| nikotwâsik poko nikî-itahtopiponân nistam kâ-wâpahtamân ôtînaw. mistahi kîkway nikî-mâmaskâsâpahtîn. | ᓂᑯᑤᓯᐠ ᐳᑯ ᓂᑮ ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐱᐳᓈᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᑳᐚᐸᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᑏᓇᐤ᙮ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑮᑿᕀ ᓂᑮᒫᒪᐢᑳᓵᐸᐦᑏᐣ᙮ | I was six years old when I first saw a town. I looked at many things with wonder. |
| “tâpwî mamâhtâwisowak môniyâwak!” nikî-itîthihtîn ispî î-kî-ati-pimitâpasoyâhk kiskinwahamâtowitâpânâskohk kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk isi. î-kî-kanawâpahtamân wâskahikana ikwa î-kî-koskwâpisiniyân pîsimoyâpiy mohcihk î-ohci-pathik owathawîtimiskwâtîmihk piyak môniyâw. | “ᑖᐿ ᒪᒫᐦᑖᐏᓱᐘᐠ ᒨᓂᔮᐘᐠ” ᓂᑮᐃᑏᖨᐦᑏᐣ ᐃᐢᐲ ᐄᑮᐊᑎᐱᒥᑖᐸᓱᔮᕽ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᑖᐹᓈᐢᑯᕽ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ ᐃᓯ᙮ ᐄᑮᑲᓇᐚᐸᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇ ᐃᑿ ᐄ ᑮ ᑯᐢᒁᐱᓯᓂᔮᐣ ᐲᓯᒧᔮᐱᕀ ᒧᐦᒋᕽ ᐄᐅᐦᒋ ᐸᖨᐠ ᐅᐘᖬᐑᑎᒥᐢᒁᑏᒥᕽ ᐱᔭᐠ ᒨᓂᔮᐤ᙮ | “These white people are truly gifted!” I thought when we were riding on a school bus to the school. I was watching the houses and I was surprised by a rainbow coming out of the ground just outside of one white person’s house. |
| “mâmaskâc ôko! î-kaskihtâcik ta-osihtamâsocik pîsimoyâpiy!” | “ᒫᒪᐢᑳᐨ ᐆᑯ ᐄᑲᐢᑭᐦᑖᒋᐠ ᑕᐅᓯᐦᑕᒫᓱᒋᐠ ᐲᓯᒧᔮᐱᕀ” | “Holy, these people! They are able to make rainbows for themselves!” |
| mitoni mwîstas kâ-kî-ati-kiskîthihtamân ôma nipiy-siswîwîpinikan îsa î-kî-âpacihtâcik. | ᒥᑐᓂ ᒱᐢᑕᐢ ᑳᑮᐊᑎᑭᐢᑮᖨᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᒪ ᓂᐱᕀ ᓯᓻᐑᐱᓂᑲᐣ ᐄᓴ ᐄᑮᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᒋᐠ᙮ | Much later I came to realize that they were using water sprinklers. |
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