Vocabulary
ᏧᏕᎶᎰᏌᏃ - [when] s/he it saw them
ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎸᎢ - they have already done it
ᏧᏓᎵᏛᏍᏓᏁᎢ - [when] s/he it leaned forward
ᎤᏂᏗ - s/he it to catch it s/he
ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ - s/he it wanted it
ᎩᎳᏃ - at that time
ᎤᏕᎶᎰᏎᎢ - they saw it
ᏅᏯᏆ - a rock
ᎨᏒᎢ - it was
ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎬᎢᏃ - s/he it was surprised
ᏗᎪᏛ - [in the] fire for heat
ᏭᏕᎵᏤᎢ - s/he it went
ᏓᏯᏃ - really
ᏧᎳᏗᏒᏂᎴᎢ - s/he it wriggled
ᎭᎾᎯ - there
ᏕᎦᏅᏌᏛᎢᏃ - her/his/its legs
ᏚᎴᏴᏎᎢ - they burned
ᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏴ - [from] that time
ᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏓ - it started
ᎨᏍᏗ (Ꮭ)- not
ᎤᏍᏓᏍᏗ - s/he it to fear it
ᏱᎩ - [not] be
ᎤᏎᏓᏍᏗᏃ - her/his/its movement
ᏂᎬᏆᏍᏗ - still
ᎠᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗ - s/he it can see it
ᏚᎴᏴᏒᎢ - [where] s/he it burned
ᎤᏍᏓᎵ - ᏦᎢ
ᏧᏕᎶᎰᏌᏃ ᎤᏍᏓᎵ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎸᎢ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏧᏓᎵᏛᏍᏓᏁᎢ ᎠᎨᏯ ᎤᏂᏗ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ. ᎩᎳᏃ ᎤᏕᎶᎰᏎᎢ ᏅᏯᏆ ᎨᏒᎢ. ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎬᎢᏃ ᏗᎪᏛ ᏭᏕᎵᏤᎢ ᎤᏍᏓᎵ. ᏓᏯᏃ ᏧᎳᏗᏒᏂᎴᎢ ᎭᎾᎯ. ᏕᎦᏅᏌᏛᎢᏃ ᏂᎦᏓ ᏚᎴᏴᏎᎢ. ᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏴ ᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏍᏓᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏍᏓᎵ. ᎤᏎᏓᏍᏗᏃ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏂᎬᏆᏍᏗ ᎠᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᏚᎴᏴᏒᎢ.
Read by Daniel and Driver Pheasant.
Coming soon!
The Inchworm - Part Three
The Inchworm leaned forward from the mountain to grab one of the women, only to find it was just a rock. in its surprise, the Inchworm fell into the fire. There it desperately wriggled back and forth. All of its appendages were burned off. Since that day the Inchworm has never been a threat to Man and its method of locomotion still shows evidence of the fire.
From Journal of Cherokee Studies by Mrs. Golinda Hill