A’nó:wara Tsi Niiotirihò:ten The Way Of The Turtle

27. Saterién:tare ken tsi nikaiéhrha nó:nen thé:nen enióhteron’ne?

Do you know what it does when it is frightened?

28. Ao’nó:wakon akwé:kon entewatihéntho Its shell pulls everything in

29. Satkáhthos ken ne aohsì:ta, ne aonón:tsi tánon ne aotáhson?

Do you see its feet, its head and its tail?

30. Kaié:ri ní:kon tewahsí:tonte It has 4 feet

31. Enkakwé:ni enkaráthen It is able to climb

32. Enkakwé:ni entewátsnenhte It is able to climb down

33. Oh nahò:ten í:waks ne a’nó:wara? What does the turtle eat?

34. Otsi’nonwahnhè:ta, onerahte’shón:’a tánon kéntsion Worms, leaves and fish

35. Watá:wens ne a’nó:wara The turtle swims

36. Aohsì:ta wátstha ne akaká:we It uses its feet to paddle

37. Iaon’wéskwani ne awèn:ke It enjoys being in the water

38. Wathón:ros ó:ni It also dives

39. Nó:nen enwatehiá:ron When it grows

40. Ienkaia’taié:ri’ne It is completely grown

41. Enwé:sake ne ká’k nón:we aonni’nhónhso It looks for a place to lay its eggs

42. Okia’ke ne a’nó:wara o’nehsarónhkwakon enkonni’nhónhso

Some turtles lay their eggs in the sand

43. Ókia’ke ni’ ne a’nó:wara otsina’á:rakon enkonni’nhónhso

Some turtles lay their eggs in a stump

44. Kí:ken a’nó:wara wísk ní:kon oni’nhónhso This turtle laid 5 eggs

45. Sewakié:ren sénha é:so enkonni’nhónhso Sometimes they lay more eggs

46. Nó:nen enkáhsa tsi wani’nhónhsos ne a’nó:wara When the turtle finishes laying eggs

47. O’kèn:ra entkahrhò:roke It covers it with dirt

48. Teniaontahní:rate It packs it down

49. Nó:nen enkáhsa, a’é:ren én:wehte ne a’nó:wara When the turtle finishes it leaves the area

50. Í:iah nonwén:ton tha’taontá:we tsi nón:we niioni’nhónhso

It will never come back to where it laid the eggs