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22 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23<br />

"Ah, hell, with that, it's fine now! It's fine with<br />

four of us. It's fine for playing with them—for our<br />

countrymen there. We have nothing to worry about!<br />

Let's go! Let's go see, I guess, what's been done to<br />

them, what they're in the midst of doing to them,<br />

what they're doing to them—if they're eating them,<br />

or what in the world they're doing to our countrymen<br />

that they keep disappearing," they said.<br />

They went. But it was a serious affair now, because<br />

lots of people had been lost. They went to<br />

look. The four elders went off together. When they<br />

were far off they looked for a good spot. There was<br />

a big cave. The big cave took the place of their<br />

house. They assembled there. They ate there. They<br />

fixed there what they ate—there under the cliff.<br />

First they sent off a butterfly. "Go take a look, I<br />

guess, Butterfly! See, I guess, what they're doing,<br />

what they're in the midst of doing, what they are<br />

planning. See, I guess, if our countrymen are there—<br />

what they have done to them, or if they don't have<br />

them anymore," said Thunderbolt and Whirlwind.<br />

"Well, okay, I'm going, then!" said Butterfly. He<br />

went. Butterfly fla—pped by the barracks door.<br />

He looked. He looked through the jail door. All<br />

our countrymen were pa—eked in there. They were<br />

shut up there in the jail.<br />

He just looked at them. He looked at what the<br />

soldiers were doing.<br />

He came back. "I've come back," he told that<br />

Thunderbolt when he arrived.<br />

"Ah!" he said. "That's all, then. Come on, let's get<br />

ready! What did you see them doing?" asked Thunderbolt.<br />

"They're not doing anything. The soldiers are just<br />

scattered about there. They're just scattered about,<br />

enjoying themselves. Our countrymen are there,<br />

indeed! They're packed inside the jail," he said.<br />

"Ah!" he said. "Nothing's happening? There's no<br />

war?" said Thunderbolt.<br />

"No," said [Butterfly].<br />

"Ah, fine, all right, then. Now you go, Hawk!<br />

We'll eat well before we leave. Go pick out all the<br />

biggest hens and biggest roosters. We'll eat well<br />

before we leave. Bring them. We'll fix the meal,"<br />

said Thunderbolt and Whirlwind.<br />

"Okay," said Hawk. He left. He went to each<br />

house to pick out the biggest roosters and biggest<br />

hens. He carried them back. He arrived to leave<br />

them at the cave. That Thunderbolt, that Whirlwind,<br />

and that Butterfly prepared them there.<br />

They ate we—11 and they left happily. But [the<br />

Guatemalans] hadn't gotten very upset yet, of<br />

"7A, karajo taje lek xa, lek ta chan-vo7otik lek ta<br />

tajintael taj jchi7iltaktik taje mu k'usi xal ko7ontik<br />

battik ba jk'eltik kik k'usi tzpasbat k'usi yolel tey<br />

cha71ebil, k'usi chcha71eik mi tzti7ik k'usi ta j-mek ta<br />

xcha71eik ti jchi7iltaktik te laj ch'ayuk ta j-mek<br />

7une," xiik la 7un.<br />

Bweno, 7ibatik la 7un pero ta yepal xa k'op 7un<br />

yu7n xa 7ep ta j-mek ch'ayem ti krixchanoetik 7une,<br />

bat la sk'elik 7un stzob la sbaik ech'el ti chan-vo7<br />

moletik 7une, nom to 7ox la 7un ssa7ik la lek jun<br />

slugarik 7un, 7o la jun muk'ta ch'en, 7a ti muk'ta<br />

ch'en 7une ja7 la sk'exol snaik 7un te stzob sbaik 7un,<br />

tey chve7ik tey tzmeltzan k'u slajesik tey ta yolon ti<br />

ch'en 7une.<br />

Bweno, primero 7istakik la ech'el 7a li j-kot pepen.<br />

"Ba k'elo kik, pepen, k'elo kik k'usi ta spasik, k'usi<br />

yolel ta spasik k'usi tznopilanik, k'elo kik mi tey ti<br />

jchi7iltaktike k'usi xcha71eojik 7o mi ch'abal xa<br />

yu7unik," xi la ech'el ti chauke ti sutum 7ik'e.<br />

"Bweno, yechuk chibat 7un che7e!" xi la ti pepen<br />

7une. Bat la 7un, xlichlo—n la jelavel ti pepen ta ta<br />

ti7 kwartel 7une.<br />

Bweno, sk'el la 7un sk'el la ti ti7 nail chukele tey la<br />

tzi—nil skotol ti jchi7iltaktik 7une tey la makbikil ta<br />

chukel 7un.<br />

Bweno, ja7 nox yech 7isk'el 7un sk'el ti k'u tzpasik<br />

ti solteroetike.<br />

Bweno, 7isut tal 7un. "Lisut me tal 7un," xut la<br />

yulel taj chauk 7une.<br />

"7A!" xi la. "Bweno mu k'usi che7e Ia7 jchap<br />

jbatik lek, k'usi tzpasik avil 7un?" xi la ti chauk 7une.<br />

"Mu k'usi tzpasik yech te lamal li solteroetike<br />

yech te lamal tzkux yo7onik, te li jchi7iltaktik a7a<br />

tey tzinil ta yut nail chukel," xi la 7un.<br />

"7Aa!" xi. "Mi mu k'usi 7oy mi mu k'usi pletu?" xi<br />

la ti chauk 7une.<br />

"Ch'abal," xi la 7un.<br />

"7A bweno, teyuk che7e, 76ra lavie chabat vo7ote<br />

7une, xik, 7a li ve7ikotik ech'el lek, ba t'ujo tal skotol<br />

li bu muk'tik me7 kaxlane li bu muk'tik keleme<br />

ve7ikotik ech'el lek 7un xtal avak' 7un ta<br />

jmeltzantikotik i ve7elil 7une," xi la ti chauke ti<br />

sutum 7ik' 7une.<br />

"Bweno," xi la ti xik 7une. Bat la 7un, 7i ba la st'uj<br />

tal ju-jun na ta j-mek ti butik 7oy muk'tik ti keleme ti<br />

me7 kaxlan 7une, ta la xean tal ta j-mek ta la xul yak'<br />

taj ta ch'en 7une, ja7 te chtzmeltzanik ve7elil taj<br />

chauke taj sutum 7ik' 7une taj pepen 7une.<br />

Bweno, le—k 7ive7ik 7un 7i kontento 7ibatik 7un,<br />

pero 7este mu to 7o bu mas tzotz sjolik 7un bi muk'

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