dahungwho'-din-din-dun'

a long, long time ago

ch'ixolchwe:-dun'

in the time of Indian stories

ch'in do'n

it is told

A long long time ago, in the time of Indian stories, it is told:

ch'ahl

frog

k'ehłtsa:n

young lady

ch'e'ida'-e:

she lived

mine:jixomił q'ut

after a while

ch'iwingkya:w

she grew

xo'ji

real

k'ehłtsa:n

young lady

ts'isle'n

she became

haya:ł

[and then]

There lived a teenage frog, after a while she grew into a real young lady.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

keh

[let me]

miday'-q'

outdoors

na:wha'

I am going to go

She thought, "I'm going to go outdoors."

wilwe:tł'-mił

about evening

miday'

outside

ya'a'a'

she sits

ch'ite'e'e'n

she looks around

So along about evening she sits outside and looks around.

mine:jixomił

after a while

'ungya'

she realizes

yo:w

way off over there

xahsyay-e:

somebody came up

After a while she realizes that somebody came up way off over there (over the top of the mountain).

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon*

xa:'usyay-e:

he came up

hayah

at that place

ninis'a:n

a mountain

milay'

on top of it

Moon came up there, on top of a mountain.

haya:ł

and so

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

she looked at him

And so she looked at him.

xoq'eh

after him

ch'ite:ng'e'n

she watched

ch'iqa:l

he's moving along

yo:w-xw

far away

xe'e'winyay-e:

he went away

mine:jixomił

after a while

haya:ł

and then

She watched him. He went along, and after a while he went way off and away. And then...

tse:

rock

me:w

under it

yehna'wildiqol

she went crawling back [in]

hayah

there

xoke'iwa'n

she always sleeps

ła' je:s

all day

haya:ł

and then

'e'ilwil-mił

when it starts to get dark

ch'e'ina:wh

she comes out

hayi

that

ch'ahli

Frog

k'ehłtsa:n

young lady

haya:ł

[and then]

She went crawling back under a rock. She always sleeps there all day, and then toward evening that young lady frog comes out.

k'iye:

again

'ungya'

she realizes

xa:'usyay-e:

he came up

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon

haya:ł

[then]

tin

a lot

ch'ixowehsyo' silin'

she was starting to like him

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

she looked at him

She realizes Moon came up over the mountain again. Then she was starting to like him a lot, and she looked at him.

tehsyay

it started moving

yo:w-xw

way off

xe'e:nyay-e:

it went on by

dunłungwho'-ding xowh

several times

hayi-xw

that way

'ahdiyaw-mił

when it happened

It started moving and went far away. After it happened that way several times, all of a sudden she just liked him so much.

do: ch'ixonehł'e:n

he doesn't look at her

hay

that

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon

ch'ite'ina:wh

he goes along

do: ch'itehs'e'n

he never looked

He doesn't notice her, that Moon. He goes along the sky but never seems to look at her.

haya:ł

And then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

xwe:di-q'i

which way

gya'awh

it is possible

ch'iwhine:ł'in'-de'

if he notices me

haya:ł

then

tin

[really]

ch'iwhiwehsyo'-te:

he might like me

And then she thought, "How can I get him to see me, so then he might like me?"

haya:ł

and then

ch'ite:ng'e'n

she looked

And then she looked again.

yo:w

there

ch'iqa:l-e:

he goes

haya:ł

and then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

There he goes again, and then she thought:

do'ong

it's possible

xoch'ing'

to him

k'ima:w

medicine

sehłchwin'-te:

I will make it

do'ong

for sure

"I'll make medicine for him for sure."

mił-k'idiłdin

a love song*

sehłchwin'-te:

I'm going to make it

xoch'in'

to him

k'ite:se:'ah-te:

I will sing it

"I'm going to make a love song, I will sing it to him."

haya:ł

and then

hayi

the

k'iye:

another

na:yisxa:n

next night

k'iye:

again

xa:'usyay-e:

he came up

hayah

at that place

And then the next night, he came up again in the same place.

haya:ł

and so

xoch'in'

to him

me'k'iwiłtiw

she started singing

na:'usto'n

she started dancing

miday'

outside

And so she started singing to him, and she started dancing outside.

yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina: yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina:

(Frog's song)

ch'ide:ne'

she said

(Frog sining the song.)

