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Coyote." Coyote sat on the bird's back. He sat on the back of theother one, and he also flew up. | Then he shouted again, and heflew back down to the ground. The two friends, Coyote (andYa.uk'e' ka m) were glad. He said to the (Thunderbird): | “Don't beangry with the people. You may scare whoever lies about you." 130That was Ya.uk'e',ka'm's prayer. | Then there were no more thunder-birds. That is the reason | why they do not kill any one now. Thethunderbirds only make a noise. |

The friends went along. The way the friends Coyote (andYa.uk'e',kam) were going along | they heard that the sun was beingmade. Then they started. He was to be the sun. Perhaps the 135one who was to be taken | would be the sun. Therefore the two wenton together. Some one was to be the sun. The one who was goodwas to be taken. | He was to be the sun. Then they arrived at thattown. They were told: "To-morrow you will start." || They meant 140Ya.uk'e',ka'm. Then night came. Early in the morning Ya.uk'e',-ka'm started. | They waited for him, and he went up. | The sun wasred. Because Ya.uk'e'¡ka'm | always painted his clothing withochre, therefore his shadow was bright red. It was not hot. It wasgood. When he came back, he was told: "You are good. There is 145only one thing, everything | is entirely red. Your red paint has doneit." | Ya.uk'e',ka'm could not do it because he was | bright red. |Then Coyote was told: "To-morrow you shall go." Then they 150slept. Early in the morning Coyote started. Then | he went on.At once it was hot. | At noon it was very hot. Shade was made, but |it was always hot. The children were put into the water of theriver, but the water burned them. The water was entirely hot.Even cold water was hot. Then the Sun always talked. | When 155Coyote saw a child crying, | he said: "Put it into cold water;" andwhen he saw the people eating, he said: "You will give me some-thing to eat, something must be left for me. | I shall eat in theevening when I return." Then the Suntold everything that was 160being done. Then the chief was angry. Coyote said: "Somebodystole a woman, also the man and the woman catch each other."Then it was evening; and when the sun had almost gone down, itremained | always hot. At night Coyote came back. Then he wentto | where they were eating. He went there to eat | what was left. 165He said it should be left for him. |