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they felt comfortable, | because the Sun was setting. At night the|| 
youth came back, and all thought that he should be | the Sun. The 
youth was told: ‘“You shall be the Sun.’ | In the evening he came 
back, because it was given to him | tobe the Sun. The other youth, 
the younger one, | staid there. He was told: ‘‘Youshall go in || the 
evening; youshall be the Moon.” Then he went off. | It had not been 
dark long before the Moon went up. | It was always light throughout 
the night. | On the following morning he came back. He was told: 
“Your elder brother shall be | the Sun during the day. Youshall be|| 
the Moon.’ These two became the heavenly orbs [Suns]. These | 
two youths were thought to be good, 
and they were glad. Then it 
was decided. | 
Coyote was angry. He thought: “TI will kill the Sun.” | Then he 
made his bow, and he also had two arrows. || Then he went in the 
night to the place where the Sun was to come up. | He staid there. 
On the following morning he took a good seat. | He lay on his stom- 
ach. Then he aimed at the right place. | The Sun rose. He aimed 
well | and was about toshoot. “Then his arrow was burned. || It burned 
quickly, and he threw it away. Then everything was on fire. He 
ran away. | There was fire on each side where he was going along. | 
He ran and went into the water. | He was almost burned. He saw 
a trail and | lay down on it. The fire arrived, and it turned back|| 
because there was no grass on the trail. | He was saved. The people 
saw that the land was burning. | Some one said: ‘‘Why is this?” 
They said: ‘‘Coyote is not here; | it must be he who has done it.” 
Coyote said: | ‘Later generations of people will do this. |! When there 
is a fire, they will lie down on a trail. | Then they will be saved.” 
Then the people said: | ‘Don’t do what Coyote has done. | Later 
generations shall not | play Sun.’”” Some one said: “Now you know 
what || to do.’”’ Then they were glad. They | scattered. That is 
the end. | 
49. CoyroTr’s CONTESTS 
There was a town. Coyote was thinking about (the future). He 
thought | there would be many eenerations of people. He thought 
of | thetown where the people had been killed. Hesaidto | his friends: 
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