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Then, since his father was a king, the king died.

Her body remains and only her head goes.

Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.

The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.

When he spoke to her the skull throw itself and stuck onto his neck.

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

"Each night she goes out to walk abround, but only her head."

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

Then the skull let go; it stayed there.

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.

Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.

The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.

Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)

So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".

He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".

Therefore when I go back to the arch, I'm going to speak to my father to chew him out."

Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.

My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.

Therefore, now, I told my friend so that he will know that the "skull" exists and that the Siguanaba exists, for whoever is not brave will be frightened.