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away.'" Coyote was told: "And why did you run away?" He said: "I was staying there, and Rabbit came. When he arrived, I said to him, 'Now, why?' He said, 'I am running away.' I thought, 'Oh, something must have happened, and I myself might almost have been in trouble!' Then I ran away." Then Rabbit was told: "Now, why did you run away?"—"I was eating branches, the wind was blowing, the snow fell from the trees, and a branch broke off the tree; it almost fell on me. Then it made me run away. That is what I meant when I said, 'I am running away.'" Then they laughed and separated. Now it is ended.


qak.ła′pne· (He said to me:) hux̯x̣a′ʼmktx̯e·k. ('I am running away.'") qakiłι′łne· (He was told) skι′n·ku·tsts (Coyote:) nι′nko· ("And you,) qa′psin (why) kιnsła‵qakałts!ι′na·k. (were you running?") qake′ᵢne· (He said:) huqa‵osaqa′ₐne· ("I was staying there;) ska′x̣e· (he came) kianuqłu′mnats (Rabbit,) ki·′wamts (when he arrived) huqᵘakι′łne· (I said to him:) ta′x̣a ('Now,) qa′psints (why?') qake′ᵢne· (and he said:) husx̣a′ʼmktse·k. ('I am running away.') huqᵘałwi′yne· (I thought:) at () ktsιnma′łqa ('Something happened) tu′x̣wa (almost) at () hułʼi‵sιnqapwιtsqa′ₐx̣a (might be in trouble in his place,') ta′x̣a (then,) ma (however,) kusłaqakałts!ι′na·k. (therefore I ran away.") Qakiłι′łne· (He was told) kianuqłu′mnats (Rabbit:) nι′nko ("Now you,) ta′x̣a () qa′psin (now, why) kιnsłʼaqakax̣a′ʼmktse·k. (did you run away?') qake′ᵢne·. (He said:) huqᵘa′ₐkiłʼikuła′t!ne· ("I was eating branches,) nʼuk!ᵘιnłhałumι′n·e· (at once the wind was blowing,) nupuma′kne·ts (snow fell from the trees and) qake′ᵢkałʼyaqιtsk!ała′ₐkᵢne·, (a branch broke off a tree,) tu′x̣wa (almost) ma () ksιłʼyuwitsx̣o′ᵤna·p. (it fell on me.) ta′x̣a (Then) husłhutsqankaqkupekι′me·k. (towards it made me run.) ta′x̣a (Then) ma (however) kuι′łki·t (I meant that when I said) kusx̣a′ʼmktse·k. ('I am running away.'") ta′x̣as (Then) numatsʼna′m·ne·ts (they laughed and) łapaₐtsqa·tsa′m·ne·. (separated again.) ta′x̣as (Then) qaqa·′sₐne·. (it is ended.)