Mamie Offield: "The Perils of Weasel" (1957)

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[1]	kéevniikich vúra uum utapkûuputi póothtiitih.
	An old woman liked to gamble.

[2]	pa'ávansa káan tu'uumáhaak tóo piip " íkamish chími nuthtîiti.
	When a man arrived there, she said "Son-in-law, let's gamble!"

[3]	yakún tá níxraam pananí'aramah".
	I'll bet my child.

[4]	púyava tá kuníthtit.
	So they gambled.

[5]	púyava patóo xus " tá kanachífich," kári pamutêenva tóo syuunkiv.
	And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.

[6]	káriva kumûuk tóo ktir, áriim tuthantífish.
	She hit him with them, knocked him dead.

[7]	púyava kúkuum yítha tu'uum, kúkuum vúra vaa tóo pêer " íkamish chími nuthtîiti."
	So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!"

[8]	chavúra táay tóo ykar.
	Finally she killed a lot.

[9]	kári xás uum káru ishímfir, âanaxus.
	And Weasel was tough, too.

[10]	kári xás uxus " tîi kanimúsan."
	And he thought, "Let me go see her!"

[11]	kári xás upiip " íkamish chími nuthtîiti."
	And she said, "Son-in-law, let's gamble."

[12]	ta'ítam kunithtítaheen.
	So they gambled.

[13]	kári xás pakéevniikich tu'árihish, tupakúriihva, " âanaxus itvaratvárah."
	Then the old woman sang, she sang "âanaxus itvaratvárah."

[14]	kári xás âanaxus uum káru tupakúriihva, " kéevniikich tiiptíip'aahrishuk ."
	And Weasel sang, too, "kéevniikich tiiptíip'aahrishuk."

[15]	púyava pakéevniikich tá kunchífich.
	Then the old woman was beaten.

[16]	kári xás pamutêenva úsyuunkiv.
	And she pulled off her earring.

[17]	kári xás vaa kumûuk úktir.
	And she hit at him with it.

[18]	âanaxus úsvay, uthanfírip.
	Weasel ducked, she missed him.

[19]	kúkuum kunpíthtit.
	They gambled again.

[20]	ápap kúna úsyuunkiv.
	She pulled off (the earring) on the other side.

[21]	vaa kúna kumûuk úktir.
	She hit at him with it in turn.

[22]	kúkuum vúra uthanfírip.
	Again she missed him.

[23]	kári xás upíip pakéevniikich, " chôora nanikinínaasich iktûunihi.
	Then the old woman said, "Let's go, bring down my pet.

[24]	yukún vaa káan á' u'íithra murax'ipaha'ípan."
	He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."

[25]	kári xás âanaxus uvôoruraa.
	So Weasel climbed up.

[26]	kári xás uktûunih.
	And he brought it down.

[27]	yánava apsunxarahtúnviiv.
	He saw it was baby long-snakes.

[28]	kári xás upêer " mâa páy pamikinínaasich."
	And he said, "Here's your pets."

[29]	kári xás úkvip pakéevniikich.
	And then the old woman ran.

[30]	kári xás apsunxarah'îin kun'av.
	But she was eaten by a long snake