dahungwho'-dun' do'n

a long time ago

wiwhchwił-dung'

when I was young

bicycle

'ulye:

it is called a "bicycle"

miq'it

on it

na:'iwha'-ne'in

I used to ride

A long time ago, when I was young, I used to ride a bicycle.

haya:ł

and

'iłwa'k'iliwh-ch'in'-tah

to the store sometimes

te'iwha:wh

I would go

haya:ł

and then

And I would I would go to the store sometimes, and...

hay tin

the road

misGiy'ts

small

ning'ay-q'eh

it goes along

yiduqi

up

haya:ł

and so

There was a little trail that went up along there, and then...

hayah

there

whił xa:se'inła:t*-e:

I would ride it up

hay nikya:w ning'a:-ch'ing'

to the main highway

haya:ł

then

I would ride it to the big highway and then...

hayi-q'eh

that way

na:te'iwhda:wh

I would come back

na:yida:ch'ing

back down

haya:ł

and

I would come back the same way from the store. And...

łah

one time

xo'ji

very

xonse:l

it was hot

haya:ł

and

One time it was a really hot day, and...

keh

[how about]

'iłiwa'k'iliwh-xw

to the store

na:wha'

I'm gonna go

ne:se'n

I thought

haya:ł q'ut

so

te:sehłta:tł'

[I pedaled]

de:-xw

[this way]

yiduqi

up

whił wilda:l*

I was going

"How about I go to the store?" I thought, and so I pedaled this way up the trail.

haya:ł hayah-mił

[and then]

je:nah-nehwa:n

sort of slanted uphill

ya:na:ng'a:-xw

it goes up

'unt'e:-ne'ing

it was like

haya:ł-ts'eh

and I felt

jahda:

too

'uloh

it's hot

haya:ł

[and then]

And then it was like it kind of got steeper as it went up, and I felt overheated, and then...

keh

[how about]

łah-xw

just

tiwhmahs

I'll roll it along

ne:se'n

I thought

hay miq'it

[on it]

wiwha:l

[I go along]

haya:ł

and so

na:na:whdiyay

I got down off it

"How about I just roll what I'm going along on?" I thought, and then I got down off it.

haya:ł

and

te:sehłma:s

I started rolling it

And I started rolling it.

haya:ł

and

hay wiwhma:sil

my rolling it along

ne:ji-xw

right in the middle of it

'ungya'

I realize

ting

really

'a:k'ide:n'

it was making noise

daywho' xowh

something

And right in the middle of rolling it along I realized something was making a big noise.

haya:ł

[and then]

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all of a sudden

'aht'in-din

everywhere

k'iqo:n-xw

a rustling sound

wing'a'

[it became]

diydi gya'awh whung

what is it

haya:ł

and

ne:ył'e'n

I looked at them

na:ya:de'e'tł'

they are standing there

kin

trees

And then all of a sudden there was a real loud rustling sound everywhere. "What is it?" (I thought), and I looked at the trees standing there.

diywhe'eh

nothing

xo:'oh

[any way]

do: 'a:t'ing

it wasn't happening

haya:ł

[and then]

nin'i

ground

q'in'

[also]

do: ma'a:diłchwit

it isn't moving itself

There wasn't anything happening, and it also wasn't an earthquake.

haya:ł

so then

na:de:-xw

off to the side

na:te:y'e'n

I looked

de:di 'ungya'

I realize

hay k'isxa:n

the tree

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

diywho'owh

something

yiłts'is-nehwa:n

it seemed like it is shaking it

la'ay-xw q'ut

just

hay miq'it-xw

on it

'unt'e:-ne'in

it was

mitł'ow'

it's leaves

'aht'in-din

[everywhere]

ła'ay-xw q'ut

just really

łe:dimil

they're hitting together

nikyah-xw

really [big]

'a:k'ine:

it is loud

So then I looked off to the side and I realize all at once that it's like something was shaking the tree, all at one time the leaves on it were hitting together everywhere and making a lot of noise.

haya:ł

and

tsit

for a moment

ne:ył'e'n

I looked at it

And then I looked at it for a moment.

haya:ł

[and then]

ła'ay-xw q'ut

just all at one time

do: no:na:di'a:n

it didn't slow down

hayi-xw

[that way]

'a:t'ing

[it happened]

And it didn't even slow down or nothing.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-ma:n

[for that reason]

'a:ne:se'n

I thought

k'iye:

more

do:-xolin-me:diwhdin

I don't want it

niwh'e:n

I look at it

And then because of that I thought, "I don't want to look at it no more."

hayi-ma:n

[for that reason]

tin

road

yiduqa-din

up to it

te:sehłma:s

I rolled it

haya:ł

so

xowh do'ng

I don't know

xo:' 'ułtsah

[how long]

'ahdiyah

it happened

hayi-xw

that way

do:-tah

maybe

xowh do'n

[I guess]

winda'

it stopped

whe:

I

yo:w-xw

away

xe'e:yay-ma:n

because I went away

For that reason I rolled it (bicycle) up to the road, so I don't know how long it did that, maybe it stopped because I left.

[JS speaking]: Okay, do you want to give a little translation of what you just said?

Ok, I used to ride bicycle, about every day when I was a teenager.

And I used to go through this field, there was a skinny trail that went up to the main highway.

And so I'd go from our house up to the gate, through the gate, and through that field, up to the main road then I'd go to the store the post office then I'd come back the same way.

And this one time it was a very hot day, it was probably middle of July or something.

And I was riding my bike up through there, I know it was... the air was so hot, it was like driving through the oven.

And I got up there to where the road had kind of a incline and it goes up a little higher, more steeper.

And I thought, "No it's too hot, I'm going to roll my bicycle up to the main road then it'd be easy from there.

And so I got off the bike and I started rolling the bicycle.

And as I'm going to the trees there I hear this really loud rustling noise, I thought, "What is that?" and I looked all around I thought maybe it was birds overhead or something.

The ground didn't shake, all the trees off to my left are just standing there, there's no nothing, no breeze or anything.

Then I looked off to the right and that one tree that's standing there was just shaking.

I mean, it was vibrating.

And the leaves on it was just all hitting each other shaking and it just was really loud.

And I stood there and looked at it for a while.

And I thought, no.

I guess subconsciously I'm thinking it's not happening.

That way I'm not afraid and I don't have no fear of it so...

I roll my bicycle on up to the road and went on my way, so...

I don't know if it stopped shaking when I walked away or whether it kept on shaking after I can't tell you that.