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while. Mountain-Lion asked him to go along with him, saying that he 
would find something for him toeat soon. They both went to the lake, 
and when they came down to the water Mountain-Lion told Coyote that 
he was going to kill a young horse. In those times there were many 
herds of wild horses, and at the lake there was a certain place where 
the wild horses drank. Near the place where the road led to the water 
there was a large tree, and the horses passed under the tree as they went 
down to the water. Every day at about noon Mountain-Lion would 
climb the tree and then pounce down on a young horse and kill him. 
As Mountain-Lion and Coyote drew near to the tree Mountain-Lion told 
Coyote to place himself where the wild herd of horses could not see him, 
and so he did, and Mountain-Lion climbed the tree. Soon Coyote saw 
dust rise up from the ground and he heard something like thundering, 
and later he saw many hundreds of horses coming down to the water. 
As the horses were passing under the tree, Coyote saw Mountain-Lion 
jump out of the tree and pounce upon a young horse and kill it. Then 
Mountain-Lion and Coyote both hada finedinner. ‘That day, after they 
had eaten, Mountain-Ljion told Coyote to continue on his way; but Coyote 
did not want to leave his friend, and so he asked Mountain-Lion if he 
could give him power so that he could kill a horse, too, and eat it when 
he was hungry. Mountain-Lion told him he would. ‘They stayed there 
until the next day, and at about noon they both went downto the lake 
again, and went to the tree, and then Mountain-Lion showed Coyote how 
and what to do when the horses should come. He taught him how to 
climb the tree, and then he went out to place himself where the horses 
could not see him. 
Soon they began to come from different directions, and as they filed 
down to the water Coyote picked out a fat young horse, and as they 
were coming up from the water he jumped on it and killed it. They 
had another fine dinner, and then Mountain-Lion said to Coyote: ‘‘ Do 
not try to kill a three or four year old horse. If you jump on one that 
is three years old you can not kill him and you may lose your own life. 
Try to kill one that is one or two years old and you will succeed every 
time.’’ Coyote left his new friend and went on his way. ‘The next 
day, while he was alone, he began to get very hungry, and so at about 
noon he went down to the lake to killa horse. While he was on the 
tree he said to himself: ‘‘I wonder if it would be dangerous for me to 
kill one of the large horses. I may be stronger than Mountain-Lion, 
and so I will try to kill the largest horse and I will show Mountain- 
Lion that I am not so small as I look to him.’’ The horses began to 
go down to the water, and Coyote waited and waited for the chance to 
jump upon the largest horse in the herd. Finally a large horse came, 
