1.1.  nuk'ułi̲ł   'epł   shshi̲'wt   skwi̲sts   'artr.	1.1.  once there was a young rat his name was Arthur
1.2.  lut   pi̲'nche'   ł   la̲q'wnts   'unshe̲nelgwes.	1.2.  not ever was he able to make up his mind
1.3.  khwe   ne'   'usi̲gwntm   ła   'a   s'laqh'la̲qhts   ni   k'wne̲'   ku   che̲shn   ku'm   te'ts'e̲kwn   lut   he   'ytsme̲ysn.	1.3.  whenever he was asked by his friends will you go along he would say I don't know
1.4.  lut   he   'yts'e̲kus   hey   hił   lut   he   'yts'e̲kus   lut.	1.4.  he would not say yes and he would not say no
1.5.  pi̲nch   'iise̲'l'lmsh.	1.5.  always he was undecided
1.6.  hoy   'eku̲stm   łe   'e   ti̲kwe's   he   'eele̲n   he   cheł   kw   i   'yku̲nm.	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   che   stq'e'i̲lgwesmntsit   khwe   ne'   pi̲nch   ku   'ets'aqhi̲les.	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   'pł   tsi̲kwemn	1.8.  you have no (more) sense ...
1.9.  te'l   sq'i'ts'u̲'lmkhw   he   pe̲tschle's   ł   miye̲ł   ku   lu̲t.	1.9.  from (than) the grass its leaf and too much you are not
1.10.  hoy   na̲k'usq'it   'itsq'u̲p't   ttsaqi̲ne'lsh   khwi'ye   gwuł   shi̲'wt   hnt'a̲aaqhtsn   khwe   tech   hngwi̲st.	1.10.  then on e day it was raining they heard these rats a loud noise up above
1.11.  ch'i̲nch'nt   khwi'ye   hn'schi̲che'n   'e'yni̲ł   t'i'   ye̲tkw   khwe   'ya̲tqwełp   ha   chats''lqhumi̲nes.	1.11.  it is dangerous this barn because rotten the pine what is used for rafters
1.12.  'uts'aqhi̲ł   sits   khwe   tsants''lqhumi̲nn   ł   seqhwt   ł   ma̲łq   tech   gunu̲'lmkhw.	1.12.  suddenly at length those joists made a sound of cracking they fell to the ground
1.13.  khwa̲rmstm   khwi'ye   hnch'e̲mch'mench   ku'm   hoy   khwi'ye   gwuł   shi̲'wt   tts'lts'llmi̲ts'e'   khwe   'e   spu̲mlsh   khwe   'a   'ynqhi̲łslsh   hił   khwe   'a   'ytspa̲spslsh.	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.  'yku̲n   khwi'ye   'y'y'l'mi̲khu'm   lu   t'i'   lut   khwi'ya   'ats'a̲qhl.	2.1.  saying this little chief no surely this shall not be
2.2.  k'wne̲'   'eku̲sn   khwe   gwuł   hn   sso̲'ltes   cheł   'u   sla̲q'mlsh   'e   cheł   'u   snme'ltsi̲'net.	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   stsi̲lchts   he   ssh'le̲'l'lch'ms   ł   'uł   chiiya̲(pt   khwi'ye   tch'u̲pn   he   gwuł   sso̲'ltes   'yku̲nlsh   khwi'   ch   gwi̲ch   'e   ssht'u̲łkhw   'ungwa̲qłts'e'   shił   cheł   ch   'ul   'aaya̲(   che   snme'ltsi̲'net.	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.  'epł   qheee   'e   'eschi̲che'   skwi̲sts   ne'li̲   'apł   st''ma̲   tku'lku'li̲'lkhw   ku'm   khwi'ye   hntstsa̲'ma'a'lqs'n   'epł   de̲'lełp.	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   ku'm   chitsee'nu̲k'ukwt   khwi'ye   gwuł   shi̲'wt   ł   chitsaa'na̲ts'tsqe'   khwe   te'l   tstse̲tstkhwlsh.	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.  'u'te̲'nm   ł   chet'pli̲shlsh   khwe   'a   chatqhali̲lupn.	2.6.  in a line they stood on the floor
2.7.  'ushił   khwi'   ł   khwe   sni't'i̲k'wt   gwi̲chts   khwe   arthur.	2.7.  just now it was that the oldest he saw him Arthur
2.8.  hnt'aqhtsi̲nm   ł   'eku̲stus   ta̲qhumntsutsh   ni   k'wne̲'   ku   chitsche̲shn?	2.8.  gruffly (hurriedly in the mouth) it was that she said to him stop are you going along?
2.9.  ste'eku̲n   'itsme̲.	2.9.  he answered I don't know
2.10.  'u'wantsi̲'   ł   khwi'ye   sni't'i̲k'wt   ł   hn(eyyi̲lgwes   ł   'ekwn   lut   la̲q'untmet   tsee'ni̲metsntsit.	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.  deqhtul!	2.12.  march!
3.1.  ts'e̲lish   ł   tap'na̲ts'qhpntslsh   khwi'ye   'yts(wi̲mish.	3.1.  he stood and watched them on their way those hurrying
3.2.  hnqamqamtsi̲iin   ł   'ekwn   k'wne̲'   qhił   la̲'qhw   ne'   chn   khu̲y   yo   lut   he   'ytsme̲ysn   khwisch'i   qhaaaast   hił   qwa̲mqwamt   khwe   'entkhwi̲'.	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.  tsi'ye   hnkwi̲'ts   ł   'use̲qhw.	3.3.  that night and it went crack
3.4.  hoy   łe   kwi̲tsm   khwe   'u'we   schłe̲mt   ł   tsitskhu̲y   'u   chi̲'tp'i̲łe'wes   ha   sqa̲'lqa'ltmkhw   'a   squqwe̲se'   ł   shi̲'wshe'wtm.	3.4.  then in the early morning when it was still foggy this way came riding some men and boys and girls
3.5.  'a̲ts'qhntslsh   khwi'ye   hn'schi̲che'n.	3.5.  they looked at it this barn
3.6.  chiich'a̲qhumstus   he   'yni̲ch'e'wes   khwi'ye   tchne̲k'we'   ł   gwich   'a   shi̲'wt.	3.6.  this way he moved it a board this one of them and saw a rat
3.7.  ttaqhoqhwi̲iii   shił   smi̲'te'wess   ł   chi't'i̲chm   khwe   te'l   'eele̲khw.	3.7.  he small lay dead just half in and half out hither of the hole.
3.8.  khwi'ł   'aats'a̲qhl   ł   kwennu̲nts   khwa'y   la̲q'ms   khwi'ye   q'adq'admu̲l.	3.8.  that's the way that he recieved it what he searched (his due) this balker (uncertain one)