Frog Legs, by Virginia Bolen 

Here is the full transcription of her story. To turn on subtitles in the video, please click the [CC] icon in the lower right corner of the video screen. Samínta katí̠ꞌmahmat (holis)saapisaꞌ á̠ana obya chokkaꞌ onalihma̱, Mama aachihmat When I was still young I was at school all day and when I came home in the evening, Mama said, "Chimpapa, hoyyaniꞌ mat abit ishtahlimat, ishhopoonaꞌhi bíyyiꞌka?" "Your papa, he's done killing the frogs, can you cook it?" "I̱i," aashlito(k). "Yes," I said. Yahmihmat "Kati̱sht ishhopooni?" imasilhlhali. Then "How do you cook it?" I asked her. Sashkiꞌ aachihmat "Tiloꞌkoꞌ, hapi, hommaꞌ losaꞌ, mó̱maꞌ ishonashaachi." My mother said, "Flour, salt, pepper, you put them all on it." Yahmihmat "Awaalhahlichihmat, uh, uh, nihaꞌ yamma̠ palli makilla." And "when frying it, the oil has to be hot." "(Hoꞌ)mi," aashlihmat iksaasht tahli. "Okay," I said and fixed it all up. Nihaꞌ pallit tahahma̱, hoyyaniꞌ iyyobiꞌ mat okaa-ashaashli. When the oil was all hot, I put the frog legs in the hot oil. Ingma̱ a̱maamiꞌaashoot aboochaffoꞌ ma̱ bínniꞌli. And so my mother is sitting in the other room Ingmat aabínniꞌlikat, nanna aahopoonilikat pisaꞌhi bíyyiꞌkato(k). And from where she's sitting, she can see where I'm cooking. Yahmihmat ántalihmat, "Hmm, nipiꞌ ma̱ nona iklannootoko̱," So when I was there, "Hmm, because the meat's half cooked," "ooto̠filillichi makilla," aashli. "[I've] got to go and turn it over," I said. Chofaak ma̱ ootí̠ꞌshli. I got the fork. Pitbaafili'chikat, hoyyaniꞌ iyyiꞌ mat halalli! As it turned over, that frog leg jerked! Maafka, yappat halallina yakohmikat "Aaaaa!" aꞌshcha sha-pila pitmallili. About that time, this thing jerked and "Aaah!" [I] said and I jumped way over there. Mamaꞌashoot ôollali. Mama just laughed. Ollaliꞌ salamikaash sahashiili. She laughed so much she made me mad. "Kati̱hmih(ta) chiksamanoꞌlokoto(k), yahmaꞌchikaꞌni?" "Why didn't you tell me this could happen?" "Oh, ishnaako̱ kani̠hsh ishhopoonikat pisa sabannatok," aashto(k). "Oh, I just wanted to see how you(emphasized) cooked it," she said. Ántalihmat nonasht tahli. I finished cooking it. Hoyyaniꞌ nipiꞌ mat apat chokmookya, *illakasaat* nannookya chimano̱li kiꞌyo! The frog's meat tastes good but, nobody tells you nothing! Yahmikya, ishithanaꞌchi kani̠hsh ishhopoonikat. No matter what, you are going to learn how to cook. Mílla. Makilla. That's all. That's all.