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my lodge which I shall biiild here on the bank, and to play 

 witli me. I shall look for you to-morrow." The fish said 

 they would go, and immediately disappeared in deep water. 

 The Coyote was a great gambler, but did not suppose the 

 fish wonld be able to come on land, still, he bnilt a lodge 

 as be had told them he would do. Next day great numbers 

 of all kinds of fishes came swarming from the river and 

 entered the Coyote's lodge. Then they began to play, and 

 played until the Coyote had lost everything he owned, 

 even bis clothing. 



When the Fishes were ready to go, one of them said, 

 *■ Coyote, come and see us under the water to-morrow, and 

 we will play again." The Coyote said that he would come, 

 though he knew he could not go under the water, neither 

 did the Fishes believe that he would come. Then the 

 Coyote went away very sad, when the Fox, bis cousin, 

 met bim and said, "Brother, why are you so sad?" "I am 

 sad," replied the Coyote, " because I lost everything I 

 owned yesterday while playing with the Fishes. I cannot 

 recover the things, al though they invited me to come and 

 play with them to-day." Then the Fox said, " if that is all, 

 I will take you under the water, and we can go now ;" so 

 the Fox took bis pipe, put the Coyote into the bowl and 

 eovered it with clay. Then the Fox got into a canoe and 

 paddled out into deep water, when be jumped overboard 

 and sank to the bottom, where he took the Coyote out of 

 his pipe, and they started to visit the camp of the Fishes, 

 which they soon found. 



The Coyote then began to play with the Fishes, and 

 continued gambling until he had recovered all he had lost 

 the day before, and had won everything from the Fishes 

 that could be carried away. Then the Fox again put the 

 Coyote into the bowl of his pipe, ascended to his canoe, 

 and rcturned to the shore where he liberated his cousin, 

 the Coyote. 



