1.1. nuk̕ʷɬíɬ ʔepɬ ššíw̕t skʷísts ʔartr. |
1.1. once there was a young rat his name was Arthur |
1.2. lut pín̕čeʔ ɬ láq̕ʷnc ʔunšénelgʷes. |
1.2. not ever was he able to make up his mind |
1.3. xʷe neʔ ʔuusígʷntm ɬa ʔa sl̕ax̣l̕áx̣ts ni k̕ʷneʔ kʷu čéšn kʷum̕ teʔcʔékʷn lut he y̕cméysn. |
1.3. whenever he was asked by his friends will you go along he would say I don't know |
1.4. lut he y̕cʔékʷəs hey hiɬ lut he y̕cʔékʷəs lut. |
1.4. he would not say yes and he would not say no |
1.5. pínč ʔiisél̕l̕mš. |
1.5. always he was undecided |
1.6. hoy ʔekʷústm ɬe ʔe tíkʷeʔs he ʔeelén he čeɬ kʷ i y̕əkʷúnm. |
1.6. he was said to by his father's sister (aunt) Helen look here I am going to tell you |
1.7. lut he če stq̕eʔílgʷesməncit xʷe neʔ pínč kʷu ʔecʔax̣íles. |
1.7. no one will care for you if always you do thus (you are ... like that --h.w.) (one who does thus --h.w.) |
1.8. lut he i ʔpɬ cíkʷemən |
1.8. you have no (more) sense ... |
1.9. tel̕ sq̕iʔc̕úl̕mxʷ he pécčleʔs ɬ miyéɬ kʷu lút. |
1.9. from (than) the grass its leaf and too much you are not |
1.10. hoy nák̕ʷsq̕it ʔicq̕úp̕t tcaqíneʔlš xʷiy̕e gʷuɬ šíw̕t hnt̕áˑˑx̣cən xʷe teč hngʷíst. |
1.10. then on e day it was raining they heard these rats a loud noise up above |
1.11. č̕ínč̕ənt xʷiy̕e hnʔəsčíčeʔn ʔey̕níɬ t̕iʔ yétkʷ xʷe y̕átqʷeɬp ha čac̕əl̕x̣ʷmínes. |
1.11. it is dangerous this barn because rotten the pine what is used for rafters |
1.12. ʔuc̕ax̣íɬ sic xʷe canc̕əl̕x̣ʷmínn ɬ sex̣ʷt ɬ máɬq teč gʷənúl̕mxʷ. |
1.12. suddenly at length those joists made a sound of cracking they fell to the ground |
1.13. xʷármstm xʷiy̕e hnč̕émč̕əmenč kʷum̕ hoy xʷiy̕e gʷuɬ šíw̕t tc̕əlc̕ələlmíc̕eʔ xʷe ʔe spúmlš xʷe ʔa y̕ənx̣íɬslš hiɬ xʷe ʔa y̕cpáspslš. | 1.13. it was shaken these walls and then these rats they were set up on end all over their hides by their fur from their fearing and being alarmed |
2.1. y̕əkʷún xʷiy̕e y̕y̕l̕m̕íxʷm̕ lu t̕iʔ lut xʷiy̕a ʔacʔáx̣əl. |
2.1. saying this little chief no surely this shall not be |
2.2. k̕ʷneʔ ʔekʷúsn xʷe gʷuɬ hn ssól̕tes čeɬ ʔu sláq̕mlš ʔe čeɬ ʔu snmel̕cíʔnet. |
2.2. soon I told them my little scouts to look for another place for us to be again at home |
2.3. lut he scílčts he sšəl̕él̕əl̕čəm̕s ɬ ʔuɬ čiiyáʕpt xʷiy̕e tčʔúpn he gʷuɬ ssól̕tes y̕əkʷúnlš xʷiʔ č gʷíč ʔe sšət̕úɬxʷ ʔungʷáqɬc̕eʔ šiɬ čeɬ č ʔul ʔaayáʕ če snmel̕cíʔnet. |
