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| he really said | O grandfather!

27 | Mikák'e | han'*d*a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an | ¢iñkcí | é'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Star | by day | the st. an. ob. | at it | arrived and stood | he really said |O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué! | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

| Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}añ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | ts'é | watséqi | *d*¢in' | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really said | O grandfather!

30 | Wakan'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-má{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}íe añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| O mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what precedes | he really said |O grandfather!

| Cun'unckíta | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!

| Káxe-wáhü-san', | cunta, | wisuñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e | añ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}áxe tá*d*etsé: |á*d*intaú,

| Káxe-wáhü-san' | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we must make | he really said

| Tsiká!

| O grandfather!

33 | Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | cü'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | ¢iñkce'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Bird | red| | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said |O grandfather!

| Há, | i{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ú! | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandmother! | he really said | O grandfather!

| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body |they have none | he was saying that | he really said |O grandfather!

(Here some lines are wanting. See the other version for the appeal to the Red Bird and her reply. )

36 | Han'*d*a | ma{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}an' | u¢á{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}¢in | ¢iñkce'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Day | land | good | at the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said | O grandfather!

| Máxe | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}awin'xe | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}ú*d*a } ¢iñkcé e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | anní{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}k'acin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Upper world | gyration | four | the cv. in. ob. | there | we were people | he really said | O grandfather!

38 | Anní{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}k'acin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | añkíi¢a-*d*á{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| We were people | body | we did not find for ourselves | he really said | O grandfather!

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