18 ᓴᐅᓕᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᒧᑦ ᐊᕼᐂᔭᒧᑦ, “ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᑕ ᐃᒃᓯᕐᕕᖁᑎᖓ ᕾᓚᐅᕐᓕ.” ᑍᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᔪᕐᑎᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᑕ ᐃᒃᓯᕐᕕᖁᑎᖓ.
ᔪᕅᐊ ᑍᕕᑎᒧᑦ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᔫᑕᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᓯᕐᕕᖁᑎᖓ ᑍᑲᓃᒻᒪᑦ; ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕋᓗ ᔪᐊᐱ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᑐᒃᓴᖁᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒫᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ; ᓱᖕᒪᓪᓕ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᐊᖃᕐᐳᖓ, ᓂᕆᓗᖓᓗ ᐃᒥᕐᓗᖓᓗ, ᓄᓕᐊᕋᓗ ᓯᓂᖃᑎᒋᓗᒍ? ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑑᖕᒪᑦ, ᑍᒤᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᖏᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᖓ!”
ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓯᕆᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ ᓇᖏᕐᓗᓂ, ᐃᓕᓯᕆ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᕐᑐᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᔫᕆᒻ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ; ᐅᖃᕌᖓᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ, ᐅᖃᕌᖓᓪᓗ ᑎᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ, ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᒃᑐᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ.”
ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕆᐊᕐᑐᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᐱᑎᓕᒧᑦ, ᑍᑲᓂᓗ ᒎᑎ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᕐᐹᑦ, “ᓇᓪᓕᕗᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᖑᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐸᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᕐᑐᒃᓴᐅᕚᑦ ᐱᓐᔭᒥᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓂᒃ?” ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕔᑦ, “ᔫᑕᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑦ.”
ᐃᓄᒋᐊᒃᑐᕐᔪᐊᓪᓗ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᐂᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓄᑦ ᕿᐊᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐅᓐᓄᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ; ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᐱᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᐱᑖ ᖃᑕᓐᖑᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓐᔭᒥᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓂᒃ?” ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕔᑦ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕆᐊᓕᕐᓯᐅᒃ.”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᓴᐅᓕ ᐅᖃᓕᕐᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᓇᔪᕐᑎᒥᓄᑦ, “ᐅᓇᑕᕐᑐᒃᓮᑦ ᓈᓴᕐᓯᒋᒃ ᑭᓇᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑕᒫᓃᖏᒻᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓗᓯ.” ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕋᒥᒡᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᕗᑦ ᔫᓇᑕᓂᓗ ᐅᓇᑕᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒡᔭᕐᓯᔨᖓᓗ ᐱᑕᖃᖏᓐᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᓴᐅᓕ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐂᓚᐅᕐᑕ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐅᓄᖓ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᑐᖁᕋᕐᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐅᓪᓛᑉ ᖃᐅᓂᖓ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ; ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖏᓪᓗᒋᑦ.” ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑭᐅᕗᑦ, “ᐱᐅᓂᕐᐹᖑᓇᓱᒋᔧᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᕈᒃ.” ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᓕ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᑕ ᑕᒫᓂ.”
ᑍᕕᑎ ᖃᐅᔨᒐᒥ ᓴᐅᓕᐅᑉ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ; ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᒧᑦ ᐊᐰᐊᑕᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᓴᒡᕕᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᕾᓚᐅᕈᒃ.”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐱᓕᔅᑍᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥᓅᕈᑎᓚᐅᕐᐹᑦ ᒎᑎᓐᖑᐊᒧᑦ ᑍᒐᓐᒧᑦ, ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᕐᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒪᓗ ᓴᓂᐊᓄᐊᕐᐹᑦ.
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᑭᕆᐊᑦ-ᔨᕆᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖏᑕ ᐂᓚᐅᕐᐹᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕐᕕᖁᑎᖓ, ᑐᓂᕚᓪᓗ ᐊᖑᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᓇᑕᑉᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᐱᖑᐊᕐᔫᑉ ᖄᖓᓂ; ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓗ ᐃᓕᓯᕆ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᐅᑦᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᓕᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ.