Bob
Birdman, Born of Mockingbird-Lizard
Lizard and Mockingbird lived worlds apart. One being was of the Sky and the other was of the Earth and both had very little understanding of each other. Mockingbird loved the freedom of the open sky and the security of a nest on a high tree branch. Lizard loved the cool dampness of her hole in the Earth, her mother. She would sometimes bask in the Sun’s rays while lying with her belly against her mother. She did not know that the Sun was her father. All the earth beings admired Lizard for the way she moved. Her dancing seemed to blend the movements of the everything around her. One could watch her without seeing her and feel themselves slip into another world while their breathing and the beating of their hearts seemed to pulse with hers.
Mockingbird was also praised but by a society that Lizard could not have known. Mockingbird’s art was done with eyes closed. He sang songs and his songs seemed to encompass and contain everything. All the other birds and most other creatures learned their songs from him. Each would receive their song as from an oracle and would then go away in order to pratice and perfect it. Mockingbird never sang the same song twice.
One day Lizard did something she had never done before. She could hear the distant voice which seemed to come from the sky. She ventured a little ways up a tree in order to hear better. Mockingbird also did something he had never done before. While he was singing he opened his eyes. Lizard could feel herself being seen in his music. She blushed to the color of the tree but he could still see her movements. He was entranced by the complexity of one pattern which was moving against the bark in sympathy with his song which was also his soul. In this way both souls were joined and out of Lizard’s egg, out of the Earth, Birdman was born.
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Tsi’-s-qua-a-s-ga-ya Ti-yoha?-li Hu-hu
a-yv’-wi-(ya)
Birdman
Lizard Mockingbird originates
(truly)
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Ti-yo-ha?-li a-le Hu-hu
tsu-de-le e-lo-hi’ a-ni-yv’-wi-(ya).
Lizard and Mockingbird
different worlds had their orgin from.
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ac+b
Sa’-wu e-hna?-i Ga-lv’-lo:-(hi) a-yv’-wi -(ya)
One animal Sky
had its origin from
a3 i~ `r@ ac+b
a-le so?-i e-lo-hi a-yv’wi
-(ya)
and the other Earth had its origin from
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a-le i-tsu-la i-gv-sa
tla a-no’-l’-ga.
and both each other not they
understand.
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Hu-hu a-du-da-le-s-di
u-ta-na ga-lv’-lo:-(hi) u-da-ge-yu-ha
Mockingbird freedom
big sky
he loves
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QvhsL Ql1xd
a-le a-da-nv-s-ga ka-ne-s-dah tla-hv?-i ga-lv-la-di u-wa’-n--ga-tlv
u-da-ge-yu-ha.
and order
nest
high branch
he loves.
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a/3J~
Ti-yo-ha?-li u-hyv:-dla u-wo-deh-wi-da a-ta-le-sv?-i
Lizard
cold damp
hole
`r@ Q_ Ql3xd
E-lo-hi’, u-?-tsi, u-da-ge-yu-ha.
Earth, her mother, she loves.
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al]a
Ti-yo-ha?-li yu-da-ha?-i nv-da a-ga-s-ga a-da-wo?-a
Lizard
sometimes sun rain
she bathes
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sQs
hi-la-yv?-i u’-s(n)?-wo:-tli u?-tsi-lv?-i
ga-n’-hga.
when her stomach
on her mother she lies down.
(zd# Gl Qol
ZQG/
Ti-yo-ha?-li Nv-da u-do’-da tla-u-nh’-ta.
Lizard Sun
her father she not knows.
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Ni-ga-d(a) e-lo-hi’ a-ni-e-hna?-i Ti-yo-ha?-li a-l’-s-gi?-a
a-ni-lv’-la-di.
All
earth animals
Lizard dance
they honor.
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aIcCs
A-l’-s-gi?-a e-li-s-di a-l’-s-gi?-a ni-kv?-i
na?-v a-su-yv-s-ga.
Dance seem
dance everything
near it mixes.
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Yi-n-ga-l’-s-di-ha-gwu ki-lo u-k’-se-s-di tla a-go-wh-ti-ha
Anyone
watch not s/he sees
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Q#wDC*
a-le di-dla so?-i e-lo-hi’
u-da-nh-ta u-li-go-hv-s-di
and toward another world feel
s/he fall
@fc~ Qy3 a3 apCs
hi-la-yv?-i u-no-le a-le ah-lo-s-ga
when air
and beat
Ohlho! `#C* S*
Q(ho! apCs
du-n’-da-n’-to’-gi e-li-s-di gv-hdi u-ti-n’-to’-gi
ah-lo-s-ga.
their hearts
seem with
her heart beat.
