Barwar: The Bear and the Fox

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Dawiḏ ʾAdam

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0:00	xà-yomaˈ də́bba xḏára-wawa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ tfíqla b-xa-tèla.ˈ ʾo-tèlaˈ mə́re há lɛ̀kət zála,ˈ ya-gáni də̀bba?ˈ b-álaha xḏárən báṯər rə̀sqiˈ bálki xa-mə́ndi táfəq bìyiˈ ṱ-àxlən mə́ndi,ˈ ʾáxxa m-tàmma.ˈ ʾámər ma-lat-ḏáya b-gánəx qàrṯɛla?ˈ dáx-it jwàja?ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra làˈ ču-qárṯa lɛ̀la ʾáxxa.ˈ mə́re ʾən-bằyətˈ zaqrə̀nnəxˈ xa-qərṭàla,ˈ sàla y-amrə́xle,ˈ xa-sàla,ˈ ṭla-sə̀twaˈ ta-t-lá qɛràti.ˈ t-lá-hoya qàrṯa-ʾəlləx,ˈ t-lá-hawe tàlga-ʾəlləx.ˈ hóla rəš-ṭùra,ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ mə́re də-hàyyo!ˈ qímɛle múṯya tùreˈ ʾu-č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya di-di-dì,ˈ mə́re túgən ʾáti gàwe.ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ zqìrəllaˈ hal-làxxa.ˈ mə́ra də-klìgən!ˈ pàlṭən m-gáwe.ˈ mə́re làˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən qắpəx ʾàp ṭla-réšəx,ˈ baʿdḕn pàlṭət.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ xṯìməlle.ˈ kúlle zqìrəlle-wˈ píštɛla hádəx də́bba gàwe.ˈ ʾu-maxéla ʾáqle díye ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ṣàlya.ˈ nàpla,ˈ ṣálya-wˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ṣàlyaˈ b-o-ṭùraˈ hal-šə́ttət hə̀nna,ˈ gu-rawùlta.ˈ ṣléla tàma.ˈ ʾína kúlla gɛ́rme díya šmìṭe.ˈ píšta be-sarùber,ˈ hat-šmíṭle ʾɛ-sála t-wéwa zqìrəlla.ˈ kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ ʾaw-téla rìqle.ˈ téla rìqle,ˈ ʾáy hédi-hedi qìmla.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ bar-píšla spày,ˈ zìlla.ˈ zílla báre báre dìye.ˈ wírre gu-xa-bòya.ˈ wírre gu-xà ʾisára.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən bóya zòra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp báxte díye hóla tàma,ˈ ʾu-ʾítle ʾayàleˈ ʾo-tèla.ˈ wírɛle tàmaˈ ʾu-də́bba zíltɛla tàma.ˈ zíltɛle də̀bbaˈ ʾu-dráyəlla ʾíḏa díya ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́la pšàṭa,ˈ sab-bóya zòrɛleˈ ʾu-téla wírɛle gàwe.ˈ píše hàdəx,ˈ qímtɛla də́bba zìlta,ˈ muṯɛ́ṯa ḏa-qə́nnət dəbbòre.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlla muttɛ̀ṯəllaˈ qam-tằrətˈ d-ó-boyət tèle.ˈ har-dəbbóre zálɛla-w ṯáya dúrr dúrr dùrr.ˈ ʾáni xšíwela də̀bbɛla táma.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára pàlṭi.ˈ píšela kpìne,ˈ téla mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ mə́re mò-ʾoḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re ʾítlən ṭlà-bnone láxxa.ˈ w-áxni mítlən kə̀pna.ˈ mò ʾoḏéxi?ˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ pɛrmə́xle ʾo-zòraˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle,ˈ hal-ʾɛ́-gət ṱ-áza də́bba m-tàma.ˈ qímela ʾo-zóra prìməllelaˈ ʾu-xìləllela.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla ʾan-dəbbòreˈ har-zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́-ga də́bba lɛ̀la jwája m-láxxa.ˈ lɛ́ḏe módila qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re mò-ṱ-oḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ gárrə d-o-trèle.ˈ qímela ʾap-ʾo-t-tré prìməlle,ˈ xìləlle.ˈ ʾímət xílla ʾap-ʾo-t-trè,ˈ píšla xà-šabṯa,ˈ tré šabbàṯa,ˈ kpìnna.