Coyote
and
Anotherone
One
day Coyote was going across a wide meadow.
As he disappeared into the trees on the
other side, he heard some people saying in
a loud voices, "Look, there goes Coyote!"
Coyote was pleased with himself, thinking
how important he was, when he heard a
scratchy little voice coming from behinda
tree. He looked around the tree and sawa
mothy looking coyote sitting there.The
coyote said to him, "Hey, I thought I was
Coyote."
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The
coyote said to him, "Hey, I thought I was
Coyote."
"No my friend, that is not your name, it
is my name," said Coyote in a most
official manner.
"So what am I called?" asked the coyote
sitting behind the tree.
"To find out the answer, run across the
meadow, and you will know your true name,"
Coyote answered in a smug and knowing
manner.
The scruffy looking coyote got up, shook
himself off and ran swiftly across the
meadow.
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As he came to the other side, he and
Coyote heard the voice of the distant
voices shouting,
"There
goes
Anotherone!"
Coyote was very happy, he was still
Coyote, and his friend's name was
"Anotherone".
Told
to me by a Navajo friend when my kids were
little
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