Coyote said:
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TI am the son of a great and powerful medicineman.” Bear did not believe him and was about to kill himwhen Coyote asked him to wait until his father saw —him, because he might have something to say to him ~before he died. It was about sunrise, and when the sun began topeep over the hilltop, Coyote said to Bear: “Now you may kill me, or do anything you pleasewith me, because my father is watching me.” Bear began to back away, and as he did so, Coyotefollowed him. Finally he began to push him with hiselbow, saying: “ Now kill me, while my father is watching me.” Bear thought he must be a great person if he was the 38
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