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352 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23
"What do you want them for?"
"To put my corn in," he said.
"Where did you get your corn? Where would "you
get corn? You beg for money!" he was told.
"No, it isn't corn, then. It's money," he said.
"Where did you get your money?"
"It appeared by itself. It's heaped up now inside.
There was a great deal by morning. I have nothing
to put it in. I'll fill a couple of pots," he said.
He went. He went to the town hall. He went to
report it. "Go look, go visit me!" the elders were
told. "Go visit me, if you want to go visit me. Really
I do have money," he said.
"Eh, could it be true? He's telling lies," said the
elders. "Where could his money come from? He
begs. Where could he get money?" they said.
"Go see for yourself, go look, because I'm telling
FIGURE 11.—View towards Muxul Vitz, 1961 (photo by Frank Cancian).
"K'u stu 7avu7un 7un?"
"Chkak' 7o kixim," xi la un.
"Bu 7ata lavixim 7une, bu chata lavixim, chak'an
limuxnae!" x7utat.
"Mo7oj mu 7iximuk che7e, tak'in," xi la 7un.
"Bu 7ata latak'in 7une?"
"Te 7ayan stuk, te xa busul ta yut na, sakub batz'i
7ep, mu k'u bu xkak' 7un, ta jnojes chibuk p'in," xi la
7un.
Bweno, bat la, bat la ta kavilto, ba la yal un. "Ba
k'el avilik ba vula7anikon!" x7utat la li moletik 7une.
"Ba vula7anikon, mi xak'an xba vula7anikone, melel
7un, 7oy ti jtak'in 7une," xi la 7un.
"7Eee mi yech van 7altik chale Ie7e," xi la li
moletik 7un. "Bu chtal stak'in, tzk'an limuxna, bu
tzta tak'in?" xi.
"Batan avil ba k'el avil, yu7un yech kal, mu