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Once there was a king; he had a son.

His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."

There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.

Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.

"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."

"Let him play with other boys, he'll cheer up."

"My boys are going to come soon, they're going to play."

The three boys brought some little fish, and the other brought a nest of the mareño bird.

He said to his sons, "this is going to be your friend".

Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.

"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."

Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.

"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."

"He is your friend."

There, over there they looked for some fish and the other one for a bird's nest.

Muchijki alegrar ne piltzintzin, ne prinsipe, ma tinakan. Muchijki alegrar.

The little boy was happy, we mean the prince, was happy.

He said to his mother, "look, look, I brought a little bird".

He threw away his golden shoes; his mother picked them up.

"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".

Then he remembered his friends; he said, "I", he said, "I remember my friends, how we went to walk there on the shores of the lake".

"Now", he said, "I am the king, look".

"I remembered you, that you are my friends."

Taja tiu tinaka de ministro. Taja seyuk ministro. Wan taja seyuk ministro.

"You will be a minister, you will be another minister, and you will be yet another minister."

That's how far our story goes.

Once there was a man who got married.

He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.

She spoke to her husband; he didn't pay attention to her, as though he was sleeping, but he wasn't asleep.

Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.

He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.

Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.

He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.

The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.

But finally she got down.

"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."

Who knows from where a deer was startled.

It went by right there under the zapote tree; the head threw itself.

Laj! Musaluj nikan pak ne masat.

"Lah" -- it stuck here on the deer (on its neck).

Tik ne witztal yajki. Ustuwetzi. Ran! Mutamuta ne ustut.

Into the thorns it went; it fell in the ravine -- "rann" -- it threw itself into the ravine.

"Don't eat my husband, don't eat my husband!", that's what she said to them.

Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.

Mikik. Kan ne miktuk, waltakatki se tekumat, waltakatki se tekumat.

She died; where she had died a groud tree sprouted.

The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".

She went. She knew where her daughter was.

Aj, ne nusiwapiltzin! Nikan timiktuk, pero nikan nemi ne nuchichiwal. Nikan yu kisa ne muchichiwal amor!

"Oh, my daughter, you have died here, but here is my gourd, your gourd of love is coming to come up here."

Aj, ne nusiwapiltzin! Nikan timiktuk, pero nikan nemi ne nuchichiwal. Nikan yu kisa ne muchichiwal amor!

"Oh, my daughter, you have died here, but here is my gourd, your gourd of love is coming to come up here."

And then she left, she went.

The tree grew and it had a fruit, a gourd.

The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.

"Oh, my daughter, here is your gourd."

She cut it off, she cut it and took it home.

About a month went by; the gourd was quite ripe.

Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.

Pa! Tapan.

"Pa!" -- it burst open.

Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.

"Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.

Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.

"Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.

"Wait a bit; I'm going to do it."

Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin. Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.

She went to get her little boys, then she went under the silk-cotton tree, under the silk-cotton tree.

Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin. Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.

She went to get her little boys, then she went under the silk-cotton tree, under the silk-cotton tree.

Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.

Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.

Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.

Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.

Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat. Kilwiat: Shakan, nuishwiuwan! Kilwia.

They said to their grandmother, "gramma, tomorrow we are going to go hunt", they tell her. "Go ahead, my grandchildren", she said.

Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat. Kilwiat: Shakan, nuishwiuwan! Kilwia.

They said to their grandmother, "gramma, tomorrow we are going to go hunt", they tell her. "Go ahead, my grandchildren", she said.

Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.

They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.

Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.

They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.

Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!

Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"

Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!

Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"

She began to call her lover so they could eat together, so she could eat together with her lover.

She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.

But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.

He told his brothers, "my grandmother is screwing you; you're not eating".

"She just smears grease on your lips so they will taste."

Ay nanita! Kilwiat. Nanita, tenemos hambre! Kilwiat.

"Oh gramma", they said, "gramma, we're hungry" they tell her.

Ay nanita! Kilwiat. Nanita, tenemos hambre! Kilwiat.

"Oh gramma", they said, "gramma, we're hungry" they tell her.

Ya les di de comer, pero lambanse los labios! Kilwia, como tik kastiaj kinnutzki. Lambanse los labios, ya comieron!

"I already fed you, but lick your lips", she said, since she spoke to them in Spanish, "lick your lips, you already ate".

Ya les di de comer, pero lambanse los labios! Kilwia, como tik kastiaj kinnutzki. Lambanse los labios, ya comieron!

"I already fed you, but lick your lips", she said, since she spoke to them in Spanish, "lick your lips, you already ate".

She lied; they had not eaten.

Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.

The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".

Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.

The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".

"I'm going to show you where he goes."

Yuwan kichiwat ne sanjo. Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.

"Go make a trench; go sharpen güiscoyols (thorny palms) so he'll stay there, stay there, he's going to die."

Yuwan kichiwat ne sanjo. Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.

"Go make a trench; go sharpen güiscoyols (thorny palms) so he'll stay there, stay there, he's going to die."

"We're going to take our little brother, gramdmother."

Nikan shikchiwakan ne sanjoj. Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.

"Make the trench here, but sharpen the güiscoyols and put them in the ground."

Nikan shikchiwakan ne sanjoj. Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.

"Make the trench here, but sharpen the güiscoyols and put them in the ground."

"Now our 'bogeyman' is going to come there and he's going to feel the "parran", "pa", he's going to fall."

"'top, top, top, top", the thorns are going to pierce him."

Ne seyuk noche. Plaj! ne tukujkul! Ajan!

The next night, "plah"; it's their 'bogeyman', "ah".

They skinned him, washed him, and took him to their grandmother's.

Shikida nanita!, kilwiat. Talikat masat, wan sanka.

"Look, gramma", they said to her, "we brought a deer", and it was a lie.

Shikida nanita!, kilwiat. Talikat masat, wan sanka.

"Look, gramma", they said to her, "we brought a deer", and it was a lie.

"Well yes, yes, my children, I'm going to cook it, we're going to eat."

No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.

She said to them in Spanish, "get up my grandchildren, the food is ready".

Ay nanita! Me duele la cabeza, yu estoy rendido, kilwiat tik kastiaj.

"Oh gramma, my head aches, I'm exhausted", they say in Spanish.

Shikuchikama!, kilwia tik nawat. Shikuchikan!

"Sleep now!", she said in Pipil, "go to sleep!".

The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".

Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin. Yamanik.

"Delicious my sons, delicious my sons, soft."

Yajki kitantia ne itan. Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.

She went to sharpen her teeth, there by the edge of the canyon she sharpened her teeth so she could eat the little boy.

Yajki kitantia ne itan. Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.

She went to sharpen her teeth, there by the edge of the canyon she sharpened her teeth so she could eat the little boy.

Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia. Anda, ve que hace mi nanita, kilwia tik kastiaj.

The other said to the lizard, "look lizard", in Spanish he said, "go see what my gramma is doing", he said in Spanish.

He went by and saw that she was sharpening her teeth, she was sharpening her teeth.

Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.

"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."

Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.

"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."

"OK, but my grandmother is going to see what's going to happen."

Later in the evening she was coming with her wash.