13 ᑍᒤᑎᓪᓗᒍᓕ ᐅᖃᕐᐸᒃᐳᑎᑦ, ‘ᒎᑎ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᓗᐊᕐᐹ? ᓄᕗᔭᓄᑦ ᑖᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᓕᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹᑎᒎᑦ?
ᑖᕐᓂᕐᑕᖃᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᑐᖂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓕᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᔨᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᑐᒥᒃ.
ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᒍᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᒐᒥ, “ᒎᑎ ᐳᐃᒍᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᑮᓇᓂ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᕚ, ᑕᑯᓂᐊᓐᖏᓚᕐᓗ.”
ᐅᖃᕋᔭᕈᒪ, “ᖁᓚᕐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᑖᕐᑐᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᓕᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᕋᒪ, ᖃᐅᒪᔪᕐᓗ ᓇᔪᕐᑕᕋ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓐᖑᕐᑎᑕᐅᓗᓂ.”
ᓇᒧᑦ ᐂᔪᓐᓇᕐᐳᖔ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕐᓂᑦ? ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᓇᒧᑦ ᕿᒫᔪᓐᓇᕐᐳᖔ ᓇᔫᑎᓂᕐᓂᑦ?
ᑕᑯᓕᕆᑦ, ᖃᓂᕐᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᓂᑎᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᓂᕐᒥᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᕕᒡᔪᐊᑎᑑᕐᐳᑦ, ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ, “ᑭᐊ ᑐᓵᕚᑎᒍᑦ?”
ᓯᕘᕋᔪᓐᓃᕐᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᕗᑦ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ; ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓗᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ; ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, “ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᑕᐅᑦᔮᓐᖏᓚᒍᑦ.”
ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ, “ᖃᓄᖅ ᒎᑎ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ? ᖁᑦᓯᖕᓂᕐᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᐹ?”
ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᑎᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᓇᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ, ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑖᕐᑐᒦᑦᑐᑦ; ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, “ᑭᐊ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᐹᑎᒍᑦ? ᑭᐊᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕚᑎᒍᑦ?”
ᐃᓄᒃ ᐃᔨᕐᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓇᖏᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓐᖏᑕᓐᓂᒃ? ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ. ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓈᓐᖏᓚᖔ ᕿᓚᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᓗ? ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚᖓ, “ᐃᓅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ, ᖃᐅᔨᕖᑦ? ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑕ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᔨᕋᕐᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᐸᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᒎᑎᓐᖑᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᔨᓐᖑᐊᖁᑎᖃᐅᕐᐳᑦ; ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᐳᑦ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓐᖏᓛᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᓇ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᒪᓕᕐᐹ.’”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚᖓ, “ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᔫᑕᐅᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑦ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ; ᓄᓇ ᐊᐅᖕᒥᒃ ᑕᑕᒻᒪᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᒐᓴᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᒃᑎᑦᓯᓇᑎᒃ; ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᖁᔭᓈᕐᓯᕗᖅ, ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕈᓐᓃᕐᓗᓂᓗ.’
ᐃᑎᕐᓴᓕᐅᕋᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕᓗ ᑐᖁᖓᔪᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᑍᑲᓐᖓᑦ ᑎᒍᔪᒫᕐᐸᒃᑲ; ᒪᔪᕋᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕᓗ ᕿᓚᖕᒧᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓐᖓᑦ ᐊᖅᑲᕐᑎᑦᓱᒫᕐᐸᒃᑲ.
ᐃᔨᕆᐊᕐᑐᕋᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕᓗ ᖃᖅᑲᐅᑉ ᑳᕐᒥᐅᓕᐅᑉ ᖄᖓᓄᑦ, ᕿᓂᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᓂᔪᒫᕐᐸᒃᑲ ᑎᒍᓗᒋᓪᓗ; ᐃᔨᕋᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕᓗ ᐃᒪᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᖅᑲᖓᓄᑦ, ᑍᑯᖓ ᖁᒡᓗᒋᐊᖅ ᑎᓕᔪᒫᕐᐸᕋ, ᑖᑦᓱᒪᓗ ᑮᔪᒫᕐᐰᑦ.
“ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᐸᑦ ᔨᕉᓴᓕᒻ ᕿᓂᕐᕕᒋᔪᒫᕐᐸᕋ ᓇᓂᕈᐊᓄᑦ, ᓱᒋᐊᕈᒫᕐᐸᒃᑲᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒐᓱᒋᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕋᓱᒋᔪᓪᓗ, ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᒍᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᑦ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᓐᖏᓚᖅ.’