"Yes, that is good," agreed Owl; and he went for the bones.
When Coyote heard him returning, he called in a loud tone: "Let us both shut our eyes until we get our piles fixed. Don't open them until I give the word."
"That is all right," answered Owl. He shut his eyes and went on piling the bones of the animals he had eaten.
Coyote held his eyes half open. He looked across at Owl's pile of bones. They were of large, strong animals. His own were only mice bones. He quietly drew Owl's pile before himself and put his bones before Owl. Then he called, "Let us open our eyes and see which is the greater."
They opened their eyes. Owl looked surprised at the little mice bones before him. Coyote looked at him in scorn.
"Ah, you have been deceiving us," he said. "You see you eat only mice, while I eat large animals. Therefore I am the greater."
"But I am sure I ate larger things," insisted Owl. "Let us bring the bones of our day-before-yesterday's dinner."
"That is good," answered Coyote. " And we 'll shut our eyes in the same way, until I give the word to open them."
