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��Ki-i-l when Turtle jumped over the top of Auk's wigwam, all the people were greatly astonished. He beat every one in jumping. And he became very proud, this Turtle, and said, "Oh ! that's nothing." Then he tried to jump again. Now Gluskp'be, by thinking, caused him to get caught in the wigwam-poles of Auk's house; and there the rascal stuck, and soon fell into the fire, where he lay on his back. His back was all wrinkled and dried. That's why the turtle's back is so nowadays. Auk, indeed, could hardly snatch his son-in- law from the fire. Turtle knew that his nephew was the cause of his trouble, and so got angry with him for what he had done. Turtle was very much ashamed, and, besides, very angry; so he made up his mind to kill Glusk/be that evening. That evening he said to his nephew, "To-night we shall lie down together." Accordingly they slept to- gether that night. Now, Gluska'be knew what Turtle was planning. So, after they had lain down, Gluskp'be, by thinking, caused Turtle's member to grow very large. So Tur- tle's member began to grow very large indeed, until at last it got to be as large as his own body, as tall as his head. When he woke up, Turtle thought that the object lying beside him was Gluskp'be, sound asleep; so he felt of him, and said, "Kvvl his heart throbs." He could feel the pulse beating in his member. Then he took his knife and all of a sudden stabbed it. He made an outcry. "Agtt'+ya"!" Point blank he had jabbed his knife through his own member.

SECONDARY HERO-TRANSFORMER TALES

i. LONG-HAIR (KWUN-A-'WAS) IS ABANDONED

BY HIS PARENTS, AND" IS RAISED BY

HIS GRANDMOTHER, WOODCHUCK

wa"ka na'bmak me"tagwik pan-awa'- Far up river at head of Penobscot*

mske'u'tuk'" np'wat e-'rgasa o'dene River long ago where was village

��ali'wi'"tazu p'zwazo'ge's'ak called Crooked-Channel

��ni'wr'gi'za there lived

nak' w tata-'wit Lone-Light,

��na ga and

��na'ga and

��grnr nag w zu very powerful

taba-'wus seven

��ktci'sa'ijgamo a'li'wi-'zo great chief named

gi-nha'n-do great magician

gizi- 'd3ha'nig3zo"sa beloved by his people;

une-'mona na'gwudas gi - 'nrnag w zowak his sons. Six were powerful,

ke-'nuk nihrmosa'dji-na ke - 'nuk

but these he loved ; but

made'Va pi'waba's'u nHil a"tama the youngest small, that one not

amosa'dji-na e'bagwa'tc ami - 'lw?-na

he loved so much that he gave him away

wuzu-'gwu's-a moni'mkwes-uwal' nemoni'mk- to his mother-in-law Woodchuck. Then Wood"

wes-u oma'dje'ganan o'kwe'nasal'

chuck raised him as her grandchild,

nodli-'wrlan Kwun-a - 'was wutc eli-'wli -< guk then called him Long-Hair, for so nice (was)

ubre'somal' ga'matc omosa'djrna

his hair, very much she loved

o'kwe'nasal uzam una'mr'ta'wan

her grandson, because she saw him

e'li ga'di gi - nhan - do'wHit nodage"- how going to be great magician. Then she=

ki-man e'li- ka'dona-'lut awa-'s-ak taught him how to hunt beasts,

pala't'e nta'm'ka e'li- the very first of all how

ma'tagwe'Vu be'djHeo kado'powa'gan rabbit. Came here a famine,

na'mas'i' madje"kenoldi - na a'lnabak

then all left the place the people.

noda'li naga'la'na moni'mkwes-uwal' Then there they abandoned Woodchuck

na'ga kwe'nasal na'ga ma'djega'don'ka and her grandson. And began to hunt

Kwun-a-'was pala'fe ma'tagwesmwal' Long-Hair, first of all, rabbits

��po'nama'wut to set snares for

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