A hunter in the woods one day heard singing in a cave. He came near and peeped in, and it was a mother bear singing to her cubs and telling them what to do when the hunters came after them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Said the mother bear to the cubs, “When you hear the hunters coming down the creek, then- <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ts\u00e2’g\u00ef, ts\u00e2’g\u00ef, hw\u00ef’lah\u00ef’; (Upstream, upstream, you must go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ts\u00e2’g\u00ef, ts\u00e2’g\u00ef, hw\u00ef’lah\u00ef. (Upstream, upstream, you must go) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if you hear them coming up the creek, children, then– <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ge’i, ge’i, hw\u00ef’lah\u00ef’; (Downstream, downstream, you must go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ge’i, ge’i, hw\u00ef’lah\u00ef'” (Downstream, downstream, you must go) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another hunter out in the woods one day thought he heard a woman singing to a baby. He followed the sound up to the head of the branch until he came to a cave under the bushes, and inside was a mother bear rocking her cub in her paws and singing to it this baby song, which the Ani’-Ts\u00e2’g\u00fbh\u00ef used to know before they were turned into bears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ha’-mama’, ha’-mama’, ha’-mama’, ha’-mama’; (Let me carry you on my back, repeated four times) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ud\u00e2’hale’y\u00ef hi’l\u00fb\u00f1n\u00fb, hi’l\u00fb\u00f1n\u00fb; (On the sunny side go to sleep, go to sleep) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ud\u00e2’hale’y\u00ef hi’l\u00fb\u00f1n\u00fb, hi’l\u00fb\u00f1n\u00fb. (On the sunny side go to sleep, go to sleep)<\/p>\n\n\n\n