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Chapter One: Camel Arrives in Mingo Flats
Kwa'yô': Sô nâ huikê?
Rabbit: Who is that?

Tsonískyôt: Te'akënöhtö', te'akënöhtö', te'akënöhtö'.
Red Squirrel: I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

Ti'tí': Ti'kwa, ti'kwa, ti'kwa.
Blue Jay: Don't know, don't know, don't know.

Kánya'skwát: Të'ë kúwá tyawë'ö kakwékö nâ së ëkaat kës tisnisnye'ö?
Camel: Why in the world do you two always say everything three times?

Tsonískyôt: Tha'téyô, tha'téyô, tha'téyô.
Red Squirrel: Not everything, everything, everything.

Ti'tí': Tyutkôt, tyutkôt, tyutkôt.
Blue Jay: Always, always, always.

Kánya'skwát: Ukwényô ne kaiôni ne' swaiwakwëniyustö ne' wai Hawëníyu' së niaya'táké.
Camel: Maybe the reason is because you believe in a God in three persons.

Kwa'yô': Ta'tekya'tuwetha' n-ökwaiwakwëniyustö n-ökwaiwasyönya'tö khu.
Rabbit: I don't bother myself with religion or politics.

Kánya'skwát: Kakwékö næ ökwaiwakwëniyustö ha'téyô ökwaiwasyönya'tö khu.
Camel: Everything is what we believe and how we do things.

Tsonískyôt: Ne' khu nê ne utíwatyanöhtö's.
Red Squirrel: And then there are jokes.

Ti'tí': Kakaíyú kyëteí, kyëteí, kyëteí.
Blue Jay: I know a good story, story, story.

Kwa'yô': Ne' wai ne kaiwakwëníyú ne' sô næ n-ís'a.
Rabbit: The important thing is who you are.

Tsonískyôt: Sô, sô, sô?
Red Squirrel: Who, who, who?

Ti'tí': Të'ë khu, të'ë khu, të'ë khu?
Blue Jay: And what, what, what?

Kánya'skwát: Kánya'skwát ê' kyásö. Utu'ækwáôt nâ nikya'tu'tê n-í'a.
Camel: My name is Crooked-Neck. And I am a camel.


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