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color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Okay, </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well I
don't really know what a piojo is except for a lice???
(well!!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So
anyways a man had this Piojo and he told himself he was going to save it in a
jar and get it fat. And then when it gets real fat I am going to use its skin to
make a drum, because he really liked the drums.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So he
made the drum and it was very pretty. Then he went to a celebration with his
drum, and he was playing it for the people and they liked the sound of it a lot.
They asked him from what animal did you get this skin to make this drum?
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<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>He
told the them that the animal he used to make his drum was a great animal, of
course he wasn't telling the truth. But they kept on asking him so he finally
told them it was the skin of a piojo. He also told them the skin is very good to
make drums with. He told them how he first put the piojo in a jar and
fattened him up, then they could take the skin to make their drum.
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<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
people wanted him to make another drum as beautiful as this one but he knew he
could never make another one that pretty. And so this is the story of the man
and his piojo.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=583121813-29102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>How is
that translation. I know my dad is a full blood Mexican Mayan and I was even
born in Zacatecas and can barely speak the language! YIKIES</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Nahua language and culture discussion
[mailto:NAHUAT-L@LISTS.UMN.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>DARKHORSE<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, October 28, 2004 8:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
NAHUAT-L@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Nahuatl text from
Guerrero<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#ff409f>Hmm, I knew ya was gonna asketh
moi that....... So here goes......</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<FONT color=#000000>EL PIOJO Y EL HOMBRE </FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P>Un hombre tenía un piojo, y se dijo a sí mismo: </P></TD></TR>
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<P>—Voy a meter este piojo en una botella y lo voy a engordar. Y ya que lo
engorde, lo voy a pelar y con su piel me voy a hacer un tambor, porque los
tambores me gustan mucho. Y realmente hizo después un tambor y lo hizo muy
bonito. Entonces llevó su tambor a una fiesta y lo estuvo tocando. Como a
la gente le gustó mucho su sonido, le comenzaron a preguntar: </P></TD></TR>
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<P>—¿De qué animal es la piel con que hiciste tu tambor? </P></TD></TR>
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<P>Y él les contestó:<BR>—El animal que usé para hacer mi tambor es un
gran animal. </P></TD></TR>
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<P> </P></TD>
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<P>Esto les contestó porque no quería decir la verdad. Pero como le
preguntaron mucho, les tuvo que decir que era piel de un piojo. Les dijo
además: </P></TD></TR>
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<P>—Su piel es muy buena para hacer tambores. Primero métanlo en una
botella y denle de comer mucho hasta que engorde. Cuando ya esté gordo,
pélenlo y con su piel van a poder hacer su tambor. </P></TD></TR>
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<P> </P></TD>
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<P>Entonces esas personas le dijeron:<BR>—Véndenos tu tambor y te vuelves
a hacer otro. </P></TD></TR>
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<P>Y él si se los vendió, y muy caro. Pero lo habían engañado, porque ya
nunca pudo hacer otro tambor tan bonito como el que tenía. Así es como
termina este cuento del hombre y el piojo. </P></TD></TR>
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<P>nOW YOU TRANSLATE INTO ingles CHULA.......<IMG
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