(1) kêtahtawê êsa wâpos kâh-kimotiw pakânisa. êkwa kisiwâhêw ôhi ka-kimotamawât.

(1) Once upon a time a rabbit used to steal nuts. He angered the people from whom he stole them.

(2) "tânisi kê-tôtawâyahk?" itwêwak.

(2) “Shat shall we do to him?” they asked.

(3) "ka-wanihikamawânaw."

(3) “Let us set a snare for him.”

(4) pikiwa êsa ahêwak. êkwa wâpos ê-ispahtât, micimoskiwêw.

(4) They set some gum for him. Then when Rabbit ran there, he got stuck in the gum.

(5) êkwa ôki ayîsiyiniwak, "tânisi kê-tôtawâyahk!"

(5) Then those people, “What shall we do with him?”

(6) "mônahipânihk ahpô okâminakasîskâhk ka-pîhciwêpinânaw?"

(6) “Shall we throw him into a well or into the brambles?”

(7) "êkwa êsa ka-kakwêcimânaw tânita kâ-isiwêpinâyahk." "tânima kostahki ôta ka-isiwêpinânaw."

(7) “Let us ask him where we are to throw him. Whichever he fears, there we shall throw him.”

(8) êkwa nâtêwak wâposwa; êkwa kakwêcimêwak.

(8) Then they fetched rabbit and questioned him.

(9) "tânita kê-isiwêpinitâhk, mônahipânihk ahpô okâminakasîskâhk?"

(9) “Where shall we throw you, into a well or into the brambles?”

(10) êkwa wâpos, "nikostên okâminakasîskâhk."

(10) Then Rabbit, “I am afraid of the brambles.”

(11) "êkota ka-isiwêpinânaw," itwêwak.

(11) “There we shall throw him.” they said.

(12) otihtinêwak wâposwa; okâminakasîskâhk isiwêpinêwak. êkwa miywêyihtam.

(12) They took hold of Rabbit; they threw him into the brambles. He was glad of that.

(13) "nimêcawêwinisihk!"

(13) “Into my own playground!”

(14) ati-pimipayiw.

(14) He ran along.

(15) "kitatamihinâwâw êsiwêpiniyêk!" itwêw wâpos.

(15) “Very kind of you to throw me here!” said Rabbit.

(16) êkoyikohk pêyak âtayôhkêwin ê-kîsihtâyân.

(16) And so I have finished one sacred story.

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