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stick. I am going to poke them and make them hurry up and learn 

 their lesson." Fox got a long stick and poked it into the log where 

 there were a lot of bees. When he poked them, the bees began to 

 make a noise as if there were a lot of scholars in there. Then he said 

 to Coyote old man, "You take care of my scholars while I go over to 

 that hill to see if they are bringing my dinner. But keep on poking 

 them." So Coyote old man stayed there Mdth the long stick poking 

 the scholars, while Fox ran off again. While Coyote old man was 

 poldng, the bees got mad. He said to himself, "I guess I am a better 

 teacher than Fox. They are making more noise. They are singing 

 louder now." Finally the bees all came out, all alighting on Coyote 

 old man. He did not know where to slap himself and he ran off to 

 look again for Fox. 



Finally, as he wandered about, he foimd Fox again at a pond where 

 there were a lot of ducks. Now Coyote old man said to Fox, "This is 

 the time you will not be saved. I am going to get after you." He 

 said, "Here, here, take it easy, don't talk so loud; because I have a 

 flock of sheep. If you talk loud, they wiU run away from us. If you 

 want to join me, I will go talk to the boss (lo'mide). You can be my 

 partner and we wiU kiU a sheep every night." Coyote old man said, 

 "All right (he'wei), I will stay while you go." Fox said, "Now be 

 carefid, do not make much noise !" So Coyote old man stayed there 

 until he began to wonder why Fox was away so long. So he went near 

 the bank to chase the sheep toward the hill. When he came close, the 

 ducks [the sheep] all flew away and left Coyote old man looking up 

 into the aii". He got mad again. "Now I surely wiU catch Fox, 

 wherever he has gone." 



There were two ladies, young, pretty ladies, when Coyote old man 

 got to where Fox was. "Now this time I am going to catch you. You 

 wtII not escape from my hands." He said, "Hush ! do not talk so loud. 

 There are two ladies over there. Their husbands went out hunting 

 and they wiU soon bring a deer in. Then they wiU surely give me 

 some of the meat and we better wait together here." Coyote old man 

 said, "You have lied to me so much, this is the last time I am going 

 to beheve you." Fox said, "I know tliis is the last time you wiU 

 beUeve me. I won't fool you again. Now I am going down the 

 river," he said, "to see if their husbands are coming back, for I saw 

 them going down by the river to water their donkeys. Coyote old 

 man said, "No\v, Fox, if you do not come back, I am going to eat you 

 up. This is the last time I am going to beUeve you." "Yes, I know 

 it is the last time, you wait here and I wiU come back." Then Fox 

 went out and looked for a long wire. When it was evening he called 

 Coyote old man. He had left the wire at the bank of the river. When 

 Coyote old man got there, he said, "Haven't those men come back 

 yet?" "No, they are not back yet." He said, "The reason I have 



