xontehłtaw do:n'

Coyote

'aht'in-din

all over

na'iya'-ne'in

he used to go around

Coyote used to go around all over the place.

mine:jixomił

after a while

ch'iqa:l

he was going along

łah je:s

one day

yo:w

[over there]

'ungya'

[he sees]

mije'e:din

kids

xixe:xi

boys

ky'o:ya:yilaw-e:

they're fishing

After a while, one day he was walking along and there's the boys fishing over there.

ya'xone:ł'e'n

he watched them

He watched them.

daywho'owh

some kind

k'isxa:n

bush

me:ne:q'

behind it

ya'wehs'a'

he sat

There's some kind of a bush or tree, and he sat behind it.

mine:jixomił

after a while

tahya:y'iloy'-e:

they pull it out of the water

diywho'owh

some kind

sixa:n

there's a container there

[hayah]

[there]

me'

into it

no:yay'iłtiwh-e:

they always put it

After a while they pull a fish out of the river. There's some kind of a container there, and they always put it in there.

haya:ł

and so

chwin-me'do:wile:

he was hungry

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

'usdo' k'e:yung'

I'd like to eat it

And so he was hungry and he thought, "Gee, I'd like to eat that!"

xwe:di whun

what

gya'awh

wondering

'awhneh

can I do

"What can I do?"

haya:ł

and then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

keh do'n

okay

And then he thought, "Okay then!"

de:-q'i

this way

'awhdiyah-te:

I'm going to do

I'm going to do it this way.

te:sqoł-te:

I'm going to crawl along

hay-yo:w

that

sixa:n-e:-din

where the container is sitting

I'm going to crawl along, to where that container is sitting over there.

wun-niwhqoł-de'

when I'm going to crawl up to it

xolisji

fast

nahx-tah

maybe two

ya:yłtin-te:

I'm going to pick up

I'm going to crawl over there real fast like, maybe I'm going to pick up two (fish).

hayahujit

and then

ch'itehłqol

he's crawling along

And then he's crawling along.

hayi-me:q'

in that instant

xowh do'ng

I guess

hay

that

k'iwo'

hook

na:de:-xw

back the other way

na:na:ya:yilaw-mił

when they caused it

yo:w

there

xona:'

his eye

yisloy'

it hooked it

yo:w

way over there

to:

water

tehwingxits'-e:

it went into the water

In that instant, I guess, when they swished the hook back the other way, it came back and hooked into his eye, and then it went into the water way over there.

haya:ł

and then

'a:ge:-ts'eh

he feels it paining him

xona:'

his eye

haya:ł

[and then]

na:tł'a'

backwards

na'tehłdiqol

he's crawling back

diywho'owh

some kind of

k'isxa:n

tree standing there

mino'

behind it

na'wildiqol

he crawled back

hayah

right there

ya:na'wehs'a'

he sat

And then his eye was hurting, and then then he was crawling backwards. He crawled back behind some kind of a tree standing there. Right there he sat back down.

haya:ł

and then

hay-yo:w

over there

ky'o:ya:yilaw-e:

those that are fishing

mine:jixomił

after a while

daywho'owh

something

tahyisloy'-e:

one pulled it out of the water

And then over there, after a while one of those that are fishing pulled something out of the water.

'a'de:ne'

he said

diyda:n'

what is it

de:

this

nił'ing

look at it

haya:ł

[and then]

hay

the

ła'

one

kile:xich

boy

ningyay

he came over

yine:ł'e'n

he looked at it

daywho'

what it is

xowh do'n

I don't know

do: 'iwhtsis

I've never seen it

diwe:ne'

he said

He said, "What is this? Look at it." Then, one boy came over and looked at it. "I've never seen anything like it before," he said.

hay

that

xona:'

a person's eye

ye: nehwa:n

it looks like

haya:ł

and then

ting

really

ya:yine:ł'e'n

they were looking it over

haya:ł

and then

xong 'e'n

as for him

'a:ch'o:ne:

he was thinking

xwe:di gya'awh

what

'awhneh

I'm going to do

"That looks like a person's eye." And then they were really looking it over. And then as for him (Coyote), he was thinking, "What am I gonna do now?"

