Ākǃᵘqǃayuˊ yē ỵatîˊ qā akadēˊ wuguˊt g̣ᴀˊng̣ā. Aˊyᴀxde ỵanagudīˊayu aosītīˊn cāwᴀˊt yūˊadīgīgā cwūˊʟ̣īx̣āc. Dūcaxāwuˊ yekǃuˊʟ̣îyātǃ. Tcǃākᵘ āłtîˊnî aˊya aosītīˊn yēˊkᵘtsǃîgāˊỵî a. ᴀt ỵᴀˊtqǃî ᴀx āˊwucāt nēłdeˊ. Yên qōˊqacg̣ēt ayuˊ āwaxēˊqǃᵘ. Xᴀtc ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq ỵêˊtî asiyuˊ tāˊdawe yūˊānqǃᴀtūx ỵāˊwagut qāwaˊq āx kē akawadjᴀˊł. Ỵaqēˊgaa yucāˊwᴀt ỵᴀt āˊwa-u. Tsǃūtāˊt ayūˊ ỵacᴀˊndanukᵘ doxᴀˊnqǃᵘ nēł ūˊwagut. ᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ yēˊqǃołkułige xātc qāˊwag̣e ᴀsīyuˊ acaˊołīhîk. Łdakᴀˊt yuˊqᵒu qāˊwag̣e ayuˊ āx kē akāˊwadjêł. Wutsǃāˊg̣a ᴀcdjīˊ hu yu-cāwᴀˊt ᴀcxᴀˊnīnēł uwaguˊt yu-ᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. Duwāˊqde ỵagacīˊtc. Tcǃuʟeˊ duwutsǃag̣āˊỵītc yūt akułtāˊqᴀtcǃ. Dᴀˊxa yēˊnasgīt aqaˊ kaˊo-łītᴀq. Tsǃᴀs qawag̣êˊtc caˊołīhîk. Hîˊtqǃî tūx ỵaˊowagut yucāwᴀˊt adjāˊq dᴀx. Adᴀˊxayu ctadeˊ yedjudīˊne. Duỵᴀˊtkǃᵒ āˊwaya tcǃakūˊg̣aỵê yeˊdî. “ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq xāt gux sateˊ” yuỵawaqāˊ. Ỵēqg̣agūˊtîn yāk āxāˊnutc. Wucg̣edîˊ atsūˊnutc yuyāk-nūkǃᵘ. Tcǃa ᴀt ᴀnaguˊttc tcǃaāˊn aqǃaˊ wuāˊîtc duỵêˊtkǃᵒ.
Tlingit Myths and Texts · Tlingit storytellers of Sitka and Wrangell, recorded by John R. Swanton