9 “ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐱᓐᖑᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᒥᓄᑦ ᐂᕙᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ, ᒪᕐᕋᖁᑎᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕋᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᑎᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ, ‘ᓱᓇᓕᐅᕐᐲᑦ?’ ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᓴᓇᔨᒥᓄᑦ, ‘ᐅᓇ ᓴᓇᔧᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᕕᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ?’
ᐃᖅᑬᓚᐅᕆᑦ ᒪᕐᕋᕐᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᒐᕕᖓ; ᓯᖃᓪᓕᓗᖓ ᐳᔪᕋᓐᖑᕐᑎᑦᓱᒪᓕᕆᕕᖔ?
ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᒎᑎ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕋᓱᓚᐅᕐᐱᐅᒃ? ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ‘ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ.’
“ᐊᔪᒐᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᖏᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᕐᓯᐅᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᒪᔪᒪᕖᑦ? ᒎᑎᒥᒃ ᐂᕙᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᔫᑉ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑭᐅᓕᕐᓕᐅᒃ.”
ᑕᑯᒋᑦ, ᐱᔪᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᒃᐸᑦ; ᑭᓇᒧᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ? ᑭᓇᒧᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ, ‘ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓕᕐᐱᑦ?’
ᒎᑎ ᓯᓚᑐᔪᕐᔪᐊᖑᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᔪᖏᑦᑐᕐᔪᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ.
ᓯᓚᑐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓕᓯᒪᓂᕐᓗ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᕐᓯᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᓵᓚᖃᓕᕈᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ.
ᐱᑕᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓕᕇᕐᒪᑕ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᕐᓗ ᐃᓅᖕᒪᑦ; ᐃᓄᒡᓗ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᑦ ᓴᓐᖏᓂᕐᓴᐅᔪᒥᒃ.
ᐅᓕᒪᐅᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓂᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᐅᓕᒪᕐᑐᒥᑦ? ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᑭᓪᓘᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᕐᓴᐅᑎᑦᓱᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᑭᓪᓗᕐᑐᒥᑦ? ᐊᓇᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ? ᐊᔭᐅᑉᐱᐊᖅ ᑭᕕᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᐃᓄᖕᒥᒃ ᕿᔫᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ?
ᓱᓇᓕᒫᑦ ᒧᒥᒃᑎᑉᐰᑦ! ᐃᓗᓕᖁᑎᓂᒃ ᒪᕐᕋᓕᐅᕐᑎ ᐃᓗᓕᖁᑎᓕᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᒪᕐᕋᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ? ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᔨᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ? “ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᓐᖏᓛᖓ”; ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᓕᐅᕐᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᕆᕚ? “ᐅᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᖏᑦᑐᖅ.”
ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ, ‘ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᕐᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᐱᑦ?’ ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᑦᔨᔪᖅ, ‘ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᕐᓂᐊᕆᓐᓂᕐᐱᖓ?’”
ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᕐᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᑐᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓐᓃᕐᐳᖅ, ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᐃᓐᓇᕐᑐᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓐᓃᕐᐳᖅ; ᑮᓁᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᓕᕋᕕᐅᒃ, ᓄᖑᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᕐᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ.
ᐊᑕᓃᕐᓕ ᐊᑖᑕᒋᕙᑦᑎᒋᑦ; ᒪᕐᕋᐅᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᕝᕕᑦ ᒪᕐᕋᓕᐅᕐᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ; ᐊᒡᒐᖕᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑕ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᑰᓪᓗᑕ.
“ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᖑᔪᓯ ᒪᕐᕋᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᑎᑎᑐᑦ ᑍᒫᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᑐᒃᓴᐅᓐᖏᓚᖔ? ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, ᑕᑯᒋᑦ, ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᖑᔪᓯ ᐊᒡᒐᓐᓃᑉᐳᓯᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᒪᕐᕋᑎᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕋᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᒡᒐᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑎᑐᑦ.
ᔨᕼᐅᐃᐊᑭᒻᓗ ᔫᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓗᒍ, ᐃᒫᒃ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, ᐊᒡᓔᑦ ᐃᒧᑦᑕᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᓕᕋᕕᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕋᕕᑦ, ‘ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖃᕐᐱᑦ ᐹᐱᓘᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᕈᕐᑕᐅᔪᒫᕐᓂᕋᕐᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᕈᑦᔭᐅᓗᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᖃᕈᓐᓃᕈᒫᕐᓂᕋᕐᓗᒍ?’
ᐹᐱᓘᓂᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓯ ᐱᔭᐅᕕᒃᓴᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᓐᓇᓯ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᓯ, ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓗᓯ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᓯ, ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᓚᐅᕋᑦᓯᐅᒃ.
“ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓂᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᓱᓇᐅᖏᑦᑐᑎᑐᑦ ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑕ, ᐃᓱᒪᒥᓂᒃ ᕿᓚᖕᒥᐅᒐᓴᒃᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑉᐰᑦ, ᓄᓇᒦᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑉᐰᑦ: ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᓄᖅᑲᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᓂᓗ, ‘ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᑍᒤᓕᐅᕐᐲᑦ?’
ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᓐᖓᒃᑎᑦᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᐱᑖ? ᑖᑦᓱᒪᖓᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᕕᑖ?