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      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)