2 ᐃᓔᓴᐅᑉ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᒪᕖᑦ? ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᐱᖃᕐᐱᑦ?” ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᓱᓇᖃᖏᑦᑐᖓ, ᐸᐅᕐᖎᑦ ᐅᕐᓱᖓᓂᒃ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖄᕐᔪᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᑐᖓ ᑍᒪᑐᐊᖑᖕᒥᔪᒥᒃ.”
ᑖᓐᓇᓗ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ, “ᐊᑕᓃᖅ ᒎᑏᑦ ᐃᓅᖕᒪᑦ, ᓂᐅᖂᔭᒥᒃ ᐆᑕᒃᓴᖃᓐᖏᓚᖓ, ᐃᑎᒪᓐᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᓂᐊᖂᔭᒃᓴᖃᕐᐳᖓ ᐴᒍᑕᕐᒦᑦᑐᒥᒃ, ᐅᕐᓱᒥᒡᓗ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ; ᒫᓐᓇᓗ, ᕿᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᕐᓱᐃᕗᖓ ᓂᐊᖂᔭᓕᐅᕈᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᕐᓂᕋᓗ ᓂᕆᐊᕐᔪᒍᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᓄᒃ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᓪᓗ ᑐᖁᓗᓄᒃ.”
ᑐᓴᕆᑦᓯ ᐅᒃᐱᕐᑑᖃᑎᒃᑳ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓇᕐᑐᑦ. ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓴᕐᑐᑦ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓯᒪᓐᖏᓔᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓴᕈᓐᓃᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᖑᕐᖑᑦᔨᖁᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᓇᒡᓕᒃᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ?
ᐃᑳᕇᕋᒥᒃ, ᐃᓔᑦᔭᐅᑉ ᐃᓔᓴ ᐊᐱᕆᕚ, “ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᐱᖔ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᑦᔭᐅᔪᒪᖕᒪᖔᕐᐱᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᕿᒤᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖏᓐᓂᓐᓂ?” ᐃᓔᓴᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᑭᖑᕐᖑᑦᔨᔪᒪᔪᖓ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕐᐲᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᕐᑐᓪᓗᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᓇᔫᑎᓂᖓᓂᒃ.”
ᕿᒃᓵᒃᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᐳᒍᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᓮᓐᓇᕐᐳᒍᓪᓕ; ᐊᔪᕐᓴᕋᓗᐊᕐᐳᒍᑦ, ᐊᓯᕗᓪᓕ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓴᕈᓐᓃᑎᑉᐸᕗᑦ; ᐱᖃᖏᑦᑑᔮᕐᐳᒍᑦ, ᑕᒤᓐᓂᒡᓕ ᐱᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᐳᒍᑦ.
ᐲᑦᑐᕉᓯᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᓐᖏᓚᖓ, ᐱᒋᔭᓐᓂᒡᓕ ᑐᓂᓯᕝᕕᒋᕙᒋᑦ; ᔩᓱᓯ ᙭ᔅᑑᓯᐅᑉ ᓈᓴᕇᑎᒥᐅᑉ ᐊᑎᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕙᒋᑦ, ᐱᓱᒋᑦ.”
ᔩᓱᓯᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕔᑦ, “ᖃᑦᓯᓂᒃ ᓂᐊᖂᔭᖃᕐᐱᓰ?” ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᑦ, “7ᓂᒃ ᓂᐊᖂᔭᖃᕐᐳᒍᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᑯᓗᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᒥᑭᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ.”
ᐃᓔᓴᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᓯᓚᖅᑲᑎᖕᓄᑦ ᕿᓄᕋᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᕐᑐᕆᑦ ᐃᒪᖃᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᓈᕐᓗᒋᑦ,
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᐲᑦ?” ᒨᓯᓯᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᐊᔭᐅᑉᐱᐊᒥᒃ.”