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went and just the same way he was given those keys,
seven keys again. They were given to him just the
same way. Lord, the joker o—pened them all up,
too. He o—pened up all the rooms, too.
But then he saw the skeleton of that older brother
of his sticking out there. But he dipped those fingers
of his in, too. They wouldn't come out now either.
He just went and reached that brother of his where
he [lay] dead. He died there.
That one died. [The Earth Lord] went now to
bring the other one, too. It would be the whole
number, all three whom he would take back in [to
his cave]. "Compadre," he said when he arrived.
"Compadre," said [the other].
"Sonofabitch, won't you give me now the other
one of my godchildren? Hell, they really feel at
home. Let him see! Then all three would be together,"
he said. "Let him go and guard my house!" he
said.
"Sonofabitch, why not let him go!" said [the
father].
"All three will come then," he said, since they
were his godchildren, you see. Since he was his
compadre, you see. Lord, [the boy] was given those
seven keys, too. He o—pened all [the rooms]. He
o—pened them all up.
But that joker . . . where that gold was . . .
quickly he bent over. He washed his hair with it.
But there he stuck fast. The poor guy stayed there,
they called him "Head of Gold." "But what the
devil can I do?" he said. He saw them now. He saw
now that his older brothers had died. [Their skeletons]
were sticking out there. There was a magic
wand. It was that Earth Lord's. "Magic wand!" he
said. It belonged to that Earth Lord there. Oh, he
pulled it out. Since that godfather of his, it seems,
had gone wherever he had gone. "Magic wand, is it
long before my godfather will come back?"
"Ah, he's coming near now. I guess you ought to
go right away!" it said. He left with that magic
wand, Ye—s!
There was a very ski—nny horse he took. He rode
on it. Bu—t the horse bucked and bucked when it
walked, too.
He left. He left with that little devil of his that
talked, as we say. He left with it. Ooh, he went on
and on. And first he tossed down a comb. As for that
comb, that godfather of his couldn't pass by it. He
just saw lo—ts of hawthorns.
[The boy] was almost caught up with again, since
[the Earth Lord] went to catch him, you see. Since
he had taken that [wand] that talks, you see, the
power of that Earth Lord. He tossed down a mirror,
too. That just turned into cli—ff after cliff, so that
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7i7ak'bat komel taj yave vukub yave noxtok 7une,
ja7 nox yech 7i7ak bat komel 7un, ke7re, laj la
sja—man noxtok li batz'i j7ayel 7une, laj la sja—man
ni kwartoetik noxtok 7une.
Bu, te xa la te la chivil sbakel xa la yil taj sbankil xa
7une, pero 7istz'aj la taj sni7 sk'ob noxtok 7une, ja7
taj mu xa xlok' noxtok 7une, ja7 taj te nox ba sta taj
xchi7il yo7 bu chamem 7une, te laj 7un.
Bweno, 7ilaj taj 7une, 7ibat xa yik' tal 7otro jun
noxtok 7un, tz'aki ta 7ox-vo7 xa yik' ochel talel.
"Kumpa," xut k'otel 7un.
"Kumpare," xi la 7un.
"Juta, mi mu xavak'bon xa li jun jch'ul-ch'amale,
kavron, batz'i nop xa 7ak'o sk'el tzobol xa chtal
yox-va7al 7un," xi la 7un. "7Ak'o ba sk'el jna!" xi la
7un.
"Juta, an yu7 nan batuk!" xi la 7un.
"Te xtal yox-va7al," xi la 7un. Komo
xch'ul-ch'amal chava7i to yu7 van komo skumpare
chava7i to, ke, 7ak'bat la komel taj vukub yave
noxtok 7une, laj la sja—man laj la sja—man 7un.
Bu, taj j7ayel 7une, taj buy taj 7oro 7une, j-likel la
7isnijan sba 7un, tzebin la 7un.
Bu, te la kom 7o, kom 7o li 7olole Kavesa de 7Oro
sbiin 7un. "Yanche, pero k'u ta jpas?" xi. Yilbe xa yil
xa la laj sbankil tey chivajtik 7une, 7oy la, 7oy la
barita de birdiu7 7o la taj yu7un taj yajval balamil
7une. "Barita de birdiu7!" xi, te yo7 yu7un yajval taj
yajval balamil 7une 7aj, 7ixchech la lok'el 7un, komo
batem taj xch'ul-tot ya7el ti bu bateme. 7A li, "Barita
de birdiu7 mi sk'an to xtal jch'ul-tote?"
"7A, nopol xa xtal batan kik ta 7ora!" xi la 7un.
Lok' la ech'el xchi7uk taj barita de birdiu7 7une.
Chi7uk la 7a li 7o la j-kot batz'i ba—k ka7 7istzak
7un, skajlebin la 7un pe—ro li ka7e yu7n ta p'itel ta
p'itel ta j-mek chanav noxtok 7un.
Beno, lok 1 ech'el taj 7une, lok' ech'el xchi7uk taj
7a taj yunen pukuj xa xk'opoj xkaltik 7une, lok'
ech'el xchi7uk 7un, jiii, ja7 la 7ibat la ta j-mekeee, 7i
pimero 7isjip la komel jach'ubil, 7a taj jach'ubile ja7
mu xa xjelav 7o taj xch'ul-tote 7une, na—ka xa la
ch'ixtik ta j-mek chi—1 7un.
Bweno, po7ot xa la xtae noxtok 7un, komo yu7n
yu7n bat stzakel chava7i to, komo ja7 li te xa yich'oj
taj taj chk'opoj 7o chava7i 7une, spersa taj yajval
malamil 7un, sjip la komel jun nen noxtok, ja7 taj
na—ka la ch'ench'enaltik 7ipas noxtoke, ja7 la mu