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Fox | went out. He staid out the whole night. || When it was almost 
morning, he came back into the tent. Then Coyote arose and | 
looked at his friend. He was sleeping with his son. | They did so a 
long time for several months. . 
Then Coyote said: “TI can tell by his eyes that my son has | mani- 
tou power. Now let him go and get the toy.’”’ He had heard || that 
some one had a good toy. Therefore | he said so to his friend Fox. 
Coyote had given to his son | his own manitou power, and his mani- 
tou power was Moonlight-just-touching-the-Ground. | Fox gave his 
to his son. (It was) Darkness-of-Night. | 
Then they started. They went along. After they had gone along 
for several days, || they came to a town. They arrived there, and 
they staid at a distance. | The following afternoon they heard | the 
people talking. They said: ‘‘Now | play with your toy.”” Then they 
saw | the people coming out—all the men, || women, and children. 
They all went there a little distance from their tents. | They brought 
it out. Then they carried: it into the camp. |-Then they began to 
shout. They saw how | they began to roll it about. They heard 
(saw) that the thing they were rolling about had a nice sound. | 
Then they went for it. They caught up with it and kicked it. || It 
made a good sound. They ran for it. Only youths who were very 
fast could catch up with it. | It was pretty and bright. | Some time 
in the evening they stopped. They took it back | to the farthest 
tent. At night before it was very dark | Young Coyote said: ‘Now 
let us go || and let us takeit!’’ Hisfriend said to him: ‘No, | they 
are not yet asleep, they will see us.”” It was not long before | Young 
Coyote said: ‘Now let us go! Let us get it!’ | The friend said 
again: ‘‘I said no, the people are not asleep yet.” | Then they staid 
there. After some time | Young Fox knew that it was quiet. All | 
were asleep. Young Coyote was told: ‘‘Now let us go!’ | Then it 
was seen that Young Coyote was asleep. | This happened because 
he returned early when he was looking for manitou power. There- 
fore | he slept soundly. He was told: ‘“‘Don’t sleep! Let us go 
there!’ || Then all the people were asleep. Then | they started. 
They got there to the farthest tent. They entered; and they saw | 
that, although it was dark, it was easily seen, because the toy 
looked bright. | They saw two old people asleep in the doorway. | 
Each held a hammer. || They were to knock down with the hammer 
whoever came to steal it. | They went insecretly. (The one) went to 
the place where it was hanging, | took hold of it, and cut the string 
with which it was hung up. The other one | held the door open. 
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