A Frog and a Watersnake by Laura Rockroads 1. naa nėhe'še tse'tohe náto'sėhósémo na'ėstse máto and then this one I'm gonna tell about him one also I'm going to tell another story about oonȧha'e tséxhenȧha'enaa'ėse sásȯhkóvétáne. frog when he was caught by a watersnake when a frog was caught by a watersnake. 2. mó'éstsenėhé'evėhanéhe tósa'e. there was a swamp somewhere There was a swamp somewhere. 3. hetóéva móstaéveamėhnėhéhe na'ėstse hetane. in evening he went walking one man A man went walking one evening. 4. nėhéóhe éstaéamėsóhpėhnėhéhe héne tsé'éstsenėhé'evetse there he went through (by?) that where it was a swamp He went along by a swamp. 5. heva tóne'še tséstaéšėho'ehnėse tósa'e, maybe sometime (?) when he had gone some distance somewhere, When he had gone some distance, nóoo, éhma'xėsé'hovėhóo'hahtóehéhoo'o oónȧha'e oh my, suddenly it was loudly overheard frog oh my, suddenly he heard a frog loudly croaking, tséohkėhešeéenetȧhévenéstoohevȯse oonȧhá'e nonóno'ka. the way they croak differently frogs once in awhile. in a way that frogs croak differently once in awhile. 6. naa tse'tohe éhnétȧhévenéstoohéhoo'o. but this one was croaking differently But this one was croaking differently. 7. nóoo, é'ȯhkema'xenonótovȧhtoohéhoo'o, nonó'hónó'e hó'ótóva oh my, it really croaked faster, more and more __ ? __ Oh my, it croaked faster, more and more, é'ȯhkema'xetȧhpe'e'háheotséhoo'o. it croaked really loudly. and really loudly. 8. é'ȯhkėxaevá'nema'xetȧhpe'e'hahéhoo'o. it would just croak really loud. It croaked really loudly. 9. nėhe'še // é'ȯhkėxaevá'nema'xetȧhpe'e'háheotséhoo'o tse'tohe then it would just croak really loud this Then this frog would just croak (holler) really loudly. oónȧha'e. frog. 10. nėhe'še tse'tohe móstanétȧhévetanóotsėhéhe, tséamehnėstse then this one thought differently, who was walking Then this man who was walking along began to wonder. hetane. man 11. nėhe'še tséstatšėhešease-, then when he started to---, Then when he started to---, (he thought), 12. táaxa'e nátȧhévé'hóómo nevá'esėstse néhe "let's see, I'll go look at him "Let's see, I'll go see whoever it is tsééema'xehoó'hepe'pe'éstȧtse, whoever that one who is overheard really hollering," that I hear hollering so loudly," 13. éxhešetanóotséhoo'o. he thought he thought. 14. éstatšėhešeaséhoo'o nėhéóhe he started going there He started towards there. 15. éstȧhóseaseohtséhoo'o nėhéóhe he started over there He started over there tséhnėxhoó'hepe'pe'éstatsėse. to where that one was overheard hollering. to where he heard that one hollering. 16. hotȧhtse tsé'éstsenėhe'éše'e tséstšėšeéveévoemoehatse So there, where it was swamp where it was lying around Lo and behold, there in the swamp where there were small pools of mahpe hotȧhtse éstavóomóhoono ma'xėsásóóvétáne water, so there he saw big watersnake water, lo and behold, he saw a big watersnake. 17. éstonotómȯhoono oonȧhá'e. he had caught in his mouth frog It had caught a frog in its mouth. 18. taa'é'ėse mó'éšemȧheetȯhevóhe halfway he had already swallowed him It had already swallowed it halfway. 19. naa tsėhéóhe hetsenone móhvá'nenėhešėtó'hešenȧhéhe. and here at his armpits he was kept from being swallowed But it was kept from being swallowed all the way by its armpits. 20. mó'éšėto'semȧheetaehevóhe he was almost swallowed by him It was almost swallowed by it. 21. naa héne móstavá'nenėhešetonó'eetȯhenótse hetsenone. and that he was just held by his armpit(s) And it was just hanging on by its armpits. 22. nėhéóhe móstatšėšehótsemévaehevóhe. There he couldn't be eaten by him It couldn't be eaten by him there. 23. a'e tséstatšėšemé'éhnėse néhe hetane tséhvóomaa'ėse close(r) as he appeared that man when he was seen by As that man got closer, when he was seen by tse'tohe oonȧhá'e éhne'ȯhkėxaeno'hestȯhóevaesesto that frog he was just waved to by him that frog, it just waved at him. 24. éhne'ȯhkėxaetsėheta'hasenéhoo'o néhe oónȧha'e. he would wave his front legs that frog It would wave its (front) legs. 25. nėhe'še tse'tohe hetane móstanėhešėtanóotsėhéhe, then this man thought, Then this man thought, 26. éaaa, mónánėhne'étamétanó'toehéhe, "oh my, I guess he's feeling dependent on me, "Oh my, I guess he wants me to help him. 27. nȧhtsenėxhévėstȧhéotsema, 'he will come help me," He must be wishing for me to come help him, mónáhesétamaehéhe, he must be wishing about me,'" 28. móstȧhešėtanóotsėhéhe ta'se he thought, like, he thought, tséhne'ȯhkevé'no'hestȯhóevaa'ėse because of his waving at him because it was waving at him. 29. ȯhtama'xetȧhpe'e'hahéotsétsesėstse when(ever?) he would holler loud When it hollered loudly, éstaosáanea'eotsé'tovóhoono néhe sásóóvétáne. he charged that watersnake he went after that watersnake. 30. éstȧho'eohé'tovóhoono. he got to him He got to it. 31. éstȧheseváenóhoono he grabbed him He grabbed the frog (and) éstaévané'ta'ó'hosesto néhe oonȧhá'e. he took out that frog took it out (of the snake's mouth). 32. éstméhae'éneváenóhoono, nóoo! he put him down, oh my He set it down. Oh my, mó'éše'áahtse'nonaeškóhtaotsėhéhe, his legs were already paralyzed, its legs were already paralyzed. 33. otaxa he'ȧhtsenȯtse éstavé'šeasevonėhnénȯhoonȯtse, only his (front) legs with them he started crawling It started crawling with just its (front legs) 34. é'ėse é'amėstósemȧhtséhoo'o. half (of him) he was dragging himself It was dragging along half of itself. 35. héne énėhetóseme this it is told That's the way it's told. 36. néhe móhnėhnėheševéstȧhémȧhtsétanó'toehevóhe tse'tohe that one that's how he wanted to be helped by that That's how that frog wanted to be helped by that hetane tse'tohe oonȧhá'e. man that frog man. 37. é'ȯhkėxaenonó'hestȯhóevaehoono he would just wave at him It would just wave at him. 38. hápó'e mó'ȯhketónėšemȧhevéno'ótanóhtovėhanéhe, likewise everyone must somehow want to get away from danger Everyone must similarly want to get away from danger. 39. mó'ȯhke- they must--- 40. hováhne máto animals also Even animals hápó'e mó'ȯhkenėhešėtanȯhevóhe. likewise must think that way. must think that way. 41. naa énėhe'ėstóséše. and that's the way it (the story) lies The end.