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thing must have happened, and I might almost have been in trouble myself!" Wolf started to run. He went along and went along. There was a little prairie. There was Grizzly Bear. He saw Wolf coming. When he was coming along and when he arrived, he said to him: "Now, why are you running?" He was told: "I am running away." Wolf went past. Grizzly Bear staid there, and thought: "Oh, something must have happened, and I might

almost have been in trouble myself!" Grizzly Bear started to run. Grizzly Bear went along and went along. There was a prairie. There he saw the three friends. He went on, and arrived there. He saw Wolf sitting there, a little farther along Coyote, a little farther along Rabbit. Grizzly Bear said to Wolf: "Now, why did you run away? There is hardly anything to run away from." Wolf said: "I was staying there, and saw Coyote coming. When he arrived, I said to him, 'Now, why are you running?' He said to me, 'I am running


sk^'n'ku'ts. qa'nqa'mek ka'aken. qalwi'yne* at ktsmma'lqa Coyote.' He was sitting Wolf. Bethought: "Something happened, tu'xwa atuhn^^^mqapw^tska'aXane^ nutsmqkupek^'me'k almost I might be in trouble myself in his place." He started to run ka'ake'n. qa*na'xe* qa'na'xe*. skiknu^qle.itnana'se*. saosa- Wdf. He went aloaig, went along. There was a little prairie. There qa'aue* k.la'wla. n'w'pXaUe* ska'se* ka'ake'ns qa'waka'se*. was Grizzly Bear. He saw coming Wolf. He was coming. 5 ki*'wasts qak^'lne* ta'xa qa'psin kms^lts!^'na*k. qak.la'pse* When he he said to "Now, why are you nmning? " Ho was told: arrived him: husxa"mktse*k. qayaqa'xe* ka'ake'n. qaosaqa'ane* kla'wlats " I am runnfhg away." He went past Wolf. He staid Grizzly Bear, qalwi'yne* at , kts^^nmalm'ke't. tu^xwa atulm^^s^nqapw^ts- and he thought: "Something happened to him. Almost I might be in trouble myself in ka'aXaUe'. nutsmqkupek/me'k k.laVIa. qa'na'xe* kla'wla. his place." He started to run Grizzly Bear. He went along ' Grizzly Bear. qa'na'xe*. sk^knuqle.^'t.se*. n'(>'pxane* saqa'pse* alswi^'timos. He went along. There was a prairie. He saw those there friends. 10 qa'oxa'xe'ts laxa'xe*. n'y'pXane* qOu naqna'kse* ka'ake'ns a*nlo'- He went on and arrived. He saw there sitting down Wolf; a little n*o*'sts sk/nku*ts' a*nL'n'o*'sts kianuqlu'mna. k.la'wla qak/Ine* farther Coyote; a little farther Rabbit. Grizzly Bear said to ka'ake'ns ta'xa qa'psin kmsxa'mktsa'kcil ma*nqa^nekaxa"mk- Wolf: "Now, why did you rim away? There is hardly anything to run away from." tse'k. qake'iUe' ka^ake'n huqa^osaqa'ane* hun'^^'pxane' sk/n- Hesaid Wolf: " I was staying, I saw Coyote ku'ts 8ka':s:e'. ki"'wamts huqak/lne* ta^xa qa'psin kmsrlts!/na*k. ks. coming. When he I said to him: 'Now, why are you running?^ arrived,


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