Glenn Moore

Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (November 19, 2004)

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Text identifier: GM3
Speaker: Glenn Moore
Project transcription: Alysoun Quinby
Audio source: AG-03-1

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Heekon 'enuemee pe'l soo melee'. Kwesee kue keetee 'ue-merwerch 'eekee too'm nue hlkegor. Kwesee kue locho'm 'o ge's, Nek kem kue hlkyorkwek'. Kue negeneech tue' kem wee' 'o gegok'w, kolonee wee' neenee hak'ws. Kolonee hak'ws 'w-esek', Kwel mermeryerwerk', Nek kem kee hlkyorkwek'. Kwesee keech 'ela skuykep' kue locho'm noohl 'o gee' kue negeneech, Ney, kues cho' soo newoyek'? Kues cho' soo newoyek'? Kwesee 'o ge'm kue negeneech, 'Iyoh, ke'l kwelekw kolokween ... keech ko'see swektkeloo'weye'm. Kwesee 'o te'no'y kue locho'm. Te'no'y kue locho'm, wok 'ee so chyuuek'we'n Kwesee wee' neenee noo's kue negeneech. Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? To's keech mermeryerwerk'? Kwesee ge'm kue locho'm, Nek soo ke'l hese'm, Mermeryerwerk'. Nek hesek' chpeewee 'ue-kwere'weyek' 'oohl 'o k'ee we'y 'ue-'wes'onew.

A long time ago there was a big brush dance going on. When the dance was winding up, a lot of people came to watch. So the toad said, Well I'm going to go look on too. The mouse, he was there too, and he was kind of laughing to himself, kind of giggling around to himself. He was kind of laughing and thinking, I'm good looking, I'm going to look on. So the toad dressed himself, and then he said to the mouse, Dear, how do I look? How do I look? Then the mouse said, Oh ... you are covered with warts all over. The toad was annoyed at this. The toad was offended so he just went to sit down over in the corner somewhere. Of course that mouse was just kind of laughing around. After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now? Then the toad said, I think that you think, I'm pretty. But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.