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You see, Butterfly was circling around. It laid [its
eggs] in the food. They turned into worms. It stuck
worms in the meal. Now the soldiers wouldn't eat.
Now they wouldn't eat their food, because it had
worms in it. They didn't eat their food.
[The soldiers] came on. They came up. They were
coming now to kill people. They came up. They
arrived at [a place] called Vok'em Setz' [Broken
Bowls]. There were lots of bowls spread out there,
dishes. They were very beautiful. They were scattered
on the trail, so that [the soldiers] would want
them and be distracted. They would have died on
the way if they had been distracted, but they weren't
diverted. They didn't look at them. They conti—
nued on.
They arrived near Burrero as well. There is [a
place] there called 7Ik'al Vo7 [Hurricane]. It was
because they fought there—[the Zinacantecs] fought
using wi—nd and rain. The soldiers nearly died
there, but they didn't die. But they continued on.
They weren't scared off by the wind and rain that
was hurled against them. They weren't frightened by
it. That's why the place there is called Hurricane.
They arrive at Petz Toj [Pine Tree]. The pine tree,
the pine tree danced.
They weren't distracted by it either. They didn't
look at all. They didn't watch at all. They weren't
distracted by it. They conti—nued on again.
They arrived near Vo7-bitz [Five Pieces]. There
was a woman there, too. She was weaving. She
really was beautiful, the woman working there,
weaving. But they weren't distracted by her. They
never looked at her either. They ca—me on again.
They continued on. Here to the east of Salinas there
was a cross. There was a market there. Bu—t what a
market! There were loads of things. There was fruit.
There was everything, food, and whatever else for
sale. Bu—t they never ate any of it, becaue if they
ate, then it meant that all of them would have been
left behind. If they bought, bought fruit, bought
something to eat at the market then all of them
would be left behind. They weren't distracted by the
things for sale. They never bought anything. They
never looked at anything.
They ca—me on again. Now they were higher up
here. [The place] was called Tz'ajom Pik' [Submerged
Clitoris]. A woman was bathing, bathing in a
little pond that was there once. There was a pond.
But the woman was ba—thing happily. She was
washing her who—le body in the water. They never
looked at her either.
They came on. They came on. They were just
about to enter Zinacantan Center.
MANVEL K'OBYOX 329
Va7i 7un, li pepene, te la xjoyet 7istza7ta la komel
7a li ve7elil 7une, 7ipas ta xuvit 7un, te stik' komel
xuvit ta ve7elil 7une, mu7yuk xa xve7ik solteroe,
mu7yuk xa slajes li ve7elil 7une, komo yu7un 7oy xa
xuvit 7un, muk' slajes sve7elik la 7une.
Bweno, 7italik la 7un, muy tal 7un, yu7un xa xtal
milvanuk 7ox chmuy tal 7une, 7italik la 7un, ja7 ta,
7a li, oy, Vok'em Setz' sbi 7une, te la lamal 7ep ta
j-mek li setz' 7une, pulatuetik 7une, lekik la sba ta
j-mek, te lamal ta be 7une, yo7 ti mi tzk'anik ti mi
xch'ay 7o yo7one, yu7un la ja7 te ta xlaj 7ox ta be
yu7n ch'ayuk yo7one pero mu la bu ch'ay yo7on mu
la bu sk'elik 7un, je—lavik la tal 7un.
Bweno, 7iyulik tal ta jun tz'el 7a li Burero noxtok
7un, te 7une, 7o la te 7a li 7Ik'al Vo7 sbi 7un, pero
yu7un la te tajinik te yo7 7une, 7iyak' la jun 7i—k'
xchi7uk vo7, j-set' la mu teyuk 7icham solteroetike,
pero muk' bu xcham 7un, pero 7ijelavik la tal 7un,
muk' la bu xi7ik 7o taj x7elan 7iyak' 7ik', 7Ik'al Vo7
7une, mu7yuk la 7ixi7ik 7o, yech'o li balamil te yo7
une 7Ik'al Vo7 sbi 7un.
Bweno, 7iyul tal ta Petz Toj 7une, ja7 la li toj ta la
x7ak'otaj i toj 7une.
Bweno, muk' bu ch'ay yo7on noxtok 7un, muk' la
bu sk'elik 7un, muk' la bu sk'elik 7un, muk' bu ch'ay
7o yo7on, je—lavik la tal noxtok 7un.
Bweno, 7iyul tal ta Ii7 ta tz'el Vo7-bitz 7un, 7o la
te jun 7antz noxtok 7un, yolel ta xjalav la 7un, melel
slekil jun 7antze te ch7abtej 7un, chjalav la 7un, pero
mu la bu ch'ay 7o yo7on, mu la bu sk'elik noxtok
7un, ta—1 la noxtok jelav tal 7un, H7 ta yak'ol xa li
7Atz'am 7une, te li, 7o te jun krus 7un, 7o te la jun
ch'ivit te yo7 7une, pe—ro jun ch'ivit, 7animal
yepaluk, 7oy la Io7bol 7oy la k'utikuk ta j-mek,
ve7elil, k'utik la chchone 7un, pe—ro mu la bu
slajesik 7un, porke ti slajesike che7e, yu7un te chkom
skotol 7ox ti sk'oplale, ti7n smanuk, smanuk Io7bol,
smanuk k'u slajes ta ch'ivite, yu7un te kom skotol,
muk' yu7un ja7 xch'ay 7o yo7on, k'usi 7oy ta schone,
pero muk' 7onox bu sman, mu la bu sk'elik 7un.
Bweno, ta—1 xa noxtok 7un, 7oy te 7oy xa H7 ta
7ak'ol tal Tz'ajom Pik' sbi 7une, 7o la te jun 7antz
ch7atin 7un, ch7atin ta, 7oy te 7unen nab ti vo7ne la
7une, 7oy te nab, pero jun la yo7on te ch7a—tin li
antze, ta x7atin, sju—nlej ta yut vo7 7une, mu la bu
sk'elik noxtok, mu la bu sk'elik.
Bweno, tal la tal 7un, yu7un xa ch7och tal ta
Jtek-lum 7une po7ot xa.