Tito: 



The Story of the Coyote that Learned How 



RAINDROP may deflect a 

 thunderbolt, or a hair may 

 ruin an empire, as surely as 

 a spider-web once turned 

 the history of Scotland ; 

 and if it had not been for 

 one little pebble, this his- 

 tory of Tito might never have happened. 



That pebble was lying on a trail in the Da- 

 kota Badlands, and one hot, dark night it lodged 

 in the foot of a Horse that was ridden by a tipsy 

 cow-boy. The man got off, as a matter of habit, 

 to know what was laming his Horse. But he 

 left the reins on its neck instead of on the 

 ground, and the Horse, taking advantage of this 



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