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One day when Coyote was out for a Sunday stroll,

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He found Coyote taking a nap.
While Coyote was asleep,
Wildcat made Coyote’s tail big and bushy
and shaped his nose until it was pointed.
Then Wildcat was happy, and he went on his way.

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Coyote took Wildcat’s tail and made it short.
He stretched his hind legs
and shaped his head until it was round.



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Wildcat became very angry.
He saw Coyote’s tracks and knew who had done this.

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How Wildcat and Coyote
Tricked Each Other

The Indian Reading Series

Level II Book 4


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That is how Wildcat and Coyote tricked each other.
That is why today the coyote has a long, pointed nose
and big, bushy tail.
It is also why the wildcat has a short tail,
stretched legs and round head.



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When Coyote woke up and saw his bushy tail,
he wondered what had happened Lo him. /
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When Wildcat woke up and saw his shadow,
he noticed he looked different.



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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Storics and Legends of the Northwest

How Wildcat and Coyote Tricked Each Other
Level IT Book 4

By members of the Fort Hall
Reservation Cammittee

Fredrick Auck, ilusirator
Maxine Edmo, Coordinater
Inez Evening

Charlene Farmer

Coru George, Cunsultent
Lillie Little, Consuitant
Alene Menta

Evelyn Teton. Iffustrator
Mary Warhakie

Illustrated by Evelyn Teton

Joreph Coburn, Director
Pacific Northweet Indian Program
Northwest Regional Educutional Laboratory



THE INDIAN READING SERIES: Stories and Legends of the
Northwest is a collection of authentic material cooperatively devel-
oped by Indian people from twelve reservations. Development ac-
tivities are guided by a Policy Board which represents the Indian
community of the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Indian
Reading and Language Development Program Policy Board members
are:

« Warren Clements — Warm Springs
Chairman

* Morrie Jimenez — Klamath

¢ Joan Kennerly — Blackfeet

» Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

« Emmett Oliver — Quinault

* Bob Parsley — Chippewa

* Lloyd Smith — Warm Springs

* Max Snow

+ Jeanne Thomas — Yakima


Booklets available in the Level II sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the planned sequence of use
in tha Teacher’s Manual. Materials developed by these tribes and others in the Northwest are included in

the Levels I and III sequences.

1 End of Summer
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

2 Thunder and the Mosquito
Muckleshoot Tribe

3 Why the Codfish Has a Red Face
Skokomish Tribe

4 How Wildcat and Coyote Tricked Each
Other
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

5 Pat Learns About Wild Peppermint
Blackfeet Tribe

6 Picture Writing
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
7 Grandma Rides in the Parade
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

8 The Bob-Tuiled Coyote
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
9 The Great Flood
Skokomish Tribe
10 The Rainbow
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
11 The Time the Whale Came to Jackson’s

Bay
Skokomish Tribe

12 Coyote and the Man Who Sits On Top
Salish Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

13 The Crow
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

14 Tepee, Sun and Time
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

15 Water Story
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

16 How Birds Learned to Fly
The Fourteen Confederated Tribes
from the Yakima Nation

17 Napi and the Bullberries
Blackfeet Tribe
18 How Cottontail Lost His Tail
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
19 Being Indian Is
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
20 Why Animals and Man Can No
Longer Talk to One Another

The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

For order information and prices of the above booklets and the Teacher’s Manual, contact the publisher:

Educational Systems, Inc.
2360 Southwest 170th Street
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

(503) 649-7516