Mamie Offield: "Victory Over Fire" (1957)

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[1]	aah	uum	úpaanik	púra fâat	vúra	îin	na'íshiptiheeshara
	fire	3.SG	he.says	nothing	Intensive	TOPIC	he.will.be.putting.me.out

Fire once said, "Nothing can put me out."

[2]	kári	xás	pirishkâarim	upiip	naa	îin	nu'íshiptiheesh
	then	then	grizzly	he.says	1sg.	TOPIC	I.will.put.it.out

Then Grizzly Bear said, "I can put you out."

[3]	kári	xás	máruk	ikuraa'ípan	u'ikrîish
	then	then	uphill	end.of.a.ridge	she.sits.down

And she sat down uphill on the end of a ridge.

[4]	kári	xás	pá'aah	ta'ítam	u'iinaaheen
	then	then	the.fire	so	it.burned.uphill

Then Fire burned uphill (toward her).

[5]	kári	xás	ukvíp	pirishkâarim
	then	then	she.runs	grizzly

And Grizzly Bear ran.

[6]	kári	xás	koovúra	kumakeemishatunvêechas	kunikyâavarihva
	then	then	all	kinds.of.little.wild.animals	they.try

And all the little wild animals tried.

[7]	koovúra	kuníruramva
	all	the.fled

They all fled.

[8]	kári	xás	paachvíiv	kúna	kunikyâavarihva
	then	then	the.fire	in.addition	the.try

And the birds tried in turn.

[9]	takús	upiip	naa	píshiich	niikrîishriheesh
	pelican	he.says	1sg.	first	I.will.sit.down

Pelican said, "I'll sit down first."

[10]	kári	xás	ukrîish
	then	then	he.sits.down

And he sat down.

[11]	xás	vúra	uum	itníiv	umúsaha
	then	Intensive	3.SG	mean	he.looks.like

And he looked mean.

[12]	sárukvari	pamuvúup	utákararihva
	low	his.neck	it.is.hanging.low

His neck hung down low.

[13]	kári	xás	pá'aah	kaanvárih	u'uum
	then	then	the.fire	in.that.direction	he.arrives

Then Fire arrived close to there.

[14]	kári	xás	ukvíp	tákus
	then	then	he.runs	pelican

And Pelican ran.

[15]	chavúra	púra kára	îin	ishkáxishrihmathap	pá'aah
	finally	nobody	TOPIC	he.stops.him	the.fire

Finally nothing stopped Fire.

[16]	púya	xás	káan	u'uum	pathrihapihníich
	and.so	then	there	he.arrives	Old.Man.Rain

So Old Man Rain arrived there.

[17]	kári	xás	upiip	naa	îin	nishkáxishrihmatheesh
	then	then	he.says	1sg.	TOPIC	I.will.stop.him

And he said, "I'll stop him."

[18]	kári	xás	upiip	aah	naa	vúra	púra fâat	îin	neeshkáxishrihmatheesh
	then	then	he.says	fire	1sg.	Intensive	nothing	TOPIC	it.will.stop.me

And Fire said, "Nothing can stop me."

[19]	kári	xás	upáthrih	xás	vúra	upáthrih
	then	then	it.rains	then	Intensive	it.rains

But then it rained and it rained.

[20]	ta'ítam	umsípaheen	pá'aah
	so	it.went.out	the.fire

And Fire went out.

[21]	víri	vaa	kumá'ii	payêem	íshaha	xás	vúra	kumá'ii	úmsiipti	aah
	so	that	because.of	now	water	then	Intensive	because.of	it.puts.it.out	fire

For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.

[22]	káru	vaa	kumá'ii	koovúra	kumakeemishatunvêechas	kun'áayti	aah
	also	that	because.of	all	kinds.of.little.wild.animals	they.are.afraid	fire

And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.

[23]	yakún	puxáy	vúra	mít	ishkáxishrihmathat
	you.see	not.yet	Intensive	near.past	he.stopped.it

You see, they couldn't stop it.