A brief traditional story about a mouse that was stealing, told in Holikachuk Athabascan by Bertha Rock and translated into Upper Kuskokwim by Betty Petruska. Suitable for children grades 4 and up.

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A picture book describing a boy’s trip to the store and the things he can buy.
A story about a squirrel gathering spruce cones for the winter. A traditional story told in Deg Hit’an Athabascan by John Paul.
Introduces vowel and consonant sounds through the means of a hunting trip.
A storybook about different activities in the home, at the movies, traveling, hunting, Christmas, fishing, storytelling, being with friends, church, camping, and berry picking. Vocabulary building.

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A storybook about different activities in the home, at the movies, traveling, hunting, Christmas, fishing, storytelling, being with friends, church, camping, and berry picking. Vocabulary building.
A storybook about a boy that defines the people and their activities within his immediate family life.
A story about a boy’s trip to the store, all the things he sees, and what he buys.
A storybook about all the things found in and around the home, such as; boots, bed, lamp, freezer, rifle, etc.
A storybook about a day in the life of a robin during the spring season.
A boy’s visit to the health clinic
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The Mouse That Was Stealing
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A mouse was always stealing.
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It kept taking things out of the house and putting them in the cache.
It put them in the cache.
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Because they were angry at the mouse, the people carved pokers with which to kill it.
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After a while, it came back inside.
A lot of mice came inside.
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The people stabbed one of them with a poker and it screamed.
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“Pull it out! I won’t steal anymore!” it said.
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They pulled out the poker.
After that, the mouse never came in again to steal.
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No!
Tom doesn’t have money!
Tom is playing!
Oh, Tom!
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Tom, that’s enough!
Don’t buy too much.
Why?
Does Tom have a lot of money?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying goggles.
Tom bought goggles.
Oh! Do you see his?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying hooks.
Tom bought hooks.
Do you buy hooks?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying mittens.
Tom bought mittens.
Do you have mittens?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying a coat.
Tom bought a coat.
You want a coat?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying a cap.
Do you like cap?
Do you want a cap?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying socks.
Tom bought socks
Do you have socks?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying pants.
Tom bought pants.
Do you like pants?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying gum.
Tom has bought gum.
Do you have gum?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying juice.
Tom bought juice.
Do you buy juice?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying cookies.
Tom bought cookies.
You want cookies?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying apples.
Tom bought apples
Does he like apples?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying candy.
Tom bought candy.
Do you buy candy?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying gum.
Tom bought a play gun.
Do you want that kind?
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What is Tom buying?
He is buying an airplane.
Tom bought an airplane.
Do you have an airplane?
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What is Tom buying?
Tom is buying balloons.
Tom bought balloons.
Do you like balloons?
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What will Tom buy?
Will Tom buy candy?
Will he buy pop?
Go with Tom.
To the store.
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Hwniyye ił Łuk’a ił Dzedza ił
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What is this?
It is a pike.
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What is this?
It is a robin.
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What is this?
It is a chicken.
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What is this?
It is a duck.
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What is this?
It is a grebe.
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What is this?
It is a barn swallow.
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He is going out
It is a crow.
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What is this?
It is a ptarmigan.
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Birds
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What is this?
It is a dog salmon.
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What is this?
It is a King Salmon.
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What is this?
It is a sucker.
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What is this?
It is a grayling.
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What is this?
It is Dolly Varden.
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What is this?
It is a whitefish.
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What is this?
It is a wolf.
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What is this?
It is a fox.
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What is this?
It is a rabbit.
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What is this?
It is a muskrat.
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What is this?
It is a ground squirrel.
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What is this?
It is a caribou.
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What is this?
It is a moose.
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“Chena is that you?”
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They walked to Grandpa Joe’s house.
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Chena wasn’t there.
They never found Chena.
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Is my dad going to look for Chena’s foot prints in the snow?
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No!
Its foot prints are covered with snow.
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My Dad and Jim are going to look at the dump.
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“Chena!”
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“Chena where are you at?”
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There is a snow hill.
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It has a tail.
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They walked to Grandpa Joe’s house.
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“Get up Chena!”
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Chena started whining when he saw my Dad.
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Here comes my Dad!
Here comes Jim!
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There’s Chena!
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My Dad tied up Chena.
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Here comes my Dad and Jim.
It is cold.
They came back in and they are happy.
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Wind blowing.
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The one that’s making noise got up.
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It’s my Dad!
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My Dad got up!
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He’s looking out the window.
What is he looking at.
I don’t see anything.
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What do you hear?
Wind!
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They are looking for Chena.
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Wind blowing.
Everything is white.
Cold.
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My Dad walking out.
For what?
Will he feed the dogs?
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Is he bringing in ice for water?
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Chena is lost!
Sitting in the wind.
Sitting in the snow.
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My Dad will look for Chena.
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Here is Jim.
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My Dad will go with Jim.
They will look for Chena.
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Dilja - Squirrel
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A squirrel was up at the top of a tree.
It was eating spruce cones.
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He was gathering a lot of them.
He was going to eat them in the winter.
He was storing them nicely for the winter.
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Sometimes he would use up all of his food
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“Someone is stealing from me.”
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“It’s all right.
There are still a lot of spruce cones on the trees.”
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“The one who is stealing them will take them to his house.
I can eat them there.
It will be a good winter.”
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“The one who is stealing them will take them to his house.
I can eat them there.
It will be a good winter.”
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What do you smell?

