17 ᐊᑏᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᑎᑦᓱᒪᕙᕋ ᑭᖑᕚᕆᓂ ᑕᒤᓐᓂ; ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓂᕐᑐᕐᑕᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᑎᑦ ᐃᓱᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐃᓱᖃᖏᑦᑐᒧᑦ.
ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᖏᑕ ᓂᕐᑐᕐᓂᐊᕐᐹᑎᑦ, ᐊᑕᓃᖅ, ᖃᓂᕐᐱᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᑎᒃ.
ᑑᕕᖁᑎᒐᓕ, ᓈᒻᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᑐᑐᐊᖁᑎᒐ, ᑖᓐᓇᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᖃᓐᖏᓚᖅ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓᑕ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᖓ, ᑖᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᐃᕐᓂᓚᐅᕐᑑᑉ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᖓ, ᐊᕐᓁᑦ ᑕᑯᒐᒥᑦᔪᒃ ᓮᒻᒪᕐᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᕋᕐᐹᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᓪᓗ ᓄᓕᐊᖏᑕ ᐊᕐᓇᖁᑎᖏᑕᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᕚᑦ.
“ᐅᕙᖓᓕ,” ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ: “ᐃᒫᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓁᕐᓯᕕᒋᔪᒪᕙᒃᑲ; ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕋ ᐃᓕᖕᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑲᓗ ᖃᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ, ᖃᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᕿᒤᓂᐊᓐᖏᓚᑦ, ᑭᖑᕚᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᕆᔪᒫᕐᑕᖏᑕᓗ ᖃᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑍᒪᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, ᒫᓐᓇᒥᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐃᓱᖃᖏᑦᑐᒧᓪᓗ.”
ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᒫᕐᐳᑦ, ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ; ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᑕᑯᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒫᕐᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓮᒻᒪᕐᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
ᓂᐊᖂᑎᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᓯ ᓂᕐᑐᕐᓇᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᒡᒐᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕐᓯᐅᑕᐅᓗᓯ ᓇᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᓯ ᒎᑎᑦᓯ ᐊᒡᒐᖏᓐᓂ.
ᓯᕿᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᐃᕕᐊᓂᑦ ᓂᐱᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᕋ ᐊᖏᔪᕈᕐᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᓂ, ᓇᓂᓕᒫᖅ ᑎᐱᑦᓯᐊᕆᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐳᔪᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᕐᐳᑦ ᐊᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᓂᒃ; ᐊᑎᕋ ᐊᖏᔪᕈᕐᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᓄᑦ, ᕿᓚᖕᒥᐅᒐᓴᒡᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᖓ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ.
ᓱᓕᔪᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕙᑦᓯ, ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᒫᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓕᕌᖓᑕ, ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᕈᒫᕐᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᑦᔪᑎᒋᓗᒍ.”
ᓂᐊᖂᔭᒥᒃ ᓂᕆᓕᕌᖓᑦᓯ ᐃᒥᐅᑎᒥᓪᓗ ᐃᒥᓕᕌᖓᑦᓯ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑐᖁᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᒋᔭᒃᓴᕆᕙᓯ ᑎᑭᖅᑳᕐᑎᓐᓇᒍ.