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IN THE REIGN OF COYOTE

be looking for its mother. The fourth they stood upright near the door of the house, while they placed the fifth on the sand so that it looked as if it were playing with shells. Then they dug a hole. They left their dog at the mouth of the hole and they escaped through it.

Robin came home at night. She thought to herself, "Now I will eat the eldest son."

She noticed something floating on the water, but did not stop to examine it. She went straight to the house, and said to the child sitting upright near the door, "Where is your youngest sister?" The child did not answer. She pushed her, and her finger went right into her flesh.

She saw the child on the roof. "Where is your youngest sister?" she called. The child did not answer. She pulled at its arm, and the arm came out.

She went to the child playing in the sand. "Where is your youngest sister?" but the child did not answer. She put her hand on its head, and the head rolled off.

She saw the child sitting near the pond with its mouth twisted as if it were laughing. "You cruel thing!" she cried, "I cannot find your youngest sister, and you are laughing." She pulled the child's hair, and it came out.