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from side to side [to see] if there was anyone. None!
He, himself, had already come back.
He arrived there [at the palace]. "Ah, what do you
know, son? How is it? How is it that you won out?
The other man died there, the other man perished
there. He was eaten up there. I only found his bones,
I didn't find anything. I'd thought he wouldn't be
eaten, either," said the king.
"But you see, I only found his bones, not even his
face, nothing. I just went and gathered up the bones
of the poor man. That's why I thought the same
would happen to you. You, what did you do? You,
what did you do to it?" asked [the king].
"Well, I prayed to Our Lord, Our Lord in
Heaven. I prayed. I got on my knees near the edge of
the well, two blocks from the well's edge. I prayed. I
reached two blocks, one block, it seems [from the
well]. At two blocks' [distance], it seems, I knelt
again. I prayed again. I prayed to Our Lord for as
long as I prayed. [I prayed] well. Half a block away,
another time. I didn't pray very loud. I just prayed a
little, so the animal wouldn't hear. I prayed a set of
three prayers. Then I won out," he said, the man
told the king when he arrived.
"Well, son, you are not guilty of anything, then.
Now my children have water to bathe with," he
said. The man was freed. The man ta—Iked about it
wherever he chatted. The man told now, how it was,
what it was like. He chatted, he talked, he to—Id
what it was like. How it began, how it turned out,
how it was.
Now as for the Indian king, "Take them, son, put
on these clothes of mine, then, since you just drew
my water. Do you want to go draw it another time?"
he said.
"I'll go draw it," said [the man], too.
"Go then, please go draw it for me. I will be
happy to have it for my daughter to bathe with early
tomorrow," said [the king]. [The man] went to draw
it. It was fine. He went to draw the water. He came
back with the water. Nothing happened to him. He
returned all right. Nothing happened.
He was given a meal by the king. He was given
half a chicken. He was given a stack of tortillas. He
was given four potatoes. He ate a lot. He didn't finish
his chicken since he was given half a chicken. He
couldn't finish eating it. He wrapped it up in his
tortillas. The man took it along with him for his wife.
"Eh, the king is so kind! See here, he gave me a
chicken. I ate a lot. With potatoes. I ate a lot. I drank
a lot of broth there in the king's house. There's
nobody like the king. We thought he was evil. Lies!
Just so long as you're brave, as long as you're man
enough to draw his water. Eh, he's wonderful! It
seems I'm going to be his servant. Look, he gave me
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krixchanoe ch'abal la, tal xa 7ox i stuk 7une.
Va7i 7un, yul la taj ta... "7Ay, k'usi xavil, 7ijo, k'u
cha7al, k'u cha7al ti vo7ote 7apas kanal 7a li jun
vinike te laj, 7a li jun vinike te cham te ti7e, k'ajom
xa sbakel 7ijtabe mu xa k'usi jtabe kak' to nox 7a li
mu xti7euk," xi la ti rey 7une.
"Buy 7un, naka xa sbakel 7ijtabe, mi ja7uk ssat mu
k'usi sbakel xa nox 7a jtzobbe tal ti prove vinike,
yech'o xkak'uk ja7 yech chapas 7un, k'usi 7acha71e li
vo7ote, k'usi 7apasbe li vo7ote?" xi.
"Pwes, 7ijk'opon kajvaltik, kajvaltik ta vinajel,
7ijk'opon likeji ta ta stz'el sti7il li vo7e, chib to 7ox
kwadra sk'an jta li ti7 vo7 7une nik'opoj 7un, 7ijta li
chib kwadra 7a li jun kwadra ya7el 7une, ta xchibal
kwadra ya7el 7une nikeji noxtok 7un 7ijk'opon
noxtok 7un, jk'opon ti kajvaltik ya7el ti k'u yepal
nik'opoj 7une lek 7un, ta 7o71ol kwadra noxtok 7un
ja7 muk' xa mas tzotz xik'opoj 7un jutuk xa nox
nik'opoj 7un ja7 ti xa7i li chon 7une, lik'opoj ta
7ox7ox-koj ya7el k'op 7un, ja7 to 7ijpas kanal," xi la
ti, xut la ti rey k'otel ti vinik 7une.
"Bweno, 7ijito, mu k'u 7amul che7e, 76ra lavie
7oy ka7al ta x7atin 7o li jch'amaltake," xi la 7un.
Koltaat la ech'el ti vinik 7une, ja7 xa tzlo—7ilta ti
vinik bu chlo7ilaje, chal xa ti vinik ti k'utik xi k'utik
x7elan, 7ilo7ilaj 7ik'opoj 7iya—1 ti k'utik x7elan ti bu
k'u xi 7ox k'u xi lok' k'usi x7elan 7une.
7Ora, ti intio rey 7une, "7Ilo, 7ijito, lapo li jk'u7
Ii7e che7e yu7n ja7 li naka to 7apul tal li ka7ale, mi
xak'an xa xba pul tal j-7ech'eluk?" xi la 7un.
"Chba jpul tal," xi la 7uk 7un.
"Batan che7e, 7abolajan ba pulbon tal bal xka7i
yu7n ch7atin 7o jtzeb ti 7ok'ob sobe," xi la 7un. 7A la
spul tal 7un, lek la 7un 7a la spul tal ti vo7 7une yul
to la yu7un ti vo7 noxtok 7une, mu la k'u spas 7un,
lek la yul 7un mu la k'usi 7un.
Va7i 7un, 7ak'bat la sve7el yu7un ti rey 7une,
7ak'bat la j-jov yalak', 7ak'bat la 7a li j-lotz yot,
7ak'bat la chan-p'ej yis-ak' lek la ve7 7un, 7a ti yalak'
7une muk' la xlaj 7un k'u ti j-jov i kaxlan 7i7ak'bat
7une, muk' la xlaj sti7 7un spux la ech'el ta yot 7un
yich'be la ech'el yajnil ti vinik 7une. "Je, toj lek
yo7on i reye k'el avi niyak'be kalak' lek nive7
xchi7uk kis-ak', lek nive7 ta j-mek, lek 7ikuch' kalto
te tzna li rey 7une, muk' buch'u yech i reye, pukuj
xichiotike 7altik, ja7 nox mi tzotzote mi vinikot ta
spulbel li ya7ale, jee lek yo7on ta j-mek, xibat yilel
tzmoso k'e liyak'be tal jk'u7 jpok' mu k'u yatel ko7on
ta jlap jk'u7 tana Ii7 a7a, 7ach' k'u7ul to ta j-mek li