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1)
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NE
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TZIKAT
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WAN
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NE
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TZILINTUK
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THE
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ANT
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AND
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THE
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CICADA
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Ne
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ichan
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ne
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tzikat
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tentuk
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iwan
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takwal.
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the
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his-home
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the
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ant
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full
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with
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food
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Yaja
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tesu
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keman
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musewia
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kitemua
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takwal.
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he
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not
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when
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rests
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seeks
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food
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Yaja
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kitemua
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iswat
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ipal
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ne
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kwajkwawit.
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he
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seeks
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leaf
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of
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the
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trees
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Ne
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tzikat
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kan
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nemi
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ukse
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takwalmet
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ka
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weli
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the
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ant
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when
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is
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other
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animals
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that
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can
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kikwa,
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kunij
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tesu
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kisa
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kitemua
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itakwal;
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eats-him,
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then
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not
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goes-out
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seeks
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his-food
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kunij
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kichia
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ma
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tayuakisa
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then
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waits
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SUBJUNCTIVE
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gets-dark
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pal
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pewat
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kisat
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kitemuat
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itakwal.
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for
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they-start
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they-go-out
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they-seek
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their-food
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Ne
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tzikat
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techmachtia
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ken
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muchiwa
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the
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ant
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teaches-us
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how
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is-done
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pal
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te
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tikseliat
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mayan.
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for
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not
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we-suffer
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hunger
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Yejemet
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ashta
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ne
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mas
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chikitik
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they
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even
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the
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more
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small
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ashta
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ne
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mas
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tumak
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tekitit.
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even
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the
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more
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big
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they-work
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Né
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tesu
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nemi
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kaj
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kintuktia,
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muchi
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tekitit.
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there
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not
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is
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who
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commands,
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all
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they-work
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An
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tikitakan
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ne
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tzilintuk.
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now
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let’s-see-him
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the
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cicada.
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Yaja
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panu
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muchi
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ne
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tunalku
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takwika.
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he
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passes
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all
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the
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dry-season
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he-sings
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Yajika
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kwak
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witz
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ne
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shupan
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therefore
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when
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comes
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the
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rainy-season
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miki
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ipal
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sesek
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wan
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mayan.
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dies
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of
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cold
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and
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hunger
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Kiunij
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panu
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iwan
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miak
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takamet
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wan
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siwatket.
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so
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passes
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with
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many
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men
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and
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women.
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Ki|seliat
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mayan
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ka
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tesu
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kinekit
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tekitit.
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they-suffer
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hunger
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because
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not
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they-want
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they-work
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THE ANT AND THE CICADA (Genaro
Ramírez, Witzapan)
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Genaro Ramírez
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The ant’s home is full of food. It
never stops looking for food. It looks for leaves of trees. The ant, when there
other animals that can eat it, does not go out to look for food. It waits
until nightfall to start going out to look for food. The ant teaches us what
we should do in order not to go hungry. From the smallest to the largest,
they work. There is nobody there to give orders, they all work. Now let’s
look at the cicada. It spends the whole dry season singing. So when the rainy
season comes along, it dies of cold and hunger. Thus it is with many men and
women. They go hungry because they don’t want to work.
Muchi
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tikmatit
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ka
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se
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tutut
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patani.
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all
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we-know
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that
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one
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bird
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flies
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Pero
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ken
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kichiwa
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pal
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weya
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tesu
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akaj
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kimati.
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but
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how
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he-does-it
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for
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he-grows
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not
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anybody
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knows
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U
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su
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kimatit
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ka
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nesi
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ipal
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se
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teksisti,
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or
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if
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they-know
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that
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it-is-born
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of
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an
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egg
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kaj
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kitakwaltia?
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Tay
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mumati,
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ka
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inan
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takwaltia.
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who
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feeds-it
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what
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is-known
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that
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its-mother
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feeds-it
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Pero
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achtu
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ne
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tutut
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tapishua
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ne
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teksisti,
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but
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first
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the
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bird
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lays
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the
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egg
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nemanha
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kipachua
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ashta
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ma
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puni,
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afterwards
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it-sits-on-it
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until
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SUBJUNCTIVE
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it-hatches
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wan
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puntuk
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kenhayuk
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kipachua,
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and
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hatched
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still
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it-sits-on-it
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wan
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pewa
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kitakwaltia
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ne
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shulut
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tutut
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and
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starts
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feeds-it
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the
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young
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bird
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ne
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nan
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ipal
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ne
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tutuchin
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ashta
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ma
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weya,
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the
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mother
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of
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the
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little-bird
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until
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SUBJUNCTIVE
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it-grows
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pal
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kitzkia
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ujmiyu
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wan
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weli
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patani
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for
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it-gets-it
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feather
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and
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it-can
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it-flies
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pal
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kitemua
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takwal.
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for
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it-seeks-it
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food.
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