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Once upon a time there was a boy.

užibcaw užiblekːu ca durħuˁ.

His father had a herd of sheep.

ilila atːala dužibcad macːala aq'.

The father said to the son: "I got a lot of work, go to herd the sheep for three days!"

atːa ik'ulcaw durħuˁcːe, dila ʡaˁčurbe lednu, u ʡaˁbal bar uq'aˁn macːala q'ari.

"In one place, there are", he says, "trees. Whatever happens, do not look at them!"

ca musːad k'ed ik'ulcaw kːalkme, warilla wari u iχtːaj erčimahark'utːa!

"Good," said the boy. He went the first day and didn't look at the trees and went back home.

ʡaˁħle ik'ulcaw durħuˁ, agurcaw ca ibil bar erčirawerč'iblekːu kːalkmaj, kajʁibcaw qili.

On the second day he went and thought: "Why did father say this?"

k'ʷi ibil bar agurcaw cel atːal il haʔibel ik'ul, pikri ik'ul užibcaw.

"Don't look at the trees!", he said, and he was patient and did not look at the trees.

kːalkmaj erčimaurk'utːa ik'ul, erčiwerč'iblekːu jaˁħ barq'ible.

(He) went the third day, and (he) thought about it even more.

ʡaˁbil bar agurcaw c'ilra, hatira χʷalle pikri ik'ulcaw.

"Why did father say so, what kind of trees are these?" he said.

cellij atːal il haʔiblel, ce kːalkmejal ik'ul.

Not being able to resist, he looked (at the trees).

užij ajχuble erčiwerč'ibcaw.

He saw that they turned out to be big, beautiful apple trees, and he climbed upwards.

čidažibcad χːula qːuʁa hincballa kːalkːi bužibcab, hel čihawquncaw.

He ate until he was full. Then he thought to gather apples, and at the time when he was filling his shirt, Bazhuk [= a kind of witch] came.

welqːijsat ukuncaw, c'il dalli diqːanda ik'ul duklara dirc'an zamana sareʁibcar baˁžuk.

"Now", she said, "Is this the one who eats apples from my trees?"

ha rik'ulcar hežuw ij, dila kːalkme, dila hincbe dukːan?

She caught (the boy) and put him into a sack.

ucible, qːaple wikajšːibcab.

"Then," she said, "I will carry him as food for myself during the day."

c'il rik'ulcar dam arillalij χurejglij wiqːanda.

At some place she stopped to pee, took off the sack, and went to pee under the bushes.

ca musːa helila dacːi dik'ʷij dižible čirkasːible qːap agurcar qːʷat'agu dacːi darq'araj.

At this time that boy came out of the sack and hid himself.

il durħuˁ tːurahawquncaw hel zamana qːaplicːer, daˁʡaˁna išːibcaw.

She came back from peeing, took her sack, and said: "Ah, what has it become heavy!"

kareʁibcari ik' dacːi čirdarq'ible, čihasːibcab qːap, ax rik'ulcar il, dek'ʷ biχuble lebq'al iž.

"Probably he became heavy because of his fear", she thought. She took the sack up and went on.

cinna uruχdexlij dek'ʷ iχub urkːar rik'ul, berqːibcab il agurcar.

When she reached home, she took off the sack.

riteʁible qili čirkasːibcab qːap.

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She set up a fire, put a pot onto it, and sat down and left it until it boiled

c'a gʷabiq'uncab, ħaˁšak čebišːible, rurčːur hadigarajsat karižibcar.

When (the water) boiled, she poured out the sack upside down into the pot,

rurčːur hadižibqːel, qːap čarbikabarq'ibcab ħaˁšukːa.

Stones came out of the sack.

qːaplicːer qːarqne tːurakadeʁibcad.

She got angry and cried out:

ʡaˁsi riχuble il waˁw rik'ul.

"Where are you?!" she said, "I won't do anything to you, come!",

činawde u, rik'ulcar, at dul cik'al abirq'andan durħuˁcːe waše!

and the boy said: "I am inside your box."

durħuˁ ik'ulcaw, du ala sunduq'lew wiw lewda.

She opened the box, looked but he was not there.

ač barq'ibcab sunduq', errik'ulcar, wakːu.

Then she said: "Boy, I won't do anything to you!"

c'ilra rik'ulcar wa durħuˁ at dul cik'al abirq'anda.

"Come, come outside! Say where you are!"

waše, tːura waše činawdel u bursa.

The boy said: "I am in your little finger!"

durħuˁ ik'ulcaw, du ala nik'a t'uplew wiwda.

She cut off her small finger, he wasn't there.

qaˁškaʁibcab cinna nik'a t'up, wakːu.

And then she said, more angrily: "Tell me where you are!"

c'ilra rik'ulcar, hatira ʡaˁsi riχuble, činawdekːʷa, u bursa!

The boy said: "I am inside your pot."

durħuˁ ik'ulcaw, ala ħaˁšukːaw wiw lewda.

She went to the pot and looked inside, if he would be there.

ħaˁšukːa čegurre it errikarurk'ulcar wiw χewel.

At this time, the boy jumped up and pulled her inside the pot.

hel zamana taˁħ sauqunne durħuˁ, qːurt rikararq'ibcar hel ħaˁšukːari.

In the water that boiled in the pot, she died.

ħaˁšukːar rurqaˁn hinnicːer il rebč'ibcar.

Then he lead his sheep and went home.

c'il derčible cinna macːara agurcaw qili.