ˈ ʾáp-ʾo-t-ṭḷaṯa qəm-pɛrmìle.ˈ ʾu-dəbbóre hár-hola qam-tắrət bòya.ˈ pìšelaˈ har-ʾàni-tre l-xoḏéy.ˈ ʾámər báxta dìya dáxi?ˈ mə́re díya mò ṱ-óḏexi?ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ ṭrípela l-ġḏàḏeˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra há mòt mára?ˈ mə́re ʾáqli qítla b-kanòšta.ˈ xá-bena xéta gḏìlela.ˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-axlànnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáqli ṣléla gu-màqle.ˈ bénə ṭə̀ḷḷəṯˈ nàplaˈ bàxta.ˈ tràk!ˈ púmme díye l-qḏála díya ʾaxə̀lla.ˈ ʾaxə́lla píšle tàmaˈ xa-fàtra.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ mə́re lo-ṱ-axláli də̀bbaˈ lo-palṭèna.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xo-la-mɛ́ṯən làxxa.ˈ ʾu-plìṭɛleˈ rìqɛleˈ ta-t-ʾárəq ʾu-gášəq báre dìyeˈ ʾìnaˈ la-də̀bba,ˈ la-čù məndí.ˈ dəbbòre támaˈ mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re bɛ́ṯi ṣṭìmla də́bba.ˈ ṭḷá-bnone xilìli,ˈ báxta xilàli,ˈ xáṭər ṱ-ínwa mk̭onə̀drəlla.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ xà-yomaˈ də́bba xḏára-wawa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ tfíqla b-xa-tèla.ˈ ʾo-tèlaˈ mə́re há lɛ̀kət zála,ˈ ya-gáni də̀bba?ˈ b-álaha xḏárən báṯər rə̀sqiˈ bálki xa-mə́ndi táfəq bìyiˈ ṱ-àxlən mə́ndi,ˈ ʾáxxa m-tàmma.ˈ ʾámər ma-lat-ḏáya b-gánəx qàrṯɛla?ˈ dáx-it jwàja?ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra làˈ ču-qárṯa lɛ̀la ʾáxxa.ˈ mə́re ʾən-bằyətˈ zaqrə̀nnəxˈ xa-qərṭàla,ˈ sàla y-amrə́xle,ˈ xa-sàla,ˈ ṭla-sə̀twaˈ ta-t-lá qɛràti.ˈ t-lá-hoya qàrṯa-ʾəlləx,ˈ t-lá-hawe tàlga-ʾəlləx.ˈ hóla rəš-ṭùra,ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ mə́re də-hàyyo!ˈ qímɛle múṯya tùreˈ ʾu-č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya di-di-dì,ˈ mə́re túgən ʾáti gàwe.ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ zqìrəllaˈ hal-làxxa.ˈ mə́ra də-klìgən!ˈ pàlṭən m-gáwe.ˈ mə́re làˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən qắpəx ʾàp ṭla-réšəx,ˈ baʿdḕn pàlṭət.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ xṯìməlle.ˈ kúlle zqìrəlle-wˈ píštɛla hádəx də́bba gàwe.ˈ ʾu-maxéla ʾáqle díye ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ṣàlya.ˈ nàpla,ˈ ṣálya-wˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ṣàlyaˈ b-o-ṭùraˈ hal-šə́ttət hə̀nna,ˈ gu-rawùlta.ˈ ṣléla tàma.ˈ ʾína kúlla gɛ́rme díya šmìṭe.ˈ píšta be-sarùber,ˈ hat-šmíṭle ʾɛ-sála t-wéwa zqìrəlla.ˈ kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ ʾaw-téla rìqle.ˈ téla rìqle,ˈ ʾáy hédi-hedi qìmla.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ bar-píšla spày,ˈ zìlla.ˈ zílla báre báre dìye.ˈ wírre gu-xa-bòya.ˈ wírre gu-xà ʾisára.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən bóya zòra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp báxte díye hóla tàma,ˈ ʾu-ʾítle ʾayàleˈ ʾo-tèla.ˈ wírɛle tàmaˈ ʾu-də́bba zíltɛla tàma.ˈ zíltɛle də̀bbaˈ ʾu-dráyəlla ʾíḏa díya ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́la pšàṭa,ˈ sab-bóya zòrɛleˈ ʾu-téla wírɛle gàwe.ˈ píše hàdəx,ˈ qímtɛla də́bba zìlta,ˈ muṯɛ́ṯa ḏa-qə́nnət dəbbòre.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlla muttɛ̀ṯəllaˈ qam-tằrətˈ d-ó-boyət tèle.ˈ har-dəbbóre zálɛla-w ṯáya dúrr dúrr dùrr.ˈ ʾáni xšíwela də̀bbɛla táma.