- The world was created. There were fishes in the water, animals on the land, and Man
- What about the fish in the water?
- No food hierarchy to determine which animals are predator and prey with each other and which were supposed to be food for Man
- They were all to meet so that Man can determine this for the animals
- Man would determine this by giving all the animals bows and arrows, the longest ones given to the top of the food chain and the shortest ones to the bottom of the food chain
- The day before the meeting, all the animals gathered in the area and went to sleep to meet Man in the morning
- Coyote, more cunning than all the other animals, pretended to sleep and stayed awake all night so that he could meet Man first and get the longest bow and arrow
- Coyote stayed awake all night but in the morning he got too tired and couldn't help but fall asleep
- What did he do during the night? Why couldn't he stay awake?
- When morning came, the animals went to meet Man. Cougar got the longest bow, Bear got the 2nd longest, and so on until Frog got the 2nd shortest bow. There was still one bow left but no animal to give it to
- They found out that Coyote was still asleep and took him to Man, who gave him the shortest bow
- Man took pity on Coyote and asked Kareya to give Coyote more cunning
- Coyote was now the most cunning out of all the animals. With this cunning he befriended Man and did many things for him
Notes
- Creator name - Change to Great Spirit
- Animals had some kind of contest to determine food hierarchy - Arm Wrestling Tournament?
- Coyote cheated, did good at beginning but got caught and given lowest rank
- Man took pity and gave Coyote cunning
Bibliography
The Fable of the Animals by Katharine Berry Judson
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