RabbitandTurtle

Ok, this is going to be a short story, that I want to tell you.

Hįhą, ųųsge tee ųųsge woorak žiipįk hižą here, ųųsge honįgitak raagųwira.

Ahm, little rabbit, they let him sleep in the afternoon, his mother (did).

Ųųsge tee wašjįkįka, ųųsge nąą gigiirešgųnį, wiiraroocąje_haixaregi, hegų hiʔųnį hiira hegų.

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He was laying there and finally fell asleep.

Ųųąkʼų hegų wašjįkįka nąą.

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He was sleeping really good.

Hegų nąąra hegų pįįxjįnąkʼų hegų.

Then it was two thirty and then he woke up.

Ųųsge gicįwį nųųpnąga kiisakgają tee eeja hikį.

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And he sat up and looked around.

(Woo) mįįnąk kirinąknąga, hegų wooroǧoǧocnąga.

There, "What am I gonna do this afternoon? Mhmm," he sat there thinking about it.

Hegų eeja hegų "Jaagu haʔųkjeneže, wiirarocąjee_haixa teʔe, mhmm?" hegų eegi mįįnąknįįsge wewįnąk.

"Hey! for a long time I haven’t gone fishing, so I should go do that, it would be good."

"Hee, ųųsge sʼiixjįįšge hąke hoo_haisiknį, hegų eesge heesge haa, teegi pįįną hegų."

Then: "Oh, I don’t have any worms, I have to dig some up," he was kind of thinking.

Hegų "Hąą, wikirišuucrašge hįcųšgųnį hegų, hisge hakʼekje heesge," hirenįįsge anąga hegų.

Ahm, so he found a little tin can and he went down the hill.

Ahm, heesge hegų mąąs kookįkižą hiʔeanąga, hegų xee kųųhąra howare ųųsge.

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There was a little stream there.

Nįįšąnąk xųnųįkižą ejaakšąną hegų.

By the edge there, a lot of worms used to be there, so he went there

Uukeeja wikirišuucra roohąxjįšųnųra, eesge hegų howareanąga hegų.

While he was walking over there, there (CW: I would say raha’ų), little turtle he was sitting there, by the edge of the water.

Eeja raheʔų, tee eeja keecąkįka mįįnąknąkšgųnį, nįįʔuukeja hegų.

"Hey, Little Turtle, what are you doing here?"

"Jaa, Keecąkįk, jaagu eegi šʔųųšąnąk?

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"Well, I’m bored sitting here, I’m just sitting here for no reason looking around at things, I’m watchingthe birds flying around."

"Hegų wooʔų_hįįrec nįįsge eegi mįąnąknąkšąną, hegų goosge hegų wapesįwįnąkšąną, hegų jaagura hižą herega, wanįkįkrašge hegų howe tʼąąnąąk, hegų žee wapesįwįnąkšąną."

Ahm, "What are you going to do?", little turtle said to Little Rabbit.

Ųųsge, "Jaagu šʔųųkjene?" Keecąkįka eešgųnį, Wašjįkįka hegų.

"Oh, I’m gonna go fishing."

"Aah, hoo_haisik teekjene hegų."

"I’m also kind of bored, I just woke up."

"Wooʔų_hįįrecnįįsge hirasa waaʔųaje, ceek yaakįanąga waaʔųaje."

"I don’t know what I’m gonna do."

"Hegų jaagu haʔųkjenera, ke yaaperesnį teegų."

"A little later, I want to go fishing, I’m gonna dig up some worms," he said."

"Hirarexjįkgają, hoo_haisik raagų, heesge hegų wikirišucra eegi hisge hakʼekjene," een.

"Oooh, don’t do it that way, you’re not supposed to use them."

"Ooh, kesge hiinįre hegų, ke wikirišuc hišʔųkjeesganį hegų."

"If you’re going to go fishing, where are you going to go to?"

"Ųųsge, hoo_raisik šerekjenegi, hacįįja howašerekjene?"

"I’m going to the big water, this water here is too small, the big water."

"Ahm, nįįxete howatekjene, teʔe jagu nįįąkre, tee eegišge xųnųxjįįk nįįxetera."

"Oh, that bridge there, you can cross there."

"Ooh, nąąxaamąnįąka, aakra, žee eeja hašurucenąanąga."

"Ok, I’ll do that then," he started hopping along, he crossed there on that bridge.

