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[18] Why do you not sow seeds Why
T(^4)a che shin na, eh gee bw(^4)a nin min, qu(^4)e mene | ka min, T(^4)ah che,

all you eat [[stricken]]eat (8)[[/stricken]] seeds if you dont
chiek, kow che mech yen | qu(^4)e mene ka nin, nak oh, eh bwa in' m(^4)ege |

save you cannot have to sow    I did save
cho in doch ee ke se min, ket(^4)a shit ee am | An^a^wis^sah i'n gene

some but the mice eat them up
in a nin, nis che, wap (^4)a | kin och queh uk, [[stricken]] [[insertion]]in' ge[[/insertion]] chak kit a 

some rotted        (Why not
m(^4)a goke | (^4)a^net^ke, kene bish kin a tone, Tah chis | shin nah, eh^ke

you put them right      It is hard for us to give you
bwa min no stone, | lehis^na^get sah, eh we mene nah gone,|

seeds    You are so many   Peas too do
que mene kah nin, eh m(^4)a neh yek. | Nit che min, nuk keh

you sow    Have you not yellow roots
ke duch kem | Cho nah ke^go weh zow ghep^(^4)a ka guk | qu(^4)e

seed     turnip seed | only I have
mene kan. Chees qu(^4)e mene kau | seh yek in' dit tone.

Maybe they none seeds
Ken^a^bich sah, wene | w(^4)a chogego qu(^4)e mene ka nin. |

More will you make it your field now summer it is
[[margin]]¶——[[/margin]] No ich n(^4)a queme sh(^4)a tone kit^(^4)a k(^4)an | ingome, en e buk o^sam

too little your field ¶ I think it is too soon
kach ee no y(^4)a kit ta kan. | In dis^ti(^4)a o^s am^sa kechin

You plant too soon you plant dont
na gich, ke duch ken, | ke che, b(^4)a buk, ke duch kem, cho^n(^4)a,

you think             I do know
ke dish | teha seme, ———— Ana^wis^sah we, in guk kem | d(^4)a min,

it is too late peas to put    What
o^sam kit cho we ka, nich ee min | eh we sug git _. Wak in

you go put there corn   I'll put there    What
ee che, she wa tone | in^dom in uk sa she, in we sak, wak

is he | going to put there turnips      I more glad
in e che | wene watote, chees, sah, nene no ich | in dom ina

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to put    in [[stricken]] one month
wine dum, to yan (or) ché gi yan |  In gote a ke^sis, keh

we will plant potatoes    most time for us to
cah che geh yak pin^e yak | k(^4)ah gah, she yeh, ke ta oo teh

make our field | I believe    not now    froze
ke ka min, | cho suk kina^bich, she yeh, (^4)ah g(^4)a bit sin none [one line space] | [[insertion]]¶[[/insertion]]

Over the river I go.    I think    perhaps
Kom i^ek in gish eah  In' dis teh ah, tah nak | we

find somebody to work for me       My cows
em ko^wuk chwe me chit che we twit. | [[strikethrough]]I[[/strikethrough]]im' bish kene uk

went off perhaps     I find them      not you
kema cheke kin a bich | in dam kow wak, cho nah kene

see them      yes     I saw one the thick woods
ke wap | ma seke, (ana wis^s(^4)a in' ge wap ma me an | ka keke

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