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Chapter Two: Where is Camel From?
Kwa'yô': Káwé tiséhtö?
Rabbit: Where do you come from?
Kánya'skwát: Egypt nâ twakéhtö n-í'a.
Camel: I come from Egypt.
Tsonískyôt: Tsikwas tsikwas tsikwas nâ tiséhtö?
Red Squirrel: Are you coming soon, soon, soon?
Ti'tí': Káwé, káwé, káwé?
Blue Jay: Where, where, where?
Kwa'yô': Káwé nâ ne Egypt yöëtsate'?
Rabbit: Where is Egypt?
Tsonískyôt: Söe kææhkwaa'ke nâ?
Red Squirrel: Is it on the moon?
Ti'tí': Ne' nâ n-í' ke'skwa' unëhtsi söe kææhkwaa'ke.
Blue Jay: I was on the moon once a long time ago.
Tsonískyôt: Sënúwê, sënúwê, së'tanúwê shô!
Red Squirrel: You're lying, you're just a big liar!
Ti'tí': Ke'skwa', ke'skwa', ke'skwa'!
Bluebird: I was, I was, I was!
Kánya'skwát: Skanyutaáti huikê.
Camel: It's on the other side of the ocean.
Kwa'yô': Kaöwö'ke næ tiséhtö?
Rabbit: Did you come by boat?
Ti'tí': Tekátë, tekátë, tekátë tyuéhtö.
Blue Jay: It came by airplane, airplane, airplane.
Kánya'skwát: Thë'ë nâ. Auska'a ne nikanyu'ta's'aa ne tekátë wënöhtëtye's. Kaöwö'ke kuwánë akahtëtyô.
Camel: No indeed! Only small animals travel by airplane. I traveled in a big boat.
Kwa'yô': Huöwöyë' ne haksút.
Rabbit: My grandfather has a boat.
Tsonískyôt: Ê', nâ kwá he Egyptke he'skwa'?
Red Squirrel: Yes, but was he ever in Egypt?
Ti'tí': Ëkí söe kææhkwaa'ke?
Blue Jay: Or on the moon?
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