Tusan Homichi Tuvota

Tusan Homichi tuvota on top of the rock there lived a hawk

The great enemy of the people

Day after day he killed more and more chickens

And in a little while there would be no more chickens at all

People were troubled they smoked and talked and prayed

They knew what had to be done the hawk had to be killed

Everyone knew that and the men and the women and the children

All knew it but no one knew how but a little field mouse

Tusan Homichi had heard about all the trouble that people were having

And he felt sorry for them so he decided to kill the hawk

So he came to the village chanting

Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits

But the hawk wont kill Tusan Homichi!

Monster hawk will surely die!

Some of the people laughed they said that dirty little mouse

Was crazy to even try but others began to wonder

If that mouse has some great power

That night when everyone went to sleep

Little mouse stayed up all night long

Three times he went out and looked at the stars

With white clay he painted his cheeks

And the right side of his forehead

He put the white on his arms, chest and legs

He painted the black mark across his eyes

He tied shells from the ocean around his right wrist

Then he sat down, and thought about his songs

The next day would be the great day!

Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits

But the hawk wont kill Tusan Homichi

Monster hawk will surely die