"Hihą, hegų heesge haakje hegų, eeja tʼąątʼąp wašjįkįka reešgųnį, hegų, nąąxaamąnį anąga eeja haruceanąga hegų.

He headed towards the big water.

Nįįxetera hapahišgųnį.

Little Turtle, "I can go with you, right? I can show you where to fish, the good spot."

Ee Keecąkįka: "Hanįkižu taanąsʼaare, nįgipahaną, hacįįja hoo_higisik hoʔųpįįną, hegų eeja pįįxjįšųnų hegų."

"But it’s across the water."

"Nįįaakejaži here hegų."

"When I go with you, I can show you."

"Ųųsge hanįkižu taanąga, nįgipahakje hegų."

"All right, you can do this."

"Hea, heesge raaną hegų."

They were walking and a little later he asked Turtle:

Hegų mąąnį haraheirešgųnį, hirarexjįgają, Keecąka higiwąxnąga:

Ahm... "It’s across the water, the really god spot, how are you going to cross the water, rabbit?"

Ųųsge... Jaasgaanąga jaagu nįįakeja here, hoo_higisik pįįxjįra, ųųsge jaasgeanąga, Wašjįkįka, (hašuru) nįįra hašurucekjeneže?

"I dunno! Maybe if there is a boat there, I could borrow it."

"Ke yaaperesnį, kooreesge eešge waacra hižą hijaakgi waanącną."

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"Mhmm, there is no boat so..."

"Yaa, waacra cųųšgųnį hegų..."

"If you sat on my back, it’d be good."

"Ųųsge hegų ųų, ahm, nąąkera hįįmįįšąnąki, pįįną hegų."

"I’m gonna cross you over the water."

"Hegųeeja nįįra (hanį_tu) hanįtucekje, hegų nįį eeja."

"You can sit on the back here"

"Eeja haakregi hamįšąnąkną."

"Then, I can take you across," he said.

"Hegų eeja nįįaakeja hanįnįahiną," hegų eešgųnį.

"Hey, that’s good."

"Hee, žeegų pįįxjį."

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"Good thing I ran into you."

"Pįįgają, hinįkipara hegų."

"If you could also show me where the fish are, I would really like this."

"Hegų hirasa hegų hacįįja hoora ųųnąkašge hįragišawahagi, žee guk haipįkjene hegų."

So they went along and eventually they crossed the water.

Hegų žee hegų harairešgųnį, hegų ųųnąkʼų, nįįra (harucaire) haruceirešgųnį.

When they got there, ahm, Rabbit thought: "We don’t have any worms, so how are we going to fish? The fish like worms."

Eeja hahiiregają, ųųsge, wikirišucra Wašjįkįka wewįgųnį, wąągacųšgųnį jaasgeanąga, hoo_hįgisikikjene, jagu, hoora ųųsge wikirišuc gipįire."

"Here, tie the fishing line to my tail! , Tie my tail!"

"Žee ųųsge (wagi_hoo) (hoo) hoo_higisik waginąra, ah, ųųsge, ah, sįįceja hįgirusgicaje, sįįcra hįgirusgicre!"

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"I’m gonna show you."

"Nįgipahakje."

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"How...?"

"Jaasganąga...?"

"Oh, well, I move about under water really well and I can fish really well."

"Oh, jagu, nįįkųųhąra (hoo) howe haʔųra watupį waaʔųaje, hoo_higisikrašge watupįxjį waaʔųaje."

"Ooohh I never even thought of that!"

"Oooh, kaagašge žee peewįnį hegų jagu."

Just because.. "I just woke up and I can’t think, I can’t think well," Little Rabbit said.

Hegų goosge.. "Hegų ceek yaakįanąga, ke wapeewį tuuxuruknį, pįį (we) wapeewį tuuxuruknį," Wašjįkįka eegišgųnį hegų.

"Okay, you tie the tail, and I’m gonna jump into the water."

"Hea, hegų sįįcra šurusgicra, hegų nįįra waatʼąpikjene."

"Okay then, do it!"

"Hea, heesge hiire hegų."

"I’ll hold on to the rope."

"Waginąra (ha) eegi hatukosikje hegų."

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Meanwhile, the rope was kind of swinging when he jumped in.

Ųųnąkʼų hegų waginąra (gihu) gihuhunįįsge, hegu nįįra hotʼąpšgųnį hegų.

Turtle disappeared there.

