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Then it did not touch the doorway. | If it had touched it, it would 
have given a loud sound. Then | 
they went out. There far off they 55 
just touched it a little, | and it gaveashghtsound. The old couple at 
once got up quickly | when it sounded. They looked for the hoop, 
but the toy had disappeared. | The toy was called “hoop.” The 
old woman said: | ‘‘The hoop is gone. Some one stole it.” Then || 
both of them went out, and said: ‘Some one has stolen the hoop, 60 
some one has stolen the hoop!” | They shouted their words. Then 
the people in the town | said to one another: ‘‘Listen to what the old 
couple are saying!’’ They went out. | They were asked: ‘ Which 
way has it been taken?”’ It was pointed out to them. | They said: 
“There was a little sound of it in that direction.”’ Then | the friends 65 
were pursued. The people*went out. They saw. them going. | Then 
Young Coyote was told by his friend: ‘‘ Your father gave you | some- 
thing, use it.’”’ Then Young Coyote untied | Moonlight-just-touching- 
the-Ground, and their tracks were lost. It was not long before | it 
was daylight again. He said: ‘‘He gave you something, too.” The 
other one || then untied his moonlight. The friends were not 70 
visible. | When they were about to be caught, Young Coyote was 
told by his friend: | ‘‘Give me what you are carrying.” Then Young 
Fox took | the hoop. Then Young Fox untied | Darkness-of-Night. 
Then he was lost (to his pursuers). They heard only a rattling noise. || 
They said to one another: “The other way is a rattling noise.” | 75 
They went thaf way and overtook Young Coyote. | He was caught, 
Young Fox was lost because he had the | Darkness-of-Night.. The 
people spoke toone another. ‘Don’t kill him! He shall be your | 
toy.’ Then Young Fox went back, carrying || the hoop. Young 80 
Coyote was captured. | Young Coyote was tied up. Then they 
slept again. Young Fox started back | and went along. In the 
morning he knew | that his friend had been taken. He heard them 
talking together and saying | not to kill him. Then he went along 
at night. When it was almost || morning, he almost arrived at his 85 
tent. Then | he began to roli the hoop. It made a good sound. 
Then he knew | that his parents would hear it. He sang, and said: | 
‘“Coyote, Coyote, your child has been killed!”’ | 
Coyote said: ‘Hiya’, my son!”’ Then he said:| 
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‘*Fox, Fox, your child has been killed! ”’ | 
Coyote said: “See! You didn’t send your son to get manitou power, | 
and now he has been killed.””, Young Fox said 
again: | 
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“Coyote, Coyote, your child has been killed!’ || 
