LEGEND OF CREATION
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an had horns mostly rolled up, they would be likea stone on each side of his head, giving it weight andenabling him to butt a great deal harder. When it was the coyote’s turn to speak, he declaredall these were the stupidest speeches he had everheard, and that he could hardly keep awake while lis-tening. Every one of them wanted to make a man likehimself. They might just as well take one of their owncubs and call it a man. “ As for myself,” said he, “I know I am not the—best animal that can be made and I can make onebetter than myself or any other. Of course the manwould have to be like me in having four legs, fivefingers, and so on. It would be well enough for him tohave a voice like the lion, only he need not roar withit all the time.” He admitted that the grizzly bear had some goodpoints, one of which was the shape of his feet, which- enabled him to stand erect easily; and he was in favor,therefore, of making man’s feet nearly like those ofthe grizzly. The grizzly was also happy in having notail, for he had learned from his own experience that ‘that organ) was only a harbor for fleas. \ yo 53
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