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old man jumped in to get the cheese. Fox sat there waiting for him 

 to come up. At last he said, "Now I am safe. Coyote old man is 

 dead." Then he went away to the place where he lived. So they say 

 Coyote old man always wants everything for himself and to do every- 

 thing himself. So my people say to anybody who is greedy, "You 

 are like Coyote old man. You want everything for yourself." 



29. Variant (Hail Coming; Schoolmaster to the Bees); Duck 

 Sheep; Variant (Moon Cheese) 



Natoai Tu-w'e'luH (coyote old man) and Tuw'e'shou (coyote bluish 

 fox) were living together. Coyote old man never wanted to work, 

 he was depending always upon Fox. So Fox got tired at last of Coyote 

 old man and made up his mind to kill him. So in the evening when 

 Coyote old man came home, Fox said, "My friend, I am getting a 

 gunny sack ready because I hear that to-morrow it is going to hail 

 hard and I thought if I put myself in a gunny sack I would be safe." 

 Coyote old man said, "My friend, why don't you put me in and save 

 me and put yourself in some little hole?" Since Fox was making the 

 gunny sack for Coyote old man, he said, "Certainly, I will do it. I 

 think I had better save you first." The next morning they looked 

 for a tree and Fox put Coyote old man in the gunny sack. He tied it 

 firmly and hung it to a tree. After he hung him to the tree he said 

 "Be careful, my friend. The clouds are beginning to come up." 

 That was the time Fox was gathering up all the stones he could find. 

 "Be careful, my friend, the clouds are getting thicker," he would say. 

 After he finished gathering up the stones, he said, "Take care of your 

 eyes, no matter if your arms get broken." He began to throw the 

 stones at liim. He said the hail was falling. After he finished throw- 

 ing the stones, he ran away. When the hail passed. Coyote old man 

 began to holler for Fox, asking him if the hail had passed. But he 

 got no answer. ^Tien he heard no answer, he began to tear the sack 

 and finally got out of it. He found nothing but the stones Fox was 

 throwing at him. He said, "After we had been such good friends, what 

 made Fox do me like this? I am going to track him until I find 

 him." 



\Miile Coyote old man was going around to and fro looking for Fox, 

 he came across a great big log. Fox was sitting right by that log. 

 Coyote old man asked, "Why were you treating me like that, throw- 

 ing stones at me. I have come and I am going to kill you." Fox 

 said, "Listen, don't be mad, listen to what I am going to tell you. 

 They appointed me school teacher for the school children inside of 

 the log. I have to hurry them up. They vnll soon bring my dinner 

 and we can eat together, if you do nothing to me." Coyote old man 

 said, "All right, if you will divide your dinner with me, you will be 

 safe. I won't do anything to you." Fox said, "Let me get a long 



