Nettie Ruben: "Blue Jay As Doctor" (1957)

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[1]	mahnûuvanach tuyíkiha.
	Chipmunk was sick.

[2]	váas kích uthiv.
	She lay as thin as a blanket.

[3]	kári xás ta'ítam xúus u'uumáheen.
	Then they doctored her.

[4]	sunyíthi tá kun'íshavsip kachakâach.
	They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.

[5]	ansáfriik va'árah.
	She was a Weitchpec person.

[6]	kári tu'aráriihkanha.
	Then (Chipmunk) got well.

[7]	púyava kúkuum axmáy tuyíkiha mahnûuvanach.
	Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.

[8]	" chími kiikpíkaan ansáfriik va'árah."
	"Go summon Weitchpec person!"

[9]	tá kunpíkaar.
	They summoned her.

[10]	tu'áhoo.
	She came.

[11]	kári xás upíip " xanpuchíniishveenach kiikpíkaan.
	And (Chipmunk) said, "Go summon Hummingbird!"

[12]	chími vúra xánkiit."
	Let Bullhead (come too)!"

[13]	púyava tá kunimfipíshriihva paxus'úmaansa.
	So the 'doctors' assembled.

[14]	kári xás xanpuchíniishveenach upíip " naa vúra naapmán'anamahachhitih.
	And Hummingbird said, "My mouth is too small.

[15]	hárivarihva véeniichva."
	There's been mischief sometime."

[16]	kári xás ansáfriik va'ára upíip " ããx!
	And Weitchpec person said, "ããx!

[17]	fatamakêesh kích ára úpeereesh."
	She'll tell a person just anything."

[18]	xanpuchíniishveenach upakurîihvutih.
	Hummingbird was singing.

[19]	xás upítih " naa vúra naapmán'anamahachhitih.
	And she said, "My mouth is too small.

[20]	kumá'ii papuna'ûusurutihara.
	For that reason I can't take (the disease object) out.

[21]	kachakâach muvéeniichva."
	It's Blue Jay's mischief."

[22]	kári xás chanchaaksúrak xás u'árihrupuk, " kchkchkchkch!"
	Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"

[23]	ukachakâachhiti.
	She made a noise like a blue jay.

[24]	tu'áathva.
	She was afraid (of being exposed).