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THE CREATION OF MAN
S soon as their lessons were over in the morning, the children hastened to the blacksmith shop. "Good morning, Wantasson. Are you ready to tell us how Coyote made man?" "Good morning, children. Yes, a rest will do Wantasson good. Let us sit in the sun, and I will tell you the story now."
After Coyote had his great fall from the star, he sat around awhile doing nothing. Soon he grew tired of this and said, "I must do something."
He looked around the earth, but there was nothing to do. All the animals were warm and fat, and living without fear of anything. "They don't need any help," sighed Coyote, "but I must do something. I think I 'll make a man."
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