18 ᐅᖃᕆᐊᓪᓚᒡᓗᓂᓗ, “ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒃ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᕿᓂᕐᐲᑦ ᐱᔨᖕᓂᒃ? ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᒐᒫ? ᓱᓇᒦᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᑦᔪᑎᖃᕋᒫ?
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᕋᑎᒃ ᓵᓚᒋᓇᓱᐊᕐᐹᖓ, ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒪᓕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᑎᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᒻᒪᕆᒃᐰᑦ.
ᐱᑦᔪᑎᖃᕋᑎᒃ ᓄᓗᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᑎᕐᓴᒥ ᓄᓗᐊᕐᑎᑦᓱᒪᓪᓗᖓ, ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᕋᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᑎᕐᓴᓕᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᑐᖁᑦᓱᒪᓪᓗᖓ.
ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐆᒥᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᕋᑎᒃ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᔭᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᐊᖁᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ; ᐊᔪᖏᑦᑐᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᖁᑦᓯᔪᒪᔪᑦ, ᓱᓕᖏᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᑎᒋᕙᒃᑲ. ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑎᒡᓕᓚᐅᕐᓇᖓ, ᐅᑎᕐᑎᑦᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᐳᖓ?
ᐊᒻᒪ ᔨᕆᒤᐊᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᔨᑎᑬᐊ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᓯᒐᒪ ᐱᖁᓐᖏᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖁᑎᕕᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᖁᓐᖏᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᑦᔪᑎᖃᕐᐳᖓ?
ᔩᓱᓯᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕔᑦ, “ᐱᓂᐊᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ; ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓃᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒥᓪᓗᕈᒪᕕᓯᓐᖔ?”
ᔩᓱᓯᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᓈᒻᒪᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᕈᒪ, ᓇᓗᓁᕐᓯᔪᖃᓚᐅᕐᓕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓱᓕᖏᒻᒪᖔᕐᒪ; ᓱᓕᒍᒪᓕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᓐᓂᒃ, ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐸᑎᒃᐱᖔ?”
ᓇᓪᓕᓯ ᐊᔪᕐᑐᓕᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓁᕐᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᓱᓕᔪᒥᒡᓕ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑯᒪ, ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᓐᖏᓚᑦᓯᓐᖓ?
ᑍᕕᑎᓕ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕋᒫ? ᐊᐱᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᖔ?”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᑍᕕᑎ ᕿᒫᕗᖅ ᓁᐅᑎᒥᑦ ᕌᒪᒦᑦᑐᒥᑦ, ᔫᓇᑕᓂᒧᓪᓗ ᐂᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᓱᓚᐅᕐᐳᖔ? ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᑦᔪᑎᖃᕐᐳᖔ? ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᔪᕐᑐᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ ᐊᑖᑕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᓅᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ?”
ᑍᕕᑎᐅᓪᓗ ᓴᐅᓕ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᐲᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ, ‘ᐃᓛ ᑍᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᕿᓂᕐᐹᑎᑦ ᑐᖁᑦᓱᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ?’