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. Hee-kon 'e-nue-mee pe'l soo me-lee'.
    A long time ago there was a big brush dance going on.
  2. Kwe-see kue kee-tee 'ue-mer-werch 'ee-kee too'm nue hlke-gor.
    When the dance was winding up, a lot of people came to watch.
  3. Kwe-see kue lo-cho'm 'o ge's, Nek kem kue hlkyor-kwek'.
    So the toad said, Well I'm going to go look on too.
  4. Kue ne-ge-neech tue' kem wee' 'o ge-gok'w, ko-lo-nee wee' nee-nee hak'ws.
    The mouse, he was there too, and he was kind of laughing to himself, kind of giggling around to himself.
  5. Ko-lo-nee hak'ws 'we-sek', Kwel mer-mer-yer-werk', Nek kem kee hlkyor-kwek'.
    He was kind of laughing and thinking, I'm good looking, I'm going to look on.
  6. Kwe-see keech 'e-la skuykep' kue lo-cho'm noohl 'o gee' kue ne-ge-neech, Ney, kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek'?
    So the toad dressed himself, and then he said to the mouse, Dear, how do I look?
  7. Kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek'?
    How do I look?
  8. Kwe-see 'o ge'm kue ne-ge-neech, 'Iyoh, ke'l kwe-lekw ko-lo-kween ... keech ko'-see swekt-ke-loo'-wey-ye'm.
    Then the mouse said, Oh ... you are covered with warts all over.
  9. Kwe-see 'o te'-no'y kue lo-cho'm.
    The toad was annoyed at this.
  10. Te'-no'y kue lo-cho'm, wok 'ee so chyuuek'-we'n
    The toad was offended so he just went to sit down over in the corner somewhere.
  11. Kwe-see wee' nee-nee noo's kue ne-ge-neech.
    Of course that mouse was just kind of laughing around.
  12. Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? To's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
    After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?
  13. Kwe-see ge'm kue lo-cho'm, Nek soo ke'l he-se'm, Mer-mer-yer-werk'.
    Then the toad said, I think that you think, I'm pretty.
  14. Nek he-sek' chpee-wee 'ue-kwe-re'-wey-yek' 'oohl 'o k'ee we'y 'ue'-wes-'o-new.
    But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.