<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><br><br>Are You My Mother?<br>SoSwI' SoH'a'?<br><br>by P.D. Eastman<br>qonwI': P. D. Eastman<br>mughwI': naHQun<br><br>Are You My Mother?<br>SoSwI' SoH'a'?<br><br>Written and Illustrated by P. D. Eastman<br>qonwI': P. D. Eastman<br>mIlogh chenmoHwI': P. D. Eastman<br>mughwI': naHQun<br><br>To My Mother<br>SoswI' quvmoHjaj paqvam<br><br>-=-<br><br>A mother bird sat on her egg.<br>QImDajDaq ba' bo'Degh SoS.<br><br>The egg jumped.<br>Sup QIm.<br><br>“Oh oh” said the mother bird. “My baby will be here! He will want to eat.”<br>jatlh bo'Degh SoS: <<toH! boghrup ghuwI'. Sop neH.>><br><br>“I must get something for my baby bird to eat!” she said. “I will be back!”<br>jatlh bo'Degh SoS: <<SopmeH bo'Degh ghu'wI', Soj vISuqnIS! jIchegh!>><br><br>So away she went.<br>vaj mej.<br><br>The egg jumped. It jumped, and jumped, and jumped!<br>Sup QIm. Sup 'ej Sup 'ej Sup.<br><br>Out came the baby bird!<br>pel'aQ ghor ghu.<br><br>“Where is my mother?” he said.<br>jatlh: <<nuqDaq ghaHtaH SoSwI''e'?>><br><br>He looked for her.<br>nej<br><br>He looked up. He did not see her.<br>Dung ghan. leghbe'.<br><br>He looked down. He did not see her.<br>bIng ghan. leghbe'.<br><br>“I will go and look for her,” he said.<br>jatlh: <<vISam; jIruch.>><br><br>So away he went.<br>vaj mej.<br><br>Down, out of the tree he went.<br>Sor vartIqvo' pum.<br><br>Down, down, down! It was a long way down.<br>pumtaH, pumtaH, pumtaH! tIq leng.<br><br>The baby bird could not fly.<br>puvlaHbe' bo'Degh ghu.<br><br>He could not fly, but he could walk. “Now I wil lgo and find my mother,” he said.<br>puvlaHbe' bo'Degh ghu, 'ach yItlaH. jatlh: <<DaH SoSwI' vISam!>><br><br>He did not know what his mother looked like. He went right by her. He did not see her.<br>SoSDaj tu'qom Sovbe'. juS. leghbe'.<br><br>He came to a kitten. “Are you my mother?” he said to the kitten.<br>vIghro' ghu ghom. <<SoSwI' SoH'a'?>> vIghro' bo'Degh ghuvaD jatlh.<br><br>The kitten just looked and looked. It did not say a thing.<br>legh neHvIghro'. jatlhbe'.<br><br>The kitten was not his mother, so he went on.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' vIghro''e'. vaj lengqa'.<br><br>Then he came to a hen. “Are you my mother?” he said to the hen.<br>ghIq 'uSgheb ghu ghom. <<SoSwI' SoH'a'?>> 'uSgheb bo'Degh ghuvaD jatlh.<br><br>“No,” said the hen.<br>jang 'uSgheb, jatlh: <<ghobe'.>><br><br>The kitten was not his mother.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' vIghro''e'.<br><br>The hen was not his mother.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' 'uSgheb'e'.<br><br>So the baby bird went on.<br>vaj lengqa'.<br><br>“I have to find my mother!” he said. “But where?” Where is she? Where could she be?”<br><<SoSwI' vISamnISbej!>> jatlh. <<'ach nuqDaq? nuqDaq ghaHtaH? nuq 'oH DaqDaj'e'?>><br><br>Then he came to a dog. “Are you my mother?” he said to the dog.<br>ghIq targh ghu ghom. <<SoSwI' SoH'a'?>> targh bo'Degh ghuvaD jatlh.<br><br>“I am not your mother. I am a dog,” said he dog.<br>jang targh: <<SoSlI' jIHbe'. targh jIH.>><br><br>The kitten was not his mother.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' vIghro''e'.<br><br>The hen was not his mother.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' 'uSgheb'e'.<br><br>The dog was not his mother.<br>SoSDaj ghaHbe' targh'e'.<br><br>So the baby bird went on. How he came to a cow.<br>ghIq lengta'. tangqa' bo'Degh ghu ghom. <br><br>“Are you my mother?” he said to the cow.<br><<SoSwI' SoH'a'?>> tangqa' bo'Degh ghuvaD jatlh.