Florence Shaughnessy

"Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (1986)

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Text identifier: LA181-16
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Jean Perry
Project transcription: Hannah Pritchett, Andrew Garrett

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  1. Well, skue'o chegeyken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee'eeyehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeeegonee wonew.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.
  2. Kwesee nah wonekw so nur'urn ter'l wonekw 'o le'm nee'eeyehl kue cheenes keech ...
    So the young men climbed up, they went up ...
  3. Kwesee nah wonekw 'o ho nuue'm 'ap new wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
    And when they arrived above they saw Todd Horn sitting there.
  4. Keech 'o ho'op' kee pew keetee ko'l nep'.
    He had made a fire and was going to cook something to eat.
  5. Kwesee yok suewee eyk 'eketkwelee' kue 'we-nah kue ka'ar chekas nekah ho soo hee' tue' weetee' 'eketkwelee'.
    And his donkey was tied up there with him.
  6. Kwesee nah won 'o ge'm, Newoo'm hes 'ne-puuek 'we-raayo'r?
    And then one said, Did you see my deer run past?
  7. 'O ge'm, Paa'. Neemee wo newook' puuek.
    He said, No, I haven't seen a deer.
  8. Kue koreen, kue cheenes 'o ge'm, Wek nee 'oolo'oh! Wek nee 'oolo'oh puuek!
    The young man said, There it is! There's the deer!
  9. Boom! Noohl 'o nah 'o tmoolee'. Noohl 'o lo'omah nue 'we-neee'n kwesee keech tmoolee' kue ka'ar.
    Boom! Then it was shot. Then they ran over to look and the poor animal had been shot.
  10. Kue wee' 'o key kue nah chekas skelee keech lechee'.
    The donkey standing there had fallen down.
  11. Tue' noohl 'o nah 'o neee'nowohl noohl 'ee 'o lo'omah wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
    And then they looked around and ran back to where Todd Horn was sitting.
  12. 'O noonoo laa pey, Kwelekw keech tmoolok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-chekas.
    ... I shot your donkey.
  13. 'Eemee 'we-chween wee' 'o key.
    He just sat there not saying anything.
  14. Noohl 'o ge's, Nek soo neenee so tmooloy. Nekah chue kee lo'omah.
    Then he thought, I think we shot it. We should run away.
  15. Soo wee'eeet ho keskeek 'o lo'omah 'ue-kemeye'mehl. That's all.
    So they ran down and went home. That's all.