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What do you smell?

I smell leaves.

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What do you smell?

I smell coffee.

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What do you smell?

I smell smoke.

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What do you smell?

I smell smoke.

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What do you smell?

I smell fur.

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What do you smell?

I smell bisquit.

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What do you smell?

I smell gasoline.

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What do you smell?

I smell spring.

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Dinak'i Ch'its'utozre 1
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Dog
Here is a dog
Where does the dog stay?
The dog is sitting on the island.
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Man
Here is a man
Boy
Here is a boy
Where does the man stay?
Where does the boy stay?
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Here is where the man stays.
Here is where the boy stays.
The man stays along the bank.
The boy stays along the bank.
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Moose
Here is a moose
Where is the moose walking?
Moose is walking along the bank.
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The boy said there is a moose.
“Where is the moose?” the man said.
He said, “The moose is walking downstream.”
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The moose walked downstream.
The man walked downstream.
The boy walked downstream.
The man killed the moose.
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Here is
There is
Man
Where is
Moose
Said
walk
Downstream
Bank river
Where
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Downstream
Stays
here is
man
stays
moose
walk
riverbank
where
walked
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Porcupine
Here is porcupine
Island
Here is an island.
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Where is the dog?
The dog is swimming.
Where is the dog swimming?
The dog is swimming ashore.
Where did the porcupine walked?
The porcupine walked downstream.
Walking along the bank.
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Where did the dog walked?
The dog walked downstream.
Walking along the bank.
The dog said, “I want porcupine.”
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The dog said, “It hurts.”
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Here is porcupine.
Where does porcupine stay?
Porcupine stays on an island.
Where is the porcupine swimming?
Porcupine is swimming ashore.
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What do we hear?

We hear a mosquito buzzing.

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Airplane

Bell

Duck calling

Duck calling

Washing machine

Mosquito

Chain saw

Snowmachine

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What do we hear?

We hear a duck quacking.

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What do we hear?

We hear an airplane.

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Dinakinaja' Ik'ats'itolnis Yada Ni'il Nizrun Nidots'o Di'et'an
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Where?

Inside the house?

No, not inside the house.

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I smell it.

It is spring.

It smells like spring.

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It’s the grass outside.

Grass is burning.

My dad started the fire.

My dad is burning grass.

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What do I smell?

Leaves.

It’s leaves I smell.

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Smell the leaves.

Look at the leaves.

Lots of leaves.

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Smoke

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Fire!

In the spruce trees?

No in the spruce trees.

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Where is the fire?

You see it?

I smell smoke.

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Spring is good.

It is warm.

It is sunny too.

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What do I smell?

Coffee.

I smell coffee.

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It is coffee I smell.

It smells good.

Where is it?

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It’s inside.

It’s on the stove.

The coffee is on the stove inside the house.

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Coffee smells real good.

You will give me some?

Yes, I’ll give you some from it.

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Ouch! It’s hot.

Coffee smells real good.

Hot coffee.

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Meat

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What do I smell?

Meat.

I smell meat.

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I smell caribou meat.

It is cooking.

It’s cooking on the stove.

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My dad killed it.

He killed a caribou.

He killed a fat caribou.

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My mom is cooking the meat.

She’s cooking the fat caribou.

It smells good.

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It’s for outdoors.