haya:ł

and then

ch'e'te:de:tł'

other people came out

miday'

outside

And then other people came outside.

me:lah 'e'n

as for some of them

q'ut xo'ji sa'a:

a while

na:ya:dil

they have been around

As for some of them, they're older people.

ch'ahli

frogs

ch'e:tehłqol

they came crawling out

Other frogs came crawling out.

xwe:di

how

'a:niwe:se:t'e'

is the way I look

ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she said to them

"How do I look?" she said to them.

ya'xone:ł'e'n

they looked at her

haya:ł

and

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

q'ut 'e'n do'n

wow, really

ningxa'

beautiful

sile'n

you look

They looked at her, and they said, "Wow, you really look beautiful!"

midiłwa:

but then

jahda:

too much

nina:'

your eyes

ky'o:diwimo:t'

they are bulging out

"But then your eyes are bulging out too much."

ha:

oh

ch'ide:ne'

she said

"Oh," she said.

dahxwe:di xowh

why

'a:niwe:se:t'e'

I look this way

"Why do I look this way?"

haya:ł

[and then]

k'iye:

again

na:yisxa:n

the next night

k'iye:

again

ch'e'ninyay

she came out

yo:w

there

ch'iqa:l-e:

he goes

q'ut

okay

xa:'usyay-e:

[he came up]

And then the next night again, she came out again, and there he goes again. Okay, here he is over the mountain again.

haya:ł

[and then]

k'iye:

again

na:'usto'n

she started dancing

miday'

outside

k'iye:

again

me'k'iwiłtiw

she started singing

She started dancing out there and, and she started singing again.

yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina: yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina:

(Frog's song)

ch'ide:ne'

she said

na:'usto'n

she's dacing

She sang the song, and she's dancing.

xwe:di

how

'a:niwe:se:t'e'

do I look

ch'ide:ne'

she asked

ya'xone:ł'e'n

they looked at her

"How do I look?" she asked, and they looked at her.

q'ut 'e'n do'n

oh

ningxa'

beautiful

sile'n

you look

ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

they told her

midiłwa:

but

niq'it-xw

on your body

'aht'in-din

all over

dahky'o:diwimo:t'

it's got bumps

"You look beautiful," they said to her, "but you've got bumps all over your body!"

haya:ł

[and then]

yah

yah

ch'ide:ne'

she said

And she said, "Yah!"

'iłwe:-q'i xowh

what a weird way

'a:niwe:se:t'e'

I look this way

"What a weird way for me to look!"

haya:ł

[then]

yo:w

[over there]

ch'ixonehł'e'n

he sees her

'ungya'

he realizes

hayah

there

ya'wing'ay-e:

she is sitting

yo:w je:nah mił

from way up there

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon

haya:ł

[and then]

Then, Moon sees her from way up there and realizes she's sitting down there. And then...

q'ut

okay

ch'ixowehsyo' siling'

he decided he likes her

Okay, he decided he likes her.

haya:ł

and so

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

dundi

who

gya'awh

I wonder

'ung'

it is

[hayah]

there

na:'ułto'n-e:

dancing there

haya:ł

and then

k'iye: na:yisxa:n

the very next day

k'iye:

again

ch'e'ningyay

she comes out

k'iye: dung'-xw

again

k'iye:

again

na:'usto'n

she danced

me'k'iwiłtiw

she sang

And so he thought, "I wonder who that is dancing there." And then the very next day, she comes out again. She danced again, and she sang.

yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina: yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina:

(Frog's song)

ch'ide:ne'

she said

(Frog singing the song.)

'a'de:ne'

she said

xwe:di

how

'a:niwe:se:t'e'

do I look

She said, "How do I look?"

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

they told her

nimit'

your belly

gya:n'

for sure

jahda:

too much

wingkya:w

it is big

nimit'

your belly

tehłmowh

it is drooping

They told her, "Your belly is for sure too big. Your belly is drooping!"

k'ida:-xowh 'a:niwe:se:t'e'

how dare I look this way

ch'ide:ne'

she said

"How dare I look that way?" she said.

na:yisxa:n

next day

yo:w-xw

away

xe'e'winyay-e:

he went away

The next day he (Moon) went away (down over the mountain).