<br><br>“How could I be your mother?” said the cow. “I am a cow.”<br>jatlh tangqa': <qItbe'bej. tangqa' jIH.>><br><br>The kitten and the hen were not his mother.<br>SoSDaj chaHbe' vIghro''e' 'uSgheb'e' je.<br><br>The dog and the cow were not his mother.<br>SoSDaj chaHbe' targh'e' tangqa'e' je.<br><br>Did he have a mother?<br>SoS ghaj'a'?<br><br>“I did have a mother,” said the baby bird. “I know I did. I have to find her. I will. I WILL!”<br><<SoS vIghajbej.>> jatlh bo'Degh ghu. <<DIch vIghaj. vISamnIS. vISambejqu'!>><br><br>Now the baby bird did not walk. He ran!<br>DaH yItbe' bo'Degh ghu. qet!<br><br>Then he saw a car. Could that old thing be his mother? No, it could not.<br>ghIq puH Duj legh. SoSDaj 'oH'a' Dochvetlh ngo''e'? ghobe'.<br><br>The baby bird did not stop. He ran on and on.<br>mevbe' bo'Degh ghu. qettaH.<br><br>Now he looked way, way down. <br>bIng Hopqu' ghan.<br><br>He saw a boat. “There she is!” said the baby bird.<br>bIQ Duj legh.<br>jatlh ghu: <<pa' ghaHtaH!<br>pa' ghaHtaH SoSwI''e'>><br><br>He called to the boat, but the boat did not stop.<br>bIQ DujvaD jach, 'ach mevbe' bIQ Duj.<br><br>The boat went on.<br>lengtaH bIQ Duj.<br><br>He looked way, way up. He saw a big plane.<br>“Here I am, Mother,” he called out.<br>Dung Hopqu' ghan.<br>muD Duj legh.<br>jatlh ghu: <<SoS! naDev jIH!>><br><br>But the plane did not stop. The plane went on.<br>'ach mevbe' muD Duj.<br>lengtaH.<br><br>Just then, the baby bird saw a big thing. This must be his mother!<br>“There she is!” he said, “There is my mother!”<br>ngugh Doch tIn legh bo'Degh ghu.<br>SoSna'Daj 'oH!<br>jatlh ghu: <<pa' ghaHtaH! pa' ghaHtaH SoswI''e'!>><br><br>He ran right up to it.<br>“Mother, Mother! Here I am , Mother!” he said to the big thing.<br>'oHDaq qet.<br><<SoS, SoS! naDev jIHtaH, SoS!>> Doch tInvaD jatlh.<br><br>But the big thing just said, “Snort.”<br>'ach jatlh neH Doch tIn,: <<SInort.>><br><br>“Oh, you are not my mother,” said the baby bird. “You are a Snort. I have to get out of here!”<br>jatlh bo'Degh ghu: <<toH, SoSwI' SoHbe'. SInort SoH. jImejnISqu'!>><br><br>But the baby bird could not get away. The Snort went up.<br>'ach narghlaHbe' bo'Degh ghu.<br>Sal SInort.<br><br>It went way, way up.<br>And up, up, up went the baby bird.<br>bo'Degh ghu SalmoH SInort.<br>SaltaH.<br>SaltaH.<br>SaltaH.<br><br>But now, where was the Snort going?<br>'ach DaH muqDaq ghoSlI' SInort?<br><br>“Oh, oh, oh!” What is the Snort going to do to me? Get me out of here!”<br>jatlh bo'Degh ghu: <<va, va, va! jIHvaD nuq ta' SInort? HImejmoH!>><br><br>Just then, the Snort came to a stop.<br>mev.<br><br>“Where am I?” said the baby bird. “I want to go home! I want my mother!”<br>jatlh bo'Degh ghu: <<nuqDaq jIH? juH vIghoS vIneH! SoSwI' vIneH!>><br><br>Then something happened.<br>ghIq, qaS vay'.<br><br>The Snort put that baby bird right back in the tree. The baby bird was home!<br>SorDaq ghu' chegh SInort.<br>juHDaq ghaHtaH bo'Degh ghu'e'!<br><br>Just then the mother bird came back to the tree. “Do you know who I am?” she said to her baby.<br>ngugh Sor chegh bo'Degh SoS.<br><<choSov'a'?>> ghuDajvaD jatlh.<br><br>“Yes, I know who you are,” said the baby bird.<br>jatlh bo'Degh ghu: <<HISlaH. SoH qaSov.>><br><br>“You are not a kitten. <br>You are not a hen.<br>You are not a dog.<br>You are now a cow.<br>vIghro' SoHbe'.<br>'uSgheb SoHbe'.<br>targh SoHbe'.<br>tangqa' SoHbe'.<br><br>You are not a boat, or a plane, or a Snort!”<br>bIQDuj, muD Duj, SInort ghap SoHbe'.>><br><br>You are a bird, and you are my mother.”<br>bo'Degh SoH.<br>'ej SoSwI' SoH.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>