oak. With these he started to the canyon where lived Mosquito.
As he approached the door, Mosquito buzzed out in a very annoying manner: "Where are you going? This is my road. I don't allow any one to pass."
Before he could get his bill out of his house, Coyote answered in his polite way: "My friend, I see that you are very cold and have no fire in your house. Let me make you a fire so that you can warm yourself."
Mosquito was feeling a little sluggish, and the ground looked damp, so he replied, "Well, make a little fire, but don't be too long about it or I might get hungry."
Coyote took the hazel twig and broke it in two. He twirled the pieces together and twirled them again, but no blaze came. "Bah!" he exclaimed, "do you send all your heat into your nuts, foolish wood?" and he threw the hazel aside.
Next he took the elder twig and broke it in two. He twirled the pieces together long and rapidly and yet no spark was emitted. "Bah!" he cried, "do you send all your heat to your berries, foolish wood?" and he cast the elder aside.
Then he took the twig of crab apple and broke it in two. He twirled and twirled these pieces together, but they showed no sign of fire. "Bah!" he
