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Inuktitut Working Group
Louise Flaherty
Jeela Palluq-Cloutier
Andrea Flaherty
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ISBN: 978-1-77450-584-7
“ᐱᕕᒃ, ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᑦ!” ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒐᓛᕐᒥᑦ.
ᐱᕕᒃ ᕿᒻᒥᒥᓂᒃ, ᓇᓄᒥᒃ ᐊᓃᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᖓᔪᖓ, ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᓂ
ᖃᓂᑦᑐᒦᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ.
“ᐋᒃᑲ, ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ!”
ᐱᕕᒃ ᑭᐅᕗᖅ.
ᐱᕕᒃ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔭᖅᑐᕈᒪᓇᓂ
ᐊᓈᓇᓂ ᐅᑲᓕᕐᓗ
ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓇᓂᒋᒃ. ᐱᕕᒃ ᓇᓄᒥᒃ
ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
ᓇᓄᑉ ᖃᓄᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ
ᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑕᖓ.
ᖃᓄᓕᒫᕐᓗ
ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒋᕙᒃᖢᓂᐅᒃ.
ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ
ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᓂᖅᐹᕆᕙᐅᒃ.
“ᖃᐃᒋᑦ, ᓇᓄ. ᐊᓈᓇᒐ
ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᓂ.
ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᒃ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᕌᓂᒃᑲᒥᒃ, ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᖕᒋᑦ
ᐆᔪᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐳᐃᔨᒥᒃ. ᐱᕕᐅᑉ ᒪᒪᕆᓂᖅᐹᖓᓂᒃ. ᑐᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᒃ
ᓂᕈᐊᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᖢᓂ, ᒪᒪᕐᓂᖅᐹᖓᓂᒃ.
“ᐱᕕᒃ, ᑐᓕᒫᖅᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ!” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ
ᐱᔭᐃᓐᓇᕆᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ.
ᐅᑲᓕᐅᑉ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᐊᙱᒻᒪᒋᑦ.
“ᐊᓈᓇ, ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᕈᒃ!” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᐅᓐᓂᕐᓗᒃᐳᖅ.
ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ, ᑐᓕᒫᖅᑐᕈᒪᒐᓗᐊᕐᒥᔪᖓ!”
“ᐱᕕᒃ, ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᐱᑎᒍ,” ᐊᓈᓇᖓ
ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ. “ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᓕᒫᑦ
ᓂᕆᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕆᕙᑎᑦ.”
ᐱᕕᓪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᒪᓇᓂ, ᑕᒧᐊᕐᔪᐊᕌᓂᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ.
ᐅᖅᓱᖅ ᓂᕆᔪᒪᙱᑕᓂ
ᓇᓄᕐᒧᐊᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ, ᓴᓂᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ
ᕿᒥᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᖅ.
ᐊᓈᓇᖓᑦᑕ ᑯᓂᒃᖢᓂᒋᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ,
ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᓄᑲᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᓕᖅᐸᐅᒃ.
“ᐱᕕᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᑦ
ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐸᖕᒪᖔᑕ
ᐃᕿᐊᑦᑕᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ
ᐃᓱᒪᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ?” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ
ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ.
ᐱᕕᒃ ᓇᖅᓯᑉᐳᖅ. “ᐋᒃᑲ, ᑐᓴᕈᒪᓇᖓᓗ,” ᑭᐅᕗᖅ.
“ᑐᓴᐅᒪᕕᑦ ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᖕᒥᒃ?” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ.
“ᐄ, ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔭᕋ,” ᐱᕕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ.
“ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ?”
ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᐃᒡᓕᕐᒥᓂ ᐃᖏᑉᐳᖅ ᐱᕕᒃ
ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᓂᐊᓕᕋᒥᐅᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᓂ
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᐊᕌᓗᒐᓱᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ.
ᐱᕐᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔾᔮᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᕿᓯᖁᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒡᓗ
ᐊᖏᖅᐸᐅᒃ ᐅᐃᑖᕆᓪᓗᒍ.
ᑐᐱᖅᑕᖃᕋᓂᓗ. ᓇᔪᒐᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᕙᒡᕕᕐᓘᑎᕈᓘᖅᑰᔨᔪᒥᒃ. ᓇᓂᓕᒫᖅ
ᓴᐅᓂᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᕕᓃᓪᓗ.
