This Person Kept Teasing Me

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:01	Nil, iyey,	I sometimes think about
00:03	anqoc ntopitahatomon	how mischievous I was
00:05	eci-amuwiyahsi weckuwi-maceki.	growing up.
00:08	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
00:09	Neket, iya,	Long ago,
00:10	Kci-Nanci 'totoli wenil wikuwamkomkul,	someone was visiting Aunt Nancy,
00:15	on nil ntolitahasin naci-cikawiyan.	so I thought I would go over to tease her.
00:18	On, iyey,	So,
00:20	nkisi-motehtihikan...	I knocked on the door...
00:25	Nit-te 'sakhiyan, ma-te wen ihiw.	and when she came out there was no one there.
00:27	Apc-oc kisopit,	When she sat down again,
00:28	apc-oc naci-motehtihikan, apc-oc naci-kalsin.	I would knock again and hide.
00:34	Mam-ote	Finally,
00:38	apc kisi-olluhki,	when I did it again,
00:41	itom, "Kila cu kmosonol."	she said, "I am going to get you."
00:45	'Cause I...	'Cause I...
00:47	nsakhap on nomiyukun;	looked in the window and she saw me;
00:49	but ma tahk nonaku.	but she didn't recognize me.
00:51	On nmace-qasqin.	I started running.
00:52	I think npeci	I think I ran
00:57	tama Fenihk.	as far as Frances's house,
01:01	Mec weckuwi-qasqit.	and she was still behind me.
01:03	Etutpayi. Ntolitahas,	I was so scared. I thought,
01:05	"Tokec kcicihtaq wen notta!"	"If she knows who it was!"
01:08	So, 'totolakonutomuwan Mamamol.	So later she was telling Mom about it.
01:10	'Tiyal,	She told Mom,
01:12	"Wot wen ahtoli-cikawiyit	"Someone keeps teasing me,
01:13	nit elocossilit 'topotanol	and she has a coat
01:16	ansa wotta,	the same color as hers,
01:18	kenuk," itom, "I don't think wot keq	but I don't think
01:20	'tolluhkan."	she would do anything like that."
01:23	Ntolitahasin, "Oh my gosh,	I thought, "Oh my gosh,
01:24	thank goodness ma nonaku."	thank goodness she didn't know who I was."
01:26	Ma knonaku?	She didn't know who you were?
01:27	Iya, well,	Yes,
01:29	naka, ihik, Feni-Gabrelk...	and then over at Fannie Gabriel's...
01:32	Mm-hmm,	Mm-hmm,
01:33	nilun mecimiw...	We used to...
01:33	... eci-wolihpuksilit 'cikonesis.	... her apples were so delicious.
01:37	Kat-olu cikonesisok.	Yes, the green apples.
01:38	Cikonesisok.	Green apples.
01:39	Nkisi nit olluhkan neket with, iya,	I did the same thing with Gertrude.
01:41	Gertrude.	Gertrude.
01:42	Gertrude?	Gertrude?
01:43	Komotu sakhiyat with a, iyey, a	All of a sudden she came out with a
01:45	rifle.	rifle.
01:46	Peskuwat?	A gun?
01:46	Cokahk!	Oh my goodness!
01:47	She shot it, too.	She shot it, too.
01:48	Peskuwat?	A gun?
01:50	I never did that apc.	I never did that again.
01:52	I ran home,	I ran home,
01:54	etutalokittiyhay elomiyay nikonuk.	I ran like hell all the way.
01:57	Iya.	Really.
01:58	Nkisi-peskhukun.	She took a shot at us.
01:59	Kisi-peskhukuwa,	She shot at you.
02:00	wesami-motuweyik.	That is awful.
02:01	I never did it apc.	I never did it again.
02:03	Nsiwacima.	She was tired of hearing me knocking.
02:03	Ksiwacima?	She was?
02:04	Iya.	Yes.
02:06	Kenuk mecimiw Mamam eci nihtol...iya, Gertrude naka, iya...	But Mom and Gertrude and...
02:12	... Frensis.	... Frances.
02:12	- Frensis. Mecimi-te eci, iyey...	- Frances. They were always...
02:15	Woli-witapehtuwok.	They were good friends.
02:16	U, woli-witapehtuwok.	Oh, they were good friends.
02:19	Tan-ote elluhket wen.	Whatever one did.
02:20	Kat-olu.	That's right.
02:21	Yat nican kosona yat nican, or her children,	If they were your children
02:23	ma-te keq.	nothing you did
02:24	Ma-te wen keq kisi-komutoluhkew.	You could not do anything in secret.
02:26	No.	No.
02:26	'Sami-mecimi-te ktolapomokun.	Because they were always watching us.
02:28	Iya.	Yes.
02:35	Aha, 'tawi-tpolukemuhtuwok.	Yes, they knew how to gossip.
02:37	Kat-olu, on-oc	That's right; and when I would be
02:39	ntotoli-ciksotoman,	listening they would say,
02:41	"Nehe, nutaha, natay."	"Okay, go outside, go play."
02:45	Ma wen kisi-tpostomu.	You couldn't listen.
02:47	Auntie not mecimiw nehtawacomitpon.	Auntie used to be good at telling stories.
02:49	Kat-olu.	That's right.
02:50	Auntie Frensis.	Auntie Frances.
02:51	Kat-olu.	That's right.
02:52	U, ya.	Oh, yes.
02:52	Ntolitahsihpon Auntie Etolet.	I thought you meant Auntie Adelaide.
02:54	Nama, Aunt Frensis.	No, Aunt Frances.
02:55	U, ya.	Oh, yes.
02:57	Etutelomi-tehc.	I would laugh so hard.
02:58	I know it.	I know it.
03:00	Naka 'tawtaqsu.	and she was good with words.
03:02	U, not kahk-ona.	Oh, that is so true.
03:04	Tan ci tpitahamuk yuktok, ihik,	When I think about,
03:08	I guess, ihik,	I guess...
03:12	ktolonapemonuk,	our relatives,
03:13	eci-'tawtaqsit, iya, Frensis	Frances and Susie
03:17	naka Sutihk, eci, iyey, nokosa...	were quick-witted.