Georgiana Trull

Bear and Hummingbird (October 21, 2003)

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Text identifier: GT1
Speaker: Georgiana Trull
Primary documentation: Alysoun Quinby
Project transcription: Andrew Garrett

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  1. Cher-'ery' 'o tel'. 'O nue-mee keem' soo tel'.
    Bear was sick. He was very badly sick.
  2. Keech 'o ge-see', Tue ke-gey kue ne-geeen'.
    So they said, We'll look for an Indian doctor.
  3. Kue che-ge-mem 'o ke-gey. Kwe-see 'o gem', To' nek kee mes-kwok'.
    The Hummingbird was an Indian doctor, and he said, I'll treat you.
  4. Che-ge-mem 'o mes-kwom' kue cher-'ery. 'O hem' che-ge-mem, Cho' huen-kek-som' k'e-luehl!
    Hummingbird treated the bear. Hummingbird said, Open your mouth!
  5. Cher-'ery' 'o 'erh-kerhl', 'ohl-kue-mee hee', Cho' 'erh-ker-hlerm'! Cher-'ery 'o 'erh-kerhl'.
    Bear opened his mouth, because he was told, Open your mouth! Bear opened his mouth.
  6. Noohl che-ge-mem 'we-luue-leek'o soot', noohl kue 'uemer-terw hr pkwe-chokw'.
    Then Hummingbird went into his mouth, and he came out through his butt.
  7. Keech 'o kwe-see kue cher-'ery' pe 'ue-kolsoo nohl-peyk', mee mos nohl-pey' tue wee-tee' mehl 'wete-lek'.
    So the Bear goes to the bathroom something like that, because he couldn't go to the bathroom and that's why he was sick.
  8. Tue weet 'uesoo nohl-peyk'.
    So he shits like that.
  9. Tue weet tue we'yk-'oh, mo-cho kee ne-wom' cher-'ery kol 'em nohl-pey', kol-nee 'o pa-'aa-mee' mee kue che-ge-mem 'uemes-kwok'.
    So today, if you see a bear went to the bathroom, it looks kind of wet because the Hummingbird treated him.
  10. That's the end.