NO. 3
��PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES
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��po'gadja'wana'daba's pe'bam ho-'o'lut "Old ruffled head of hair is sailing about.
��kr'nau kr'nau See him! see him!"
awe'rra ge - 'dawi'ntak agwedji-'molan "Who that singing?" he asked him.
e'kwadji'ksi'da'we eVaga-'na' unafa'gos-a "Dont" listen, it is clams." He walked ashore,
ama'djin awr'gwomuk be'djo'set
he went to his wigwam. When he came
wr'gwo'muk e'bagwatc ki'stemr'tcawa- to the wigwam, on account of it ready at once was*
��gan grzai/gwa saman food already cooked
��ktaha'rrdoskwe the sorceress.
��Kwurra'was udr'lan ge-'gwi'welo'san Long-Hair said to her, "Why did you come?
ke'labi'no'des'e ktaha'irdoskwe 1 i-'darn Get out of here !" The sorceress said,
a - 'ha' no'des-e' kami^'mi-wra'!!'
"Yes! I will get out, you have driven me away,
ke'nuk kadi- 'HI gode'ldamantc e'li- but I say to you you will be sorry how
mi-"mi-wi-ha'li-an ni-"kwup kadado"keul if you drive me out. Now I will tell you
elr'dabr'lak wu'ira na'kskwe e'tcwe'lmat what has happened, that girl you desired
kwo'zi-'lat se'nabal madje"kawa'dowak has run away with a man. They ran away,
ke'nuk ni-'a nawe-'welamo e-'rt but I I know where she is.
nda'haba gi'a' kamaska'o ke'nuk It is impossible you you find her; but
tcwelda-'mane kada"ki-'nosa'laltc
if you wish, I will show you."
Kwun-a'was awr'gada'man udlo"san Long-Hair was willing to go,
noma'djrna ktahan'do'skwal ma'lam they started the sorceress. At last
��be'djo'sak elama'dani-"kik udi'da'man they came among the mountains. She said
auha'n-doskwe' an-i-' gabedjo"san
that sorceress, "Now you have come
gwa"h'- e-'i'hi-'dit oda'lo'hwi -< gan udr'lan near where they are." She pointed, she said,
ne'i'hi-'dit nr'swak wa'djowak ni- "There are two mountains, there
awa"s-i e-'i'hi-'dit de'banuk ki - s beyond they are, soon after
basade-'ge kdlo"sa < nena note
nightfall we will go, and there
ngama's-ana'nena mala'm'te ki-s ba'sadek we shall take them unawares." Then after dark
��madji - 'na they went.
��ma-'lam'te At last
��gwa"Jr nama' near to where
��wa'djowak e - 'i'hi'dit udi - 'ian nehe" the mountains they were she said, "Now,
��gra you
��nr'ka'n'ose go ahead!"
��unika'n - o'san He went on ahead
��Kwun - a'wos ma'lom'te eba - "s - i e'i-'t Long-Hair. At last half way he was,
��numi-"kawi- v dahada < man then he remembered
na'ste' ti'k-e"pode
Soon the earth rumbled,
��uga'dagwa'bi'zun his belt.
na'skwe gi's
then already
��wza'mi me"tsi gi'z we-'udji'te'si-nu
too late, already they collided
wa'djowak nomadje'lan ktaha'n-doskwe'
the mountains. Then she went the great sorceress
��wr'gwomuk to her wigwam.
Kwun-a'wasal Long-Hair.
n'doskwe' sorceress
Kwun-a'wasal Long-Hair.
��wuli-'daha'su She rejoiced
wi - 'kwi - 'dahasu She made fun
e'li'gr'zi' how she had
nana'kskwesis That young girl
��se'ka'wat conquering
ktaha'- the
ba'kada'wa fooled
a"tama not ever
��madji-'lewi-'sa e'bagwatc no na'kskwesi-'s went from home, on account of it that young girl
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