téécxo' núhu'úúno hoo3ítoo,
this story is about long ago
nih'óó3oo tohuucíínoo'oniseehék.
when trickster had been walking pretty long.
héénoo tohuunéeniihó'o',
normally he followed the streams
toh'oowúniihíseehék níiyóu núhu' niiciihéhe'.
he was walking down this particular stream
céésey hé'ih'oowúniihísee niiciihéhe'.
one time he was walking down a stream
'oh hé'ihciisísee he'íicxóóyeinííhi',
he had walked a long ways, some distance
'oh hé'ihkóxo'ésnee, tohnosóúseet.
and he slowly got hungry, as he was still walking
'oh hé'ihníitówoot
and then he heard something
[hé'ih]niitónee tohníitóuuhuní3i síísiikóú'uu 
he heard ducks quacking
hee3e'éíseet.
in the direction he was going 

wohéí héétbii3íhinoo nih'íí3etiéhk.
well, I'm going to eat he said to himself
heetnéé'xohúnee hínee;
you're going to lead me there
hí'in beexhiinééseet
he kind of wandered over there
heeyeihneyéíseet.
he's almost there
ne'... né'kóxo'úseet, né'kókoh'ú3ecoot.
then he walked slowly, he was thinking
hiiwo' níísiinihóú'u.
I've got it! this is what I'll do to them
hé'né'ée'íno' héétníístoot.
so then he knew what he would do
yóókoxuu hé'né'kóoko'óho'.
he cut off some willows
héétne'ííni ce'éékutiit, ce'éékutiit.
he's going to gather them into a bundle
hiisce'éékutiit, noh né'-
once he had them bundled together, then
né'ííni 3éí'eiwoonóóto' núhu' núhu' núhu'úúno 
then he loaded them on his back, these
yóókoxuu.
willows
hé'ih3éí'oi- 3éí'eiwoonóú'u.
he loaded them on his back
hé'né'- hé'né'ce'kóxo'ce3éí'oot.
then he set off again
hiiwóonhéhe' kóxo'úseet.
now he's walking slowly
3oo3ébneeyéíseet níiyóu núhu' síísiikóú'uu 
he went over there near where the ducks
héetnéeníitóuuhuní3i. 
were quacking


noh hé'ih'iis3ooxúunóne' heesíh'in nih'óó3oo.
and they finally noticed him that so-called trickster
"cénoot," nih'íí3etí'ehkóni' núhu' síísiikóú'uu.
 [bad word] the ducks said to one another
noh tohtoo'úseet núhu' héetooní3i,
and he came to a halt where they were
wohéí hé'ihnóttóne' nih'óó3oo.
well then they asked the trickster
"heeyóu, heeyóu hínee heiniinooxuut?" 
what is that you're carrying on your back
nih'íi3éíhok.
they said to him
"hee henée3óú'u niibóótno
this is a bunch of really good songs


nenéé' nenííwo'yóono" hee3oohók.
that's what I'm carrying he said to them
"niibóótno nenéí'i ."
they're songs
"cihniibóonéí'ee!" nih'íi3éíhok.
sing for us they sa