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away from the pigs ; bother and tease him to 

 get him away. The other coyote would be 

 dodgin' round close where the pigs were. 

 Then the coyote that was furthest off he run 

 and skipped by his hog, and run as fast as he 

 could for the pile of pigs and got one. By 

 the time the wolves had killed the pig, the old 

 hogs were back after them, but they maneu- 

 vered round till one got the pig and dragged 

 it off. Then the old hogs went after the 

 other little pigs and took them to the hill." 



" Have you ever seen the wolves chase a 

 calf ? " I asked the ranchman. 



"Seen them?" he ejaculated. "I've seen 

 them right there on that flat," pointing to the 

 meadow below the house. 



"There were two coyotes and a cow and 

 a calf. The coyotes would both rush up to- 

 gether, and the cow would take after one, and 

 he'd run off, and while she was chasing that 

 one, the other one would slip up and kill the 

 calf. If a coyote attacks one cow with a calf, 

 when she sets up a-bawlin' all the cows within 

 sight or hearing will come to the rescue, all 

 bawlin' and bellerin' to drive you crazy." 



The cowboys are greatly troubled by coy- 

 otes, and the farmer explained the reason by 



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