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toward others with same result, and then leaves them in disgust. Turtle 

 mother finds cactus, which child eats. He then tells mother of his adventure 

 \vith Coyote. Mother laughs and is very happy. 



59. — The Water Serpent and the Coyote. 



Water Serpent and Coyote are great friends. Water Serpent is still young, 

 but he is so long that when he visits Coyote and coils up he fills kiva. He invites 

 Coyote to visit him. Coyote meditates how he can fill kiva of Water Serpent 

 and tells him tail will become long. He gets large bundle of cedar bark, makes 

 bark pliable and wraps it with yucca leaves. He then pulls out wool and 

 pastes it to cedar bark, so that it looks like tail. He then fastens false tail to 

 his own. In morning he goes to Water Serpent's kiva, which is well filled with 

 his tail. When he leaves he asks Snake to visit him again. W'hen he comes 

 to his kiva he unfastens tail. He puts it on again when he sees friend coming. 

 Snake arrives and has grown so much he cannot get into kiva with Coyote's 

 tail. Coyote goes out and sits near kiva opening conversing with Snake inside. 

 Coyote becomes very cold and angry with Snake for staying so long. He 

 determines to get even with friend and makes another long addition to tail. 

 On very cold day he goes again to visit his friend. He enters kiva and fills 

 entire kiva with tail. Snake goes outside and becomes very cold and then 

 very angry Coyote stays so long. Finally Coyote says he must go, and while 

 he is dragging his tail after him up ladder Snake goes in and shoves end of 

 Coyote's tail into fire. When Coyote is near his kiva he looks around and sees 

 smoke and fire. He thinks Hopi have set grass on fire to drive him away. He 

 runs away and reaches timber, but, seeing this burning after awhile, he runs 

 to Little Colorado River and jumps in. He is drowned. 



60. — The Coyote and the BAlolookong (Water Serpent). 



Bdlolokong goes to Coyote's kiva, which he fills entirely, so that Coyote 

 has to go outside. Coyote is angry and makes large artificial tail, which he 

 fastens to his own. He visits Balolookong and tail fills kiva. Bdlolookong has to 

 go outside and when Coyote leaves sets artificial tail on fire. Grain is set on 

 fire and Coyote runs away and finally reaches Little Colorado River, in which 

 he is drowned, as in No. 59, but here he jumps into river because fire on tail 

 reaches his natural tail. 



61. — B.4l6l6okongwuu and the Coyote. 



L6l(k)kong goes to visit his friend Coyote and is so long he fills kiva. 

 Coyote gives him juniper berries to eat. He invites Coyote to visit him and 

 leaves. Coyote thinks he will pay off his friend and makes artificial tail of 

 cedar bark and yucca leaves, which he fastens to his own tail. He goes to his 

 friend's house and fills whole kiva with his long tail. They eat corn-pollen. 

 They talk together until evening and then Coyote goes home. When his tail 

 is nearly unwound, Lol6okong sets fire to it. Tail sets grass on fire. When 

 tail is nearly consumed, Coyote reaches kiva and begins to think that his friend 

 has so treated him and becomes very angry with L6l6okong. 



62. — The Coyote and the Frog. 

 Coyote goes to see his friend Frog. He is raided by dogs and jumps down 

 mesa, but is not killed.. After he has drank much water. Frog suggests that 



