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lynx. "Yes, you did," said the coyote. "See, you cau not keep it;" 

 and the lynx continued vomiting until all tlie fat had been thrown from 

 his stomach. He was very angry with the coyote, and thought, "Some 

 time I will play the same trick upon you, niau coyote." 



The two now separated, taking opposite roads; but iu a short time 

 the lynx returned and followed the coyote, aiming to keep close to him; 

 but the coyote soon distanced the lynx, leaving him far behind; the 

 coyote, however, did not know that the lynx was following him. After 

 he liad traveled a long distance he became tired and lay down to rest 

 and sleep. After a time the lynx arrived, and finding the coyote 

 sleeping, said: "Ah! ah! now I will play my trick;" and he called to 

 thecoyote, "Companion!" an duo answer; again he called, "Companion!" 

 and no answer; and the third and fourth calls brought no reply. The 

 coyote was sleeping soundly. " He is surely asleep," said the lynx, 

 and with a stick similar to the one employed by the coyote, he drew 

 the fat from the coyote's stomach and placed it to one side ; he then 

 proceeded to change the appearance of the coyote; he pulled upon the 

 mouth until he made it project, and it was nuich larger than before; 

 then he pulled upon the ears until they became long, and he lengthened 

 the tail to twice its size, and he also stretched the body and the arms. 

 When he had completed his work he cried four times to the coyote, 

 "Companion!" The fourth time the coyote awoke, and the lynx said, 

 "I have brought you some deer fat;" and thecoyote was stupid enough 

 to believe the story, and ate the fat, for he was very hungry. Then, 

 said the lynx, "Man, what do you think? Do you think 1 have lied to 

 youl Well, I have lied to you; for the fat is from your own stomach;" 

 and the coyote was very angTy and vomited all that he had eaten. 

 And he cried, " Man lynx, we are even ;" and in a little while they 

 separated, taking opposite roads. 



The coyote traveled a great distance, and iu the middle of the day it 

 was very hot, and he sat down and rested, and he thought as he looked 

 up to ti'uia, "How I wish the cloud people would freshen my path and 

 make it cool ;" and in a little while the cloud people gathered above the 

 road the coyote was to travel over, and he rejoiced that his path was 

 to be shady and cool; but after he had traveled a short distance, he 

 again sat down, and, looking upward, said, "I wish much the cloud 

 peojjle would send rain, that my road would be fresher and cooler." In a 

 little while a shower came, and the coyote was contented and went on 

 his way rejoicing; but in a short time he again sat down and wished 

 that the road could be very moist, that it would be fresh to his 

 feet, and almost immediately the road was wet as though a river had 

 passed over it, and the coyote was very contented. 



But after going a short distance he again took his seat and said to 

 himself, "I guess I will talk again to the cloud people;" and he said to 

 them, "I wish for water over my road; water to my elbows, that I may 

 travel on my hands and feet in the cool waters ; then I shall be refreshed 



