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w't'm'hîk'n naka w'siktahan. W'nimia skwuswul et'lak'mithak samakwan

skwutik; w'tumikwetahan. W'pon'm'n skwusuk wunyak'n naka w'kitwan w'huk.

Nit kamatc wiski (wizgi) m'snuloke nek'm w'mus-honuk. Nit kamatc

holithaskakon.

Nit nakyiu w'skinosisuk apatkauti‛tit, w'kuskalawau wikwuswau. Yot-tep

apma‛tit skwuswul et'li-muskemwa‛tit wunyak'n; holi-wewithatm'nya wenit

eloket. Etudci kinapyi‛tit w'nosowanya; katama nsakosiwiyik kata

w'tcileyowauwiwal; w'kisilowi (nasiltcaknuk). Yohot apadcip'ha-tidcihi

pedcihalina w'skinosisuk w'nidcalkowal ka‛kakus'l. Nek'm na widciphekwe,

te‛po kisi-elo‛ke w'ketakewan w't-asoswun. Nit-te na katama

w't-ekwesk'tuwun; w'sasakatpahan; w'tiyal: "w'liwun; pi‛tce-al nil

alsowiu (n')niniyak'n;" tcipkitakw'sin: "ninyak'n; pemi-k'siphete."

Aptc k'tuk w't-elnapemul pedcihan kitpu (kesena k'tcip'lak'n); na

nosokoso. W'kisi-wikwetowan Loksowul w't-epskwuns; metc-te-lo

w'laswultum. It'm: "n'palyotidcit n'simis; nek'm'p n'pemiptakon

nt-eps-kwuns." "W'liwun," asityiu. Yaka Kullu w'petciyan; nit yaka

piyemi sikikit m'sihisit kikitkamodcik p'mau‛soltidcik. Nek'm yaka

kwintet-mikwat w'pakhikalan; w'madcephan ewepiu wekw'si‛kok watetesakw

alok. Nit yaka et'li-laket; Loks nekekiu w'kwuntekm'n wetckowi

pe-nekwiyat sapi alo‛kik, wutci matcyiu-te amskowas sakhiyat kisus teki

nekiyak naka w'musaknatesinan Loks k'tak'mikok. Meskw penekwa-kemuk

w'malik-inoton metc-te sp'm'k eyit eli-nimi‛takw, yut'l k'los-wâk'n'l:

"kumutkenooek telaptumenek stugatc kesenakasikil; yogwa-hîk'n

yogwahik'no; telaptumenek kemutkenooik stuga m'kudomoss-koon."

Penekwakem'k, wut malikapyit kinithat Loks, kweni-k'ti-n'paktasit

esoketakw w'pitinakw'm'l tahalop w'neski, w'teklotm'n w'tun'k step

maliakepusit keskilkunat Kullo. Nahat m'saknasit w'skitk'mikw kekeskw

metetakw'so; m'teaulin'wi-takw'so: "mosak ke‛kw lites'nus n'pakam."

Kessi-w'temeyowâk'nik m'si-te sipsuk piswiye. M'site na nokdcuktesma;

m'si-te sise-pektesun p'kunom naka wilitpan kesi-milidcetc;

tceptesitwawîk'n peskweyo. Nit na eyik p'mausowâk'n.

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Wakeswuk nekiwik w'simisul pedciyalin: "tan wut elitpiye?"

Met'yēwestowik wa wik'n; "n'lokun paho;" w'kwatnas moskesso. Aptc

met'yēwestowik: "n'put'nak'm paho." Nit metceslewei eli-pekuwus

kisit-kisi-nastesuk w'numtcesin. Nit-te metc kinapyit naka malikapyit

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