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Ta':s:as kulna^kluktsa'pse* naso'uk"e*n qa.etxamnaqana'ke's.
qake'iiie' naso'uk^en: ta'xas he'itsxan'. qa'psin k^nse^lk- 20 qa'ts? qake'ine* nata^^klna'na: "a: n'duWatltka'ane* nasoV k^'nk.itskaxa'mes k.itsxal'anaxa'ka* h^trlsmik^'tine*, huslts!- ka'xe*/' qahauqa'meknaso'uk"e'n. qake'ine*: ktslaqsanmi*'- yit.s ktsxaltsl^'na'm klanaxa'ka?" qake'ine' nata^mklna'na: '^w/lna'ms pal kskilse'iltsxa. qake'ine* tsxalqa^lsanmiy^'t.se*. 25 ktsl^tmase'itel a^k!uWO*ukts aa*k.ia'akuWO, kts!^tkaxni*'yain. ta'xasqlaptsxalo'l'itkim'ine*. ta'xaskxa'tsanmi'yrt, ta'xastsxal- ts!maxa"miie" qakil^'lne* nata^mklna'na: "k/n'aqasosaits!^'- kamT' qake'ine*: '.'taxtanaaklunanu'qk^a." n'upxah'sine* palsdt- halnukupqa'ane*. qakii^'lne*: a'a*ke* tsxalqaqa^'ne*. tsxalqa^- 30 Isanmiy^'tiiie'. ta'xas a'a*ke* tsxaltslmaxa^mne*. qia'pe* imtsu^- n'e'k^'tine*. kxatsa'nmi'yit tsxaiqawu^lil'dqa^nakupmalna'mne' kiyeikOummyit ta'xas tsxal'u^pxanamna'mne* aa*k!am^'n'a." Ts^imiyit qa^kiy^ksr'iek nata^rklna'na. kanim*'yit.s qao'saqa'ane*. kiyu'kiyit qawanaakate'ine* nata^mk Ina'na. 35 k!unanu'qk"a's ta'xas s^l'atslma'xe*. latinu^k.tatimii'm*e*k. la^tilV^twokaxan/iek a'a'klwOuks* qa.k.iima'inne* ts loyts !u'- q^a. klunanu'qk^a kqaixuktsiya'mne*. qaa'le'n sr^'ikqaixuktsi- ya'mne* n'upxa'ine* nata^mklna'na nei laka^nukiatimume'ke*. tmaxa'^mne* naso'uk^e'ns aa^k^t.la.^'se's. n'^t Iqaoxaxa^nme' 40 ktsxaihulpa'biil qa'sts:xalaqa'ki*ks naso'uk"e*iis. qake'ine*: 'Va'ikuWa nei ma kutsl^'nam qa'alen srloikqai^xuktsiya'nme' kuia'xam/' qakil^'tne*: "kqa'suWO'kts k^nla'xa'm?" qake'ine*: tsus^lqake'ine*/' qakil^'lne* : *' tis I^m^aseikqai^xuktsiya'mne' kmtsl^'na'm/' qake^ne*: 'Hsqa'psints qou ta^xo'yaqao^'xa'm- 45 ke' s^iottqaixuktsiya'mne' kula'xam. n'upxab'sine* pal srlhalnu^kupqa'^ne*. qakil/lne*: qaaSts kla'qa'ke* nasoV k"e'n? qake'ine*: qaha*'lin he'nyaqakikmr'lke' aVke* qame'l^'lek. na ho'sanmiy^'tke* ta'xas srlxa*tsEqa'pte*k ki- yu'kiyit kints IupXaiia'mki'1 aa*k lam^'n'a. ts:s:alqats Ima'xe* 50 naso'uk^e'n. xale'e's tsxal^^siniltslma'se*. ta'xas huslol- tuq Itsqake'ine*/' q la'pe'leheta'mne*. Ta'xas n^tkin/lne* aa*k!ts tia'wu. kxa'tsaiimi*'yit ta':8:as tslma^lwatslxakana'mne*.^ qao^xaku^pmalna'nme* a'a*ke* ka- qawa'kainr'tuk ts !maxamne*. a'a*ke qawr^tii'^'lqanakup- 55 malna'mne*. kanmi'y^t aa'k!am^'n*a, qa'alin kiyu'kiyit qao"- xalya^qxaxa'mne'. tslmaxa'mne* yunaqawu'mne*. qa*na- ?:a'inne'.at tslma'xe kle'itik kaake'ns. at qa.upxa'lne* qa'psin. qa*na:xa'mne'. ta'xas nuwasna'mne'. N'aqa'ane* SuWy'tiino, nao'k!"e* qa'klik ktsuku'pxa. p^'k!a*ks 60 qak^'lne* SuWU^e's ktsuku'pxa tsxalyaaqaqana'ake*. qiakpa'kse*
1 Pierre says the modem word would be tsImsVa^naxakana'mne' .