira
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hirakisanîk
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nâkce.
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There
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Earth-maker
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the Devil
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side by side
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they were.
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e Ki.
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Ae se doKo ni K
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e tt
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ttAo ni
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Ao K w wi de.
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Égi
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Herecgúniga
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édja
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tconi
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hokawawije.
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And
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the Devil
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there
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first
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they went.
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A A.
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ni Ktt Kini K xitti wi s.
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Ai lA
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e Ki
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miy n Ks.
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"hâhâ´
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nîkdjâknîkxdjîwira,
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hipá
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égi
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miánâkra,
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"Well
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my children,
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ever since
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here
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I have been sitting,
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Ai K Ki.
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Ai d.
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w n o Ke we
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Ai sy tti ni n.
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te e
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hîkagi
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hijâ
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wanâ’ókewé
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hiraidjinînâ.
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Dee
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never
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anyone
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of his own free will
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he has come to me.
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This
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ttAe Kitti
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te de rKe
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s wi n.
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w d s
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Ai d
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tcekdjî
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dejesge
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rawinâ.
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Wajâra
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hijâ
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first time
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likewise
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you have done.
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[The thing]
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[one]
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doo s tti wi Ki
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tt Ko o
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w doo s tti wi Ki
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n ni xoKo Ktt wi n.
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e de
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c'ûradjiwigi.
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Djagu'û
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wac'ûradjiwigi?
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Nanixgûkdjawinâ,"
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éje.
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you have come for.
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Why
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you have come for it?
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I want to hear from you,"
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said he.
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e Ki.
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xeAe te tte K
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we de.
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Ao rKe
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m n Kese
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Égi
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xedédjega
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weje,
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"Hosge
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mânâkere
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Then
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the older one
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he said,
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"Not for any purpose
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the world
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A ntt
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w we A tt wi n.
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w so K
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A Ki do.
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e de.
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hanâtc´
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wawehadjawinâ,
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Waroga
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hakiju,"
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éje.
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all
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we are going over,
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Flesh
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I am with,"
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he said.
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e Ki.
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w Kidi Ko i
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w Kx n Kede.
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Ai d
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tteAeKe
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Égi
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wâkcígo’î
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wagaxnâkce.
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Hijâ
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tcek
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And
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life
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he was marking out.
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One
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first
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w KidiKi i K.
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w w Kx xe tt
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w Kx nK deAe.
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di litti niKi
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w w Kx n Kede.
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wâkcigiga,
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wawagaxedja
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wagaxnâkce.
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Cipdjinîk
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wawagaxnâkce.
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when he is born,
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book
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he wrote it.
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Very short
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he marked them out.
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Ko te
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tt Ko o K tt.
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A Ke
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reAe sette
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w s ni dA nK deAe.
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"Kodé,
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djagú’ûgadjâ
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hâké
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séretc
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waranicánâkce?"
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"Say,
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why
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not
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long
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you make them?"
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Ai Ky se de.
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Ao rKe
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de rKe.
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w d o s.
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Ai o n.
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higaíreje.
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Hosge
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jesge
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Wajâ'ûra
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hi'ûnâ.
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they asked him.
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[Thus]
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this way
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the Creator
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he has made me.
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w Kidi Ko i.
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Ai to K n s.
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di lini Ki se n.
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A ntt
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reAe se tti se Kidi
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Wâkcígo’î
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hidukanara
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cipnîkirenâ.
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Hanâtc´
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seredjiregiji,
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Life
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I have control over
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it is short.
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All
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[if they were long,]
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m s
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A Ki ni Ki se Ktt ne n.
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e ttA
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w n tto tty reKe
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Ai se Ktt ne n.
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mâra
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hakínikîrekdjanenâ.
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Étcâ
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wanâdjodjâisge
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hirekdjanenâ.
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the world
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they would crowd themselves.
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Then
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in a helpless condition
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they would be.
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A Ke
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w sotto
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Ai Ki n
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Ki s ni Ktt n Ae n.
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e rKe.
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Hâké
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warútc
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higinâ
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kiranîkdjanahenâ.
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Ésge,
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Not
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food
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enough
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they will not have.
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Therefore,
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Ai deKe
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me de rKe
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Ai Koro rA n.
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m o s.
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w Kidi[Ki] s.
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hicge
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mejesge
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higûsanâ,
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Mâ'ûra.
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Wâkci[k]ra
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[thus]
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in this wise
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I am created,
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Earth-maker.*
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The people
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Ao Aele A Kette
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Ai o n.
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Ki oy se de.
