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WHY THE DEAD DO NOT COME BACK
NE day Juanita was mourning the loss of a pet canary. Antonio had gone off for the day with the herders, and she was lonely in her sorrow. She went over to the saddlery to tell Klayukat her trouble.
"Just think, Klayukat, it won't sing any more. It used to love so to sing. Captain Bangs says it sang all those long days when he was bringing it from China. And now it will never sing any more," and sobs choked her words.
"Oh, Ninita mia, weep not so. I think your bird is singing more happily in the Land of the Dead. You know when Coyote went there he found all the dead singing and dancing and having a good time."
"Did he? When did he go? How did he go?" and Juanita's voice became firmer.
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