tãʔã́y=meh-àn=mah tɨh woy-ʔëʔ-yẽ́h-ẽ́h , tãʔã́y-àn=mah tɨh hi-tuk-hi-yet-ʔëʔ-yẽ́h-ẽ́h .
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But she (the mother) tried in vain to keep one little girl, she overturned (a basket on the hole to catch) the girl, in vain.