haya:ł

[and then]

na:yisxa:n

next day

ch'itehsyay

she went

hayi

that

wiłdun'

yesterday

xa:'usyay-e:-ding

place where he came up

hayah

to that place

je:nah

up on top

xa:'usyay

she went up

dahya'wehs'a'

she sat up there

Then the next day, she went to that place where he came up yesterday. She went up on top of it (the mountain), and she sat up there.

mine:jixomił

after a while

q'ut

okay

xahsyay-e:

he came up

yo:w-din

way over there

na:ła'

another

ninis'a:n-ding

behind a mountain

xahsyay-e:

he came up

After a while, okay, he came up behind another mountain way off over there.

haya:ł

so

hayah

at that place

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

she looks at him

haya:ł

and then

hay-yo:w ch'iqa:l

the Moon

xong

him

q'ina'

too

ch'ixone:ł'ing'

he looked at her

haya:ł q'ut

so

ch'ixowehsyo' silin'

he's starting to like her

So she looks at him there, and then the one that's going along (Moon) looked at her and started to like her.

haya:ł

so

na:yisxa:n

the morning came

yo:w-xw

[over there]

xe'e'winyay-e:

[he went away]

So the morning came, and the next day he went away over there again (to a different mountain).

k'iye:

again

na:yisxa:n-mił

the next day

hayah

there

hay

that

wiłdung'

yesterday

xa:'usyay-e:-ding

where he came up

hayah

there

ch'iningyay

she went

hayah

there

xa:'usyay

she came up

The next day, she went to where he came up the day before. She went up there.

haya:ł

so

hayah

[there]

midiłwa:

another one

dahna:'usto'n

she danced up on top

q'ut

[now]

na'k'iwing'aw

she is singing

yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina: yo' wina: łe: yo:w wina:

(Frog's song)

ch'ide:ne'

she said

So she danced up there on top of another one (mountain), and she is singing the song.

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

ła'ay-xw q'ut

by now

tin

really a lot

ch'ixowehsyo'

he likes her

And by now he really likes her a lot.

hay ch'iqa:l

the Moon

hayi

[that]

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

he is staring at her

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

he is staring at her

The Moon ('the one who is going along') is staring and staring at her.

haya:ł

and then

hay

[that]

wiłdun'

yesterday

xahsyay-e:-ding

where he came up

na:ła'-ding

behind a different one

xahsyay-e:

he keeps coming up

hayah-ch'in'

[to there]

ch'itehsyay

she keeps going

Then she keeps going to where he came up yesterday.

kin

a stick

ch'iłtsa:n

she found it

na:k'idtsow-nehwa:n

like a limber one

hayahujit

and then

hayi

that

ch'itehsta:n

she took it

hayah

[there]

xa:'usyay

[she went up]

She found a stick, like a limber one, and then that she took it up there.

xona: ya'wehs'a'

she waited for him*

She waited for him.

yo:w

[over there]

xa:'usyay-e:

she sees he comes up

haya:ł q'ut

and so

ch'iqa:l-e:

he's going along

de:di nohq'it-xw yinuqi

across the sky above us

ch'iqa:l-e:

he's going

hayahujit

[and then]

She sees him come up over there (behind another mountain). And he's going along, moving up above across the sky. And then...

dahch'idiwinła:t

she started running

'a:ł

herself

k'itehłtso'n

she pole vaulted

She started running and pole vaulted herself.

yo:w

way out

xe'e'wilto'n-e:

she went flying

haya:ł

and then

hay-yo:w

that

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon

ch'iqa:l

he is going along

hayah

there

ch'ixołkit-e:

he caught her

haya:ł

and then

hayi

that one

xoł-na'winya'

she married him

xo'ut

his wife

ts'isle'n

she became

She went flying though the air way out in space, and then Moon is traveling along and he caught her there. She married that one, she became his wife.

de:di ye:

even now

xa:t'i

still

na'dił-xw

they are going around

haya:ł

[and then]

They're still together.

xo'ji

really

łe:na:łtehł-din

when it's a full moon

je:nah

way up there

ne:ł'in'-de'

if you look

hayah

there

me:ya'wing'ay-e:-te:

she'll be sitting in it

hay ch'ahl

Frog

hayi

that

qahł-te:

which will be moving along

xutł'e'-wha:

Moon

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

hayah no:nt'ik'

end of yarn

When there's a really full moon, if you look up at it, Frog will be sitting in the Moon ('that which is moving along'). End of yarn!