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56. THE COYOTE AND THE TURTLE RUN A RACE.* 
One time a Coyote met a Turtle. The Coyote began to boast of 
his swiftness, and the Turtle said, “Why, I can beat you running!” 
So the Coyote said, “We will run a race to-morrow.” That night 
they parted, and went to their homes, so that they could get ready for 
the race the next morning. After the Turtle reached home he began 
to worry, and he could not get to sleep, for he knew that the Coyote 
could run fast. But the Turtle said to himself: “I will take him up 
there and go to the other Turtles, and ask them to assist me.” So the 
Turtle went to the other Turtles, and said: “I am about to run a race 
with the Coyote. I want you to help me.” He told them the place 
where they were to run, and the distance they were to run. So several 
Turtles volunteered to go and help the Turtle to beat the Coyote. 
All the Turtles went to the place. They placed one Turtle at the 
end of the course; then they placed another one at a certain distance 
back of him; then another back of this one, and so on, and finally the 
Turtle himself took his stand. Each Turtle carried a long pole, and 
hid in the ground. 
The next morning the Turtle met the Coyote. The Coyote began 
to run around and was happy, for he thought that he was going to beat 
the Turtle. The Turtle and the Coyote got ready to start. The Turtle 
gave the command to start. The Coyote ran and the Turtle crawled 
into his hole. When he got over a little ridge the Coyote saw the 
Turtle going ahead of him. Coyote ran and caught up with the Turtle. 
The Turtle threw his pole away and crawled into the ground. When 
the Coyote got to another knoll, there was the Turtle ahead of him 
again. The Coyote caught up with him. The Turtle crawled into the 
ground. The Coyote ran, and when he got up to another hill, there 
was the Turtle going ahead. The Coyote caught up with and passed 
him. At the end, the Turtle was at the goal, and the Coyote got up, 
and said, ““You have beaten me.” ‘This fine stretch of running killed 
the Coyote. 
5%. THE COYOTE AND THE STONE RUN A RACE.+ 
The Coyote went up on a high hill, and there he saw a stone. The 
Coyote asked of the stone its name. The Stone said, “Run-Fast.” 
“A good name,” said the Coyote, “but I can beat you running.” The 
stone said, “You will spoil my rest, but if you want to race I will run 
*Told by Standing-Bull. 
+Told by Cut-Arm. 