haya:ł q'ut

and so

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

k'iwingxoya:n

old man

do'n

that's what

xo'ji

really

'a:disehłchwin'-te:

I'm going to make myself into

hayahujit q'ut

and then

k'iwingxoya:n

old man

ts'isle'n

he became

xwe:da'ay-ne'in*

his head used-to-be

łiqay

it was white

tse:-dilqay

gray hair

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

haya:ł

[then]

And so he thought "A real old man, that's what I'm going to turn myself into." And so he turned himself into an old man. What used to be his hair, it was now white, it was gray hair. Then all at once ...

xona:do:nse'-tah

also his eyebrows

'aht'in

all of it

tse:-dilqay

they were gray

hayahujit

and then

king

a stick

ya'winta:n

he picked it up

ch'iqa:l diywho'-ma:n

he's kind of limping along

tse:

rocks

mitiwa:

among

diyda:n'

what is it

ch'ide:ne'

he said

Even his eyebrows were gray/white. And then he picked up a stick and he's limping along among the rocks. "What is it?" he said.

'a:ya:diwe:ne'

they said

xixe:xi

the boys

diywho'owh do'n

something

tahsdidiloy'

we pulled it out of the water

do: 'o:lts'it

it's unknown

hay diydi xowh

what it is

hay-de:t

this

The boys said, "We pulled something out of the water. Nobody knows what it is!"

haya:ł

and then

ch'ine:ł'e'n

he looked at it

And then he looked at it.

he:

oh my

ch'ide:ne'

he said

nohni-q'it 'a:'ułkyow

somebody who is your size

xa'unt'e:

that kind of thing

do: na'ay

they should not have it

"Oh my!" he said, "Somebody of your age.size shouldn't have that kind of thing."

haya:ł

and then

'a:ya:diwe:ne'

they said

xwe:di 'a:'ułkyow*

how big

hijit

in order for

na:'a'a'*

you to have it

And then they said, "How old do you have to be to have one?"

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

whe:-q'it

like me

ts'isdiya:n

somebody old

hijit

only

xa'unt'e:

that kind of thing

na:'a'a'

they can have it

And then he said, "Somebody old like me can have one."

ch'iwilchwil 'e'n

as for a young person

xa'unt'e:

a thing like that

do: na'ay

they can't have it

"As for a young person, they can't have a thing like that."

a:

oh

ya:diwe:ne'

they said

de: do'ng

as for this

haya:ł

[then]

nin

you

ne:y

yours

'o:leh-ne'

it'll become

hayahujit

and then

xola'

his hand

me'

in it

no:ya:yning'a:n

they put it

'a:dit'ah

into his pocket

na'wing'a:n

he put it

"Oh!" said he boys, "As for this, it will become yours." Then they put it in his hand, and he put it in his pocket.

hayahujit

and then

diywho'-ma:n

having a hard time

na'tehsdiy

he's walking along

'a:na'ditehsqot

he's using a cane to support himself

And then he's barely walking along, supporting himself with his cane.

diywho'owh

something

k'isxa:n

the tree or bush

mino'

behind it

na'wildiqol

he crawled back

hayah

there

'a:dina:'

his own eye

yehna'wiłq'a:s

he threw it back in

He went behind the tree or bush or something again, then he put his own eye back in.

hayahujit

and then

hay

the

k'iwingxoya:n-ne'in

used-to-be old man

do: na:'usdile'n

he wasn't anymore

ya:na'te:diła:t

he went skipping

ninis'a:n

mountain

na:miwina:

around it

xe'e:na'winła:t

he ran off

hayi-xw mił

in that way

xona:'

his eye

na:xohsdile'

it came back

And then he was no longer the used-to-be old man. He went skipping around the mountain and ran off. And in that way, he got his eye back.

End

of

story!

hayah

[there]

no:nt'ik'

[it stretches to]

End of yarn on that one!