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára pàlṭi.ˈ píšela kpìne,ˈ téla mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ mə́re mò-ʾoḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re ʾítlən ṭlà-bnone láxxa.ˈ w-áxni mítlən kə̀pna.ˈ mò ʾoḏéxi?ˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ pɛrmə́xle ʾo-zòraˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle,ˈ hal-ʾɛ́-gət ṱ-áza də́bba m-tàma.ˈ qímela ʾo-zóra prìməllelaˈ ʾu-xìləllela.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla ʾan-dəbbòreˈ har-zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́-ga də́bba lɛ̀la jwája m-láxxa.ˈ lɛ́ḏe módila qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re mò-ṱ-oḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ gárrə d-o-trèle.ˈ qímela ʾap-ʾo-t-tré prìməlle,ˈ xìləlle.ˈ ʾímət xílla ʾap-ʾo-t-trè,ˈ píšla xà-šabṯa,ˈ tré šabbàṯa,ˈ kpìnna.ˈ ʾáp-ʾo-t-ṭḷaṯa qəm-pɛrmìle.ˈ ʾu-dəbbóre hár-hola qam-tắrət bòya.ˈ pìšelaˈ har-ʾàni-tre l-xoḏéy.ˈ ʾámər báxta dìya dáxi?ˈ mə́re díya mò ṱ-óḏexi?ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ ṭrípela l-ġḏàḏeˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra há mòt mára?ˈ mə́re ʾáqli qítla b-kanòšta.ˈ xá-bena xéta gḏìlela.ˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-axlànnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáqli ṣléla gu-màqle.ˈ bénə ṭə̀ḷḷəṯˈ nàplaˈ bàxta.ˈ tràk!ˈ púmme díye l-qḏála díya ʾaxə̀lla.ˈ ʾaxə́lla píšle tàmaˈ xa-fàtra.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ mə́re lo-ṱ-axláli də̀bbaˈ lo-palṭèna.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xo-la-mɛ́ṯən làxxa.ˈ ʾu-plìṭɛleˈ rìqɛleˈ ta-t-ʾárəq ʾu-gášəq báre dìyeˈ ʾìnaˈ la-də̀bba,ˈ la-čù məndí.ˈ dəbbòre támaˈ mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re bɛ́ṯi ṣṭìmla də́bba.ˈ ṭḷá-bnone xilìli,ˈ báxta xilàli,ˈ xáṭər ṱ-ínwa mk̭onə̀drəlla.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	One day a bear was wandering around the mountains. She met a fox. The fox said ‘Hey, where are you going, my dear bear?’ ‘By God, I’m looking for my sustenance. Perhaps something will come my way, so that I shall be able to eat something’, and so forth. He said ‘Don’t you know yourself that it is cold. Why are you going from place to place? She said ‘No, it is not cold here’. He said ‘If you want, I’ll weave you a large basket, we call it a basket, a basket for winter, so that you will not get cold, so that the cold will not get to you, so that the snow will not get to you’. She was on a mountain, sitting down. He said ‘Come!’ He went and brought twigs (and laid them) around her … He said ‘Sit inside’. She sat down. He wove them up to here. She said ‘Stop!’ I (want to) get out of it’. He said ‘No, not until I make a lid also for your head, then you come out’. He finished it. He wove it all and the bear remained inside it. He kicked her and she went down (the mountain). She fell and went down, down, down the mountain until the bottom of it, the valley. She went down there and all her bones were broken, she was mutilated. The basket that he had woven was shattered. It was all shattered. What did he do? The fox ran. The fox ran. The fox ran. She (the bear) slowly got up. One, two or