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inside the Earth Lord's house. Those wasps suddenly
came buzzing out. They went and enveloped that
Earth Lord.
[The Earth Lord] was distracted by the wasps.
Then that Rabbit quickly went and dragged out that
woman.
He got that woman out. That Rabbit won out, as
we say. That Rabbit won, as we say. "Well, I got her
out. I won. I got your wife out."
"Now I'll sleep with her later on!" said that
Rabbit.
"Okay, that's all right," said [the man]. "Sleep
with her! he said.
That woman went to bed with her husband, as we
say. That Rabbit cuddled up behind [her]. That
Rabbit cuddled up.
But that old lady [felt] a fart coming. Suddenly her
fart burst. "Ooh, I've been shot!" said Rabbit. He ran
off. Yes, indeed, that's how the tale ended.
This tale is essentially the same as the second part of Tale 5,
though the cast varies slightly; Tiger and Ant have been re-
He cried and cried. That man's "wife" died. But
he cried and cried. He cried and cried.
He went. He spoke to that "wife" of his. That man
went to the graveyard, as we say. He went.
He had never married the woman. She had another
husband. That woman had another husband, as
we say. That man went to sleep [with her], but the
man went far off to sleep [with her] since she already
had a husband, you see. The woman already had a
husband. "Damn, but what can I do?" said the man.
Sonofabitch, he lit his lantern. He looked at his wife
in the dark, as we say. Just her bones were piled
there. They hadn't any flesh anymore.
The next morning she [seemed like] a whole person
again. "Well then, go back [to the upperworld]
since you've seen what I'm like. I have a husband
already. I can't be 'married' to you anymore," she
said. She told her "husband," as we say. She had a
second husband, too.
"Eh, but I'm not leaving," he said. "But I'm not
going," he said. "It makes no difference at all," he
said.
"Well, stay a day, then. Go and bring me my
firewood!" she said.
REY KOMIS 395
A Visit to the Underworld
T173
yajval balamil taj taj tzuetik 7une, xjumlij la lok' taj
chanul 7akove, ja7 la sbal taj taj yajval balamil 7une.
Va7i 7un, ch'ay yo7on taj ta chanul 7akov 7une
ja7 7o la ba skil lokel ta 7ora taj 7antz 7une taj t'ul
7une.
Bweno, lok' tal yu7un taj 7antz 7une ja7 spas kanal
taj t'ul xkaltik 7une, spas kanal taj t'ul xkaltik 7une.
"Bweno pwes, lok' ku7un jpas kanal 7un lok' ku7un
lavajnil 7une."
"7Ora, ta jchi7in ta vayel tana 7un!" xi la taj t'ul
7une.
"Bweno, stak'," xi la 7un. "Chi7no ta vayel!" xi la
7un.
Va7i 7un, vay la xchi7uk smalal taj 7antz xkaltik
7une, te la smochan sba taj t'ul ta patil 7une,
smochan la sba taj t'ul 7une.
Bu, tal la stzis taj me7el 7une xp'u71ij xa la stzis
7un. "Jii, lilaj ta bala!" xi la li t'ul 7une. 7Ibat la ta
7anil 7un 7eso si ch'ab xi 7o yech kwento chak taj
7une.
placed by Coyote. Rey does not attribute to the final scene the
origin of rabbits' timidity. See also T5 and notes.
Bweno, batz'i ch7ok' cham la yajnil taj vinike pero
batz'i ch7ok' la ta j-mek, batz'i ch7ok' la ta j-mek
7un.
Bweno, bat la 7isk'opon la taj yajnil 7une, 7ibat ta
mukenal xkaltik la taj vinik 7une, bat la 7un.
Bweno pwes, ti 7antz 7une, komo mu la bu
nupunemik 7une 7o la smalal ta yan 7o yan xa 7o
smalal xkaltik taj 7antz 7une, 7a taj vinik 7une te ba
vayuk pero nom ba vayuk 7un komo 7o xa smalal li
7antz 7une. "Yanche, pero k'u ta jnop?" xi la ti vinik
7une. Puta, 7istzanbe la sk'ak'al 7un 7isk'el la ti yajnil
ta 7ak'ubaltik xkaltik 7une, naka la bak te chapal 7un
ch'abal xa sbek'tal 7un.
Bweno, sakub 7osil 7une lek la krixchano noxtok
7un. "Bweno pwes, sutan ech'el batz'i yavil ti
7avilon k'u xi7elane 7o xa jmalal mu xa xu7 xakik',"
xi la 7un. Xut i smalal xkaltik 7une, 7o xa smalal ta
yan 7o noxtok 7un.
"Je, pero mu xilok'," xi la. "Pero mu xibat," xi la.
"Batz'i yu7n te k'alal," xi la 7un.
"Bweno, pajan junuk k'ak'al che7e ba kuchbon tal
jsi7!" xi la 7un.