”ᏕᎭᏓᏟᏴᎲ ᏍᎩᎾᎾ ᎢᏣᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ,” ᎤᏛᏁ, ”ᎠᏎᏃ ᏣᏓᏅᏘ ᎭᏅᏓᏛ ᎭᏂ ᎧᏁᏌᎢ ᎠᏆᏗᏍᎦᏢᎢ, ᎨᏍᏗ ᏯᏆᏚᎵ ᎥᏆᎳᏍᏛᏗ, ᎠᏆᎧᏛ ᎥᏆᎶᏕᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏍᏇᏅ ᎬᏗ ᎥᎩᎵᎥᏂᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏆᏦᎥᏍᏙᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᎩᎾᏑᎩᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᎩᏰᎵᏍᏗ.
“Struggle if you must,” said he, “but kindly remember that I’m hiding down here in this crate and I don’t want to be stepped on, or kicked in the face, or pummeled, or crushed in any way, or squashed, or buffeted about, or bruised, or lacerated, or scarred, or biffed.