8 ᑍᕕᑎ ᐊᑭᔅᒧᑦ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᓱᓇᒦᒃ ᑕᒻᒪᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒃ? ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒍ ᐸᑦᓯᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖏᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᑍᑲᓐᖓᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ᖃᓄᐃᒪᓪᓕ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒍᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖓ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒃ ᐊᑭᕋᑎᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ?”
ᐱᐅᓐᖏᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᒥᓵᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᑍᓕᑎᒍᑦ, ᓴᐳᑎᑎᒍᓪᓕ ᓵᑖᓇᓯᒥᑦ. [ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᒐᖃᖏᓐᓂᕐᓗ ᐃᓅᖃᓐᓂᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᐱᒋᒐᕕᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᖃᖏᑦᑐᒧᑦ, ᐋᒥᓐ.]’
ᒫᓐᓇ ᑕᒫᓃᑉᐳᖓ; ᑕᒻᒪᓚᐅᕈᒪ ᐸᓯᔭᐅᓕᕐᓚᖓ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ ᐅᕐᓱᕐᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓᑕᓗ ᓵᖓᓂ. ᑎᒍᓯᓚᐅᐳᖔ ᐃᒻᒧᒃᓯᐅᒐᐅᑉ ᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂᒃ? ᓯᐅᑎᖅᑯᕐᑐᔪᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ? ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᕐᑕᐅᓗᖓ ᓴᒡᓗᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᕐᐳᖔ? ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᒤᒃᓴᕐᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᐳᖔ? ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᕈᒪ ᑎᒍᓯᓚᐅᕈᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᑎᑦᓱᒪᕙᒃᑲ.”
ᑍᕕᑎᓕ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕋᒫ? ᐊᐱᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᖔ?”
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒋᓗᖓ, ᐱᔩᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᒐᕕᐅᒃ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᒍᒪᓕ, ᐃᕝᕕᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑐᖁᑕᒃᓴᕆᕙᕐᒪ; ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᖕᓄᐊᕈᑎᔭᒃᓴᕆᕕᖓ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᔭᕐᑐᕐᑎᓪᓗᖓ?”
ᐅᖃᕆᐊᓪᓚᒡᓗᓂᓗ, “ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒃ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᕿᓂᕐᐲᑦ ᐱᔨᖕᓂᒃ? ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᒐᒫ? ᓱᓇᒦᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᑦᔪᑎᖃᕋᒫ?
ᐊᑭᔅᒥᐅᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ, “ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᓇᑭᑦ ᐊᕐᓵᑎᕆᓚᐅᕐᐲᑦ?” ᑍᕕᑎ ᐅᖃᕐᐸᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ, “ᔫᑕᐅᑉ ᓯᕿᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᓂᒋᑉᒥᑦ,” ᐅᕝᕙᓗ, “ᔨᕋᒥᐅᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᑦ,” ᐅᕝᕙᓗ, “ᑭᓁᑎᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᑦ.”
ᑍᕕᑎ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᐃᓛᒃ ᐱᔨᒋᕙᕐᒪ, ᖃᐅᔨᓂᐊᕐᐳᑎᑦ ᐱᔩᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ.” ᐊᑭᔅᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐱᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᒋᓂᐊᓕᕐᐸᒋᑦ ᑍᒪᓐᖓᓕᒫᖅ.”
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐅᑎᓕᕆᑦ; ᐃᓱᒫᓗᖏᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖁᓇᒃ.”