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Coyote, unsuccessful hunter, wet worn-out moccasins, pitch mouth!" 

 said the Gourds. "Sliut up! If you keep calling me that, I will go 

 over there and bite every one of you." But the Gourds would not 

 listen to Old Coyote. "Old Coyote, imsuccessful hunter, wet worn- 

 out moccasins, pitch mouth!" said the Gourds to him. Finally the 

 Old Coyote got real mad and went after them where they were 

 basking. Then the Gourds fled into their hole. 



Then the Old Coyote began to dig into the hole. As he dug he 

 reached one of the Gourds. "Who was it that called me 'Old Coyote, 

 unsuccessfid hunter, wet worn-out moccasins, pitch mouth?'" the 

 Old Coyote asked the Gourd. "One that is below," said the Gourd. 

 As he said thus, away he fled. 



As the Old Coyote dug he reached another Gourd. "Who was it 

 that called me 'Old Coyote, unsuccessfid himter, wet worn-out moc- 

 casins, pitch mouth?'" the Old Coyote asked the Gourd. "One 

 that is below," said the Gourd. As he said thus, away he fled. 



As the Old Coyote dug he reached the last Gourd that was in the 

 hole. "Who was it that called me 'Old Coyote, unsuccessful hunter, 

 wet worn-out moccasins, pitch mouth?'" the Old Coyote asked 

 the Gourd. "One that is below," said the Gourd. As he said thus, 

 away he fled. 



The Old Coyote, again digging, fomid a stone that looked like a 

 Gourd. "Who was it that called me 'Old Coyote, imsuccessful 

 hunter, wet worn-out moccasins, pitch mouth?'" the Old Coyote 

 asked the stone. As the stone had no life in it, it lay without speak- 

 ing. Again the Old Coyote asked the stone: "Who was it that 

 called me 'Old Coyote, unsuccessfid hunter, wet worn-out mocca- 

 sins, pitch mouth?'" As the stone had no life in it, it lay without 

 speaking. "Why do you not answer me? I wUl bite you here on 

 the spot," said the Old Coyote to the stone. But the stone lay there 

 and said nothing. The Old Coyote asked the same question several 

 times. As it could not answer, the Old Coyote grew angry and bit 

 the stone, thinking it was a Gourd. He then broke all his teeth. 

 He sat there a whUe, crying from the ache of his teeth, and went 

 home. 



So this is the reason that the coyotes do not bite gourds any more. 



The Cricket and the Coyote 



Once upon a time the Cricket dwelt southeast at Kan'jn'ai and the 

 Coyote dwelt at Tcuxw^tho'ai. One day the Coyote said to him- 

 self: "I think to-day I will go for a walk dowm southeast to Kon- 

 'in'ai to see what I can find there." 



