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Iv. Animal Tales. Woodrats

Woodrats 1

The woodrats lived in the mountains. There were a mother and father and lots of children. He sang for the children to dance,

I, i, i,

Cactus, cactus

It's useful to us (for nest)

It's useful to us!

Ha a yot si!

[paragraph continues] The little woodrats jumped and jumped and rolled over on the ground. He said,

I'm singing for you,

Try your best!

Try your best!

So we can kill a deer.

[paragraph continues] They tried hard and their father sang the song.

Footnotes

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Informant 1.

rig veda hymn| rig veda hymn
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