The other sisters crowded around to see him and to pinch his round little cheeks. He began to cry. Then they said, "Let us give him some food."
They gave him shredded salmon, and it tasted very good to hungry Coyote. He laughed and held up his tiny hands. They laughed with him and pinched his cheeks and caressed him. Then they took him to their camp and left him alone while they went out to watch the dam.
After they had disappeared, Coyote changed back to his own form. He hunted around for the key of the dam. He did not find it, but he found some dried salmon and ate it.
The sisters came home at sundown. They saw only the little baby on a papoose board in the corner where they had left him. When they missed their dried salmon, they exclaimed, "This is strange"; but they did not suspect the baby.
The next sunrise the sisters went to guard the dam. Coyote became himself again, and again searched for the key. He did not find it, but he found and ate some more dried salmon. At night, when the sisters missed their food, they said, "This is wonderful." They looked keenly at the baby on the papoose board in the corner. He smiled and cooed, "Goo, goo!" They smiled back and said, "No, it cannot be the baby."
