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you anything. Step aside! Go on! Go to Johnny's<br />

country! Try it! He has lots. He has lots of children.<br />

But me, mine can be counted. I just have a few little<br />

children. Take a look [and see] if Johnny will give<br />

his to you," said [Marty].<br />

[The Spook] arrived in his land, Johnny's land.<br />

"But what can I think up? What can I do? Would it<br />

be a good idea if I bought a candle? Would he be<br />

pleased with a candle? Or should I buy him cane<br />

liquor, maybe? If I tell him Let's drink! would he<br />

drink?" said the Spook. "Eh, but if he doesn't drink<br />

[my liquor]? It's better if I buy a candle," he said. He<br />

planted his candle at the church door so that the<br />

saint would hear him out, so that the saint would<br />

come out. Maybe he thought he would come out to<br />

talk. He rang the bell. "Bong!" went the bell at<br />

midnight. Oh, the poor Chamulans were scared. The<br />

Chamulans went. They went, went to look at their<br />

church.<br />

"The robber has already entered the church.<br />

There's no time left. Our saints will die. Let's go<br />

look! Let's go take care of our church!" they said.<br />

The Chamulans blew their horns. They assembled.<br />

They swarmed out. The horrible Spook was scared.<br />

He fled, too, because the Chamulans gathered like<br />

that.<br />

"But can't I find even one church that will be kind<br />

to me? <strong>Lo</strong>ok, Johnny didn't give me even one of his<br />

children. His children gathered together. Their guns<br />

were cracking, just to kill me."<br />

"You see, I fled. I was scared. That's why I<br />

came," he told his Spook friend. He went to tell him<br />

there at his cave.<br />

"But go! It's you who have always gone out. Go<br />

do your best now that your face has been seen<br />

already, it seems. Go talk to him, but talk to Johnny<br />

alone! Johnny, give me one of your children. You have<br />

too many. You can't be happy letting them eat fish,<br />

letting them eat June bug grubs, letting them eat<br />

maggots. That isn't what you should give them. Give me<br />

one! Me, I won't eat him, not me! I want him for<br />

company, you tell him!" the other one said.<br />

"The [first Spook] arrived there. He went to tell<br />

him that. "Give me one!"<br />

"Go take her! That's it! I'm sick and tired of this<br />

now," said [Johnny].<br />

But you know the woman given to him was a little<br />

old lady. But the little old lady wasn't good for<br />

anything! She couldn't even see. Quickly at vespers<br />

he went to catch the little old lady. The little old<br />

lady just fainted with fear when the horrible Spook<br />

carried her off. "Where are you taking me, son?<br />

Where are you taking me, son? Where are you going<br />

to leave me, son?" she cried when she was carried<br />

off.<br />

TONIK NIBAK 315<br />

batan batan ta slumal 7a li Xune, 7iktan ja7 ja7 7ep<br />

yu7un a7a, ja7 7ep xch'amaltak, yan li vo7one 7atbil<br />

no 7ox jay-vo7 ti kunen ch'amaltake, k'elo kik mi<br />

xayak'be li Xune," xi la.<br />

Va7i 7un, k'ot ti ta slumal slumal i Xun 7une. "7A<br />

li pero k'usi van ta jnop 7un, k'usi van xi ta jpas 7un,<br />

mi ja7 van lek ti jman ech'el junuk jkantelae, mi ja7<br />

van spich' yo7on kantelae, mi ta jmanbe van trago.<br />

Kuch'tik! xkute, mi skuch' van?" xi la ti j7ik'ale.<br />

"7Ee, 7a ti mi mu liyuch'be 7une, ja7 mas lek ta jman<br />

jkantela," xi la. Spaj la ti skantela la ti7 7eklixa 7une,<br />

yo7 la ti x7a7yibat 7o yu7un ti jch'ul-tottik, xlok' tal<br />

ti jch'ul-tottik, xa7uk nan chlok' tal k'opojuk 7une,<br />

stijbe la ti tak'ine ti "Kan" xi la ti kampana ta 7ol<br />

7ak'ubal yu7une, jiii, xi7 7o la ti prove 7ulo7etike, bat<br />

la ti 7ulo7etik 7une bat la, ba la sk'elik ti yeklixa<br />

7une.<br />

"Ja7 xa 7och ti j7elek' ta 7eklixae, mu xa yorauk<br />

Ii7e, ta xa xlaj ti k'ajsantotike, ba jk'eltik kik ba<br />

jchabitik kik xa ti keklixatike!" xi la. Yok'esin la<br />

skachu ti 7ulo7etik 7une, 7istzob la sbaik 7un, xlinet<br />

la ech'el 7un, xi7 la ti mu j7ik'ale, jatav la noxtok 7un<br />

ti x7elan 7istzob sba ti 7ulo7 7une.<br />

"Pero mu no 7ox bu jta k'uxubinel junuk 7eklixa<br />

7un che7e, k'e li Xune, mu xiyak'be junuk<br />

xch'amaltak, k'ajom stzob sba i xch'amaltake,<br />

xpumlajet xa ti tuk' chismil 7oe."<br />

"Va7i 7un, lijatav 7un Iixi7 7un, yech'o lital 7un,"<br />

xut la ti xchi7il ta 7ik'alil, k'ot yalbe ti yo7 bu ti<br />

xch'en 7une.<br />

Va7i 7un, "Pero batan xa kik, vo7ot xa lok'emot<br />

7onoxe, ba lajeso kik 7avo7on lavi 7ilbil xa 7asat<br />

ya7ele, ba xak'opon 7o kik pero xak'opon stuk 7a li<br />

Xune, Xun 7ak'bon junuk lach'amaltake toj 7ep<br />

7avu7un ma7uk no 7ox lek xava7i chavak'be sti7 choy<br />

chavak'be sti7 k'onom, chavak'be sti7 7a li, chavak'be<br />

sti7 7a li xuvit ma7uk no 7ox ja7 xavak'be 7un,<br />

7ak'bon junuk i vo7one mu7nuk ta jti7 li vo7on a7a,<br />

yu7un tajchi7in 7uto ech'el!" xi la ti jun 7une.<br />

Va7i 7un, k'ot la ti jun 7une, ba la yalbe yech 7un.<br />

"7Ak'bon junuk!"<br />

"Ba 7ik'o, te no 7ox k'alal, chtavan xa xka7i," xi la.<br />

Bu la xavil, 7a la ti 7antz ya7el 7i7ak'bat 7une, jun<br />

la 7unen me7el xa ta j-mek pero mu xa la k'u xtun 7o<br />

ti 7unen me7ele mi ja7uk xa la k'ot ssat, j-likel 7o la<br />

7orisyon 7a stzak ti 7unen me7ele, 7a ti 7unen me7el<br />

7une ja7 xa no la cham 7o ti xi7el ti k'al tzak 7ech'el<br />

yu7un ti mu j7ik'ale. "Bu chavik'on ech'el 7un,<br />

kerem, bu chavik'on ech'el 7un, kerem, bu xba<br />

7avak'on 7un, kerem?" xi la ti k'al kuchbil ech'el.

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