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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Cher-'ery' 'o te'l. 'O nue-mee keem' soo te'l. Keech 'o ge-see', Tue ke-gey kue ne-geee'n. Kue che-ge-mem 'o ke-gey. Kwe-see 'o ge'm, To' nek kee mes-kwok'. Che-ge-mem 'o mes-kwom' kue cher-'ery. 'O hem' che-ge-mem, Cho' huen-kek-so'm k'e-luehl! Cher-'ery' 'o 'rhkerhl', 'ohl-kue-mee hee', Cho' 'rhker-hler'm! Cher-'ery 'o 'rhkerhl'. Noohl che-ge-mem 'we-luue-leek 'o soot', noohl kue 'ue-mer-terw hr pkwe-chok'w. Keech 'o kwe-see kue cher-'ery' pe 'ue-kol soo nohl-peyk', mee mos nohl-pey' tue wee-tee' mehl 'we-te-lek'. Tue weet 'ue-soo nohl-peyk'. Tue weet tue we'yk-'oh, mo-cho kee ne-wom' cher-'ery kol 'em nohl-pe'y, kol-nee 'o pa-'aa-mee' mee kue che-ge-mem 'ue-mes-kwok'. That's the end hirkik. |
Bear was sick. He was very badly sick. So they said, We'll look for an Indian doctor. The Hummingbird was an Indian doctor, and he said, I'll treat you. Hummingbird treated the bear. Hummingbird said, Open your mouth! Bear opened his mouth, because he was told, Open your mouth! Bear opened his mouth. Then Hummingbird went into his mouth, and he came out through his butt. 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. So he shits like that. So today, if you see a bear went to the bathroom, it looks kind of wet because the Hummingbird treated him. |