Whale calls the porpoises to him

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:02	'Sami nil ehtahs-ote yut	Because, when I came
00:07	mecimi yut etoli-esuwiyay,	here regularly,
00:08	cu-oc keqsey ntolelomoq keq welikok.	something good would happen to me.
00:12	Tahalu kete nit neke yet	Like one time when I was standing
00:13	nomociniw etolintu,	over there on the side singing,
00:16	etolintuwatom nit anelsuhkewey lintuwakon.	singing to ask for forgiveness.
00:20	Three o'clock nit neket spasuwiw,	It was 3:00 in the morning,
00:25	on nkisintuwatomon nita.	and I sang that song.
00:27	On nita, elomi-mehcintu	And then, as I was coming to
00:31	on ntitomon, "Tahu."	the end of the song, I said, "Ta-ho."
00:33	Cel stehp yut-te sehket	And it was as if an old man
00:35	kehcikotonet skitap;	was standing there;
00:37	itom, "Tahu."	he said, "Ta-ho."
00:40	Iya, on nqolopessin.	Well, I turned around.
00:42	Ntolitahasihpon-al Reggie	I thought it must be Reggie
00:43	ntotoli-cikawiyoq,	teasing me,
00:45	kosona keq, yali-kalsu.	or doing something, hiding.
00:47	Ma-te tama wen.	There was no one there.
00:48	Npossoniyan-ote yuta,	I looked all around.
00:49	ma-te tama wen.	No one.
00:52	On nkocicihtun eli	And I knew it must be
00:56	yut nit wen 'cocahqol	someone's soul
00:58	ntotoli-yuhukun eli-nutuwihtit,	telling me that they heard me
01:03	naka 'palitahasultiniya	and that they were happy that I
01:06	eli-peci-nacintuwewuk,	had come to sing to them,
01:08	iya.	yes.
01:09	On nit-te nmattoktehmuwan nmossis,	And I called my sister as soon as
01:12	yut weci-macahay sepon kolahk	I went home, at 7:00
01:14	nit spasuwiw.	that morning.
01:18	On ntiyukun, itom, "Gracie."	And she said to me, "Gracie,
01:21	Itom, "Kpeci-kinuwehtakuk eli ...	they've come to tell you that
01:29	nit totoli-olluhkihin naka	they like what you are doing, and
01:32	'puwatomoniya nit-te ktahtoli	that you should keep on
01:33	nit olluhkan.	doing it.
01:35	'Sami nekomaw-ona	Because they, too,
01:36	'koti-nutomoniyal apc	want to hear
01:38	ktolintuwakononnul	our songs again
01:40	naka ktolatuwewakonon."	and our language."
01:42	Naka... Nopal yut ihit Makolit	And I wish Margaret were here
01:44	naka 'takonutomon nit cuspesok,	and could tell the story of the porpoises,
01:47	Putep eli-petokimat cuspes.	how Whale called the porpoises to him.
01:50	Naka 'tiyan Putep cuspes,	In the story, Whale tells the porpoises,
01:52	"Oliyawolotiq sonuciw	"Go swim along the shore
01:54	Sipayik naka iyey	at Sipayik and
01:58	kciksotomoniya mawsuwinuwok.	listen to the people.
02:01	Cipotu-te mec	Maybe they are still singing
02:02	totoli-skicinuwintuhtuwok,	the Passamaquoddy songs,
02:06	naka 'totoluwehkaniya	and using
02:07	'tolatuwewakonuwa imiyawolotihtit.	their language when they pray.
02:11	Naka kpeci-kinuwehtuwin."	Come back and report to me."
02:13	On 'tiyaliyaniya cuspesok sonuciw	And the porpoises did swim by
02:17	Sipayik.	Sipayik.
02:18	Knutakunen	They heard us
02:20	etoli-skicinuwatuwahtiyoq,	speaking in Passamaquoddy,
02:21	skicinuwi-imiyawolotiyoq, naka	praying in Passamaquoddy, and
02:23	skicinuwi-lintuhtiyoq.	singing in Passamaquoddy.
02:26	Wesuwessin.	He went back.
02:27	Cuspesok wesuwessiniya Putepiyil,	The porpoises went back to Whale
02:30	naka 'tapi-yahaniya.	and went back and reported to him.
02:32	Eci-palitahasit yaq Putep!	Whale was very happy!
02:34	Itom yaq, "Iya, welitahasiyan.	He said, "Well, I am so happy.
02:38	Nit-te mecimi-te eli-pawatom."	That is just what I always wanted."