Naka nit aptc-pal wen wakhiyat, petci-te Apistanutc nek'm-te nit'l nek'la‛titp'nil; wulithaswi-kakalomanya; w'n'tutmowania weswepho-konya wikek. Nek'm na w't'li-nepaptowa, tahalop pilwiya; w't'li-asiteman: "nil na nkiskatmop'n kekisik'n." (kesena: sikw'n). Nek'm wedciyawe‛tit elkaha‛tit. Nek'm-te-na madcehe; w'neklan lampe-kwinoskwesis'k nekw'tokeyiu.
Naka metc'slawei Loks sakhiyat, nitel (kesena: nit'l) eli-wiyatidcil w'skidcinwi wahant akwami ket'k'motu katik k't'kik k'tci‛kok t'li-weyusis'k; akwami nekatmatu katik m'si-te kesi‛tit. Tayowe, etutci wikotmowa‛tit widjoketwâk'n, t'liw'tipithasin tan'tc w't'li-kisi-w'sikyan naka wanian, kenok-lo nihit weskoweyawidcihi katama akwami n's'weyiwi tahalote nek'm naka-te-na milskwihiwuk, ip'dc'l wetci-matceyik w'skitk'mikw; w'tlianya spemkami‛kok; w't-eswelanya niso-matidcihi; yokt lampekwinoskwiyik k'sihikawí p'mi-k'tcitcitwuk.
K'tci epitwit lithasiu holamohosin ansak-pa-te wulikmawik tan nek'm eliwulithat'k. Wulit-de w't-apkweton w't-esukepyap naka w'kul-pelm'n epusisi‛kok wetckw'latketun, wedci Loks wiski sipkiu kis-apkwutakw. Loks w'kisi-penekwelan ewasiswilidcil eli-wuleyotasik w'skitkumikw; aptc w'nadciphan k't'kil, nit'lna penekwiwidcokemal; wulasweltumwul Loksowul, kenok-lo aptc w'nototmowan w'natatwu-takon epusi‛kok w't-esukepyap et'li nektuk ewepiu epusik. W't-iyan: "mosak sesmiu pusketokwutc kesena wekitokwut tama elkwiu; te‛po kulapkweni‛ton etasiu k'tcipletîk'n."
A little while they sit there; then dawn comes; men of the different families (clans) pass them; to all these they urgently call: "help us." It happened that these star husbands had made a moss bed on top of the hemlock. Now who of all the animals in the forest should pass by (step along) or of men who dwell in the clearings, who should be first passing but Tiyum (Moose), the first!
"O my elder brother, release us (or: let us down)." He looks up: "I have already been married this autumn." This he says to them. Again another passes them, the fierce bear: then once more what they had implored they repeat; if only he can quietly get them down, they will marry him. Bear only growlingly replies: "I was married this spring; one wife, that is enough for him who is a man." This then he says to them.