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Rh quickly. He got there. ǁ His son had disappeared. He heard him making noise in the water. | He went there. His legs stuck out. He pulled at them, and took him out. | Then he knocked down the young Beavers. He looked for | the many Beavers, but only the bloody ground was left. | The two young Beavers were all he got. ǁ

He made a hole in the ground. Then he made a fire and put the meat into it. | When it was cooked, he took it out. | He put the fat there for his son because it was soft. | He himself, Coyote, was going to eat the meat. | Then they ate. He looked again at his son, and he wished to eat ǁ what his son was eating, who was eating fat. He said to his son: | "Let us change!" He put the meat there and took back (the fat). | Then he ate. He made his son cry. After they had eaten, | Coyote and his son moved camp. |

He went along. Coyote slipped and fell. ǁ He slid down a long distance until something stopped him. He looked at his son. He laughed at him. | (Coyote) thought: "Let me make my son glad. I'll | slide down on the snow for a little while." Then he slid down. | His son did not laugh aloud. He just smiled. Then (Coyote) thought | he would go back. He thought he would put him again oh his back. He touched him ǁ and he saw him. He was frozen to death. | He cried all the time. He said: "There is | nothing that should prevent him from being glad (?)" Then | he threw his things away because his son was dead. He said: "Ah! | This is what people shall do when their relatives die. ǁ Then the dead will not be put into bad condition." After | Coyote had thrown his things away, he started. He went fast. There was nothing | to keep him back. |

He went along, and he came to a town. He entered a tent there. | He sat down. He saw a woman sitting ǁ with her back toward the fire. He saw a child sitting there | which had a big belly. Coyote thought: "The mother is good, | but the child is bad." The child said: "Mother, | this manitou thinks his mother is good, but her child | is bad." He thought : "The child is bad ; ǁ it knows my mind." The child said: "Mother, | the manitou thinks this child is bad; it knows my mind." | Coyote thought: "I'll burst his belly by kicking him." | The child said: "The manitou thinks he is bad. | I will