For my dad.

My dad will go hunting.

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What do I smell?

Fur

It is fur I smell.

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It is summer time.

Raining.

I got wet.

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What will mom say?

I am wet!

My coat is wet.

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Bisquit

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What do I smell?

Bisquit.

I smell bisquit.

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Mom is frying.

She is frying bisquit.

I smell bisquit.

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Can I eat it?

Can I eat bisquit?

No

Not now.

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Now it’s spring.

I smell it.

I feel good.

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It smells good.

My dad will like it.

I want to eat bisquit.

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I’ll eat it.

I’ll eat fat caribou.

Caribou is not tasty with me.

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What do I smell?

Gasoline.

I smell gasoline.

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There’s gas in a can.

Where is the can?

There on the ground.

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Who put it there?

Who put it on the ground?

My dad put it there.

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My dad is working.

He’s working on the snow machine.

My dad will use the gasoline.

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Gasoline smells.

I smell it.

I don’t like to smell it.

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Spring

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What do I smell?

Spring.

I smell spring.

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Dinakinaja' Ik'ats'itolnish Yada'e Nwghde Mit'o Nidots'o Ditighet'eł
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What can you do with paper box?
Eat it.
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You’ll tie boat with it.
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You’ll tie a dog with it.
You’ll tie a bundle with it.
You’ll tie with it.
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What can you do with a rope?
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Rope
This is a rope.
What is this?
This is a rope.
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Scare animals with it.
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There’s light from it.
Burn trash with it.
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There’s light from it.
Burn trash with it.
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What can you do with a fire?
It’s warm from the fire.
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Fire
Here is fire.
What is this?
This is fire.
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You will shoot with it.
You will build with it.
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What can you do with sticks?
You will fight with it.
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Stick
These are sticks.
What are these?
These are sticks.
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You will burn it.
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You will kick it.
You will smash it.
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Paper box
These are paper boxes.
What are these?
These are paper boxes.
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You will throw a punch with it.
You will write with it.
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You’ll count with them.
You will eat with it.
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What can you do with fingers?
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Look at Harry.
Look what’s around his neck.
Look at his moccasin.
Look at his gloves.
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What can you do with it?
You will use it for clothes.
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Skin
These are skins.
What are these?
These are skins.
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You’ll drink it after you melt it.
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Grab it.
You’ll melt it.
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What can you do with snow?
You’ll run after it.
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Snow
These are snow.
What are these?
These are snow.
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Snow
These are snow.
What are these?
These are snow.
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Sam’s father is running too.
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His father’s dog is eating.
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His dog is eating.
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Sam’s parents are eating.
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Sam’s mother is eating.
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Sam’s father is eating.
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Sam is eating.
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“Here is food,” Mother told him.
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“Eat again,” Mother told him.
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Sam comes running.
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Here is Sam’s dog.
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Here is Sam’s father’s dog.
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Here are Sam and his mother.
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Here are Sam and his father.
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Sam's mother
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Sam’s father.
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Sam
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Sammy is buying pop.
For his sister.
So they will drink it.
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Sammy is walking home.
He helped his mom.
He helped his older sister.
He helped his dad.
Do you see his hat?
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Sammy didn’t buy a gun.
He wants a gun.
It cost too much.
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Sammy is buying cowboy hat.
He doesn’t need cowboy hat.
He wants to wear it.
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Sammy is buying gum.
He doesn’t have gum.
For his friends.
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Sammy is buying boat.
He doesn’t have a boat.
He will go hunting with it.
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Sammy is buying gasoline.
His dad is out of gasoline.
He needs it for boat.
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Sammy is buying ammunition.
His dad is out of ammunition.
With it he will go hunting.
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Sammy is buying flashlight.
His dad doesn’t have flashlight.
Cause it’s dark outside.
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Sammy is buying potato chips.
For his sister.
So they will eat it.
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Sammy is buying tea.
His mom is out of tea.
She wants it for Grandma.
