Nettie Ruben: "The Story of Bear" (1957)

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[1]	káan yáan'iiftihansa kun'áraarahiti tipahêeras.
	Young men were living there, brothers.

[2]	xás kári pa'asiktávaan kunxus, " tîi vaa káan nusôomvan."
	And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"

[3]	kári xás káan tá kun'uum.
	So they arrived there.

[4]	kári xás vírusur uxus, " tîi naa káru."
	And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!"

[5]	xás pakunikyáavunaati kun'ífikvunaatih.
	And when the women gathered (food), they picked up (acorns).

[6]	púyava vírusur uum ikxúrar xás tuvôonupuk.
	Then Bear went out in the evening.

[7]	púyava yáan ník vúra hôoyva usúpaahitiheesh.
	Then it was just about to be dawn someplace.

[8]	víri vaa ukupitih, tusaríshriihva pakóo kuma'ávaha.
	She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.

[9]	hôoyva má' poomkaanvúrayvutih.
	She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.

[10]	púyava máh'iit tu'ípak.
	So she got back in the morning.

[11]	púyava uum pa'asiktávaansa yáas kunívyiihshiprimtih, máh'iit.
	Then the women started out, in the morning.

[12]	yáas tá kun'ífikvanaa máh'iit.
	Then they gathered acorns in the morning.

[13]	vírusur uum tá íp u'ípakat.
	Bear had already come back home.

[14]	uum ithasúpaa vúra úkrii.
	She just sat all day long.

[15]	púyava kúkuum vúra kúmateech tá kunpavyíhuk pa'asiktávaansa.
	Again later in the day the women came back.

[16]	púyava uum kúmateech patóo kxuraraha púyava kári vírusur tuvâaram , tóo mkaanvar ikxáram .
	Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.

[17]	xás kunipíti pa'asiktávaansa, " púya hûut kumá'ii peekxáram xás uvaaramôotih."
	And the women said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"

[18]	xás púyava kumamáh'iit xás kúkuum tu'ípak vúra uum taay poo'átivutih póomkaanvuti pakóo kuma'ávaha.
	And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food.

[19]	xás kunpiip, " púya hûut kúth peekxáram uvaaramôotih."
	And (the women) said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"

[20]	xás kári yítha upiip, " yakún húm vaa áraar, uum vaa vírusur."
	Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"

[21]	vaa kumá'ii pavaa ukupítih, ikxáram xás póomkaanvutih.
	That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.

[22]	púyava hínu páy uum vírusur, víri vaa kumá'ii pátaay úmkaanvutih.
	So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.