Introduction-E

amma iggaipalaagaajjungmat ijingik amikinnikumut auppatut!
and when at last he bothered to take off his goggles, his lidless eyes … how red!
sunauvvauna uitaarulua qaqulluruluk.
So there he was, her awful new husband, a wretched fulmar.
arnaq kamairrisimalluni uitaaruluni uqautivaa “usiummalu
angijuttiavaaluujutit”.
The woman, in shock, said to her new husband, “But I thought you were a fine big
fellow.”
qaqulluruluguuq inngiqsilluni, “ikurrattiakka ahahahahaha,
So then, they say, the ugly fulmar started to sing, “My beautiful pin tail feathers,
ahahahahaha,
ijaujaarjuakaa ahahahahaha.”
my grand goggles, ahahahahaha.”
sunauvvauna papingminik ikurraqsimannirami
angijuttiavauqquujijuviniq.
And so, because he had been propped up by his tail feathers, he had looked to her eyes
as if he was a fine big fellow.
uinigumasuittuuniku qaqullungmik uiqassuujaliq&luni
Because of her unwillingness to get married, she now had a fulmar husband, for a long
time,
kipinngullakpak&unilu, ugguaqtualuugalualiq&unilu
and she was extremely lonely, and very regretful
narrutuluaqpalaurnirminik nuliaqtaarumavalauqtuugaluanik.
of her pickiness in refusing all those who had come courting.
qanganngukallaktillugu ataatanga niurrulluni paningminik
takujaqtuq&uni.
After a fairly long time, her father came all the way to visit his daughter.
pimmatuktauttianngittuqsiarigamiuk aullarutinasuliqpaa.
Because he found her to be neglected, he tried to arrange for her to leave.
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