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Poksskaaksini Kiipipo Ito鈥檛okstakiiwa

Small Number is a 5 year-old boy who gets into a lot of mischief.  He lives with his Grandma and Grandpa, who patiently put up with his antics, in a small settlement with 7 tipis arranged in a circle.

Ama sahkomapii anista 鈥淧oksskaaksini.鈥� Aisistoiisstoyimii kii ikkattsisskiwa. Ohpokitaopiimiiwa maaahsiksi. Otsiiksiiyiiponiisakiaksi.

_{One day Small Number wanders out into the woods and sees a beautiful black cat with a long white stripe down its back.}

Maatakaitapisskiipa mii otsitaokiikahpiaawa. Ihkitsiikaiyi miistsii niitoyiistsi ito鈥檛akaakokiiwato鈥檖istsi. Kiyannikai ksistsiko ama Poksskaaksini iitsitssoo iitsitsapi ami sikohpoosa. Amo ookakinni (apiko鈥檏akini) ksikksinnatsi istsitsiikisstsipimii.

_{Wanting to take the cat home to show Grandma, he tries to catch it and learns that the black cat is really a skunk.}

Maa sahkomapi skaistaayiskaa mahksinnimattahsi ami poosa. Akkiahkiaapotoissatakiattsiiwa mahsa ami sikohpoosa.

_{Smelling strongly from the skunk spray, he runs home to Grandma, who quickly takes him out to wash the smell off him.  As hard as she scrubs him down, she can鈥檛 quite get rid of all the bad smell.}  

Skoahtokkssimimma ami apiikaayi otsskssistoiyssi, aahkiaapoksskaasiiwa. Ami maaahsa otaiyaissiistsiimokkaaya. Oonammitsskaiikssiistsimokaayi maatohkotahkannaiyiistapsstsiiwa ami makksimo鈥檞a.

_{Grandma doesn鈥檛 want Small Number spending time in their tipi until he smells better, so she decides to set him a task she thinks will take him a long time. She knows Small Number can count to 100.}  

Ami mahsa oomattstaaka mahkitsipstaopissaiyi ami niitoyiss, ikkommaikottsskimima. Sottamitsiikippaiyotahkattsiwaayi, manistakksiisama鈥檖isspi.  Otsitaakohkannaikakoiyisspi ami makksimoiyi.  Issksinnoiyiiwaayi ohkottsito鈥檛oksstakki kiipipoyi. Itannistsiiwayi mahkokssto鈥檚ii amiistsi niitoyiistsi

_{She tells him to start at their tipi, which is right beside the entrance to the settlement at the east point of the circle, and to walk around the circle of tipis by first heading south.}

Aakohto鈥檓attapokkstaki amii ookoowawayi, i鈥檛sohkopiiyaawa amii pinnapohkitsimi.  Okki, aakotoomoo鈥檛akkaatooma amiistsi akokaatsistsi.

_{His task is to count the tipis going round and round until he can tell her which tipi he gets to when he reaches 100.}

Aakanistappootakkoo amooka aamsskaapohtsi. Aakstammatsistao鈥檛akoowa, kiasappanistsookstaakiisi kiipipo, kiannimaiyi aakitsokaipii.  Aakitannistsiwa ami maaahsa ami niitoyis otsitsiikoksstaaksspi.

_{Small Number starts walking around the circle counting.  He starts at 1 at his tipi, and when he gets back there, he has counted to 8.} 

Ama 鈥淧oksskaaksini鈥� itomatapai鈥檖i. Ami ookoowaayi ihtomattapokkstahkii. Ni鈥檛o鈥檏sa isto鈥檓atapokstaki. Otaisskito鈥檛o鈥檋sii ami ookoowayi, naanisoo akohkokstakiiwa.

_{When he gets to 15 and is back at his own tipi, he stops and sits down. He counts on his fingers for a while...}

Ottatsskitao鈥檛ohsii ami ookoowaayi nisitsiikoopootoowa akatahkoksstaki; kiitaako鈥檖iiwa. Ookitsiiksi ihtsittomatapohtokksstaakiwa.

...and then runs in to see his Grandma and yells: 鈥淚t is Auntie Rena鈥檚 tipi!鈥� which is one tipi south of his grandparents鈥�. 

Aaniiwa, 鈥淣aaahsa! Aniiyo鈥檏a naa nikssista Rena ookoowaayi!鈥� Ami ookoowaayi ihpo鈥檏isstsiiwa oostoowaawaayi ookoowaawaayi.

_{Question: How did Small Number know that the 100^th tipi is the one just south of his grandparents鈥� tipi without actually counting them?}

Q: Kippanikit Tsa nitssksinimma ama Poksskaaksini otaakitssikoksstaaksi omi ni鈥檛oiyiss pookisstsiwa oostoowaawaayi ami ookoowaawaayi, kii maatssinnaostoom amiistsi niitoyiistsi?