2.3. not five hours before they returned again hither they assembled these ten scouts saying here we saw a stone house it is roomy just to belong to all of us for our home (someplace for being --h.w.) |
2.4. ʔepɬ x̣eˑˑ ʔe ʔesčíčeʔ skʷísts neʔlí ʔapɬ st̕əm̕á tkʷəl̕kʷəl̕íl̕xʷ kʷum̕ xʷiy̕e hncəcám̕aʔal̕qsn̕ ʔepɬ dél̕eɬp. |
2.4. there is a horse her name is Nelly there is a cow a calf and a place of little roads (garden) there is a poplar |
2.5. hoy kʷum̕ čiceen̕úk̕ʷəkʷt xʷiy̕e gʷuɬ šíw̕t ɬ čicaan̕ác̕əcqeʔ xʷe tel̕ ccécətxʷlš. |
2.5. and then they crawled out under one by one these rats and came hither out from under from their little houses |
2.6. ʔuʔtén̕m ɬ čet̕əplíšlš xʷe ʔa čatx̣alílupn. |
2.6. in a line they stood on the floor |
2.7. ʔuušiɬ xʷiʔ ɬ xʷe sniʔt̕ík̕ʷt gʷíčc xʷe arthur. |
2.7. just now it was that the oldest he saw him Arthur |
2.8. hnt̕ax̣cínm ɬ ʔekʷústus táx̣ʷmncutš ni k̕ʷneʔ kʷu čicčéšn? |
2.8. gruffly (hurriedly in the mouth) it was that she said to him stop are you going along? |
2.9. steʔekʷún ʔicmé. |
2.9. he answered I don't know |
2.10. ʔuw̕ancíʔ ɬ xʷiy̕e sniʔt̕ík̕ʷt ɬ hnʕeyəyílgʷes ɬ ʔekʷn lut láq̕ʷntmet ceen̕ímetsncit. |
2.10. right then and there this oldest one became angry and said we are not able to do with it (wait for you) |
2.11. hahoy! |
2.11. about face! |
2.12. dex̣tul! | 2.12. march! |
3.1. c̕éliš ɬ tapn̕ác̕x̣pnclš xʷiy̕e y̕cʕʷímiš. |
3.1. he stood and watched them on their way those hurrying |
3.2. hnqamqamcíˑˑn ɬ ʔekʷn k̕ʷneʔ x̣iɬ láʔx̣ʷ neʔ čn xʷúy yo lut he y̕cméysn xʷisč̕i x̣aˑˑˑst hiɬ qʷámqʷamt xʷe ʔentxʷíʔ. |
3.2. very calmly it was that he said soon maybe tomorrow I may go my! I don't know interjection of admiration it is nice and comfortable here |
3.3. ciy̕e hnkʷíʔc ɬ ʔuuséx̣ʷ. |
3.3. that night and it went crack |
3.4. hoy ɬe kʷícm xʷe ʔuw̕e sčɬémt ɬ cicxʷúy ʔu číʔtp̕íɬew̕es ha sqál̕qal̕tmxʷ ʔa sqʷqʷéseʔ ɬ šíw̕šew̕tm. |
3.4. then in the early morning when it was still foggy this way came riding some men and boys and girls |
3.5. ʔác̕x̣nclš xʷiy̕e hnʔəsčíčeʔn. |
3.5. they looked at it this barn |
3.6. čiič̕áx̣ʷmstus he y̕əníč̕ew̕es xʷiy̕e tčnék̕ʷeʔ ɬ gʷič ʔa šíw̕t. |
3.6. this way he moved it a board this one of them and saw a rat |
3.7. ttəx̣ʷəx̣ʷíˑˑˑ šiɬ smíʔtew̕ess ɬ čiʔt̕íčm xʷe tel̕ ʔeeléxʷ. |
3.7. he small lay dead just half in and half out hither of the hole. |
3.8. xʷiʔɬ ʔaac̕áx̣əl ɬ kʷenənúnc xʷay̕ láq̕ms xʷiy̕e q̕adq̕admúl. | 3.8. that's the way that he recieved it what he searched (his due) this balker (uncertain one) |