<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[Pg 176]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>COYOTE AND GRAY FOX</h2>
<p class="subtitle">Ponca</p>
<p><span class="dropcap">G</span>ray fox was very fat. Coyote said,
“Younger brother, what has made you fat?”
“Elder brother,” said the Gray Fox, “I lie
down on the trail in the way of those who carry crackers,
and I pretend to be dead. When they throw me in
the wagon, I lie there, kicking the crackers out. Then
I leap out and start home eating. It is the crackers
which make me fat. Elder brother, I wish you would
do likewise. Elder brother, you have large feet, so
I think will knock out a great many crackers.”</p>
<p>Coyote went to the place and lay down in the trail.
When the white man came along, he threw Coyote into
the wagon. The white man thought, “It is not the
first time he has acted in this way,” so he tied the feet
of Coyote. Having put the Coyote in the wagon, the
white man went to his house. He threw Coyote out
near an old outhouse. Then the white man brought a
knife, and cut the cords which bound Coyote’s feet. He
acted as if Coyote was dead, so he threw him over his
back and started off for the house.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[Pg 177]</SPAN></span>
But Coyote managed to get loose and ran homeward.
He went back to get even with Gray Fox.</p>
<p>“Oh, younger brother,” said Coyote, “you have
made me suffer.”</p>
<p>“You yourself are to blame,” said Gray Fox. “Be
silent and listen to me. You brought the trouble
on yourself as you lay down in the place where the
white man came with his load of goods.”</p>
<p>“Oh, younger brother, you tell the truth,” said
Coyote. But Gray Fox had tempted him.</p>
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