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Inside, [Owl] was sitting with his children.

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Yahyá, bizháańne yiłnaaheetáͅná'a.
Díͅíͅ'iłt'éná'a.
"Ha'áshíͅgo?"
ndíná'a.

"Yát'áshíͅgo?"
ndíná'a.

"Dándeedégo dóó'iͅiͅ.
biche'ishkéne 'áiłndíná'a:
"Bádáń'álá."

Inside, [Owl] was sitting with his children.
There were four of them.
"Where are you from?"
said [Owl].

"From the sky?"
he said.

"I looked just a while ago."

He spoke thus to his children:
"Prepare food for him."

 
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(8.75) Linguistic Notes

yát'áshíͅgo 'from the sky'. 'sky'; -t'á 'top, above'; -shíͅ 'from'.