Coyote looked straight at him and repeated, "Where did you come from?"
Owl blinked his eyes again, but he did not speak a word.
A third time Coyote asked, "Well, where did you come from?"
Owl shifted all his weight to his right foot. He blinked his eyes and said slowly in a calm voice, "Where did you come from?"
"I am from no other land than this where you are living," answered Coyote. "This is my country, and I am looking for something to eat."
Owl thought to himself, "I never saw this creature before. Who can he be?" Aloud he said, "I have traveled all over this country, but I never met you before."
"Why, I have been from one end of the world to the other," replied Coyote. "I have been where the sun rises and into the land of darkness. I have been up into the long colds and down into the long heats. But I never saw you before."
Owl blinked his eyes, but did not speak a word.
"However, I 've heard of you," continued Coyote. "I 've heard that you claim to have been eating people. Let 's both bring the bones of the people we ate yesterday, and then we shall see which of us is the greater."
