Glenn Moore

Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (November 19, 2004)

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Text identifier: GM2
Speaker: Glenn Moore
Primary documentation: Andrew Garrett
Project transcription: Alysoun Quinby
Audio source: AG-03-1
Note: Glenn Moore read Mrs. Shaughnessy's story as printed by R. H. Robins, "The Yurok Language", making a few changes to the text and adding his own translation.

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  1. Noohl k'ee wek 'we-roy heer-keek' 'o woh-pey-ya'r tek-toh.
    One time up in this creek, there was a log laying across the water.
  2. Wee-'eeet re-gaa-yo'r kue wer-gers k'e-no-'ohl kem kee kyue' we-no-'o-mo'r.
    A fox used to cross over on it and was often running there.
  3. K'e-no-'ohl kem kee raa-yo'r.
    He often ran there.
  4. Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch sr 'ue-werh-per-yer-sek' kwe-see 'ap ne-wee' ko'l nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo ko'l sook nee nep'.
    Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.
  5. Kwe-see 'o nee-kee 'we-go-lek', Tee'-nee-sho wee' goh-kue-mek', mee' ne-kee' 'ne-tek-toh?
    So he said,What are you doing there, because this is my log?
  6. 'O neee'-no'w kue wee 'o key kwe-see twe-goh.
    He looked at what was sitting there and saw it was the coon.
  7. Kwe-see 'o ge'm, Kues soo he-se'm, Ne-kee' 'ne-tek-toh?
    It said, Why do you think, This is my log?
  8. Kwe-see 'o tek-te's kue wer-gers.
    Then the fox was angry.
  9. Now soot-'os! Hee-me-no-mee now soot-'os!
    Get out of here! hurry up, get out of here!
  10. Kwe-lekw wee' nee-muech 'ne-tek-toh.
    This is my own private log.
  11. Kem 'o ge'm kue twe-goh, Kues soo he-se'm, Ne-kee' 'ne-tek-toh?
    Again the coon said, Why do you think, This is my log?
  12. Kwe-lekw keech kom-chue-mek' kue k'e-mehl he-sek', Ne-kee 'ne-tek-toh.
    Well, now I know why you think, This is my log.
  13. Kue ke'l kwe-lekw 'ok'w k'e-kwo'l 'o hee-ma-'erk-'uek'.
    You have your own fishing place underneath.
  14. Tue' wee' ke-ge-mo-le'm, ke'l re-gok chpee ne-pe'm.
    You are always stealing there, you eat nothing but trout.
  15. Kwe-see nee-kee 'uem-yaahl-ke-pek' kue wer-gers; keech soo-no'y.
    At that the fox jumped at the coon; he was furious.
  16. Keech soo-no'y. Kwe-see wee-'eeet 'o pe-lep', kue tek-toohl 'o wo-nue.
    He was furious. And there was a fight there on top of the log.

  17. Kwe-see wee-'eeet 'o pe-lep, kue tek-toh 'o wo-nue. 'O ge's, Kwe-lekw kee-tee hloo-me-lek' kue 'ne-tek-toh. Kwe-see nee-kee 'ue-pe-lep' 'o wee-'eeet.
    And there was a fight there on top of the log. He thought, I will lose my log. So the fight went on there.
  18. Te-ma ko-ma che-goh-choh kue twe-goh.
    The coon still struggled for a long time.
  19. Te-ma-loh che-goh-choh kue twe-goh.
    The coon struggled hard in vain.
  20. Kwe-see hlow woh-puek 'o le-ko'n kue twe-goh.
    Finally the coon fell down into the water.
  21. Ko-ma soo he'm, Mos ke-lee' k'e-tek-toh.
    But it was still saying, It is not your log.
  22. Kwe-see noohl 'o ge'm kue wer-gers, Nek poy keech so-no-wok'.
    And then the fox said, Now I'm the boss again.
  23. Nek poy keech so-no-wok'.
    I am the boss.
  24. Poy keech so-no-wok' 'ohl-kue-mee kem keech 'ne-tek-toh.
    I won, because it's my log again.
  25. Noohl 'o ko neee'n so pue-lekw 'o new 'aa-wokw noohl kyue' keech we-no'-mo-nekw kue twe-goh.
    Then he looked down the river and saw the coon, poor thing, floating away there.
  26. Keech ser-mer-yer'.
    He'd been killed.