4 ᑕᕝᕙ ᑍᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᐹ. ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕙ, “ᒪᑭᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᑮᓚᒧᐊᓕᕆᑦ; ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓂᐊᕐᐸᒃᑲ.”
ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᑭᖑᕐᖓᓂ ᑍᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᔫᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐂᔪᒃᓴᐅᕗᖔ ᐊᐅᓚᒋᐊᕐᑐᓕᕐᓗᒋᑦ?” ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᐂᔪᓐᓇᕐᐳᑎᑦ.” ᑍᕕᑎ ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ, “ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ?” ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᕼᐃᐸᕋᓐᒧᑦ.”
ᑍᕕᑎᓗ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᐳᖔ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ? ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐱᖔ?” ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᐊᑏ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᓕᕆᑦ; ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐸᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ.”
ᑕᒪᓐᓇᓕ ᑍᒤᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓱᓇᐅᒋᓐᖏᑕᖓ ᒧᐊᐱᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᑦᔪᑎᒋᓂᐊᕆᕔᑦ.
ᑍᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᒎᑎ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖔ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ? ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐱᖔ?” ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᒪᔪᐊᓕᕆᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐸᒋᑦ!”
ᑍᒪᓕ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᕕᑦᓯᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᓂᓗᓯ ᐃᒡᓗᒐᓮᑦ ᐅᐸᖕᓂᐊᕐᐸᓯ ᓵᓚᒋᓗᒋᓪᓗ; ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᒎᑎᑦᓯ ᑐᓂᓂᐊᕐᐹ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ.
ᒋᑎᐅᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᒎᑎᒧᑦ, “ᓂᓐᖓᒡᕕᒋᑦᑍᓕᓐᖓ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓚᖓ; ᕿᓄᔪᖓ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓚᖓ ᓰᐱᐅᑉ ᒥᖅᑯᖓᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᓰᐱᐅᑉ ᒥᖅᑯᖓ ᐸᓂᕐᑐᑑᓚᐅᕐᓕ ᓄᓇ ᖃᐅᓯᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ.”
ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᒋᑎᐅᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ 300ᓄᑦ ᖃᓗᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒥᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᒥᑎᐊᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐸᒋᑦ; ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓕ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᑎᓕᒃᑭᑦ.”
ᑍᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᒋᑎᐅᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᒪᑭᓕᕆᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓯᒪᕕᖏᓐᓄᑦ; ᓵᓚᖃᕐᑎᑦᑕᕇᕋᒃᑭᑦ.
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓕᕆᕗᑦ, “ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᖑᑦ ᑕᒫᓃᑉᐹ?” ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᑕᑯᒋᑦ, ᐱᖁᑏᑦ ᐊᑯᕐᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ.”
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᑍᕕᑎ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖔ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ?” ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᐊᑏ, ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᓕᕆᑦ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ, ᑮᓚᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐱᐅᓕᓗᒋᑦ.”
ᑍᕕᑎᐅᓪᓕ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚᑦ, “ᑕᑯᒋᑦ, ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᔫᑕᒥ; ᐱᐅᖏᓐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓐᖏᓛᖅ ᑮᓚᒧᐊᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕆᐊᓕᕈᑦᑕ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ?”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᑍᕕᑎᓗ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᑮᓚᒧᐊᕐᐳᑦ, ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ; ᐅᓄᕐᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᑐᖁᕅᕗᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᖁᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᑎᒍᕔᑦ. ᑕᕝᕙ ᑍᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᑮᓚᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᐰᑦ.
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᓴᐅᓕ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᓱᔪᒃᓴᐅᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓕ ᑭᐅᓚᐅᓐᖏᓛ, ᓯᓐᓇᒃᑐᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᓵᕈᑎᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐱᔪᖃᓛᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᑎᖏᑎᒍᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ.
ᑍᕕᑎᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᒪᓕᒃᓴᕈᓐᓇᕐᐸᒃᑳ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ? ᐊᓐᖑᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᐳᖔ?” ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᒪᓕᒃᓴᓕᕆᑦ; ᐊᓐᖑᑎᓂᐊᕐᐳᑎᑦ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᓪᓗ ᐅᑎᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕐᐸᑎᑦ.”