Niwakashææ'ö 01.31


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01.31.01

Ne kayêthö.

Then came the garden.


01.31.02

Ne' ne haksút akniyëthwaskwa'.

My grandfather took over the planting of it with me as his helper.


01.31.03

Kéí nikanêôké skasae'tát khu.

Four kernels of corn to a hill, and then a bean.


01.31.04

Ne' wai tuskë kányöhsôní ne' teyuthwe'nôní tsitkwææ'ê' khu, kanëhtönyö tyutôní.

Nearby grew the squashes, round and yellow, hidden beneath their shady leaves.


01.31.05

Ne' n-ëték tkanëhtatsis tuskë ne utkeu'tsuwanë.

By day they were just patches of green near the ever encroaching lighter bamboo.


01.31.06

Ne' ne sôé unötááyë' unötênút nö'kôkwá ëkatsihsö'tahsiææ'k.

But at night the three sisters sighed and sang beneath the stars.


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