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382 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23<br />

him, then? Wasn't it what he was supposed to do,<br />

asking me for a turn behind the door, then?" she said.<br />

"There's a shovel leaning behind the door, I told<br />

him," said that master.<br />

"Ah, hell!" said that old mistress. "This is what he<br />

asked me for," she said.<br />

"Oh, sonofabitch!" Where would he find [Peter]?<br />

He'd already gone.<br />

After that he went to another town, too. A person<br />

came along, came riding along on horseback. He<br />

came riding along on horseback. "Sonofabitch, what<br />

can I do? Sonofabitch!" said that fucking Peter.<br />

Quickly he squatted down and took a shit. Quickly<br />

he took off his hat. Quickly he covered it. Then he<br />

was pressing down [on the hat].<br />

"What's there?" asked that Ladino coming along.<br />

"Sonofabitch, there is a dove here, but it's beautiful.<br />

Sonofabitch, but it scratches terribly," he said.<br />

He had a pocketknife. He had scratched and<br />

scratched that hand of his with the pocket knife.<br />

"But there's nothing you can do. It scratches. <strong>Lo</strong>ok<br />

at the way my hand is!" he said. He showed [the<br />

Ladino] that hand of his. Yes!<br />

"Oh, hell, if you want to, go and bring my<br />

birdcage! We'll put it in it," said that master.<br />

"Eh, but will you give me your horse?" said [Peter].<br />

"If you'll give me your horse, I'll go and bring it for<br />

you," he said.<br />

"Well, ride it!" he said. The fucker had a whip [no,<br />

a needle]. When that fucking Peter mounted [the<br />

horse], then he stabbed that needle in that horse.<br />

Sonofabitch, it bucked and bucked!<br />

"Your horse isn't used to me. If you want to, give<br />

me your clothes so that your horse gets used to me,"<br />

he said. Yes!<br />

[The Ladino] gave them to him. That poor Ladino<br />

took off his clothes. He was left squatting there in<br />

only his underpants. He was pressing down that hat<br />

there. <strong>Lo</strong>rd, [Peter] took the horse and dashed off.<br />

He went to another town, too.<br />

"But hell, what's the damn bird look like?" said<br />

that Ladino. "Hell, but I guess I'll see if it pecks me,"<br />

he said. Quickly he stuck that hand of his in [under<br />

the hat]. Sonofabitch, horrible shit squished in his<br />

fingers. "Oh, sonofabitch!" he said. Hell, it made him<br />

furious.<br />

After that was over, too, that damned Peter went<br />

on.<br />

Since now the fucker had some money, he thought<br />

it over. He got some pesos and fifty centavo pieces<br />

and so on. He looked for some [coins]. They were<br />

like flowers, as we say. They bloomed, it seems, as<br />

we say. He stuck them on [a stem] one after the<br />

other. They bloomed, as we say. The money was just<br />

sprouting there now, as we say.<br />

mu7nuk ja7 yech smelol li lisk'anbe j-ten ta pat mak<br />

ti7 nae che7e?" xi la.<br />

"Pala li te kikil ta pat mak ti7 na, xkut 7un," xi la<br />

taj 7ajvalil 7une.<br />

"7A kavron!" xi la taj me7el 7ajvalile. "Ja7 yech<br />

lisk'anbe chak H7e," xi la.<br />

"7Ay jijo la chingada!" Bu ka tzta yu7n xa bat.<br />

Bweno, laj taj 7une, bat ta yan 7o jtek-lum noxtok<br />

7un, 7a li tal la jun 7a li krixchano kajal tal ta ka7<br />

7un. "Puta, k'usi ta jnop jijo la chingada!" xi la taj<br />

jkobel Pegro taj 7une. J-likel la xxok'i tza7an j-likel<br />

la slok' xpixol j-likel la smak, te xa snet'oj yu7 van.<br />

"K'usi tey?" xi la taj taj jkaxlan tal 7une.<br />

"Puta 7o H7 j-kot palomae pero leklek sba, puta<br />

pero ta xjat'van ta j-mek," xi la. 7O la snavaxax laj la<br />

xch'ianch'ian ta navaxax taj sk'ob 7une. "Pero yu7n<br />

mu k'u 7acha71e chjot'van k'el avil x7elan i jk'obe!"<br />

xi la. Yak' la 7iluk taj sk'ob 7une. Ji7!<br />

"7Ay kavrones, mi xak'an ba tamo tal jkakax te7 ta<br />

jti7tik ech'el," xi la taj 7ajvalil 7une.<br />

"Je, pero mi chavak'bon ech'el Iaka7e?" xi la 7un.<br />

"Mi chavak'bon ech'el Iaka7e chbat jtambot tal," xi<br />

la 7un.<br />

"Bweno, kajlebino ech'el!" xi la 7un. 7Oy la<br />

yarsyal li jkobele 7a li k'alal chkaji xa taj taj jkobel<br />

Pegro 7une ja7 7o la tzpajbe taj 7akuxa taj ka7 une,<br />

puta chp'it la chp'it la!<br />

"Mu xisnop Iaka7e mi xak'an 7ak'bon ech'el<br />

Iak'u7e yo7 ti xisnop 7o Iaka7e," xi la 7un. Ji7!<br />

7Iyak'be la 7islok' la sk'u7 taj prove jkaxlane, slok'<br />

la sk'u7 k'ajom xa kalsonsiyo te xok'ol kom te la<br />

snet'oj xa taj pixalale, kere, stzak ech'el li ka7e<br />

slichbe ech'el bat ta yan 7o jtek-lum noxtok.<br />

"Pero k'u x7elan li puta mute, kavron?" xi la taj<br />

jkaxlane. "Kavron, pero jk'eltik kik mi xisti7," xi la.<br />

J-likel la stik' ochel ta 7anil taj sk'obe, puta, yil tzo7<br />

la Io7ol 7ik'ot ta sni7 sk'ob. "7Ay jijo la chingada!"<br />

xi la. Puta, yak' sk'ak'al yo7on ta j-mek.<br />

Bweno, laj taj noxtok 7une bat taj puta Pegro<br />

7une.<br />

Va7i 7un, komo 7oy xa tak'in yu7un i jkobele snop<br />

la tzjol 7un 7issa7 li ta pexutik ta rostontik k'utik<br />

x7elane ssa7 la k'u cha7al nichim xkaltik chnichin<br />

xkaltik ya7ele ja7 la spak'anpak'an 7un, yu7n xa<br />

chnichin xkaltik xkaltik i tak'in xae te xa nox chlok'<br />

xkaltik 7un.

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