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S-gwu a-ni-yv’-wi-Ti-yo-ha?-li-tla-u-nh-ta Hu-hu
a-ni--lv’-la-di.
Also a people
Lizard not know
Mockingbird they honor.
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Hu-hu
nv-wo-ti gv-hdi da-k’-ta-s-di-ha go-hlv-s-ga.
Mockingbird medicine with close
eyes he makes.
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`#C* %S~ a%LCs a3 a%G<d
Ka-no-gi:-s-di’-s-gi de-ka-no-gi?-a e-li-s-di
ni-kv?-i a-ni -hlv-s-ga a-le a-ni--nh-tse-ha.
Songs
sing
seem everything they cover
and they hold.
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Ni-ga’-d(a) so?i tsi’-s-qua
All
other birds
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a%8pja
a-le si?-wu so?i eh-na?-i di-ka-no-gi-s-di a-ni-deh-lo-hgwa?-a.
and more other animals his songs
they learn.
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Si-yv-wi-ya ka-no-gi:-s-di’-s-gi ga-ne-gi?-a
Each
hs/her song
s/he gets
a3 h@x }8#s
a3 anK3Cs
a-le na-hi-yu wu-de-li-ga
a-le a-k’-tv-le-s-ga
and then goes out of
sight and goes through
d3 l<Z wLCs
a-le da-tse-hla go-hlv-s-ga.
and better s/he makes.
EE Qp|
ny!C*! /# ~xvw*
Hu-hu
uh-lo-yi ka-no-gi:-s-di’-gi ta’-li i-yu-wa-k’-di
Mockingbird same kind song
two times
Z~F@x~ 8ny!a
hla-i-lv-hi-yu(i) de-ka-no-gi?-a.
never
he sings.
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Sa-gwu i-ga Ti-yo-ha?-li go-hu-s-di a-dv-ne-ha
One day Lizard
something she does
~S| h@x Z ~F@b aK5d
i-gv-yi na-hi-yu hla i-lv-hi-ya
a-dv-ne-ha.
earlier than then never
she does.
1~ Qycs aK!a
Ge?-i:’ u-no-h’-yv-hga a-tv’-gi-(a).
Far off voice
she hears.
`#C* sFr@ Yf
E-li-s-di ga-lv’-lo:-(hi) nu-la.
Seem sky
come near.
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LS `s
A-s-ga-wa-la?-i wu’-s-ta ka-na-lu-s-gv?-i tlu’-kv e:-ga
Short
in length uphill
tree she goes
a3 ]I aK!a
a-le wo:-su a-tv’-gi-(a).
and best she hears.
EE wEC*
aK5d
Hu-hu
go-hu-s-di a-dv-ne-ha
Mockingbird something he does
~S| h@x Z ~F@b
aK5d
i-gv-yi na-hi-yu hla i-lv-hi-ya
a-dv-ne-ha.
earlier than then never
he does.
@fc~ 8ny!a
Hi-la-yv?-i de-ka-no-gi?-a
When he sings
*no# QVGl
di’-k’-to’-li u-dla-nv-da.
his eyes he opens.
(zd# QlG/
Ti-yo-ha?-li u-da-nh-ta
Lizard
she feels
EE (zd#
aba ny!C*! aw(a
Hu-hu
Ti-yo-ha?-li a-ya?-a ka-no-gi:-s-di’-gi a-go:-ti-(a).
Mockingbird Lizard
inside song
he sees.
(zd# a8eCs
aI+K LS s5)ca
Ti-yo-ha?-li a-de-ho-s-ga
a-su-wi-t(v) tlu’-kv ga-ne-dli-yv?-a
Lizard
become embarrassed color
tree she changes
a3 & (zd# a#C!a aw(a
a-le si Ti-yo-ha?-li a-l’-s-gi?-a a-go-ti-(a).
but still Lizard
dance he sees.
EE QcC8a
Hu-hu
uh-yv-s-de?-a
Mockingbird gets drunk
kU *)rCo* sO lI+s
aIcCs
sa-gwu di-tli-lo:-s-doh-di ga-du da-su-hwi-ga a-su-yv-s-ga
one pattern
on top bark
it mixes
Qp~ *ny!C*C!
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u-tlo-yi di-ka-no-gi:-s-di’-s-gi
s-gwu a-da-we’-hi-hi?-a.
same kind his song
also wise man/angel.
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Hi?-a i-yu-wa-k’-di da-ga-tsv’-s-ta-nv-i
This time
they were married
a3 o| (zd# Q>_
a-le do-yi Ti-yo-ha?-li u-we-tsi,
and out of Lizard
egg,
o| `r@
do-yi E-lo-hi,
out of Earth,
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Tsi’-s-qua-a-s-ga-ya a-yv’-wi-(ya).
Birdman
originates (truly).