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with you.” The Coyote said, “All right, I want to race with you.” 
So the Stone told the Coyote to carry him to the top of the hill. The 
Coyote placed the Stone upon the hill and started him rolling down 
the hill. For a time the Coyote ran along side of him, then passed him. 
The Stone ran down the hill and caught up with the Coyote, and rolled 
upon his back. The Coyote then tried to shake off the Stone, telling 
him that he had beaten him and begging him to get off his back. But 
the Stone stayed upon the Coyote’s back. As the Coyote walked along 
the Stone grew heavier. It was now towards evening, and as the Coyote 
walked along he saw the Bull-Bats fly overhead. He told them to fly 
lower; that he had something to tell them. The Bull-Bats flew down. 
The Coyote told them that the Stone had been calling them names. He 
said: ‘When I told the Stone that I would tell you he jumped up on my 
back so that I could not tell you.” The Bull-Bats said, “We will take 
the Stone off.” So the Bull-Bats flew up high in the air, then came 
down with a swoop, making a peculiar noise upon the stone and crack- 
ing the Stone. The Bull-Bats kept on flying towards the Stone, until 
the Stone split in two. 
After the Stone had failen from the Coyote, the Coyote ran along 
making fun of the Bull-Bats, calling them names. He said, “You 
spoiled my hair by scattering some of these stones upon my back.” 
The Bull-Bats told the Coyote to go his way and they would go theirs. 
They separated. 
58. THE COYOTE AND THE ROLLING STONE.* 
The Coyote was once going along, and he became hungry. He 
heard a noise in the distance which sounded like dancing. He went 
to the place from where the noise came and there were some men danc- 
ing around the fire. When he came close to the place he saw that these 
men were Jack-Rabbits and that they had taken out intestines from the 
fire. One took them out, and they began to eat them. The Coyote 
asked them where they got the intestines. The Rabbit men told the 
Coyote that they would not tell him. The Coyote was very hungry, 
and he wanted very much to find out. He made all kinds of promises 
to the Rabbits, if they would only tell him, and if they demanded pay 
he promised that he would pay them. The leader of the Rabbit men 
said, “If you will pay us a good price we will teach you how the big 
intestines are made.” The Coyote was willing to pay them. He stood 
up, and said: “Grandchildren, I have been very far away, on the war- 
*Told by Two-Hawks. 
