Na Elais Kahta Alai

The Hunter Wanted to Go Hunting . . . Told by Lucy Parks Blalock

English:

Now Lucy will tell an old story.

Lenape:

Yukwe wa Lucy xuachimu.

English:

The Hunter Wanted to Go Hunting

Lenape:

Na èlais kahta alai.

English:

He owned many dogs.

Lenape:

Xeli mwekaneyo wëlahële.

English:

When he went hunting he killed some squirrels.

Lenape:

Na kènu ènta alait xaniko hnile.

English:

When he got home he began to cook, and he made soup.

Lenape:

Na ènta machit tòlëmi wixënin, kshitay manitu.

English:

Those dogs, oh they were hungry.

Lenape:

Nèk mwekane, o, kahtupuwàk.

English:

When he finished cooking, the man began to eat.

Lenape:

Na ènta kisàmat, na tòlëmi mitsin na lënu.

English:

Then one dog said to him, "We are hungry too!

Lenape:

Na kwëti mwekane tëluwèn, "Nèpëna nkatupwihëna.

English:

We too would like to have some of the soup. We too are hungry."

Lenape:

Nèpëna winki mënehënèn në kshitay. Nèpëna nkatupwihëna."

English:

Then (the man) said, "You-all come in, you-all come in. We will sit around in a circle."

Lenape:

Na tëlan, "Nuwikw, nuwikw. Okànkwèpihëna."

English:

The dogs began to eat.

Lenape:

Tòlëmi mitsin nèk mwekaneyok.

English:

They ate with the man, soup and meat.

Lenape:

Wipumao nèl lënuwa, kshitay òk wiyus.

English:

Long ago it was said, "When a dog looks at you when you eat, feed him a little.

Lenape:

Lòmwe luwèn, "Ènta mwekane pënakòn ènta mitsiànk, ktaxàmëlch kèxiti.

English:

If you don't feed him, he will tell you something."

Lenape:

Xu mata xàmao xu kèku ktëluwàkw."

English:

That is why they told us when a dog looks at you when you eat feed him some

Lenape:

Nal në wënchi ntëlkehëna ènta mwekane pënakòn ènta mitsia kèxitìch ktaxàma kèku.

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