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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  1. Heekon 'enuemee pe'l soo melee'.
    A long time ago there was a big brush dance going on.
  2. Kwesee kue keetee 'ue-merwerch 'eekee too'm nue hlkegor.
    When the dance was winding up, a lot of people came to watch.
  3. Kwesee kue locho'm 'o ge's, Nek kem kue hlkyorkwek'.
    So the toad said, Well I'm going to go look on too.
  4. Kue negeneech tue' kem wee' 'o gegok'w, kolonee wee' neenee hak'ws.
    The mouse, he was there too, and he was kind of laughing to himself, kind of giggling around to himself.
  5. Kolonee hak'ws 'w-esek', Kwel mermeryerwerk', Nek kem kee hlkyorkwek'.
    He was kind of laughing and thinking, I'm good looking, I'm going to look on.
  6. Kwesee keech 'ela skuykep' kue locho'm noohl 'o gee' kue negeneech, Ney, kues cho' soo newoyek'?
    So the toad dressed himself, and then he said to the mouse, Dear, how do I look?
  7. Kues cho' soo newoyek'?
    How do I look?
  8. Kwesee 'o ge'm kue negeneech, 'Iyoh, ke'l kwelekw kolokween ... keech ko'see swektkeloo'weye'm.
    Then the mouse said, Oh ... you are covered with warts all over.
  9. Kwesee 'o te'no'y kue locho'm.
    The toad was annoyed at this.
  10. Te'no'y kue locho'm, wok 'ee so chyuuek'we'n
    The toad was offended so he just went to sit down over in the corner somewhere.
  11. Kwesee wee' neenee noo's kue negeneech.
    Of course that mouse was just kind of laughing around.
  12. 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'?
    After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?
  13. Kwesee ge'm kue locho'm, Nek soo ke'l hese'm, Mermeryerwerk'.
    Then the toad said, I think that you think, I'm pretty.
  14. Nek hesek' chpeewee 'ue-kwere'weyek' 'oohl 'o k'ee we'y 'ue-'wes'onew.
    But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.