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In the meantime the boy was growing very hungry, and so he began 
tocry. Finally he heard some one making a noise at the edge of the 
hole, but he could not see who it was, and so kept quiet, for he was 
afraid. Some one spoke to him, saying: ‘‘ Boy, you are weary and 
hungry and I have come down to help you out of this hole. Now, do 
not be afraid of me, but catch hold of my tail and climb up.’’ The 
boy obeyed, and when he came out of the hole he found that the person 
was Coyote. Coyote asked the boy if he would go along with him, and 
the boy said that he would, and so they went on to Coyote’s home. 
He was kept there for three or four years and was kindly treated and 
was happy. One day he asked Coyote to let him go home and see his 
father. He said: ‘‘I do not want tosee my mother ; I am very angry 
at her, and I am going to try to kill her, but I want to see my father, 
for he loved me and was kind tome. Iam going to tell my father 
how my mother treated me, and then he will help me kill her. I will 
take my father and mother on a buffalo hunt when I get home, and 
toward evening we will kill a buffalo. I want you and your children 
to come near and howl, and then I will tell my mother to come with 
me to give you some meat. When we go among you I will push her 
over, and then I want you and your children to jump upon her and 
kill her.’’ 
Coyote consented, and so the boy went to hishome. He arrived one 
evening and his father was very glad to see him. Heasked his father 
if they could go out buffalo hunting on the next day, and he told his 
father all about what he was going to do with his mother. The next 
day they went out buffalo hunting, and he and his father found a herd 
of buffalo and killed one that evening. They made a camp near by, 
and while the woman was cooking their supper they heard the Coyotes 
howling. After they had eaten their supper the boy told his mother 
to get some meat and come with him to feed the Coyotes. He told her 
to carry the meat on her back. She put the meat on her back, and 
then they started out toward the Coyotes, and the boy walked behind 
his mother. ‘The woman was afraid, for it was almost dark, but the 
boy told her not to be frightened, for there was no danger ahead of 
them and that nothing would hurt her. They kept on going until 
they came to the Coyotes. ‘The boy told his mother not to be afraid, 
but to go among them and give them the meat. As she took another 
step forward the boy pushed her down, and then the Coyotes jumped 
upon her. The boy came back to his father and told him all that had 
happened. ‘The father and son lived together for many years. 
