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THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
ATER that afternoon Antonio wandered to the blacksmith's shop. Wantasson was hammering a wheel tire into shape.
"Well, young Antonio, have you minded the heat this day?" he inquired, as he wiped his forehead with his sleeve.
"Oh, no, Wantasson; we have been down by the spring where it is always cool. And Tecla told us a new story. It was about the frog that raced with the coyote and won the race by acting a lie."
"Ugh! That woman Tecla does not get her stories straight. How could a frog lie to Coyote? Coyote would know it. Why, Coyote is the most
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