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w w Kx n K.
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ni Ki o Ktte n.
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hohephakdje
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hi'ûnâ."
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Ki'ûireje.
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Wawagaxnâka
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niki'ûkdjenâ.
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to decrease
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he made me."
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[They did it.]
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"[This book]
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let us do it for you."
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Ai Ky se Ki di.
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a n Koo s
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xoAo so Ko se de.
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e rKe
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Ki o
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higaíregiji.
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Anâk'ûra,
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xurukureje.
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Ésge,
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ki'û
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they asked of him.
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Finally,
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they persuaded him.
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Therefore,
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to do
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Ai se de.
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A ntt
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reAe se ttAi
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w w Kx
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Ai se de.
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hireje.
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Hanâtc´
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seretcî
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wawagáx
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hireje.
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[they were.]
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All
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very long
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to mark them
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[they did.]
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Ai Ke
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de rKe
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Ai wi ni ne
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Ao ttAi ttAi niKi wi s.
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a no ni Ke.
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"Hîké
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jesge
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hiwinîne,
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hotcîtcinîkwira,"
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anunige
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"Not
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that way
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do not do it,
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boys,"
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he had commanded, but
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A ntt
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reAe se ttiAi
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w w Kx
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Ai se de.
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w Ko soro
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hanâtc´
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seretcî
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wawagáx
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hireje.
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Wakurus
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all
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very long
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to mark them
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[they did.]
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To take back
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n i Ki
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deKe
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Ai s tt
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Ki Ki se de.
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e tt se deKe.
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nâ'îgi
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cke
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hiradjâ
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gigíreje.
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Édjarecke,
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he tried
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but
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to refuse to give it up
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they did.
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Even then,
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Ae se doKo ni K.
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m o s.
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Ai Ki rKe
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no ni Ke.
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Ai ni A ni se de.
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Herecgúniga
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Mâ'ûra
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hikisge
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nunige
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hinihanireje.
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the Devil
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Earth-maker
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equal to
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[but]
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they ruled him by might.
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w n Ke we de.
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n xi se
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Ai se de.
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e Ki.
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di Ke.
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Wanâkeweje.
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naxire
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hireje.
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Égi
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jigé
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He was afraid of them.
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They scared him
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[they did.]
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And
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again
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m o s.
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e tt
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Ao w sy se de.
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Ai s
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Ai se de.
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Mâ'ûra
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édja
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howaraíreje.
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Hira
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hireje.
|
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Earth-maker
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[there]
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they went.
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To get to him
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[they did.]
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A A.
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ni Ktt Kini K xitti wi s.
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Ai Ke
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de rKe di
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A Koro ni n.
|
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"hâhâ´
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nîkdjâknîkxdjîwira,
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hîké
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jesgeji
|
hagûsnînâ.
|
|
"Well
|
my little children,
|
not
|
to be this way
|
I have not made it.
|
|
s tti wi se di.
|
tt Ko
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Ai so
|
Ai se de.
|
tt Ko
|
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Radjiwireji,
|
djagu
|
hiro
|
hireje.
|
Djagu
|
|
Your coming there,
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[what]
|
evil
|
[there is?]
|
Whatever
|
|
doo s tti wi Ki di.
|
de e di
|
de rKe Ktt ne n.
|
e Ki.
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w Ky se de.
|
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c'ûradjiwigiji,
|
jeeji
|
jesgekdjanenâ."
|
Égi
|
wagaíreje,
|
|
you have come for,
|
that
|
it will be done so."
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And
|
they said,
|
|
Ao rKe
|
A ntt
|
w o A tt wi n.
|
e Ki
|
dA n
|
|
"Hosge
|
hanâtc´
|
wa'ûhadjawinâ.
|
Égi
|
cana
|
|
"Just merely
|
all
|
we are going over.
|
Here
|
only
|
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Ai K K
|
A tti
|
ni A tt wi Ke tti n
|
e rKe
|
e Ki
|
|
hîkaga
|
hadji,
|
nihadjawigedjinâ.
|
Ésge
|
égi
|
|
not
|
[to come,]
|
[we have come to see you].
|
So
|
here
|
|
A tti wi n.
|
e tt.
|
w w Ke de.
|
A A.
|
ni Ktt Kini K xitti wi s.
|
|
hadjiwinâ.
|
Édja
|
wawageje,
|
"hâhâ´
|
nîkdjâknîkxdjîwira,
|
|
we have come."
|
There
|
he said to them,
|
"Well
|
my little children,
|
|
te e di
|
s tti wi se.
|
liAi n.
|