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When the meal was over they didn't see where
their dishes and so forth went. "Who knows what
you can do. If you want to, sometime, I'll have a
fiesta. You bring a band! We'll have a fi—ne fiesta.
Don't think we won't have a fiesta. But you should
come have a fiesta here if you're telling the truth that
you know how to celebrate."
"We'll come and do whatever you want. I'll do it.
I'll prepare it. Don't think I won't do it, I just have
to pray to Our Lord. It's fine! If you want us to have
a fiesta I'll come and celebrate it for you," he told
the king.
"Well, go then, we'll celebrate a fiesta for my little
child. We'll have a fiesta here in a week," he was
told.
"Well, I'll come then," he said. He went home. He
went free. He hadn't any more trouble. He was
content now.
At the fiesta for the king's child he asked for five
turkeys. He asked for six chickens, well-prepared,
well-cooked. They ate. "Now you know how they
are to come—what's needed. Please do just the same
thing. I never told you I'd provide the dishes. And
I've lost my maids. They don't want to wash them.
They don't want to look at them. But whoever it is
you ask knows how to wash them," [he was told].
"All right," he said. They ate. They celebrated. A
marimba came. A band came. It was a goo—d fiesta!
The fiesta was in full swing at the king's house.
"Who is giving the fiesta that's really swinging at
the king's house? We've never heard that marimba
there. We've never heard that band there. But where
did they come from?" [the people] asked.
"Oh, it's nobody's. It's the band of the Indian
wood carrier," they said.
"The Indian wood carrier, uh, Don . ..." I
don't know what his name is, uh, I think it's Don
Juan. "It's Don Juan's marimba and Don Juan's
band," said the talk.
He was summoned again and again every time the
king had a fiesta. He would come then. [The king's]
son got married. He went to play. They played
music, played the marimba. They celebrated. When
they [turned to] look, there wasn't a single plate, a
single frying pan, or a pot. It was left perfect. There
wasn't anything blocking the corridor where they
ate, in the dining room or wherever they ate. Nothing
at all. It was swept clean so they could dance
merrily.
"Well, that's all, go! When I want to have a
celebration please come, that's why I'll free you
because I've seen that you were telling the truth that
they would come on your own account. It isn't
necessary for me to spend money. I'll save up my
money. I'll store away my money," said the king.
TONIK NIBAK 219
Va7i 7un, k'al 7ilaj ti ve7el 7une, muk' la xil bu bat
ti spulatue ti k'usuk yu7une. "K'u chacha71e, jna7tik,
mi xak'an k'u 7ora jpas k'ine, che7e, ta xavich' tal
junuk musika le—k k'in ta jpastik, mu7nuk muk' ta
jpastik k'in 7un, pero vo7ot xtal 7apasik k'in H7 toe, ti
mi yech 7aval ti yu7n xana7 spasele."
"Xtal jpastik avil ti k'usi xak'ane, ta jpas ta
jmeltzan mu7nuk mu ta jpas yu7un taj k'ajom no 7ox
ta jk'opon i kajvaltike, lek 7a xak'an ta jpastik k'ine,
chtal jpas avil," xut la ti rey.
"Bweno, batan che7e, ja7 ta jlok'esbetik sk'in i jun
kunin ch'amal, 7a Ii7i ta jpastik k'in k'al vaxakib
k'ak'al," x7utat la.
"Bweno, te xital," xi la 7un. Bat la ta sna 7un, kol
la ech'el 7un, mu xa k'u svokol 7un, jun xa yo7on.
Va7i 7un, ja7 to la ta sk'in taj 7a li xch'amal 7a ti
rey 7une, tal la 7un, sk'an la vo7-kot tuluk', sk'an la
7a li vak-kot kaxlan, lek la meltzanbil, lek la pasbil,
ve7ik la 7un. "Lavi 7ana7oj xa k'utik xi chtal 7un, 7i
lavi k'utik chtun 7une, ja7 no 7ox yech 7abolajan
7un, muk' bu ta xakalbe ta xkak' jtrastetak, vo7on 7i
ja7 7ich'ay li jkriaratike, mu sk'an ssuk' mu sk'an
sk'el, yan Ie7e a7a, te sna7oj k'u xi ta ssuk' ti buch'u
chak'anbe," x7utat la 7un.
"Yechuk che7e," xi la 7un. 7Ive7ik la, 7ispasik la
k'in, tal la marimpa, tal la 7orkesta, le—k la k'in xnik
xa la k'in ti sna reye.
"Buch'u yak'oj taj k'in ti batz'i xnik xa tzna rey
7une, ti muk' bu xka7itik taj marimpa 7un taje, muk'
bu xka7itik taj 7orkesta 7un taje, pero bu tal?" xi la
7un.
"Aj, muk' buch'u a7a, ja7 la yorkesta li 7intio
jkuch-si7e," xi la.
"7A ti 7indio jkuch-si7e, janj, Don... "Mu jna7
k'usi la ti sbi 7une, 7anj, 7a li Don Jwan ya7el chka7i,
Don Jwan la ti, "Aj es la marimba de Don Jwan i la
musika de Don Jwan," xi la ti sk'oplal 7une.
7Aj, 7ik'bil xa la ta j-mek ju-koj ju-koj spas k'in ti
reye, ja7 xa la chtal, nupun la skrem ja7 7a stij, stij
musika stij marimpa spas ti k'in, k'alal xile mu la
junuk plato, mu la junuk 7a li xalten, p'in, 7ij, chkom
yu7un la lek, mi ja7uk 7oy k'usi makal 7o ti korirol ti
bu ve7ike, ti yut sala komedor, mi k'usi ta bu ve7ik la
7une, ch'abal la, solel la lek sak-mesan, k'ajom la ti
ch7ak'otajike, lek la yo7on.
"Bweno, mu k'usi, batan, k'al ta jk'an ta jpas k'in
vo7one, xa7abolaj xatal 7un, ja7 no 7ox chajkolta 7o,
porke kil xa ti yu7un yech 7aval ti xtal 7avu7un
vo7ot ta 7atuk 7une, muk' persauk ta jpas kasto, mas
to ta jpas 7aorar jtak'in, ta jnak' jtak'in," xi la ti rey
7une.