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And, "Adios, Eagle!" he said. "Eagle," because he
went now as a hawk, as we say. He was soaring
along. "Well, but this is fine, then," he said. He went
on. And, "Adios, Fly!" he said. He saw that that
Princess was sitting alone. He was soaring along
now. "Well, adios, Ant!" he said. Now he turned
into an ant. Now the ant was crawling up that
princess' face, as we say. That princess flicked him
off. "Well, princess, it's me!" he said. He spoke to
her. He turned into a human being when he was
flicked off. "Well, me, I'm mad about you. I'll marry
you, but even if it seems impossible," said that man.
"Eh, who knows, but you can't kill my husband.
But he has a lot of souls," she said. "Seven souls,"
she said. That king had seven souls, as we say. He
had seven souls.
"But where? he said.
"Here, here, by the wall. Here. If you leave, a deer
will come out," she said. After the deer comes out,
doves will come out," she said. "After they have
come out, sparrows will come out," she said. "After
that, you cut open their stomachs. Their eggs are
there. That's the last one, of course," he was told. "If
you can win out! Who knows if you can win out!" he
was told.
"Eh, okay, I guess it doesn't matter," he said.
He spoke to her. He was happy since he had
gotten to speak to that princess, you see.
He approached where that wall was. "Adios,
Lion!" he said. [The wall] only moved a little, like
this. "Adios, Tiger!" he said. It moved quite a bit
now. Ah, I don't know what the other kind was
now, either. And, "Adios, Lion!" he said again. That
wall landed over on its side, as we say. Ooh, a deer
came out. It bounded out now. "Adios, Eagle!" he
said. Ooh, now he was a hawk following right
behind. He went to see where that deer went.
"Adios, Tiger!" he said. Then he went to cut open
that. ... He was able to jump on that deer, as we
say. Then that Tiger went to work, as we say.
He killed that deer. Then three doves came out.
Three doves came out. Ooh, now the doves were
soaring off. "Adios, Eagle!" he said. So that hawk
went to kill them, too. He killed them. He cut open
the doves' breasts, as we say. Three sparrows came
out, too.
Then when those three sparrows came out, they
[went] into the ocean. Now he couldn't do anything
at all. He couldn't go into the ocean. He was crying
there. He was crying and crying.
Some fishes appeared. "Well, what are you crying
about?" asked those fishes when they arrived.
"Well, it's nothing much. The little sparrows went
in [to the ocean] here.
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Bweno, 7i "7Adyos, 7agila!" xi la 7un. 7Agilae
yu7n xik xa bat xkaltik xa 7un xjayet xa ech'el 7un.
"Bweno, pero H7e che7e lek xa che7e," xi la 7un. Bat
la 7un. 71 "7Adyos, moska!" xi la 7un. Yil ti stuk la
taj prinsesa bu chotol 7une xjayay xa la ech'el.
"Bweno, 7adyos, 7ormiga!" xi la 7un. Pas la ta xinich
xa 7un, te la xnochnon xa muyel tzat taj prinsesa
chkaltik i xinich xa 7une, 7isvel la ta majel yalel taj
prinsesa 7une. "Bweno, prinsesa, vo7on!" xi la 7un.
7Isk'opon la 7un 7ipas la ta krixchano xkaltik taj
7ivelat yalel 7une. "Bweno, vo7on mu k'u yech ti
ko7one yu7n chakik' pero 7eso si mu jay-lok'el ya7el
7un," xi la taj vinik 7une.
"Je, na7tik pero li jmalale mu xmil 7avu7un, pero
7ep xch'uleltak," xi la 7un. "Vukub xch'ulel," xi la
7un. Vukub la xch'ulel taj rey xkaltik 7une, vukub la
xch'ulel.
"Pero buytak?" xi la 7un.
"Li7 Ii7 ta muroe Ii7 ti mi7n chalok'e chlok' j-kot
te7tikil chij," xi la. "Mi laj lok'uk te7tikil chije chlok'
paloma," xi la 7un. "Mi laj lok'uk 7une chlok'
gurionsiyo," xi la 7un. "Mi laj 7une chajavbe li
xch'ut 7une ja7 te li ston 7une ja7 xa ja7 xa slajeb 7un
bi," x7utat la 7un. "Ti mi xkuch 7avu7une na7tik mi
xkuch 7avu7un!" x7utat la 7un.
"Je, bweno muk' ta 7alel ka7tik," xi la 7un.
Bweno, 7isk'opon la kontento xa yo7on 7un komo
7ista xa ta k'oponel chava7i taj prinsesa 7une.
Bweno, 7ital la taj yo7 bu taj muro 7une. "7Adyos,
leon!" xi la 7un. K'ajom la bak' j-set' xi 7une.
"7Adyos, tigre!" xi la 7un, bak' la tzotztzotztik xa
7un a7a, mu jna7 k'usi xa li 7otro j-tos noxtok 7une.
71 "7Adyos, leon!" xi noxtok 7une. Taj to la butul
7ik'ot taj muro xkaltik 7une, ji, lok' la j-kot te7tikil
chij 7un xp'it xa la lok'el 7un. "7Adyos, 7agila!" xi la
7un, jii, ja7 la li xik nap'al ech'el 7une, ba sk'el bu bat
tai te7tikil chij 7une. "7Adyos, tigre!" xi la 7un. Ja7
la ba sjavbe xa taj, 7ista ta net'el taj te7tikil chij
xkaltik 7une ja7 xa 7i7abtej taj bolom xa xkaltik 7une.
Bweno, 7ismil taj te7tikil chij 7une, ja7 taj 7ilok' la
7ox-kot paloma 7une, 7ilok' 7ox-kot palomae, jii,
xjayay la ech'el noxtok ti paloma 7une. "7Adyos,
7agila!" xi la 7une. Ja7 la ba smil taj xik noxtok 7une,
7ismil la taje 7isjavbe la li yo7on 7une taj taj 7a li
paloma chkaltik 7une lok' la 7ox-kot buryon noxtok
7Ora, taj 7ilok' taj 7ox-kot buryone k'alal nab xa
7un, 7a mu xa k'u xu7 spas 7un a7a mu xa x7och ta
nab 7un, te la ch7ok' te la 7ok' ta j-mek 7un.
Bweno, tal la choyetik 7un. "Bweno, k'u
chavok'ita?" xi la k'otel taj choyetik 7une.
"Bweno, mu k'usi H7 7och 7a li gurionsitoe."