Her First Basket
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cuucəb ʔə ti x̌payʔac,
“ɬuhuyud čəxʷ ti spəčuʔ.”
ʔucut tsiʔiɬ sɬaɬədəyʔ,
“xʷiʔ kʷi gʷədsčəwat.”
cuucəb ʔə ti x̌payʔac,
“dᶻixʷ, ɬukʷədad čəxʷ ti dst̕əx̌ʷšəd.”
The Cedar Tree told her,
“You are going to make a cedar-root basket.”
The little girl said,
“I don’t know how.”
She was told by the Cedar Tree,
“First, you take my roots.”.