COYOTE'S RIDE ON A STAR
NE day the children had been attempting to act La Pastorela, the sacred play which they saw presented every Christmas Eve at San Francisco. They found it easy to take the different parts in turn, but they had difficulty with
the scenery. They had fashioned a star of sunflower petals, to represent the golden Star of Bethlehem, but the petals faded and curled up, and the star was not much of a success.
"Let 's go to Wantasson. Perhaps he can fix us a star of real fire," proposed Juanita.
"Of course he can't," answered Antonio; "but we can ask him to do something for us."
"Make you a star?" and Wantasson removed his irons from the fire and sat down in the doorway. "I don't think I can make a star. A man would better leave stars alone. Think what the star did to Coyote."
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