three days (later), after she had got better, she went on her way. She went after him. He entered a hole. He entered a rock. There was a small hole (in it). His wife was there also, and the fox had children. The fox entered there and the bear went there. The bear went there and put her paw into it, but it did not fit in, since the hole was small. The fox, however, entered into it. They remained there and the bear went off and brought back a hornets’ nest. She brought it and put it before the door of the fox’s hole. The hornets flew back and forth, durr, durr, durr. They thought the bear was there and did not dare come out. They remained hungry. They remained hungry and the fox said to his wife. He said ‘What shall we do, wife?’ He said ‘We have three children here and we have (almost) died of hunger. What shall we do?’ He said ‘What shall we do? Let’s slaughter the young one and eat him, (and wait) until the bear goes away from there. They slaughtered the young one and ate it. The hornets continued flying back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. He said ‘Still the bear is not moving from here’. He does not know what is happening. He said ‘What shall we do wife?’ He said ‘What? It is the turn of the second one’. They slaughtered also the second one and ate him. After they had eaten the second one, a week, two weeks went by and they became hungry. They slaughtered also the third one. The hornets were still before the door of the hole. Only the two of them remained. He said ‘Wife, now what?’ He said ‘Now what shall we do? Come on (let’s fight and) whoever falls (first) will be eaten’. They attacked each other and the fox fell. She said ‘Hey, what do you have to say?’ He said ‘My foot hit the broom’. They wrestled once again. The fox fell. She said ‘What is the matter with you?’ She said ‘I shall eat you’. He said ‘My foot went into the cooking pot’. The third time the wife fell, thump, his mouth was on her neck and he ate her. He ate her and remained there for a while. ‘What shall I do’. He said ‘Either the bear will eat me or I shall escape. What shall I do? I shall not die here’. He went out and ran, until while running he looked behind him and saw that there was no bear, nothing, (only) hornets there, which had been placed there. He said ‘The bear has ruined my house. I have eaten the three children, I have eaten the wife, all because I rolled her (down the hill). I have left it there and come here.

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xà-yomaˈ də́bba xḏára-wawa gu-ṭuràne.ˈ tfíqla b-xa-tèla.ˈ ʾo-tèlaˈ mə́re há lɛ̀kət zála,ˈ ya-gáni də̀bba?ˈ b-álaha xḏárən báṯər rə̀sqiˈ bálki xa-mə́ndi táfəq bìyiˈ ṱ-àxlən mə́ndi,ˈ ʾáxxa m-tàmma.ˈ ʾámər ma-lat-ḏáya b-gánəx qàrṯɛla?ˈ dáx-it jwàja?ˈ ʾáxxa l-tàmma.ˈ mə́ra làˈ ču-qárṯa lɛ̀la ʾáxxa.ˈ mə́re ʾən-bằyətˈ zaqrə̀nnəxˈ xa-qərṭàla,ˈ sàla y-amrə́xle,ˈ xa-sàla,ˈ ṭla-sə̀twaˈ ta-t-lá qɛràti.ˈ t-lá-hoya qàrṯa-ʾəlləx,ˈ t-lá-hawe tàlga-ʾəlləx.ˈ hóla rəš-ṭùra,ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ mə́re də-hàyyo!ˈ qímɛle múṯya tùreˈ ʾu-č̭ənnək̭ɛ́ra díya di-di-dì,ˈ mə́re túgən ʾáti gàwe.ˈ tìwtɛla.ˈ zqìrəllaˈ hal-làxxa.ˈ mə́ra də-klìgən!ˈ pàlṭən m-gáwe.