Vocabulary
ᎤᏪᏘ - old
ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸ -
ᏓᎦᏏ - turtle
ᎠᎾᎩᎸᏗᏍᎩ - riders
ᏌᏊ ᎢᏳᏩᏓᏘ - One time
ᏯᏂᏓ (ᎠᏂᏓ)- young (pl)
ᎠᏁᎮᎢ (ᎢᎾᎨᎢ) - forest, woods
ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎨᎢ - they were playing, I was told.
ᎤᎵᏍᏗᏃ (ᎤᏰᎶᎢᏍᏗ) - suddenly, all the sudden
ᎤᏂᎪᎮ - they saw it, I was told.
ᎤᏔᎾ - huge, enormous
ᎠᎢᏎ - s/he it was walking, I was told.
ᎤᏬᏡᏗ (ᎤᏬᎵᏗ)- funny
ᎤᏁᎵᏎ -
ᎢᏳᏃ - if
ᏳᎾᎩᎸᏔᎾ - if they rode it.
ᏙᎯᏳᏃ - really
ᎤᎾᎩᎸᎾᏃ - and they rode it.
ᎤᏕᎵᎬ (ᏭᏕᎵᎬᎢ)- in the west
ᏫᏚᏭᎪᏔᏁᎢ -
ᎪᎯᏃ ᎢᏴᏓ - after a while (ᎪᎯᏓ = a long time)
ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎯ (ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎢ) - an old man
ᎦᏙᎨ - s/he was present/standing, I was told.
ᎠᎾᎢᏒᎢ - they were walking
ᎯᎠᏃ - and this
ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎢ - s/he told them, I was told.
ᎠᏣᏠᎯ - You all get off!
ᏞᏍᏗ - don't
ᏰᏣᎩᎸᏕᏍᏗ -
ᎠᏎᏃ - but, however
Ꮭ ᏳᎾᏠᎢᏎᎢ - they didn't get off, I was told.
ᎤᏪᏘ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸ ᏓᎦᏏ ᎠᎾᎩᎸᏗᏍᎩ
ᏌᏊ ᎢᏳᏩᏓᏘ ᏅᎩ ᏯᏂᏓ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎠᏁᎮᎢ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎨᎢ. ᎤᎵᏍᏗᏃ ᎤᏂᎪᎮ ᎤᏔᎾ ᏓᎦᏏ ᎠᎢᏎ ᎠᏂᏧᏣᏃ ᎤᏬᏡᏗ ᎤᏁᎵᏎ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏳᎾᎩᎸᏔᎾ
ᏓᎦᏏ. ᏙᎯᏳᏃ ᎤᎾᎩᎸᎾᏃ ᎤᏕᎵᎬ ᏫᏚᏭᎪᏔᏁᎢ.
ᎪᎯᏃ ᎢᏴᏓ ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎯ ᎦᏙᎨ ᎠᎾᎢᏒᎢ ᎯᎠᏃ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎢ ᎠᏣᏠᎯ. ᏞᏍᏗ ᏰᏣᎩᎸᏕᏍᏗ ᏓᎦᏏ ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮭ ᏳᎾᏠᎢᏎᎢ. ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ ᎤᏬᏡᏗᏳᏃᎦᏛᎾᏕᎦ
ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎨᎢᏃ ᏏᏊ ᏂᎦᏯᎢᏒᏊ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏠᎯᏍᏗᎢ. ᎢᏣᏠᎯ ᎾᏊ. ᎠᏂᏧᏣᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏏᏊ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᏊ ᏓᎦᏏ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ
ᏱᏭᎷᏣ ᏲᏣᎵᏔᏚᎦ ᎠᏏ ᏫᏄᎷᏨᎾᏊ ᎠᎺᏉᏂ. ᏙᏳᏃ ᏂᎬᏩᎾᎩᎴᏊᏃ ᎤᏕᎵᎬ ᏗᏜ ᎤᏛᏐᏅ ᎯᏃ ᏓᏍᏓᏩᏗᏎ ᎣᏂ.
ᏓᎦᏏᏃ ᎠᎺᏉ ᏭᎷᏤ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎤᎾᎵᏔᏗᏅᏗ ᏚᏄᎪᏔᏁᎢ. ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏂᏄᎸᏁᎢ. ᏧᎾᏔᏍᏕᏂ ᏚᏩᎭᏙᏎᎢ ᏓᎦᏏᎢ ᏚᏂᎾᏫᏛᎮᏃ ᎠᎺᏉ ᎭᏫᏂ. ᏚᎪᎭᏃ
ᎤᏛᎮᏃ ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎢ ᎤᏟᏍᏗᏳ ᎠᎹᏳᎶᏗ ᏭᎷᏤᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏬᏢᏁ ᎤᏬᏘ ᎤᏬᏘᏃ ᎢᎧᏲᏔ ᏁᎢᏃ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎠᏂᏧᏣᏃ ᎨᏥᏍᏕᎸᎮᎢ.
The Parable Of The Turtle Riders
One time there were four boys who were out in the woods playing. All of a sudden they
saw an enormous turtle go by. The boys thought it would be fun to get on that turtle and go for
a ride, so they all jumped on and went riding.
After a while they came to an old man and he told them to get off, that they shouldn't be
riding that turtle like that. They didn't get off though. They said they were having a lot of fun
and that they were having a lot of fun and that they wanted to ride that turtle some more. The
old man begged and pleaded with them to get off. He said that the turtle was headed for the
sea and that they should get off right away; but the boys, said everything would be all right,
that if the turtle went into the sea, they would jump off in plenty of time. So they rode along to
the west and the old man followed along behind.
When the turtle came to the sea the boys decided to jump off, but they couldn't. Their
feet had got stuck to the turtle..and they were carried down into the seas. When he saw that
the old man hurried down to the seashore and made some medicine. That medicine dried up
the sea, so the boys were saved.