E INDIAN TALES Tl 2 i j ro a From Albert Alber B. B Reagan Reagon B. B Y U. U Provo Utah L I I Wildcat And AmI Co Coote ote Disfigure ro Each Other Wildcat was vas lying in l Vic ea c grass about Moon Lake in inthe the day time Coyote went along in that tion Now when Wildcat was asleep asleep a- a sleep Bleep in the daytime the Wildcat very bc beautiful and that one stood looking at him What shall shallI I do to him thought he He pressed his face nce back with his hands he ripped his mouth wide ide open and amI he did so 50 likewise to his eyes he hc made his eyes look big His hands he pressed back so a. a as asto asto to make them short and his tail also he shortened by pressing back Everything that tha t there wason was wason wason on him he lie shortened up by pressIng pressing pressing press press- ing back In the same place he was lying on the rock When he had treated him in that manner he went off That Coyote went along in yonder direction from there and then began to feel sleepy sleep Right there in the daytime daytime daytime day day- time he fell asleep on the rock And then the awoke What has happened to me thought he He looked to where his tail tall wee was wont to be at his side but It was not there And then he arose When he got up he felt over his face with his hands What Is It this that has happened to me me thought he lie And then he looked at his shadow and he appeared different In what direction did he go So thought he And then he tracked him along the there e. e Now there Coyote was lying and Wildcat found him Wildcat stood near him stood thinking what to do He went up to him stretched him out long and did so likewise is to his tail pulled it out his mouth he ripped open wide and his eyes he treated similarly made them both long and narrow His waist above the hips he also nar nar- rowed He went away when he had finished with him Coyote was lying ling in that same place after he had gone away and then he woke up What is it that has happened to me thought he He kept looking at his nose he also then looked at his tall tail His tail was WIlS long and he ho kept dragging dragging dragging drag drag- ging his tail after him And t then en he went off ocr to a creek and looked at himself in the water Sure enough he was long Yes it is all aU right when I might want to be drinking down in a rock hole Everything it all aU right thought he then