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𝓃𝑒 𝒦𝑜 𝓉𝑒 𝓃 𝓌𝒾 𝓁𝒾.
It was once on a time they say𝒜 𝒹𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓎𝑒.
long ago𝓂𝑒 𝒹𝓍𝒶 𝒦𝒾 𝒶 𝒦𝒾
Red-Earth (people)𝑜 𝒹𝒦𝒾 𝓃𝒶 𝓌𝑒 𝒶 𝒦𝒾.
they that were young
in growth𝑒 𝒹𝒾 𝒹𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
they went to
hunt for game𝑒 𝓂𝒶 𝓌𝒾 𝓃𝑒 𝓁𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 ×
to a place where they
went to pass the night out.𝓂𝒶 𝓍𝒶 𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 ×
A bear there they killed.𝒾 𝓃𝒾 𝓁𝒾.
The story is
told that𝒜 𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒶.
part of them𝑒 𝓁𝒶 𝒦𝒶 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾
they boiled it𝓂𝒶 𝒦𝑜 𝓈𝒾 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝒾 ×
the bear foot;𝒦𝒾 𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝒶 𝓂𝑜 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
after they had finished
cooking it,𝑒 𝓉𝓉𝒶 𝒦𝒶 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝑜 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 ×
they then ate it all up.𝒾 𝓃𝒾 𝒦𝑒 𝒹𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝒦𝒶.
They that were absent𝓁𝓎𝑒 𝓎𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
when they came back,𝑒 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝒹𝒾 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝓎𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒦𝑒 𝓉𝓉𝒶 𝒦𝒶 𝓉𝒶 𝓂𝒾 𝓃𝒾 𝓉𝑒 𝑒.
was by that time lo they must have eaten it all up𝓂𝒶 𝒦𝑜 𝓈𝒾 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝒾 ×
the bear foot.𝒾 𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒶 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
Thereupon they sulked,𝑒 𝓁𝒶 𝒦𝑒 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 ×
then they separated.𝒾 𝓃𝒾 𝒦𝒾 𝓉𝓉𝒶.
They truly𝒾 𝓃𝒾 𝒦𝒾.
they𝓂𝒶 𝒦𝑜 𝓈𝒾 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝒾.
bear foot𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝒦𝒾.
they that sulked𝑒 𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝒦𝒾
such are they called.𝑒 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
Stories are told of them;𝒾 𝓁𝒾.
It is said that𝑒 𝒶 𝓌𝒾 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾.
where they are𝑒 𝒶 𝓍𝒶 𝓃𝒶 𝒦𝒾 𝓈𝑒 𝒦𝒾.
at the end of the place where𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝒾 𝓁𝑜 𝓌𝒾.
the big river.𝒜 𝒹𝑜 𝓌𝒶 𝒦𝒾 𝓌𝑒 ×
Over the high land.𝒾 𝓂𝒾 𝒦𝒾 𝓉𝓉𝒶 𝒾.
they are𝓂𝒶 𝒦𝑜 𝓈𝒾 𝓉𝒶 𝓃𝒾.
bear foot𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒶 𝓌𝒶 𝓉𝓉𝒾 𝒦𝒾 ×
they that sulked.

A rather free rendering of the tale reads as follows:—

 

It is said that once on a time long ago some youths of the Red-Earths (Foxes) started on a hunt for game, and went to a place where