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224 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23
it will be served on the table. Whether it's chicken,
or beans, or meat, or whatever you want, it will all
be cooked," he was told.
"Ooh, could that be so?" he said. He hurried
along. He went and tossed down his firewood for the
Ladina where he had asked for money [to buy] his
corn. He left the wood. He didn't even count up how
much she owed. He didn't even say anything. He
went on right away. He asked it. He arrived and
asked his sash. "Little sash, little sash, by the power
that God has given you, I want a good meal, and
some tortillas, so I can eat," said the little old man.
He ate. It was given to him. When he looked,
there was a pot of chicken there, a pot of beans
there, ah, a deep tortilla gourd there. He was given
everything, since it was a charm. It was all cooked.
"Bring your bowl over, wife! See here, the poor
Ladino was telling the truth, the blessed Ladino,
because you never know if [a thing like] this is good,
or if it isn't that we'll go and pay for it when we die,"
he said. She accepted it. She served out food for her
children. Ehh, but the chi—cken—its drumsticks
looked just like turkey drumsticks. The chicken's
heart, its wings, its liver, and so on—they were
really big, the very best. They ate with their children.
The babies were crowded about inside, the
bowls were served now. The tortillas, too, never ran
out. They ate. They ate. The children were full now.
The number didn't change. The number of tortillas
didn't change. How would they run out, since they
were given by Our Lord?
They ate. They finished. As for the meal, she
served it out. They ate, they drank the broth, it
didn't matter, the meal stayed the same. The same
way, it never ran out. "But how can it be that my
food doesn't run out?" he said. Ooh, the next day, he
spoke to his little charm again. "Little sash, little
sash, by the power that God has given you, give me
a good meal, because my child is to be baptised. I
want a good meal, fine clothes. My little boy is going
to be baptised. He can't remain unbaptised," he said.
He he—Id a Fiesta. "I want some good music," he
said. Ooh, the music resounded at the house of the
dumb old man. He thought it was a good thing to
have music. [The charm] gave the music. He held a
good fiesta, the fiesta was wonderful. His child was
baptised to music. They came out of the church. He
arrived home with music, good music. He sent for
some cane liquor. He bought some cane liquor. He
was given the money by his charm, too. Probably
because he was scared that it would get lost, he tied
it up in his neckerchief. He tied it around his waist.
He got into trouble. The king heard that that old
man was celebrating a fiesta. That [man] was
summoned. The first fiesta he celebrated when the
ta mexa, mi kaxlan mi chenek', mi bek'et mi k'u
chak'ane yu7n tok'on skotol," x7utat la 7un.
"Jii, mi yech van?" xi la 7un. Suj la sba ech'el 7un
7ech' la sjipbe ssi7 ti jxinulan bu sk'anoj skotol yixim
7une, skomes ti ssi7e, muk' xa 7o no la snit k'u yepal
yil mu xa 7o no la k'u yal bat la ta 7ora 7un sk'an la
7un k'ot la 7un sk'anbe ti sincho 7une. "Sinchito
sinchito por la virtud ke dyos te a dado kyero una
bwena komida i este tortiyas pa ke yo koma," xi la ti
7unen mol 7une.
Va7i 7un, 7ive7 la 7i7ak'bat la 7un, k'al 7iyile te la
j-p'inal kaxlan te la j-p'inal chenek', 7a li te la j-p'ej
pulum vo7 vaj, skotol la 7ak'bat 7un k'u ti
7enkantado chava7i 7un, tok'on xa la skotol 7un.
Va7i 7un, "Tamo tal 7apulatu che7e, 7antz, k'el
avil yech xal ya7uk i prove jkaxlan, bendisido
jkaxlane, yu7n 7onox na7tik mi lekil k'op Ii7i mi mu
yu7nuk 7a li chba jtojtik mi nichamotike," xi la 7un.
7Ixch'am 7un sjotz'be la sve7el ti yoltake, jee pero
kaxla—n 7animal yo7 tuluk' la yilel ti ti yo7take, ti
yo7one, ti ti 7a li xxik'e, ti ssekub mi k'utikuk ti
kaxlan ya7el 7une, batz'i muk'tik la batz'i melel la
slekil 7un, 7ive7ik xchi7uk ti xch'amaltake, ti yut nae
k'i7il xa ti 7unetike, pechajtik xa ti pulatue, 7a ti vaj
noxtoke mu la sna7 xlaj tzve7ik 7ive7 xa 7inoj xa li
ch'amaletike, ja7 no la yech staoj yav, staoj yav noj
ti vaje, k'u xi xi chlaj yak'oj ta kajvaltik chava7i 7un.
Va7i 7un, 7a li ve7ik la 7un laj la 7un, 7a ti
ve7elile, tzjotz' chve7 chuch' kalto muk' ta 7alel
pero staoj yav ti ve7elile, ja7 no la yech mu la bu
chlaj. "Pero k'u7 nox yu7un ti mu xlaj i jve7el 7une
che7e?" xi la. Jii, ta yok'omal la 7un 7iyalbe la ti
7unin yunin 7ixtol noxtok 7une. "Sinchito sinchito
por la virtud ke dyos te a dado, chavak'bon lek
ve7elil yu7n ta xich' vo7 jch'amal, ta jk'an lek ve7elil
lek k'u7ul, chba yich' vo7 li kunen kreme mu xu7 ti
mu7yuk yich'oj vo7e," xi la 7un. Spa—s la k'in. "Ta
jk'an lek musika," xi la 7un. Jee, xnik la musika, tzna
ti sonso mole xak' xtunuk ti chak' musika 7une, yak'
la musika spas la k'in lek, lek xa la ti k'ine lek xa la
7iyich' vo7 ti ti xch'amale ta musika la lok' tal ta
7eklexya, ta musika yul tzna lek musika stak ta
7ich'el trago sman trago, 7ak'bat to tak'in yu7un ti
yixtol noxtok 7une, ja7 ti xi7em nan ti xch'ay 7une
solel la xchukoj ta pok', xchukoj ta xch'ut 7un.
Va7i 7un, sta smul 7un, ya7i la ti rey ti tzpas k'in
taj mol 7un taje take ta 7ik'el 7un, primero k'in
7ispase yu7un taj 7iyich' vo7 ch'amale ch'abal, mu