Keecąkįka hahi xawanį.

A little later, turtle reappeared.

Hirarexjįgają, tee eeja keecąkįka haǧep kirinąk.

Ahm, "This fish here, do you like it?" he said.

Ųųsge "Tee hoižą eegi aakre raipį," ee.

"Oooh, it’s really big, it’s a really nice fish."

"Uu, woogizuk xetexjį, hoo pįįxjįižą here."

"Okay, I can bring it to shore."

Hegų "Hea, (hnn) eegi (aa) ąąckąnąkikje hegų."

Ahm, "I will drop the fish here," he said.

Ųųsge "Eegi hoora tuušąnąkjene," hegų eešgųnį.

"Hey, do it so!"

"Hee, heesge hiire hegų."

"How many do you want?" said the turtle.

Jaanąga rooragųže Keecąkįka eešgųnį.

"Ohhh, if you could catch (lit. bite) another three.."

"Oooh, oh, taanį (hi) žige (hašuru) hašaraxjak šuruxuruki hegų."

"I only want four, I don’t want to take back a lot of them."

"Joop, joop kiira raagų, ke roohąxjį hanįhakere raagųnį."

"Ok, it can be that way."

"Yaa, heesgekje hegų.

So turtle jumped back into the water again and disappeared.

Hegų nįįra haakja, Keecąkįk, hotʼąpanąga, hegų hahi xawanį.

A little while later again he came back with a real big fish and there he dropped it by the edge of the water and the rabbit he started to tie them up.

Hirarexjįgają, žige hooxetexjį hižą hanį kiri, hegų eeja nįįʔuukeja rušąnąanąga, hegų Wašjįkįka eeja woorusgicjirešgųnį.

He had a different rope there and he started tying them all up and eventually they had four.

Waginą hijąhįižą hanįjeera, hegų hanąąc warusgisgic jiireanąga, ųųnąkʼų, joop harukosire.

Here they stopped: "That’s enough, I only want four."

Hegų eeja rušjąireanąga, hegų "Žee hiną, hegų joopkiira raagų."

"You did really good you went with me, turtle."

"Hegų guk gizuk, Keecąkįkra, pįįxjį raagają hįįrakižu rajira."

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"Yes, that you brought me across, I liked it."

"Hąąhą, hegų nįįrašge hegų (hįšuru) eeja hįįšurucera, haipį hegų."

"Okay, let’s go back, I’m kinda tired," rabbit said.

"Hea, eegi (hapa) hįkerekje, hegų hįįcge nįįsge," hegų Wašjįkįka eeže.

Here finally they went back to where they started from.

Hegų ųųnąąkʼų, hakarairešgųnį.

Where they went, they crossed back over that little stream.

(Hi)toowe hakarairegają, tee eeja Keecąkįka weešgųnį, nįįšąnąkįkra haakja eeja harucaire anąga.

"I’m tired, I’m more tired, I’m going back, I want to sleep."

"Hegų hįįcge hegų, hegų hirasa, hirasa hįįcge, hegų hirasa hakerekjene, haną raagųną."

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"Yes, do that!"

"Hąą, heesge hiire hegų."

"I’m also real tired, when I get back home my mom she will ask me...

"Hirasa hįįcge, hegų ciieja hagigi, hiʔųnį haara hįgiwąxikjene jagu.."

...I didn’t tell her I was gonna go fishing...

"...ke waagitaknį hoo_haisik teekjenera, hegų..."

...she won’t know what I’ve been doing.

"...jaagu haʔųanįhera, ke hiperesnįkjene."

"So, maybe I’ll see you again (sometime)"

"Hegų hegų ųųąkʼų, hegų, hąą, žige kooreesgešge hanįcakje hegų."

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"Yes, it will be."

"Hąą, heesgekje hegų."

"I don’t wanna fish right now, there are a lot of them here," there rabbit went back.

"Ke higųąną hoo_haisik raagųnį, hoora eegi roohąxjįakgają," hegų eeja kerešgųnį, Wašjįkįka.

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He was going along and he arrived back home.

Ųųąkʼų ciieja gii.

There his mother is standing there waiting for him.

Tee eeja (nąą) hiʔųnį hiira hapejeešgųnį.

"Hey, where have you been?"

"Hee, hacįįja (how) ranįheže?"

"I went fishing, look at these!"

"Hoo_haisik hanįhe, tee wooroǧocre!"