ᐅᐃᖓ ᐃᒡᓚᖅᓯᔪᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ.
ᒧᐊᕼᐊᕼᐊᕼᐊ!
ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ
ᐃᓄᙳᖅᓯᒪᖅᑲᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᖅᓴᐅᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ.
ᐊᐃᒃᖠᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ
ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ
ᓴᐅᓂᕕᓃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᕕᓃᓪᓗ.
“ᖁᕕᐊᓱᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ
ᑕᐃᒪᓗ!” ᐱᕕᒃ ᑐᖅᖢᓚᕗᖅ ᕿᐱᖕᒥᓄᑦ
ᐳᓚᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ. ᓇᓄ ᖃᕐᕈᓛᖅᐳᖅ
ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ.
“ᐋᒃᑲ! ᓱᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ,” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ
ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᓄᑲᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓵᕆᓪᓗᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ:
ᖃᖅᓴᐅᖅ ᓂᙵᒃᑐᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ! ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ
ᑎᖕᒥᓪᓗᓂ. ᐃᓴᕈᖅᓱᕐᔪᐊᓗᐊᒧᑦ
ᒪᓪᓕᓕᖅᑎᑖᓗᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᒪᓪᓕᓗᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᒥᐅᑲᓴᒃᑲᒥᒃ
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᖃᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐸ?” ᓇᓄ ᖃᕐᕈᓛᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐳᖅ.
ᐅᕕᕈᔾᔨᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ.
ᐅᒥᐅᑎᑦᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᖢᓂ!
ᐊᕐᕕᑦ! ᓇᓐᓄᑦ! ᐊᐃᕖᑦ! ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ
ᐳᐃᔨᑕᖃᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᒡᒍᐊᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒧᑦ
ᐊᑕᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓪᓗᓂ. ᐃᖅᑲᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᕕᓪᓗᓂ
ᓯᓚᑉ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓄᑦ, ᑕᕐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ. ᑕᐅᓇᓂ
ᐊᓈᓇᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔨᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓕᒫᓄᑦ.
ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᓚᐅᑲᒃᐴᒃ ᓂᐸᐃᖦᖢᑎᒃ. ᐱᕕᒃ ᑲᒃᑭᒋᐊᖅᐳᖅ. “ᑕᐃᒫ?” ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ.
ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ:
ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒡᕕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ...ᐱᕐᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ!”
“ᐊᓈᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐸᖅᑭᕙᒃᑐᖅ.
ᐃᒃᐱᒋᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ
ᐃᒃᐱᒋᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᖕᒥᙶᖅᑐᑦ.
ᐊᒻᒪ, ᑕᒫᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᑦᑕ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ
ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓄᐊᖅᐸᒃᑲᑦᑕ, ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᒡᓗ
ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᓇᒧᙵᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ,” ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐅᐸᒍᒪᓇᔭᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᐊᕐᓗᑎᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓕᖕᓄᓪᓗ.
ᐃᕿᐊᓱᐃᓐᓇᕈᕕᑦ ᐊᓯᖕᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᖖᒋᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᓂᐊᖁᐃᑦ ᓂᕕᖖᒐᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᓄᐊᓛᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᐃᕿᐊᑦᑕᓕᒫᑦ ᑕᐃᑯᙵᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ.”
“ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒍᒃ!
ᓲᕐᓗ
ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓇᓱᒃᖢᓂ.
ᑕᑲᓐᓈᓗᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᕆᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
“ᓯᓂᖕᓇᖅᓯᔪᖅ, ᐱᕕᒃ,”
ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᑦ
This book has been officially levelled using the F&P Text Level Gradient™ Leveling System.
In this story from West Greenland, one young girl tries to teach her mischievous little sister a lesson by telling her the Inuit traditional story of Takannaaluk. Pivik is the laziest little sister! She is always complaining about helping Anaana and stealing the best food for herself. Fed up, her big sister, Ukaleq, seizes the chance to teach Pivik a lesson. Ukaleq tells Pivik the story of how Takannaaluk became the Mother of Sea Mammals. Ukaleq warns Pivik not to anger Takannaaluk by being greedy, or their community will starve. Pivik is so scared she can’t sleep! Will Ukaleq’s lesson finally teach Pivik to put others before herself?