Coyote Story
This is the legend of how the Indian "Two Ears" received his name. It started when he was a young boy about 13 years of age. He was going on his vision quest to become a man. He needed to bring something of value back to the elders of his tribe. He left before dawn one morning to set out on his long journey to become recognized by his tribe. He was a spindly young man about five feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He loved walking through the paths to the sagebrush forest. He could always come upon an animal friend in the forest. The first friend he came upon was a rabbit named Tumlup. Tumlup was one of Two Ears' fastest friends. They would have races along paths of the woods. Tumlup asked what Two Ears was doing out by himself. "I am on my vision quest", said Two Ears. Tumlup replied, "What do you need to find for this quest." "I need something of value to take to my elders." "Why do you not take my fluffy tail as a prize for finding me?" said Tumlup. "What would I do with a tail from a rabbit it is not a rare find." Then the boy walked off. The next animal he ran into was the buffalo named Synanchot. Synanc
"Why do you not take my horns as a prize that you are my friend?" "I was just killing off the ones I did not like, but I like you." "Well I can help you with that, just look in my mouth and find a tooth to take." The young boy thought to himself that if he could take the ears back to his elders they would know that he ran into the coyote and he would surely become a man. He did as the coyote asked and when he was cleaning off the coyote's ears he pulled on them as hard as he could until they came off in his hands. Instantly the boy ran off as fast as his legs could carry him back towards the village. The coyote was shocked by what had just happened and howled in pain. Then blinded by rage for having been tricked him self, he slowly came back to his senses. Drawing his composure the coyote patiently tracked the boy back to the village, and stood at the entrance, waiting for him to come back out. To this day the coyote Lokinamet is still poised in our school to pounce on the young boy named "Two Ears." "I must warn you of the wild coyote he is very cunning and he could be of some harm to you." "We hunt buffalo all the ti
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Lokinamet Ears, Indian Ears, Synanchot Synanchot, Ears Tumlup, Tumlup Ears', Tumlup Ears, vision quest, value elders, boy walked, ,
Approximate Word count = 769
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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