Mr. Coyote

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by Storie-Jean Agapith

Dedication: This story is dedicated to my wonderful son, Leon W. Weed, 1971-1997; he was my

inspiration for tellin stories. ! will always lo"e my #elo"ed and only child, and with each story! will ha"e wonderful memories of when ! told them to him.

Illustrated by Michael S. Weber

Mr. Coyote was getting very oldand had to be more careful forhis own safety. He had been

walking for hours and hoursthrough a beautiful valley whenhe came upon a large tree. Mr.Coyote was very tired andwanted to rest but he alsoneeded to be safe. He kindlyasked the tree, "Please open upso I can rest safely in your care".

he tree opened up so that Mr. Coyotecould go inside to rest, then it closed tokeep him safe. Mr. Coyote slept forhours. !hen he woke up he could notremember what he had said to makethe tree open. He said, "et me out Mr.ree", but nothing happened. He said,"Please let me out now#" and again

nothing happened. he tree didn$t even creak. Mr. Coyoteknocked on the tree, but it would not open up. Mr. ree wasupset with Mr. Coyote for not having saidpleasethe firsttime he spoke to the tree# It let him rest a little longer.


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%ecause the birds heard Mr. Coyote banging on the inside ofthe tree, they came down to peck on the tree to help get himout. %ut they were too small and the tree was &ust too big#'inally Mr. !oodpecker came down and pecked a hole in the

tree. (lthough it was a very small hole, it caused Mr.!oodpecker to get a bent beak# his meant he couldn$t peckon the tree any more.

Mr. Coyote put one hand out the hole but he could not fitthrough. He then tried his leg but still he could not fitthrough. He had to come up with a way to escape since Mr.!oodpecker$s beak was now bent. Mr. Coyote knew therehad to be a way. "(h, come on you old ugly tree," he cried,")ust let me out#" %ut still nothing happened, &ust the silencearound him.

Mr. Coyote decided totake off his arms one ata time and put themthrough the small hole.He then put his legs

through one at a timeby taking them off. Heput his body through bytaking it off. his wasworking out fine. I$llshow you Mr. ree, youcan$t keep me in here, he thought.

*e+t Mr. Coyote tried to put his head through the hole, but it

was too big. His ears were in the way. o he took off his earsand put them through the hole. He again tried his head, buthis eyes were too big. Mr. Coyote took his eyes off and putthem through the hole.


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Mr. -aven saw the eyes and flewdown to take them. hen Mr.

-aven flew back up high in thetree with Mr. Coyote$s eyes. heywere such beautiful eyes, blue likethe sky, and would be a treasure toput in his hiding spot#

Mr. Coyote finally put hishead through the hole. Hethen put himself backtogether. ne piece at a timehe became a whole coyoteagain. %ut after he put hishead on he could not find his

eyes. He was feeling all over.His ears were listening tohear him touch his eyes, butnot a sound could be heard from his eyes. His fingers werebeing careful while feeling around, but still no eyes werefound.

Mr. Coyote knew he could not let the animals know he wasblind. He felt his way to a wild rose bush/ he then put tworose petals in for his eyes. his would cover the blindness fora little while, but he would have to keep looking for his eyes.urely they were close by#


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(long came Mr. nailwho saw Mr. Coyotewith the rose petals inhis eyes. He asked Mr.

Coyote, "!hy do youhave those rose petalsin your eyes0"

Mr. Coyote said,"%ecause they are very beautiful. hey have lovely colors.1ou can try them if you want and I will hold your eyes."

Mr. nail took off his eyes. He put them into Mr. Coyote$s

hands and tried the rose petals in his eyes. hen Mr. Coyoteput Mr. nail$s eyes into his head and ran off with his longtail wagging.

o this day Mr. nail is crawling with his head down lookingfor his eyes. (nd all coyotes have brown eyes instead of blue/this is because Mr. Coyote was naughty when he took Mr.nail$s eyes. (nd Mr. -aven still has those beautiful blue eyes

in his secret hiding place, but he cannot return them becausethe secret hiding place was so secret not even Mr. -aven canfind it#

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