ˈ mə́re làˈ ta-ṱ-óḏən qắpəx ʾàp ṭla-réšəx,ˈ baʿdḕn pàlṭət.ˈ qìmɛle,ˈ xṯìməlle.ˈ kúlle zqìrəlle-wˈ píštɛla hádəx də́bba gàwe.ˈ ʾu-maxéla ʾáqle díye ʾə̀lla.ˈ ʾu-ṣàlya.ˈ nàpla,ˈ ṣálya-wˈ ṣàlya,ˈ ṣàlyaˈ b-o-ṭùraˈ hal-šə́ttət hə̀nna,ˈ gu-rawùlta.ˈ ṣléla tàma.ˈ ʾína kúlla gɛ́rme díya šmìṭe.ˈ píšta be-sarùber,ˈ hat-šmíṭle ʾɛ-sála t-wéwa zqìrəlla.ˈ kúlla šmìṭla.ˈ módi wìdle?ˈ ʾaw-téla rìqle.ˈ téla rìqle,ˈ ʾáy hédi-hedi qìmla.ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ trè,ˈ ṭḷàṯa,ˈ bar-píšla spày,ˈ zìlla.ˈ zílla báre báre dìye.ˈ wírre gu-xa-bòya.ˈ wírre gu-xà ʾisára.ˈ hóle ʾíṯən bóya zòra.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp báxte díye hóla tàma,ˈ ʾu-ʾítle ʾayàleˈ ʾo-tèla.ˈ wírɛle tàmaˈ ʾu-də́bba zíltɛla tàma.ˈ zíltɛle də̀bbaˈ ʾu-dráyəlla ʾíḏa díya ʾə́lle dìye,ˈ lɛ́la pšàṭa,ˈ sab-bóya zòrɛleˈ ʾu-téla wírɛle gàwe.ˈ píše hàdəx,ˈ qímtɛla də́bba zìlta,ˈ muṯɛ́ṯa ḏa-qə́nnət dəbbòre.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlla muttɛ̀ṯəllaˈ qam-tằrətˈ d-ó-boyət tèle.ˈ har-dəbbóre zálɛla-w ṯáya dúrr dúrr dùrr.ˈ ʾáni xšíwela də̀bbɛla táma.ˈ lɛ́la ṣbára pàlṭi.ˈ píšela kpìne,ˈ téla mə́re ṭla-báxte dìyeˈ mə́re mò-ʾoḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re ʾítlən ṭlà-bnone láxxa.ˈ w-áxni mítlən kə̀pna.ˈ mò ʾoḏéxi?ˈ mə́re mo-ṱ-òḏəx?ˈ pɛrmə́xle ʾo-zòraˈ ṱ-axlə̀xle,ˈ hal-ʾɛ́-gət ṱ-áza də́bba m-tàma.ˈ qímela ʾo-zóra prìməllelaˈ ʾu-xìləllela.ˈ ʾu-píštɛla ʾan-dəbbòreˈ har-zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya,ˈ zála-w ṯàya.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ́-ga də́bba lɛ̀la jwája m-láxxa.ˈ lɛ́ḏe módila qə̀ṣṣət.ˈ mə́re mò-ṱ-oḏəx báxta?ˈ mə́re mò?ˈ gárrə d-o-trèle.ˈ qímela ʾap-ʾo-t-tré prìməlle,ˈ xìləlle.ˈ ʾímət xílla ʾap-ʾo-t-trè,ˈ píšla xà-šabṯa,ˈ tré šabbàṯa,ˈ kpìnna.ˈ ʾáp-ʾo-t-ṭḷaṯa qəm-pɛrmìle.ˈ ʾu-dəbbóre hár-hola qam-tắrət bòya.ˈ pìšelaˈ har-ʾàni-tre l-xoḏéy.ˈ ʾámər báxta dìya dáxi?ˈ mə́re díya mò ṱ-óḏexi?ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ qú npila-xìla.ˈ ṭrípela l-ġḏàḏeˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra há mòt mára?ˈ mə́re ʾáqli qítla b-kanòšta.ˈ xá-bena xéta gḏìlela.ˈ npìlle téla.ˈ mə́ra mà-lux?ˈ mə́ra ṱ-axlànnux.ˈ mə́re ʾáqli ṣléla gu-màqle.ˈ bénə ṭə̀ḷḷəṯˈ nàplaˈ bàxta.ˈ tràk!ˈ púmme díye l-qḏála díya ʾaxə̀lla.ˈ ʾaxə́lla píšle tàmaˈ xa-fàtra.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ mə́re lo-ṱ-axláli də̀bbaˈ lo-palṭèna.ˈ mò-ʾoḏən?ˈ xo-la-mɛ́ṯən làxxa.ˈ ʾu-plìṭɛleˈ rìqɛleˈ ta-t-ʾárəq ʾu-gášəq báre dìyeˈ ʾìnaˈ la-də̀bba,ˈ la-čù məndí.ˈ dəbbòre támaˈ mútte tàma.ˈ mə́re bɛ́ṯi ṣṭìmla də́bba.ˈ ṭḷá-bnone xilìli,ˈ báxta xilàli,ˈ xáṭər ṱ-ínwa mk̭onə̀drəlla.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

One day a bear was wandering around the mountains. She met a fox. The fox said ‘Hey, where are you going, my dear bear?’ ‘By God, I’m looking for my sustenance. Perhaps something will come my way, so that I shall be able to eat something’, and so forth. He said ‘Don’t you know yourself that it is cold. Why are you going from place to place? She said ‘No, it is not cold here’. He said ‘If you want, I’ll weave you a large basket, we call it a basket, a basket for winter, so that you will not get cold, so that the cold will not get to you, so that the snow will not get to you’. She was on a mountain, sitting down. He said ‘Come!’ He went and brought twigs (and laid them) around her … He said ‘Sit inside’. She sat down. He wove them up to here. She said ‘Stop!’ I (want to) get out of it’. He said ‘No, not until I make a lid also for your head, then you come out’. He finished it. He wove it all and the bear remained inside it. He kicked her and she went down (the mountain). She fell and went down, down, down the mountain until the bottom of it, the valley. She went down there and all her bones were broken, she was mutilated. The basket that he had woven was shattered. It was all shattered. What did he do? The fox ran. The fox ran. The fox ran. She (the bear) slowly got up. One, two or three days (later), after she had got better, she went on her way. She went after him. He entered a hole. He entered a rock. There was a small hole (in it). His wife was there also, and the fox had children. The fox entered there and the bear went there. The bear went there and put her paw into it, but it did not fit in, since the hole was small. The fox, however, entered into it. They remained there and the bear went off and brought back a hornets’ nest. She brought it and put it before the door of the fox’s hole. The hornets flew back and forth, durr, durr, durr. They thought the bear was there and did not dare come out. They remained hungry. They remained hungry and the fox said to his wife. He said ‘What shall we do, wife?’ He said ‘We have three children here and we have (almost) died of hunger. What shall we do?’ He said ‘What shall we do? Let’s slaughter the young one and eat him, (and wait) until the bear goes away from there. They slaughtered the young one and ate it. The hornets continued flying back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. He said ‘Still the bear is not moving from here’. He does not know what is happening. He said ‘What shall we do wife?’ He said ‘What? It is the turn of the second one’. They slaughtered also the second one and ate him. After they had eaten the second one, a week, two weeks went by and they became hungry. They slaughtered also the third one. The hornets were still before the door of the hole. Only the two of them remained. He said ‘Wife, now what?’ He said ‘Now what shall we do? Come on (let’s fight and) whoever falls (first) will be eaten’. They attacked each other and the fox fell. She said ‘Hey, what do you have to say?’ He said ‘My foot hit the broom’. They wrestled once again. The fox fell. She said ‘What is the matter with you?’ She said ‘I shall eat you’. He said ‘My foot went into the cooking pot’. The third time the wife fell, thump, his mouth was on her neck and he ate her. He ate her and remained there for a while. ‘What shall I do’. He said ‘Either the bear will eat me or I shall escape. What shall I do? I shall not die here’. He went out and ran, until while running he looked behind him and saw that there was no bear, nothing, (only) hornets there, which had been placed there. He said ‘The bear has ruined my house. I have eaten the three children, I have eaten the wife, all because I rolled her (down the hill). I have left it there and come here.