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46 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23
"Oh, but me, I'll go break down the door. I'll
bring back your wife," said [Bull].
"Fine! Please do!" he said.
Well [Bull] arrived there. He knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" said [the Devil].
"I'm Mr. Bull," he said.
"What do you want?" asked the Devil.
"Oh, I don't want anything. I'm going to take the
woman back," he said.
"Oh, where did you come from?" asked the Devil.
He grabbed a stick. One [of Bull's] horns was
broken. Ooh, [Bull] left. He ran very fast.
"I couldn't do it," he told the man when he
arrived. Oh, the man cried even more.
Well, a donkey came along. "What are you crying
about?" asked Donkey.
"It's because my wife disappeared," he said.
"Oh, no indeed! I'll bring her back," said Donkey.
"God, now it's you who's going to win? You're just
a poor donkey! Tiger went. Bull went. But they
didn't succeed," he said.
"Oh, but as for me I'll break down the door. I
have feet. I kick people," said [Donkey]. He went
and knocked on the door.
"Who are you?" asked [the Devil].
"I'm Donkey," he said.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Oh, I want to take the woman back." The door
wasn't opened for him. Quickly he gave it a kick.
Oh, his hoof fell off. Eh, he hurried away. "I
couldn't do it. My hoof came off. I couldn't do it,"
the man was told. Oh, the man cried even more. Lots
of ants came by.
"What happened to you?" they asked.
"Man, my wife disappeared," he said.
"I'll go bring her back," said the ants.
"Poor ants, you can't win. You're even smaller!"
he said.
"Oh, but we can!" they said. "We're going," they
said.
Well, they went. They knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" asked the King of the Devils.
"We're ants," they said. The door wasn't opened
for them. They got in by themselves.
When they arrived they went inside, swarming in.
"Oh, so you've come?" said the Devil. Hot ashes
were thrown on them. Some of the ants were killed
by the hot ashes, the others fled.
"We couldn't do it, man. Your wife didn't come
back." Again the man cried.
Well, a rabbit came along. "What are you crying
about?" he asked.
"Man, my wife disappeared," he said.
"If you want me to, I'll go bring her back."
"God, but do you think you can do it?" he asked.
"7Aj pero li vo7one chk'ot jvok' li ti7 nae chkik'
tal 7avajnile," xi.
"Bweno, 7abolajan!" xi.
Bweno, 7ik'ot, 7ik'ot stij ti7 na, "Kyen es?" xi.
"Yo soy el Senyor Toro," xi 7un.
"K'usi chak'an?" xi ti dyabloe.
"7Aj mu k'usi ta jk'an ta xkik' ech'el li 7antze," xi.
"7Aj, bu latal?" xi ti dyabloe. 7Itambat jun te7,
7ik'asbat jun xxulub, 7ee, 7ibat 7i7anilaj ta j-mek.
"Mu xu7," xut k'otel ti vinike. 7Aj, 7i7ok' mas ti
vinike.
Bweno, 7ital j-kot buro. "K'usi chavok'ita?" xi ti
buroe.
"Yu7un 7ich'ay kajnil," xi.
"7Aj mo7oj chbat jlok'es tal," xi ti buroe.
"Dyos mi vo7ot xa chkuch 7avu7un povre buroot,
7i7ay xa bolom, 7i7ay xa vakax pero muk' xu7
yu7un," xi.
"7Aj pero xchi7uk vo7one ta jvok' komel li ti7
nae, 7oy kok chitek'van," xi. 7Ik'ot stij ti7 nae.
"Buch'uot?" xi.
"Yo soy el buro," xi.
"K'usi chak'an?" xi.
"7Aj ta jk'an ech'el li 7antze." Muk' xjambat na
7istijbe j-moj likel ta tek'el, 7oj, 7ikol svoy, 7ee, 7ibat
ta 7anil. "Mu xu7, 7ilok' xa jvoy, mu xu7," xut ti
vinik 7une, 7oj, 7i7ok' mas ti vinike, 7ital 7epal
xinich.
"K'usi chapas?" xi.
"7Ombre, 7ich'ay kajnil," xi.
"Chba jlok'es tal," xi ti xiniche.
"Povre xinich, mu xu7 7avu7un, mas bik'itoxuk!"
xi.
"7Aj pero xu7!" xi. "Chibat," xi.
Bweno, 7ibat, 7eso 7istij ti7 na. "Kyen es?" xi ti
rey dyabloe.
"Somos ormigas," xi. Muk' 7ijambat na 7i7och
stuk.
Bweno, 7ik'ot 7i7och ta yut na xlamet xa k'otel.
"7Aj mi latal?" xi la ti dyabloe. 7I7ak'bat k'ak'al tan,
7icham j-7o71ol ti xiniche ta k'ak'al tan, 7ijatav
j-7o71ol.
"Mu xu7, 76mbre, mu xlok' tal lavajnile." 7I7ok'
yan ti vinike.
Bweno, tal j-kot t'ul. "K'usi chavok'ita?" xi.
"7Ombre, 7ich'ay kajnil," xi.
"Mi xak'an chba jlok'es tal."
"Dyos, pero mi vo7ot xa xu7 7avu7un 7ana7oj?"
xi.