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Sammy is buying sugar.
His mom is out of sugar.
She use it for coffee.
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Sammy is buying rice.
His Mom is out of rice.
She will cook with it.
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Sammy is buying Pampers.
His mom is out of Pampers.
She need it for the baby.
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Sammy is buying milk.
His mom is out of milk.
She’ll feed it to the baby.
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Sammy is buying flour.
His mom is out of flour.
She’ll make bisquit with it.
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Here is Sammy.
He is walking to the store.
He’s helping his Mom.
He’s helping his Dad.
He’s helping his sister.
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I like my house.
It has everything.
It’s a warm house.
It’s a good place.
Walk to my house again.
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You see the one in the corner?
It is fishnet.
It’s my mom’s net.
It’s for ice setting.
It is set under the ice.
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Look on the wall.
Look at the fishing rods.
I like to go fishing.
In the summertime.
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There is the boat.
We have a boat.
We use it in the summer time.
We use it on the river.
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Do you see the red can?
It’s full of gasoline.
For snowmachine.
My dad has a big snowmachine.
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Look at the pots.
For picking berries.
I like picking berries.
I pick fast.
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There is the gun.
It’s my dad’s gun.
I wouldn’t touch it.
My dad said so.
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We have a big freezer.
There’s lots of meat in there.
My dad killed a moose.
Meat are in the freezer.
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Look in the porch.
It’s really big.
Coats are in there.
There are boots in there.
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Do you see radio?
It is mine.
My dad gave it to me.
I listen to it when it gets dark.
I listen to it when I go to bed.
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Here is where I lie down.
I have a lamp.
It sits on the table.
When it’s dark I use it to read.
When I go to bed I read.
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Do you see plates?
They are good ones.
They are from Anchorage.
My mom bought them.
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Walk into the kitchen.
My mom is in there.
She is cooking.
She’s cooking on the stove.
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Do you see paper?
Seven of them.
One is the Bible
They are really big.
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We have pictures.
On the wall.
You see it?
That’s my older brother.
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Look at the floor.
Look at the rug.
It’s a new one.
Good one.
It’s warm too.
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Do you see the chairs?
They are really big.
They are soft ones.
My dad sits on it.
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Here is the big house.
Do you see the window?
Do you see the window curtain?
Window curtain.
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My house is a good one.
It has everything.
You want to look at it?
Go with me.
Look inside my house.
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Sruh Nonat’oh
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The robin has a red breast.
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The robin is making his nest.
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The robin eats worms.
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The robin has three eggs.
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The robin sings at sunset.
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Suje - Marten
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Marten
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I am out hunting for animals.
For something to eat.
I’ll go upriver.
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Suddenly, I see a rabbit.
I kill it. I eat it.
I am happy about it.
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I keep on walking upriver.
I am looking for something to eat for tomorrow.
I see some more game.
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Suddenly, I see an animal.
I see a muskrat.
I am going to kill it.
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I am trying to make it come ashore.
Slowly it is edging this way.
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I run after it, trying to catch it.
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I jump on its back and kill it.
I have gotten a lot.
I will store it, so later I will eat it.
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Tom Imo Nilanh
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“I’ll see your toes.
Did you step on something?
I’ll look under your feet.”
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“You’re not warm.
Is your head hurting?”
“No, my head doesn’t hurt.”
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“Does your throat hurt?”
“No, my throat doesn’t hurt.”
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“Does inside your ear hurt?”
“No, the inside of my ear doesn’t hurt.”
“Does your ear hurt?”
“No, my ear doesn’t hurt.”
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“Agnes, tell Tom to go to bed early.
Maybe he will feel better.
Go to school when I start to talk to them.”
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“I don’t know.
I don’t know what’s wrong with you I checked everything.
Maybe you’re tired.
Maybe you don’t take good care of yourself.”
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“I didn’t step on anything.
My foot doesn’t hurt.”
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“I’ll see your toes.
Did you step on something?
I’ll look under your feet.”
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“Does your eye hurt?”
“No, my eye doesn’t hurt.”
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“I don’t know what’s wrong with you.
I’ll listen to your chest.”
I’ll listen to your chest.”
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“I’ll see your hand.
Does it hurt?”
“No they don’t hurt.”
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“Raise your arm.
Does it hurt?”
“No, it doesn’t hurt.”
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“Does your neck hurt?”
Move your head?”
“No, my neck doesn’t hurt.
I move my head around.”
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“Does your tooth hurt?”
“No, my tooth doesn’t hurt.”
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“Open your mouth.
I will check your tongue.
Does it hurt inside your mouth?”
“No, it doesn’t hurt inside my mouth.”
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“How’s inside your nose?
Do you have a runny nose?”
“No, I don’t have a runny nose.”
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“Does your stomach hurt?”
“No, my stomach doesn’t hurt.”
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